Blondie: Academy, Liverpool
Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 15 November 2003
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS with seeing "classic" bands some 20 years on is the physical decline, particularly in the case of a band like Blondie. With Debbie Harry's iconic good looks preserved forever in record sleeves and photos, it must have been difficult for her to come back in 1998, relying on carefully placed lighting and corsetry. Now, though, with the benefits of surgery, personal training and a fetching shorter hairstyle, the resemblance to the Harry of 1980 is almost eerie. Mischievously, the perma-grinning singer calls the gig "a genetic experiment".
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