Debbie Harry and her new-lineup new wavers belatedly kick off a UK tour with this effervescent arena show, a blitz of bubblegum pop, thrashing guitars and pop art imagery
Photograph: Stuart Westwood/ShutterstockPhotograph: Stuart Westwood/Shutterstockgainst the Odds proves an apt title for Blondie’s first UK tour in five years. Rearranged from November due to Covid, it finally begins with an excitedly accelerated airing of the quintessential New York new wavers’ clattering 1976 debut single X Offender – yet without guitarist and co-founder Chris Stein, who announced a week before that he would miss the shows due to ill health.
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