The INXS concert was everything and more.
This was the best I have ever seen them play with JD Fortune. He was on fire! The show was sharp, sound was perfect and even better… it was LOUD. You know it is good if you get in a cab after the show and you cannot hear what the driver is saying without concentrating hard!
The support act was Berlin. Yes.. the Take My Breath Away Berlin. They were FANTASTIC. I felt like I had transported myself from 2011 right back to 1986 – Terri Nunn was SO good and their whole show was very entertaining and had the full attention of the audience – which is hard to do as a support act. I knew they were good when the first thing I did when I got home was search their back catalog and listen to all their songs again!
When it came time to sing Take My Breath Away, Terri walked through the audience and sang it beautifully as if she was singing it for the first time.
I never thought of Berlin as being with Terri Nunn but when I saw her name I kept thinking “Where do I know her from?!” Then I realized that my favorite ever 80’s film, Better off Dead, has a song by Terri on the soundtrack that I listen to all the time. The song, Dancing in Isolation, is used at the start when we see all of the ‘Beth stuff’ in Lane’s room. If you know the movie, you know what I mean.
Here she is –
INXS came out and played an awesome setlist. The two seats beside me were empty so I go to dance like crazy for the whole two hours. Non-stop. Then I went totally crazy, nutso when they played Kiss The Dirt. It was magical. That is the only word that I can think of to describe it. I was the only one in my area who knew all the words to Not Enough Time. When it came to Mediate/Need You Tonight they played the new INXS with Tricky version of Mediate that is on the new release, Original Sin. It was SO good. Here is how it ‘looked’ –
Also, some pics –
One reason why the Beacon is my favorite venue –
