Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Day 237 Adam Ant-Palace Theater Greensburg-New Wave Icon Just Like I Remembered


I have recently enjoyed  several  tribute band’s recreations of  music from the 80’s and 90’s (see Days 220 and 222 ).  Adam Ant  is a UK  80’s Punk Rock/New Wave  icon.  I  remembered going to an  Adam Ant concert  as a 80's high school girl at the now long gone  Syria Mosque with my best friend Paul (who quiescently  changed his name to Adam). We dressed in “new wave” garb by wearing  black and white, garnishing our outfits with  safety pins  and adding  white stripes under our eyes. We   jumped like crazy to the energetic pulsating drum beat of Adam and the Ants.  When I heard that he was  touring again  I was off to a new venue, The Palace Theater in Greensburg, to see the real deal and once again experience  the high octane music of Adam Ant!



Reflection
 “Adam and the Ants” with 10 top ten UK hits from 1980 to 1983 were synonymous with the New Wave music era. The group disbanded in 1982. Adam took a musical hiatus until recently.   In 2013 he released his first album since 1995 entitled, “Is The Blueblack Hussar in Marrying The Gunner's Daughter and in 2017, he  released, Bravest of the Brave.




Adam look a like
The Palace Theater atmosphere was charged with excitement even before he played. There were “Adam look a likes”, people wearing numerous safety pins, and others with white strips under their  eyes  throughout the theater.   The audience  in unison  jumped up  as soon as he walked out on the stage  and remained standing for almost 2 hours.  

This show had the hyped energy and  distinctive  strong  and fast drum beat that I remembered especially  when  they played “Antmusic”.  Adam still had that unique look and piercing eyes that reminded me of Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow character from the Pirate of the Caribbean movies. ( see Antmusic live 2017)


set list

The band with two full drummers and 3 phenomenal  guitar players performed  all his hit singles. Adam occasionally picked up the guitar (see Prince Charming) and even the harmonica. He saved "Goody Two Shoes" which is one of my favorite songs for the encore.   
signed picture of Adam Ant 
We all enjoyed experiencing the Adam Ant from our past . He gave us the  octane powered  show that we expected and that we loved so much from the "real deal", Adam Ant!

This was my first time at the Palace Theater which was only about 1 hour and 15 minutes from Pittsburgh. There did not seem to be a bad seat in this theater because of the smaller venue size (1369 seats). Parking in the lot across from the theater is also free!  They have an interesting line up of shows and I would definitely make the trip again for another show at the Palace Theater  (see  the  event schedule).

Other sources