Concert review: Go West at The Robin 2, Bilston
Sophisti-pop, New Wave Dance, Blue-eyed soul . . . these are some of the so-called genres attached to 80s pop duo Go West who, like so many other bands of the decade, have re-emerged, reformed and are back on the road.
Go West
Robin 2, Bilston
Concert review by Debbie Bennett
Sophisti-pop, New Wave Dance, Blue-eyed soul . . . these are some of the so-called genres attached to 80s pop duo Go West who, like so many other bands of the decade, have re-emerged, reformed and are back on the road.
UK southerners Peter Cox and Richard Drummie were at the Robin2, Bilston, last night as part of their 10-date tour coinciding with the release of their new studio album '3D'.
They may no longer sport the boyish 80s hairstyles, but haven't lost any of their musicianship or energy.
The packed-out Robin was treated to the band's greatest hits including Faithful, Don't Look Down and Call Me, mixed with soulful ballads such as Goodbye Girl.
Cox's still-powerful vocals shone in covers of Smokey Robinson's The Tracks of My Tears, and the beautiful Eminem-penned I Love the Way you Lie.
An encore of Kings of Leon's Sex on Fire wrapped up the night but not before Drummie cheerfully asked the appreciative crowd if they'd "heard of a movie called Pretty Woman?", launching into one of Go West's biggest hits, and the film's theme song, King of Wishful Thinking, as their finale.
Sophisti-pop or not, Go West can still deliver.
