[POSTPONED: April 17, 2020] Dead Can Dance / Agnes Obel [moved to April 23, 2021]
I really enjoyed Dead Can Dance’s mix of cultural touchstones on their earlier albums. I have a bunch of their releases up until they broke up.
Somehow I missed their reunion entirely. I also missed their subsequent reunion and new albums.
They haven’t played in this area for 8 years and I was pretty pleased to finally experience them live. I bought a ticket for this show and then a few days later it was announced that they would be playing the State Theatre in New Brunswick. Since that venue is about three times closer to me, I snatched up a great seat for that show and figured I could sell the Philly ticket.
Then a couple months ago the Theatre announced that the New Brunswick show was unexpectedly cancelled. No reason was given. I don’t think it was sales as it looked like they sold well. So that sucked, but I was glad I still had this ticket.
Agnes Obel is a Danish born singer who plays quirky atmospheric chamber pop. I have heard great things about her for many years but never really investigated her music. I was looking forward to learning about her in this setting.
She was actually scheduled to open for The The on their 2018 tour. However, the three New York area shows had different openers, so I didn’t get to see her then.
I hope they all come back around together.
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