I Confess... this concert was strange

A few weeks ago a chum of mine made me aware of the fact that The English Beat would be performing live in Hoboken. I was shocked for a few reasons:
The venue in question (Maxwells) was quite small and the English Beat are like a really big deal.
Who knew the English Beat were still touring, much less in hoboken...I mean they broke up into like two separate bands...totally random

Then I recanted this idea because in truth the Beat were never than big but it was an anticident of two very important late 80s bands...General Public and the Fine Young Cannibals. But the in the mid 80s when I was too young to be hip the music of the beat really resonated with me, the fun horns, the vaguely punk guitar riffs, a vaguely raggaeish baseline...the faux dandy act of the lead singer...it was really freaking fun...

Lots of important questions came to mind:
What do you get when you show up to a concert in Hoboken for a not quite popular mid 80s, new ware, british ska/punk band that never had a US hit?
Answer: 200-300 people, of preposterously inconsistent ages and demographics...a handfull or rastas, reformed english hooligans transplated to NY, a couple of young kid hipsters, late 30s bankers how just spent two hours talking their sister in law into watchig their kids...ME...It was quite a site...
What does a band full of people who could be categorized as wierd in the 80s look like 20 years later?
Unsurprisingly, nothing at all like you would expect...but for a completely different reason than the one you would expect: The Beat was an 8 piece band featuring the original lead singer and several guys in their early 30s. He had replaced every...David Wakeling had coopted the band's name and image..dude...what about Ranking Roger? Where is RR?
What do people do at an English Beat Concert?

Surpisingly enough the fellow next to me took his shirt off and threw it at the crowd...that was weird, most other people skanked till their knees hurt (if they were over 40)...many people sat on these weird bleachers...everyone sang along...to everything...but most excitedly to "I Confess" which Wakeling can no longer quite hit the high notes on...that's ok dude, you're like 50...