He teases them with mention of “one more song we’ve forgotten to do”. He sings Eyes Without a Face beautifully, remembers playing “the Electric Circus, down the road” by way of introducing One Hundred Punks and has the crowd yelling “Maw! Maw! Maw!” during Rebel Yell. They’re all excellent, vulnerable songs and their warm reception sets Idol on a roll. In the candid piano ballad turned brash rocker Runnin’ from the Ghost, the former addict candidly addresses his fears of falling back into bad habits.
Another new song, Bitter Taste, finds Idol reflecting on his terrible 1990 motorcycle crash and he sings it in front of a video of himself walking away from some wreckage. He introduces new song Cage by talking movingly about his mother’s death during the first lockdown and how the restrictions meant he couldn’t attend her funeral.