As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, The Go-Go’s made history. Underpinned by candid testimonies, this film chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of a band born in the LA punk scene who became a pop phenomenon.
“We wanted to end up where we started,” said Charlotte Caffey, and what she meant was Los Angeles. That’s the city in which Caffey and her bandmates formed the Go-Go’s in 1978, and it’s the place they returned Tuesday night for the final show of a month-long farewell tour at The Greek. True to the economical spirit of the music, the Go-Go’s didn’t drag out this goodbye with long speeches or a corny video montage. From the band’s opener, “Vacation,” to its closer, “Head Over Heels,” it was onstage for less than 90 minutes — and that included two encores.
The Go-Go's take Central Park by storm in this 2001 concert, their first live performance in decades. Serving up a pleasant mix of songs new and old -- including crowd-pleasers such as "Vacation," "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed," plus a raucous rendition of The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" -- Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Gina Schock prove they're still the "It" girls of pop-rock.
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