I went to see the lovely Marc Almond again at HMV, along with the most loyal bunch of fans (the "Almondettes") that you could wish for - including Tony, Yvonne, Eleanor, Lydia and Gabi.
This time around, Marc sang a few numbers from the new album Varieté before signing copies for the huge and burgeoning crowd. To the dismay of the fans, he announced that this would be his last studio album of his original material (at least for a "long while") as he was exhausted by the songwriting process and enjoyed covering other artists' work...
After that bombshell, he launched into fab acoustic versions of Bread & Circus, Njinsky Heart and Cabaret Clown (to whom is that bitchy number dedicated? I want to know), plus Kiss the Ghost from the bonus disc in the special edition CD. All excellent stuff.
We queued respectfully for Marc to sign our copies. Yvonne had done him another picture and was delighted that Marc told her that the last one was on his wall at home. I complimented him on his "ostentatious bling" (it's a line from Bread & Circus) and he laughed and thanked me. Then, excited and chatty, the Almondettes retired to the pub, dodging the horrendous weather as we went.
A great evening, and now it's time to give the album a good listen...
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