Friday, April 26, 2019

Star Choice (Record Mirror)

Richard Butler was featured in the Star Choice section on the April 26, 1980 issue of British magazine Record Mirror.

Pictured here is the list of songs selected by Richard Butler (or Butler Rep as he was known at the time); via @RecordMirror80s on Twitter.


Star Choice (Richard Butler)



1. Mr. Farmer - The Seeds
2. Broken English - Marianne Faithfull
3. Oh Mother Look What They've Done To Me - Amanda Lear
4. Mother - John Lennon
5. Brain Police - The Mothers
6. The End - The Doors
7. Chant - Public Image
8. Mack The Knife - Frank Sinatra
9. Je t'aime - Jane Birkin
10. Rhythm - The Slits

Monday, April 1, 2019

Summer Tour Announcement

Well, it's finally here! Earlier today The Psychedelic Furs posted the dates for their Summer tour and they will perform in the US and Canada from July to August. To my excitement The Furs are going to Portland on August 1st and they're coming back to the Crystal Ballroom! The Crystal Ballroom was the venue where I saw them for the first time, and I'm really happy they're going back to that place. I hope I will see The Furs again, and on a future blog post I will let you all know if I'm going. Fingers crossed!

Supporting act for the tour will be James and honestly I'm not really familiar with their music, but I know how they toured a few times with The Smiths back in the 80s. It's really cool seeing all these 80s bands open for The Psychedelic Furs, and so far during the three concerts I had attended, I saw The Church (twice) and Robyn Hitchcock. Last year X was the support act but unfortunately I didn't get to see The Furs that Summer.

If you would like to look at the tour dates here is the link to The Psychedelic Furs' official website: http://thepsychedelicfurs.com/tour.html