ABC

ABC led by charismatic singer Martin Fry formed in Sheffield in the 1980's. They wanted to fuse the world of disco funk with their own unique new romantic, post punk vision.  ABC’s debut ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ went to No 1 and sold over a million records.  To date, ABC have released nine studio albums: ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ (1982), ‘Beauty Stab’ (1983), ‘How To Be A Zillionaire’ (1985), ‘Alphabet City’ (1987), ‘Up’ (1989), ‘Abracadabra’ (1991), ‘Skyscraping’ (1997), ‘Traffic’ (2008) and ‘The Lexicon of Love II’ (2016).

ABC’s Martin Fry is a revelation, a soul man supreme, belting out pristine Vegas glitter pop and uptown House in his electric blue lounge suit. An ageless performer, Fry is the missing link between Bryan Ferry and Jarvis Cocker. For the inevitable encore of ‘The Look of Love’ he returns dipped in sparkly gold lame. --  Stephen Dalton NME