One of the top highlights of my "Meltdown" London trip...the first being Elizabeth Fraiser playing for the first time in decades....{which was BREATHTAKING!!!} Was seeing the Mr Marc Almond perform his album "Torment and Toreros" in completion!!!! Living in the USA I've only had the pleasure of seeing Mr Almond handful of times....He is a consummate performer and one of my favorite singers...He tells a story...He weaves legend...He drips sexuality and and spreads grit and glitter in his wake...
So i was overjoyed to have the honor of seeing him perform ESPECIALLY such an iconic and rare album..... the excitement was palpable and people were buzzing even before he went on.....and then the lights dimmed....and the Bacchanal began....
Like a demi-god Marc stalked the stage with a mask of a bull...like the legendary Minotaur ....guiding us through a maze of songs and emotions...... He bit into the songs with fervor and fought his way through each number like a bullfighter facing death....
in the end...Antony came out and join Marc in a few songs...a teenage dream finally comes true...it was magical to see Antony's face...when the performer becomes the fan.....To see him standing in awe next to someone who meant so much to him over the years...singing the lyrics he sang alone in his room but this time standing on stage next to the man himself...it was chills worthy to say the least....
Another greta night in London and another breathtaking show...thank you Mr Almond...
XOXO
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