All About Eve - 15/11/1989 - The Guildhall, Portsmouth

[@robglysen]

Oh my god that opener. oh my god.

[@doctordunc]

They were just the best live band in the world at that moment and really should be households names. Just phenomenal. I saw them two weeks before this on this tour and it was the first "proper" gig I ever went to. Been to many hundreds since but that one still probably stands as the greatest. I've occasionally wondered whether I've just become a jaded cynic and if that was my 100th gig rather than my first I'd have been less bowled over. Good to see my memory was right: they were just brilliant.

[@lauravargas8414]

THANK YOU❤️ MY FAVORITE BAND, MY FAVORITE VOICE WHEN I WAS ON MY TWENTIES, LAST CENTURY. FABULOUS LIVE SOUND 👌

[@Boleskinebeatz]

I can still picture the lounge of my old flat in London in 1989 where I finally opened the CD of the first AAE album that to my shame as a gift from my brother had been sitting unopened for a few months. It was a total revelation and from that moment on I was hooked. My first experience of seeing them live was at the Albert Hall in April the following year and we were all taken aback by the devotion of the fans and how utterly brilliant they were live. My friend Ian who some may have describe as somewhat cynical was particularly impressed. " they didn't drop a note" he said over and over as we headed out into the night air! Magical...

[@greenmurphy]

Gosh - takes me back. Happy days indeed!

[@juliananderson9638]

In The Meadow...yes...brilliant. Thank You.😊

[@cymro6537]

Never got the chance to see them live - this is the next best thing 🤘

[@1334ryan]

awesome thanx for this 👍🏻👌🏻🙏

[@stevem-h3562]

This was the tour I saw them on at the Albert Hall. A transformational experience.

[@stereofidelic67]

Jeez, Mark's kit is SO 1989. The bloody size of it with crashes all over the place mounted high up and all around. I bet they're all Zildjians too!

[@Grandiose_Claim]

Great to hear Paradise!

[@melian2003]

OMG How did you find this?! I had just started my new job at Royal Mail and my manager took pity on me when I said I had bought a ticket a few weeks back but couldn't go now. He let me have the last two hours off so I could go to the Guildhall just around the corner. Thanks for posting! P.S I am still in the same job so if there is any chance of a reunion lol.

[@cymro6537]

Well done your manager! 🤘

[@ultracloudtemple5041]

Not easy to open a show like that... easier if you have an exquisite voice like JR

[@hiroakitakagi7724]

Low Fi