Been a while since I've seen Wire myself, last time they had a female guitarist (I think, or did I just imagine that?) now there's a younger guy who wouldn't be out of place in Sonic Youth or some such band. Does all the kob twiddling and effects etc that Gilbert used to do. Didn't look totally at home, but he did what he did well. Was quite a downbeat gig for Wire, not a lot of energy, more drawn out and slower takes on stuff, with mostly new material.
Not perused the read and burn book myself, but it's on the list of future buys alongside that David Stubbs Future Days/ Krautrock anthology thingy.
Doesn't surprise me that they almost 'never were', they all seem quite disperate characters, and I bet Lewis is a royal pain in the ass to be in a band with.
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