Split Enz: True Colours
Deborah Frost, Boston Phoenix, 21 October 1980
ALL A friend remembers about the Split Enz gig at Paul's Mall a couple of years back was the sign announcing the coming attraction: Tom Petty. What I remember is a spoon solo that seemed to last all night.
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