Yaz!!!

Monday we flew back and our flight was a little delayed, but not so much so that we missed our Monday night concert to see Yaz. Kurt had really wanted to see this concert, but the tickets sold out quickly and we missed out. But last week, my friend Jay had extra tickets so we jumped on them and it was a great concert at the Oakland Paramount Theater.

Yazoo (as they are known in the UK) are the two people in the picture: Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke. They formed Yaz after Vince left Depeche Mode and released two albums in 1982 and 1983. Apparently, they never got along very well and split up before the second album's release. Alison continued with a solo career mostly in the UK and Vince went on to form Erasure with Andy Bell. They decided to tour again this year to mark the 25th year of the band's split.

Anyway, I knew none of this before we got the tickets. I didn't know any of the music until I downloaded it from Itunes! But it's very electro-pop like and the concert was amazing. Alison has a really powerful voice and the crowd was really into it, most dancing the whole time. Check them out on Itunes if you're a fan of the '80's.