Blondie (consisting of lead singer Debbie Harry, guitarist Chris Stein, drummer Clem Burke, all original members, and a few newer backups) put on an amazing concert at Hard Rock two nights ago. Debbie looked amazing as she came out singing Mother from her newest CD called Panic of Girls. A great song, and she did a few more from that CD throughout the evening.
Of course, what everyone wanted to see and hear was the Blondie hits, and Debbie performed a lot of them. Some of them were Dreaming, Maria, Hanging on the Telephone, Call Me, Atomic, Union City Blue, One Way or Another, Rapture, and more. On their encore, Blondie performed The Tide is High and Heart of Glass. All of these are mega-hits and the audience loved them.
I hadn't seen Blondie perform live since 1980 at The Sunrise Musical Theater and they were as great as ever. Debbie looked and sounded amazing and smiled a lot and also danced a lot. At the time, I thought "sign her up for Dancing With The Stars" -- she was that good. Also, I was amazed at how fantastic Clem Burke was on the drums. He looked like he hasn't aged even one day since I last saw them and he was super great. On most of the drum runs or solos, Debbie would step way off to the side and the lights would just be on Clem. He is definitely one of the best drummers I have ever seen, maybe the best.
In short, this was a super concert by one of the greatest rock bands of all time !! A fantastic evening was enjoyed by everyone !!