The Psychedelic Furs - Las Vegas

WITH SPECIAL GUEST: THE CHURCH

Age Requirement: Ages 18 and up.

The Psychedelic Furs, whose name belies their punk-influenced music, were formed in England in 1977 by brothers Richard Butler and Tim Butler, along with Duncan Kilburn and Roger Morris. By the time they released their self-titled debut album in 1980, the group had become a sextet, adding John Ashton and Vince Ely. That album, featuring Butler's hoarse voice was a bigger hit in England, where it reached the Top 20, than in the U.S.

"Pretty in Pink," was a hit in the U.S. when a new version was used as the title song of a film. Kilburn and Morris left the band and the rest moved to the U.S. Ely then left, and the remaining trio of the two Butlers and Ashton made Mirror Moves, the biggest Psychedelic Furs hit yet. The film Pretty in Pink helped spread their name further before the release of their next album, Midnight to Midnight and included the hit "Heartbreak Beat.

With both Butlers and John Ashton living in upstate New York, the time was right. to test the waters for a joint summer tour with the Go-Go's, and the reception was warm. A year later, the Psychedelic Furs headlined their own club gigs across North America Beautiful Chaos, a live album capturing some of the band's greatest hits from the last tour, was issued in November 2001. Their first live album ever, Beautiful Chaos was a gift for the loyalists. It also introduced their first new song in almost ten years, a somber ballad entitled "Alive."