An Audience With Rusty Egan + Cult With No Name

An evening centred on Rusty Egan, a drummer and DJ tied to the Blitz club and the New Romantic scene, with Erik Stein of Cult With No Name taking part and that act providing the support set at The Castle and Falcon.

Rusty Egan started out as a drummer and later joined the Rich Kids, the group led by Glen Matlock, formerly of the Sex Pistols, with Midge Ure as frontman. As a founder and DJ at London's Blitz club in 1979, Egan became part of the New Romantic movement, where synth-based music was paired with art school fashion. The club championed Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra alongside David Bowie, Brian Eno and Bryan Ferry.

Egan also formed Visage, built around Steve Strange and Midge Ure. In 1982 he and Strange opened the Camden Palace nightclub in London. Egan moved into the music business as well, running the record label and publishing company Metropolis, which signed Soft Cell and Space, and working at Trident Studios in Soho, where he remixed Madonna's "Everybody". Later DJ engagements included the Isle of Wight festival in 2008.

This evening is billed as An Audience With Rusty Egan, featuring Erik Stein of Cult With No Name, who also open the bill. The Castle and Falcon, on Moseley Road, mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on pop, rock and indie music.