Music review: Echo & the Bunnymen

WITH their classic 1984 album Ocean Rain, Echo & the Bunnymen set a benchmark for symphonic pop among their post-punk peers, justification alone for embellishing old and new material with “strings and things” on The Stars, The Oceans and the Moon tour.However, there were teething problems on this opening date, not least the losing battle by the string quartet when faced with a rock band intent on powering through regardless.