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Went to the show at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, last night.
Thomas announced that it had been 42 years since he had played that venue - and I was at that 1984 gig with the same friend who accompanied me last night.
Positives first - he looked and sounded great with an excellent band including the surprise (to me) addition of King Crimson’s Jacko Jakszyk on guitar and vocals.
Visuals were great and the performances of his own material were as good as ever. Highlight for me was The Flat Earth - always a favourite of mine from TMDR’s consistently wonderful back catalogue. I Love You Goodbye was also fantastic, apparently replacing Evil Twin Brother from his recent setlists.
However…
I must admit that the 80s symphony was a little disappointing.
Don’t get me wrong. It was very well composed and performed, and the accompanying visuals were really powerful.
But, as I sat through it, I was wishing he had used that time to play four or five of his own songs.
He’s been touring with the 80s revival vibe in the USA and I get that this is probably the most lucrative seam to mine for an artist of his vintage.
For me, though, he’s so much better than that, and I wish he’d given us more of his own material.
Having said that, we both thoroughly enjoyed the show and were glad and grateful he’s still doing what he does.
Hope it’s not too long before he’s back in Scotland.

I went to the show in Birmingham last night and it was fantastic! Martin MacAloon was brilliant and hilarious as support act.

TD presented an amazing mix of old songs played as you would expect and ones with a new twist plus the symphony movements 2-4 were wonderful.

I was a little worried when I saw people posting in the Facebook group being really negative but this was a special evening. The audience was really positive and when TD asked if we would like to see the whole symphony with live orchestra the whole room roared!

If you've booked to see any of the remaining shows, go with an open mind and you'll have the best time.

Had to bail. Gutted.

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Anyone know what the on-stage time is for the Shepherd's Bush show tonight? setlist.fm isn't very helpful.

Hi

We were fortunate to chat to Thomas ahead of his Dublin show.

I'll add a link to all formats if you want to listen in

Hope you enjoy

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I saw TD on NYE during the Totally Tubular show. He was maybe the best set of all. Played 3-4 bangers and it reminded me of what great music he has created. So when a full tour was announced with a band, I was stoked.

Bought tickets, arranged time off, booked hotel etc to nearest venue. Super jazzed for the show.

But….

I was pretty let down with the show. The opener was an excellent musician but a real downer. Played quite long and with a break, TD didn’t come on until after 9.

Opened with a few covers then says he’s creating some symphonic music and asks the crowd to bear with him for the next 40 minutes.

Ummm.

Out of respect, I won’t divulge the musical approach, but it was NOT what I signed up for.

To make a crowd sit there for three hours after doors before playing an actual song from your catalog is uncalled for. If you want to experiment, do it at the end of the show and reward those who stayed with a sweet encore.

But I was 2.5 hours from home, blew 1.5 PTO days and hundreds of $$ and felt really really disappointed.

I left after the first ‘movement’ of the symphony which was about 30 minutes in to his set. And I wasn’t the only one headed for the exits. (Lots stayed, but some left)

The whole thing felt self indulgent and not at all what was advertised: a TD concert with full band.

Hi Reddit,

I’m 20 and I just bought meet & greet tickets to see Thomas Dolby for my 21st birthday. I’m really excited but also kinda nervous because I'm have no idea what it will be like and I'm just a crazy anxious person...

I have a question that I would really like to ask about his career because I am struggling with making sense of my own interests in pursuing a career in audio engineering professionally. It's not a super complex question but enough to be more than just a simple question?

I've never done a meet and greet event before and I'm hoping to ask my question as a priority over getting a picture or autograph for the purpose of getting clout(?) amongst my friends or family members (not that the picture and autograph aren't going to be super awesome I just really want to ask a question because I admire his professional work this is awkward to explain).

TLDR; I was just wondering if anyone here may have any words of advice or if anyone has met him before. I'm primarily wondering if this is an event where you take a picture and they rush you out for the next person. I'm just not at all sure what to expect and I ruminate a bit too much and wanted to ask in an attempt to ease my mind!

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A little backstory: a fan bought this drawing from me and brought it with him to the Pittsburgh stop of Thomas Dolby's most recent tour. Thomas Dolby has always been one of my all-time favorite musicians so this photo is surreal to me!

I bought 2 tickets (Tier 2) to the show on Thursday, and am not going to be able to use them. I am asking face value for them. If you are interested, please let me know.