The Comeback Special (Live) The The

• 1 Global Eyes (Live) 05:46
• 2 Sweet Bird of Truth (Live) 04:19
• 3 Flesh & Bones (Live) 03:48
• 4 Heartland (Live) 05:29
• 5 Beat(En) Generation (Live) 04:18
• 6 Armageddon Days (Are Here Again) (Live) 05:30
• 7 A Long Hard Lazy Apprenticeship (Live) 00:41
• 8 We Can't Stop What's Coming (Live) 04:05
• 9 Phantom Walls (Live) 04:33
• 10 Love Is Stronger Than Death (Live) 05:00
• 11 Dogs of Lust (Live) 03:42
• 12 Helpline Operator (Live) 04:26
• 13 This Is the Night (Live) 03:50
• 14 This Is the Day (Live) 04:17
• 15 Soul Catcher (Live) 05:24
• 16 Bugle Boy (Live) 03:53
• 17 Beyond Love (Live) 04:40
• 18 Slow Emotion Replay (Live) 04:09
• 19 Like a Sun Rising Thru My Garden (Live) 04:07
• 20 Infected (Live) 04:49
• 21 I've Been Waiting for Tomorrow (All of My Life) (Live) 06:26
• 22 True Happiness (Live) 04:08
• 23 Uncertain Smile (Live) 09:52
• 24 Lonely Planet (Live) 05:56
• Total Runtime 01:53:08

Info for The Comeback Special (Live)

Was als unvergessliches Live-Erlebnis und einer der ersten Auftritte der Band nach 16 Jahren begann, wird nun zu einem außergewöhnlichen Live-Album und Film.

Das Konzert in der Royal Albert Hall war das erste eines Trios von Londoner Shows während der "Comeback Special"-Tour - die anderen fanden in der Brixton Academy und im Troxy statt -, die alle innerhalb von Minuten nach Verkaufsstart ausverkauft waren.

Mit einem Headline-Auftritt beim dänischen Heartland Festival ein paar Tage vor dem Royal Albert Hall-Konzert traten THE THE zum ersten Mal seit 16 Jahren wieder live auf. Die verjüngte Band, bestehend aus den früheren Mitgliedern James Eller am Bass, DC Collard an den Keyboards und Earl Harvin am Schlagzeug sowie dem neuen Mitglied Barrie Cadogan an der Gitarre an der Seite von Matt Johnson, spielte das ganze Jahr 2018 über ausverkaufte Shows und trat bei Festivals auf der ganzen Welt als Headliner auf.

“Part comeback, part requiem, all extraordinary” – James Hall, The Telegraph

“Johnson’s great achievement is to have made a body of work that is completely original, yet flows smoothly into the slipstream of accessible, socially conscious alternative rock.” – Will Hodgkinson, The Times

“Johnson retains a gravel-voiced gravitas, and his band are taut and kinetic on barbed missiles such as ‘Armageddon Days (are here again)’… THE THE really shouldn’t leave it 16 years until their next tour.” – Ian Gittins, The Guardian

“THE THE sound very much like a band revitalized… Johnson may not have sung publicly for years, but there’s little doubt he’s been practising his scales in private.” – Jeremy Allen, The Independent

THE THE

The The
Founded in 1979, the band has been a guarantor for unique, prescient, fevered songs that resonate with basic truths about the human condition and seem to exist beyond the perishable dictates of fashion and style. Getting worldwide attention with the most critically acclaimed album of the year, 1983 ʼs synth noir classic "Soul Mining", The The finally made their global breakthrough in 1986 with their album "Infected" which featured two of the band’s groundbreaking political singles "Sweet Bird Of Truth" and "Heartland".

Matt Johnson continues to deliver music that speaks to a patiently waiting audience, music of today and the future, and after focusing on solo projects for over 20 years now finally makes the big step back into the limelight with The The.

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