XTC would tour no more

A tour-weary Andy Partridge stumbles off stage at Le Palace, Paris, 18 march 1982 (Thanks to Chalkhills.org)

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[awnplmigo]

Referring to this incident, Andy said, "I have no doubt that if I wasn't having my problems, we could have been as big as U2 or R.E.M. ." Many if not most music fans have no doubt, either, Genius.

[Quidditch910]

*sigh* God, I would have loved to see them live!

It's okay, Andy. Nobody blames you.

[kingjojothegreat]

Panic attack?

[TheYTChronicles]

This makes me so sad. Such bad luck for Partridge and the band, they could of been huge

[phnuff]

I am one of the lucky ones. I saw XTC live 7 times. To see this makes me sad cos Andy is a great guitarist, he Colin and the others were some of the best pop song writers ever and ok they probably would have self destructed by now but a few more could have appreciated just how good XTC were. Thanks chaps, you have left me with some great memories and my 13 year old daughter thinks your songs are special

[ShiftCarp]

I think I was at what would have been there last show at the Paladium in LA. Waited for about an hour and they never showed or toured after that. Got a Drums and Wires Tshirt though. Did have the privelage of seeing them open with Oingo Boingo for the Police.

[101Volts]

From what I heard this wasn't their final show, They played a full show in Los Angeles a couple weeks later (April third?) And when they started playing Melt The Guns a bunch of local punks and anarchists invaded the stage. I don't know if all of this is true though.

[TheColininla]

Yes, they should have held a much larger place in rock's history. Their albums are brilliant.

[GloucesterAdam]

@Quidditch910 I agree, it's unfair to just blame Andy. There were other factors at the time (Terry Chambers moving to Australia) and Colin and David didn't seem too fussed about touring anyway. I think it was inevitable that they would stop touring sometime around this point, but they didn't do too badly out of just being a studio band. Plus David Gregory is still touring, albeit with the Tin Spirits.

[vootie99]

I saw them live 3x... they were ok. I think their studio stuff was 100x better... Andy was a control freak too uptight to relax onstage... they should have been huge though...

[Stube437]

Wow! the things you find on y/t. I didn't know that this moment was filmed. Strange when you see Andy elsewhere he seems like the kinda guy who'd love performing.