Erasure Live Concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC, Part 1

A month after it was originally scheduled, the Erasure show at the 9:30 club in DC finally happened. It was certainly worth the wait! With an impressive enchanted forest set, complete with HUGE moving trees, several interesting costume changes, and a good mix of Erasure songs from all eras of their extensive career, it was the best show I've seen in quite awhile. As a nice surprise, they actually allowed cameras in... excepting "professional" cameras, which they defined as cameras with changable lenses. So I was able to get my Sony DSC-717 in for some action. All told, I got more than 100 pictures, and I'll share the best of them with you, my loyal fans and readers. I'll be writing more on this concert and posting pics throughout the week, so keep checking back. For now, I'll leave you with the set list and pictures of the first costumes used in the show, Vince Clarke in a "Biggles"-style airman outfit with a satellite dish on his head, and Andy Bell as an angel in white denim. Enjoy!

The set list:
(Asterisk * indicates my personal favourites)

1. No Doubt
2. Hideaway
3. Knocking on Your Door *
   
4. Breathe
5. Ship of Fools
6. Drama *
   
7. All This Time Still Falling
8. Stop!
9. Rapture
10. Ave Maria
11. Breath of Life
12. A Little Respect
13. I Broke It All In Two
14. Chains of Love
15. Chorus *
    
16. I Love To Hate You *
    
17. Blue Savannah
18. Victim of Love
19. Oh, L'Amour
20. I Bet You're Mad at Me (encore)
21. Sometimes (encore)

Erasure: Singer Andy Bell looking angelic during the song "Hideway".


Erasure: Keyboardist Vince Clarke strums along to "No Doubt" in the enchanted forest set.

More Erasure commentary and concert pics tomorrow, readers! I'll see you then!