Anniversary tours are coming around with alarming regularity
at the moment.
Most are unwelcome reminders that our own drunken teenage
glory days are no longer lurking in close proximity, but rather slowly becoming
lost in the mists of time and if we want to revisit them then we have to buy a
ticket for the nostalgia train.
For myself I will readily admit that each time I see a
poster dubbed with the word anniversary I hear a clock ticking somewhere and
ask myself where all the time has went.
And I’m assured that I am not alone in thinking that.
So is life really just birth, school, work, death?
See what I did there?
That’s right ‘The Godfathers’ are doing their thirtieth
anniversary tour, and with a revamped line up and a freshly released single to
promote there’s a welcome refusal on their part to turn the hands on the clock
back, or even hold them still.
Instead it’s a celebration of what lies behind them, what is
happening in the here and now, and an invitation to join the party for future
tomorrows.
So if you want to wallow in nostalgia then expect to have
some of your needs met, but don’t for one second think that the band are going
to look to pander to your every halcyon memory.
They will leave that to the other acts that are looking to grab
fumes from what is left in the tank.
The current positive state of play within the Godfathers
camp is actually all the more impressive as it was only a year ago when founding
members of Peter and Chris Coyne were thrown into the deep end and had to sink
or swim when both Del Bartle and Grant Nicholas walked without much notice.
That they struck out for the side of the pool and recamped
the band on dry land in such a short space of time, and with the forward
momentum of the band and the quality maintained, is something that fans should
applaud and applaud loudly.
Lesser acts would have crashed and burned, but the brothers
instead knuckled down and kept going while barely missing a step.
Now with a tour already drawing critical praise from fans
and journalists alike it would seem that in hindsight the shake up was the
catalyst for them to ensure that they didn’t simply start treading water.
Rather they took it as a very short watershed moment in
their careers and regrouped and set out to win hearts and minds again.
The proof of how successful they have been in doing that
will be on display this Saturday in Glasgow
as they bring their own brand of punky R&B to the ABC.
Old and new fans are not going to be disappointed.
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