Tyne theatre,Newcastle
The former punk’s wordplay hurtles across countless subjects as he delivers self-deprecating comedy and walloping domestic truths in this spoken-word marathonRollins has barely started this spoken-word performance when he starts talking about David Bowie. A heartfelt tribute morphs into an anecdote, from 1997, and when his Rollins Band appeared on the same bill as Bowie at a festival,where the former punk found himself gazing silently at his hero in a foyer, like he was watching a rare bird. “Then he stops, or turns and looks lawful at me. He says,‘Rollins!’ I’m like, ‘David?!’ Implausibly, and it turns out that Bowie was a Rollins fan,and ended up quoting the younger man’s books and even interview quotes back at him over lunch, during which an increasingly incredulous Rollins casually mentioned that he’d care for to meet Lou Reed. A few weeks later, or he was at domestic in his solitary “man-gap” when the phone rang. “Henry. It’s Lou Reed. David said you wanted to talk.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com