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Cruel World Glories in the Gloom With Damp but Historic Sets From Til Tuesday, the Go-Go’s, Nick Cave and More
Despite the drizzle, new wave and goth fans embraced the gloom with historic performances by Til Tuesday and the Go-Go's, plus Devo and New Order.
After not doing any shows in three years — and singer Belinda Carlisle having claimed the group was done, in the interim — the original fivesome was back together and wrapping up a six-show reunion mini-tour that early included both weekends of Coachella. Carlile noted that it was 47 years since they started out, and just how fit they were to take things up again nearly a half-century on was exemplifed by Kathy Valentine still being able to rock her vintage gold-lame catsuit for the occasion, as well as a thunderous bass. Projected in black and white on the giant video screens, Nick Cave was a force of nature, sounding Bowie-esque on his first emotional song, “Frogs.” He growl-muttered “Tupelo” and other favorites with the Bad Seeds featuring the wildly bearded Warren Ellis on violin, and the overall effect reached peak desolation by the last song, the 2018 “Hollywood.” Though it was written around the time of Malibu’s Woolsey fire, the 14-minute long dirge that encompasses flames in Malibu and a cougar that roams the hills took on a new and sinister meaning in the aftermath of the more recent fires.
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