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Well, this one I have been waiting for a long time and was not dissappointed!

What a class act and one of the best shows I have been to in a very long time.

The venue was small (about 300 plus in attendance) and it felt like a party !

Glenn and Martyn's banter in-between songs about the band, song history, etc was great and they were truly into the audience and very appreciative !

I would definitely see them again and it was nice to see a band that is truly original and has not toured here in over 40 years made the evening so special!

Here is the set list:

The Observatory, Santa Ana (CA)

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Crushed by the Wheels of Industry
Play to Win
Geisha Boys and Temple Girls
Come Live With Me
This Is Mine
We Live So Fast
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (duet Glenn-Martyn of a HL cover version)
Sunset Now
And That's No Lie
Let's All Make a Bomb
I'm Your Money
Let Me Go
Penthouse and Pavement
Temptation

Encore:
Let's Dance
(David Bowie cover)
Being Boiled
(The Human League cover)

I saw them at The Keswic Theater in Philadelphia on Friday September 24th.

I would have never thought to have been able to see them live, let alone enjoy such an incredible show.
Glen Gregory and Martin Ware entertained a not even half full venue, and you are correct oldnewwaver, it was a party like atmosphere.
The setlist was the same and the two girls that sang with them were just as amazing.
The only disappointment, no merch table.
This show rivaled the Soft Cell show in San Francisco I saw a month earlier (also no merch table).

I was at the Santa Ana show too, great fun. I've seen photos and clips of them performing in recent years with a full band and was initially a bit disappointed that it was just Martyn and another keyboardist, and a bunch of stuff (percussion, etc.) phoned in. But I was quickly won over. They were personable and funny ("We apologize for the delay... of 40 fucking years!"), it was a good show.

Minor addenda to oldnewwaver's set list-- The show began with a bit of one of the songs from BEF's Music For Stowaways, but I'm not familiar enough with that album to tell you which one, before launching into Fascist Groove Thang. Then, I think during Temptation, it morphed into a Donna Summer cover for a minute or two.