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[DID NOT ATTEND: October 11, 2024] Johnny Marr / James

I saw Johnny Marr six years ago.  I can’t believe it has been six years.  I more or less didn’t bother getting tickets for this because I thought I had seen him much more recently than that.

Plus, when I saw him, it was at the TLA and this show was at Franklin Music Hall.  So good for him for upgrading so much!

But I had two other shows that I was considering that night: The Bevis Frond and The Lemon Twigs. 

I actually haven’t listened all that much to Johnny’s new music, but I see that his set is a lot of Smiths and Electronic covers.

This double bill actually sounded pretty great because I’d been a big fan of James through the 90s. I had stopped listening to them right around when they broke up and then didn’t even realize that they had reunited.  They have now released more albums since they reunited than they did before they broke up.

And I see that their set was mostly stuff from their latest album and then a few early songs.   So maybe it wasn’t such a big deal to miss this one.