.peter murphy

Okay so I know very little about Peter Murphy. I know he was in Bauhaus since my friend taped me "She's in Parties" during my college years. I love the movie Box of Moonlight since Peter Murphy's "Cut You Up" is played during a really great scene. /end knowledge of Peter Murphy. Basically I attended the concert because my friend Nicole has ferocious love for PM and her friend couldn't make it. 

The one thing we were excited about was it being seated. After 6 nights of seeing shows back-to-back, I had a break on Sunday and Monday. Tuesday was this show, therefore I was over-the-moon to sit down. When we went into the room there were no seats. All of a sudden towards the side of the stage a metal barricade was put up but not completely enclosed. There was a small entry way we could squeeze through. The seats were not tagged "VIP" and there was no one guarding the entry. We took it upon ourselves to just sit and it was enjoyable! Neither of us were questioned or kicked out from the area. It was nice to catch Peter Murphy seated and a fantastic side-view from the stage. There were at least 3 times he came over to us (picture below captures this in blue) but we did not get to shake his hand. The best thing about this show (aside from Peter covering Bowie and Iggy) was seeing Nicole actually cry tears! She was completely immersed and in-the-moment. I was really happy for her <3
 
Sadly other people nabbed the set list and poor Nicole was left with the encore portion of the set list. She claimed "This doesn't mean shit to me but whatever! I'll take it!" We also found out from her set list he did not play all of the songs from the encore and did not come out for a third encore. Nicole was like "That fucker! I'm going to talk to him about this." But of course she said it with love. Here's what he played....

CASCADE
THE SECRET
INDIGO EYES
SISTER MIDNIGHT
ALL NIGHT LONG
MARLENE DIETRICH'S FAVOURITE POEM
LUST FOR LIFE
A STRANGE KIND OF LOVE
THE ROSE
KING VOLCANO
KINGDOM'S COMING
SILENT HEDGES
NEVER FALL OUT
GASLIT

ENCORE:
THE BEWLAY BROTHERS
ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS EVERYTHING
THE THREE SHADOWS PT 1
HOLLOW HILLS