On this day, 6 November 1985, jazz funk/pop band Level 42 played Cardiff University on their World Machine Tour.
The band had just released World Machine, their sixth studio album and the band's breakthrough album internationally and features one of their most successful singles, "Something About You".
This release marked a transition from their jazz-funk beginnings to the funky pop they are best known for - a transition which eventually resulted in the departure of drummer Phil Gould subsequent to the release of their follow up album Running in the Family.
Formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979. They had a number of UK and worldwide hits during the 1980s and 1990s.
Their highest-charting single in the UK was "Lessons in Love", which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, and number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, upon its release in 1986.
An earlier single, "Something About You", was their most successful chart-wise in the United States, reaching number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Setlist
The Chinese Way
Love Games
World Machine
Turn It On
Kansas City Milkman
Heathrow
Leaving Me Now
The Chant Has Begun
Micro Kid
The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)
Something About You
Encore:
Hot Water
Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?