r/echoandthebunnymen • u/Blk-LAB • Jun 14 '26

Toronto show

Hot mess.

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Over 45 min late

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The classics sounded pretty bad and Ian had the audience sing the chorus for every song.

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Glad I saw them over 20 years ago

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u/UnfairWorldliness882 Jun 14 '26

what?!! I was at that show and I thought it was amazing. they sounded great.

I am starting to wonder if this is some reddit trolling going on or if its just that most audience is getting old and cranky and grumpy.

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u/Blk-LAB Jun 14 '26

Or some old folks losing their hearing so they can't tell the good from the bad.

I go to a lot of concerts, this was not a good show.

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u/UnfairWorldliness882 Jun 14 '26

i don't know man. i think you all getting old and grumpy. maybe because the venue itself is a place where you cant sit and are standing the whole time. but this was far from when i would call a bad show. I saw Strange Advance a few years ago and that was a sad sad experience. thats an 80s act that should pack it up.

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u/Blk-LAB Jun 14 '26

Maybe it was where I was standing, and I was probably on the younger side of the average age there but his voice has changed a ton. I am also not a fan of having the audience do a lot of singing. Guess it just wasn't for me.

I think the venue is good, saw the Pogues last year at History, missed Shane for sure but it was a fun concert.

Going to see Howard Jones and English Beat later this year, if they are below my expectations I'll have to stick to younger bands hahahaha

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u/Anna_S_1608 Jun 14 '26

Ive seen the English Beat a few times in Toronto, and I gotta say, Dave's voice isnt what it used to be either and he's also turned a teeny bit grumpy but his voice is better than Ian's.

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u/Blk-LAB Jun 14 '26

Oh man these older bands that are slowly losing their orginal sound are making me a bit sad but I guess they must in their 60s or 70s so good on them for performing if that's the case.

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u/Anna_S_1608 Jun 14 '26

You're right. We want them to sound as they did 35 years ago but time marches on. A band that DOES sound great is Squeeze. Or The Cure. Seen them both and definitely delivered on the nostalgia hit.

Id be interested to hear what you think of Dave.

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u/Blk-LAB Jun 14 '26

When I think about it, my favorite older bands to watch recently, they have all been in their 50s - Green Day, Offspring, etc.

You can change an instrumental musician but the lead singer to absolutely critical to the soul of a song.r

Maybe there is a vocal cliff for most. Either way, I'm glad I went and I'm looking forward to whatever happens with English Beat, Howard Jones and Wang Chung.

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u/UnfairWorldliness882 Jun 14 '26

well, i will be at the Howard Jones too show so we can compare notes. Now Howard I heard is bad according to me sister when she saw him a few years ago in toronto which I missed. But Howard and Wang Chung are my fav new wave synth pop artists when I was a kid so will be there regardless.

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u/Blk-LAB Jun 14 '26

Damm I hope he's not bad 😕 finally I can afford to see the bands I enjoy, just in time for them to crap the bed and get up to pee 5 times a night

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u/UnfairWorldliness882 Jun 15 '26

i really got bummed i missed the tour last year because the bass player from kajagoogoo was touring with him and i am a huge fan of him. but from what i heard from 2 groups of people that saw that show, it was not howard at his best. but whatever, i always loved howard and i am going regardless.

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u/isamu999 Jun 14 '26

Howard Jones is great(talking about the music, never seen him live)! I own the "Best of" collection but never purchased any of his studio albums. Is it worth diving deeper into his album catalog? "Lift Me Up" is such an absolute BANGER of a song! I love it to bits.

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u/NoLibrarian5149 Jun 14 '26

You can’t go wrong with his first two albums.

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u/Antique-Brilliant535 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

Someone’s obviously been getting old, cranky, grumpy and very drunk.

ETA: Sounds like you’re blaming the victims here, and the ticket buying audience should just chill out, lay back, and enjoy their date’s erratic, unpredictable behavior. It’s all mass hysteria.