I caught Billy Idol at Irvine Meadows on August 13, 1984, nine months after Rebel Yell dropped. In four decades of concertgoing since, we never crossed paths again.
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@concerts.morperhaus.orgI caught Billy Idol at Irvine Meadows on August 13, 1984, nine months after Rebel Yell dropped. In four decades of concertgoing since, we never crossed paths again.
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@concerts.morperhaus.orgI was at Irvine Meadows in 1987 and didn't see Duran Duran again until The Cure's festival bill in 2003. Sixteen years, and Le Bon hit the same notes like no time had passed.
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@concerts.morperhaus.orgThompson Twins built their whole appeal on the channel, and I stood on the lawn at a three-year-old amphitheater to prove it worked. The synths carried across concrete that still smelled fresh.
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@concerts.morperhaus.orgForty-one years ago today, A Certain Ratio and the Abecedarians opened for New Order at Irvine Meadows. I didn't see New Order again until 2022.
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