Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey

Seeing them in 83 at Oakland Coliseum was what I was hoping to see in Morongo. Don’t get me wrong it was great because Tom Bailey is one of the best I have ever heard or seen in concert. I have seen everyone from Metallica, Rolling Stones, Rick James, Prince, Madonna and whoever else you can think of. When I saw them perform they had 7-9 people playing instruments live, with singing live without backtracking tape in background. You missed all the nuisances that you look for in each unique song. They missed the high end synths which give it the melody and little sampling of stuttering bass lines performed on synths to a live bass. I liked the 80’s synth sound and found that it was basically a Vegas back up band with Tom leading. Adding notes and missing notes ( being that I play synth and drums) you notice all the backtracking sounds that aren’t being produced by the musicians on stage. I don’t know if it’s for money reasons or just plain laziness on Toms part but he could have hired a few professional musicians like he had in original band to reproduce the same sounds and music from the 80’s. Great music with subpar effort in my opinion.

Tom was in fine voice and the sound mix was very good. We had the good fortune of sitting close to the stage (so we didn't get rained on the entire show). Good mix of classic TT songs and a few of the new ones interspersed.
I only wish Tom and his band had been the headliner and played MORE songs because he looks and sounds great compared to Boy George who looks FAT and sounds like he has lost about three register ranges in his formerly beautiful voice.

I saw Tom at the Bedford Park festivle on Thursday, he was awesmoe with a massive amount of energy, Tom is really special to me as i was locked up in care when i was a kid, it was listening to the Thompson Twins that carried be through some really tough times back then, and when i saw him Thursday it reminded me how important his music is !!Tom is a genuis and an amazing performer, thank you Tom for getting me through some hard times !!!

Had read reviews about Tom Bailey before the concert, saying he was well worth seeing and he didn't disappoint. It was like being transported back to the 80s ! All the old hits from The Thompson Twins era along with newer tracks from his album Science Fiction. Backing band of three girls were excellent too!! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Tom Bailey was awesome! There were technically difficulties which slowed the momentum down, but he was great to come back out and get it going again. I felt bad about the difficulties, but knew it wasn't the performers fault. I wish he could have played longer!

Saw tom bailey and culture club at Sandia casino albuquerque NM. Nothing but perfection from both performances. Love it when an artist gives 100% to entertaining an audience!!! I would love to see either tom or culture club again(and again).

We heard only one song, he sounded great. Unfortunately we got rained out and had to leave the concert early. The stage was full of water and he had to get off the Stage.