We went to Celine & Nite Wreckage album launch last night. Well I say launch, more of a melée, really - it was held in the tiny Alaska Studios next to Pleasuredrome sauna in Waterloo, and it was so hot we might as well have been in that salubrious venue!
John-John and I met up with Ange and another fan Drew at Waterloo Station, dressed up for canapés and cocktails, not quite knowing what to expect. The venue itself is like Pan's Labyrinth (but with dishwasher and speakers), but there was copious quantities of free champers available, so that was OK.
We spotted a few faded 80s celebs, including Steve Strange, Philip Sallon, Martin Rushent and Tim and Mo (aka Tik and Tok), and spoke to a (very nervous) Celine before the show took off.
Packed into a dungeon-like performance space - with loads of spotty yoofs who obviously just come along to see any old band, regardless - Celine gave a tonsil-wrenching performance of fab numbers from the album Evolution? Revolution!
Among the numbers we spotted the new single Popabawa and one of my faves Take Your Money and Run - which everyone agrees sounds like an Ian Dury song. We were blown away! Unfortunately we needed oxygen as well as music, so we headed off fairly quickly to the nearest pub for a refresher, before dispersing (after congratulating Dave on the set).
An interesting evening, and one I am very glad to have gone to.
Here's a clip of Celine & Nite Wreckage on stage in Germany:
And here is a song that I couldn't get out of my head after seeing Tik and Tok in the flesh again after thirty years - their performance as part of the wonderful (and rumoured to be re-forming) Shock!
Celine and Nite Wreckage
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