Fixx, B-52s concert elicits energetic audience response

The Pala fire marshal and fans in first-row seats didn’t stand a chance when the B-52s took the stage following the Fixx, July 21, in concert at Pala Casino’s Palomar Starlight Theater. The 1980s dance band got concert goers out of their seats and dancing in the aisles and down in front of the stage.

The Fixx opened with a 52-minute performance, starting their eight songs with “Red Skies” and concluding with “Saved by Zero.” The band received a warm reception from the audience, which responded to those and other Fixx melodies with applause and by singing along as Fixx lead vocalist Cy Curnin e...