There are two musicians whose work means more to me than any other,and yet they are so different to each other it is very difficult to explain why they are both so important. Both have become an intrinsic par tof me over the last 30 years...

Since 2001 I have not seen Marc Almond live, although I'd been to 19 shows before then. And in that time I have seen John F*xx seven times.
None of those shows comes anywhere near close to the enjoyment of Marc's performance tonight at Wilton's.
Makes me wonder what I can have been thinking of.

And yet of course they have all been fantastic for different reasons, bringing a totally different kind of music and fitting a different need.
We should all be so much more grateful that performers like these exist, performers like tonight's venue. There, or thereabouts, for many years, part of the grammar of British contemporary music, and yet keeping to the shadows, doing their own uncompromising thing.

I am too tired to review now, but I have been profoundly moved by the experience. I feel humbled, drained, proud, enthusiastic, indebted, lifted. his rendition of Dee's 'Weakness for Roses was a particular highlight and moved me to tears.
Wilton's is as magical and unearthly as everyone says it is, breathing atmosphere from every crumbling brick.
I have discovered Little Annie too - the whole show was brilliant from every angle.

I feel I owe a debt to Marc Almond for not listening to his music as much as I should over the past couple of years, especially as Heart on Snow is probably my favourite album of all time.