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Live Review and Photo Gallery: ABC at Des Plaines Theatre • Des Plaines

Live Review and Photo Gallery: ABC at Des Plaines Theatre • Des Plaines

| July 10, 2022

ABC Saturday, July 9, 2022 Des Plaines Theatre Review and photos by Jeff Elbel Never let it be said that ABC founder and frontman Martin Fry doesn’t know his audience, and how to butter them up. “You look too young to be children of the ‘80s,” he said, wondering aloud whether he’d accidentally walked into […]

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Hello, My Name Is Martin Fry of ABC

Hello, My Name Is Martin Fry of ABC

| July 7, 2022

Martin Fry still recalls the exact moment he finally understood the magnitude of what he’d achieved with The Lexicon of Love, his picture-perfect soul-pop 1982 debut with ABC. Produced by ex-Buggle (and future Yes anchor) Trevor Horn, the horn-punctuated concept album had already begun spinning out chart-topping singles like “Tears Are Not Enough” and “Poison […]

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