(EP 34, no.027) Siouxsie & the Banshees with Images In Vogue: Cities In Dust, The International Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Tuesday July 10, 1984 with Phil Robinson

After years of devoted fandom, I finally get to see the one and only Siouxsie Sioux and her plucky Banshees in a cavernous—but wonderfully air conditioned—venue on Toronto’s outskirts.

I’d been following Ms. Sioux since the early days of punk rock reporting in the UK press, and fell in love with their debut 45, “Hong Kong Garden” in 1978. It was a UK smash hit and remains one of my favourite singles of the ‘70s.

I was a Banshees nut from then on, and when I finally got to see them live in 1984, I was pretty damned stoked.

HOWEVER .......... this gig is Another in an ongoing sub-thread in the mylifeinconcert.com series that could be called Concert Disasters, with said Disaster happening before, during, or after the show—OR during all 3, for those extra-lucky occasions. (See also: Heatwave, Police Picnic ’82, Flipper, etc.)

Frequently they involve some of the cheap and old cars I was driving in the 80s malfunctioning in some way. And this is the first of those Car Nightmare Episodes.

Phil Robinson once again returns to the podcast to share his memories of the show. We each went down with other people with meant Phil was spared the “journey” that the other 3 of us went through.

There is also a newly-written blog entry for this show below.

So, what the hell happened with this one? Tune in to find out and hear all about leg casts, “rumours of a gig,” smoking fuses, the little Honda that couldn’t ... and cities in dust.

NEXT ON STAGE: I’ll be selecting and looking back on my favourite London, Ontario shows that I’ve seen through the years, as well as those I missed that I would most like to have seen.
Following that will be an episode looking at two concerts by The Smiths. Stay tuned for EP 36 I Know It’s Over: The Smiths with Billy Bragg, Kingswood Music Theatre, Canada’s Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario, June 9, 1985; and with Phranc, Centennial Hall, London, Ontario, July 30, 1986.

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