Back to the 80's (and more) at Kew the Music.

More than 30 years and still going strong 

I'm not surprised how many years since we went to our first Kew music concerts, I know we've seen some big names and great concerts from the regulars (Like Jools Holland and guests) through the legends like Chic featuring Nile Rogers and another  year the super smooth Bryan Ferry but it's a pretty great place to enjoy music outside without having to pack a tent and drive hundreds of miles.

LUNA and her band - lots of energy and a good voice 

This year we opted for the Friday, the opening act was LUNA -a great high energy performance with a strong voice from lead singer (reminded me a little of both Emeli Sandé and Amy Winehouse ).






AFTER lUNA we had the hit making 80's slightly angst-y Blancmange - they kicked off with Abba's The day before you came and did seem (still) slightly cool.

Neil still manages to carry off an 'Angst-y' look at 60

Living in the ceiling does (now seem to me) more than a throwaway number and they had a couple of other hits which they performed at Kew in a workmanlike manner - seems really they're Neil Arthur and although he located the group as a Harrow combo' he's noticeably Northern and Harrow (London) is where they formed in the 80's



But then the moment many of us that had really brought us out - The Human League, I first saw them something like 35 years ago with a very different line up but I was impressed then (partly by their oddity and the style of Phil Oakey).

The hair has changed but the voice still good

At 62 Oakey has made the sensible decision to accept the Veronica Lake haircut is no longer a possibility for him - but amusing beard shows the style gene is still active as were his left field clothes choices- lots of great hits performed and the audiences's antithetic  singing  accompaniment to  'don't you want me?' I found oddly touching..

{nice documentary on the hugely influential  band here}

A great night out...