Bauhaus at Razzmatazz - 15 February 2006

After frontman Peter Murphy came on 10 minutes early when he played Bikini in July we took no chances with Bauhaus.

Arriving promptly we needn't have worried as the audience was faced with 40 minutes of dub reggae before the lights dimmed.

The band opened with Burning From The Inside, with Daniel Ash first appearing on stage with piercing guitar, followed by the other band members one by one.

The opening was simply stunning and they kept it up until She's In Parties and The Passion Of Lovers which were sadly lacking something.

However, Bauhaus got back on track with Silent Hedges and finished the set with a storming rendition of Dark Entries.

We got three encores, although it was disappointing not to hear Joy Division's Transmission, a regular outing on this tour, Telegram Sam and Ziggy Stardust and the night ended the only way it could; the magnificently absurd Bela Lugosi's Dead.

All in all an excellent gig - Bauhaus are one of the few bands who sound better live than on record and this is more than two decades after they first split.

Setlist:

Burning From The Inside
In The Flat Field
A God In An Alcove
In Fear Of Fear
Terror Couple Kill Colonel
Swing The Heartache
She's In Parties
The Passion Of Lovers
Silent Hedges
Kick In The Eye
Hollow Hills
Rose Garden Funeral Of Sores
Stigmata Martyr
Hair Of The Dog
Dark Entries

encore 1:
All We Ever Wanted
Severance

encore 2:

Telegram Sam
Ziggy Stardust

encore 3:
Last few bars of Ziggy Stardust
Bela Lugosi's Dead