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Recently Elvis Costello and Blondie opened for Genesis at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. With 58,000 fans attending out of a possible 90,000 | Recently Elvis Costello and Blondie opened for Genesis at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. With 58,000 fans attending out of a possible 90,000, the show was hardly SRO, but Genesis' Mike Rutherford doesn't blame this on his opening acts. | ||
"It was our decision, really," he says. "Our manager asked who did we want on the bill, and gave us a list of who was around. Elvis Costello or Blondie are not that different from us. Costello writes good songs and has a good voice, and Blondie, who I understand has had a tough tour, was encouraged by the reception they got. They were playing mainly to Genesis fans, but both went down very well." | "It was our decision, really," he says. "Our manager asked who did we want on the bill, and gave us a list of who was around. Elvis Costello or Blondie are not that different from us. Costello writes good songs and has a good voice, and Blondie, who I understand has had a tough tour, was encouraged by the reception they got. They were playing mainly to Genesis fans, but both went down very well." |
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