“I’m not the kind of girl who gives up just like that,” sang Debbie Harry, repeatedly — as is the custom in “The Tide is High” — before, in concert, also repeatedly, …
& the Imposters, closing in on the end of a short joint tour and sounding not much worse for the 40-years-on-from-1979 wear. “Rapture” doesn’t date, as it turns out, and neither does actual rapture.
There is, of course, quitting in baseball, and also in new wave, and so it’s to both acts’ credit that they have not just ridden the tide of which Blondie spoke but resisted becoming nostalgia acts — even though, to be sure, it was the 1977-83 time frame being most celebrated by both bands in their setlist.
Speaking of Chris Stein, it was a pleasure to see him back on stage with Blondie after he took a break from a previous tour. He has passed over most of the more flamboyant guitar duties to Tommy Kessler, who joined the touring unit in 2010, and who does things like play solos behind his head or shred with just his left hand, crowd-pleasing touches that might have embarrassed the Blondie of the CBGB’s era but just seem like good fun four-tenths of a century later.
Kuroi and Lee were first seen in these parts two years ago on a summer 2017 tour commemorating “Imperial Bedroom” that also passed through the Greek. They were brought aboard because that album demanded some kind of additional vocalizing to fit the more ornate album being celebrated, even though Costello had resisted backing vocals on all but a few occasions in his career.
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