According to NME.com, musicians from Talk Talk reunited for a one-off show celebrating the 40th anniversary of classic album, The Colour Of Spring and brought out Ride’s Mark Gardener, Ed Harcourt, Fyfe Dangerfield and other talented acts. The gig took place on Saturday, September 5, at the O2 Forum Kentish Town and included a selection of songs from Talk Talk’s seminal album, The Colour of Spring, in celebration of the milestone, along with some other classics from the band’s discography.
The band’s third studio album was released in February 1986 and represented a major transition for them musically – leaving behind the synthpop sound that had made them successful, and now embracing a more experimental, jazz and art pop-influenced approach. For the gig on Saturday, musicians including Simon Brenner, the group’s founding keyboardist, as well as Phil Ramocon and Ian Curnow came together and paid tribute to their singer Mark Hollis, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 64.
They were joined on stage by Sophie Barker (Zero 7), Gale Paridjanian (Turin Brakes), Tim Eisenburg (Sweet Billy Pilgrim), Chris Hampson and Jacob Brown, as well as guest collaborations from Ed Harcourt and Guillemots’ Fyfe Dangerfield, and Ride’s Mark Gardener. To kick the headline set off, Elsenberg joined the band for “Today” and “Talk Talk”, before later coming back for “‘I Don’t Believe In You” and “The Party’s Over.”
Mark Gardener took to the stage to help break out ‘Living In Another World’ and ‘The Rainbow’, Fyfe Dangerfield joined for ‘Time It’s Time’, and Mark Harcourt helped perform “I Believe In You” and “The Colour Of Spring,” which the latter of which being from Hollis’ 1998 solo album. Sophie Barker joined in later in the set, and took on “Happiness Is Easy”, “Tomorrow Started”, “Such A Shame” and fan favorite “It’s My Life”, while Olly Knights sang “Give It Up”. The set closed with “Life’s What You Make It”, which featured all guest performers.
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