Sunday, November 03, 2019

SWORDFISHTROMBONES REVISITED (London Barbican, 28/10/19)



Glad I got a last-minute ticket for this - it took a few songs to hit its stride, but obvious care had been taken to put together a band that would do Tom Waits justice, and all the vocalists acquitted themselves marvellously (particularly Nadine Shah who properly got into the spirit of things, and Dorian Wood, whose phenomenal star turn on Down, Down, Down got the biggest cheer of the night). Much better than the largely underwhelming Rain Dogs tribute in 2011.

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