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Television, The Only Ones: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 22 April 1978

LAST YEAR, Television arrived in Britain under a shower of gilded prose and hyperbole claiming that they were the hottest thing since the invention of electricity, etc., and proceeded to play a number of well-attended gigs during which time they secured mostly very positive reviews plus the handle "Ice Kings of Rock".

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