Towards the end of their two-hour set, Deacon Blue play a song from their most recent album, The Great Western Road, called Late ’88. You can’t really blame Deacon Blue for re-asserting how successful they were. Nevertheless, you could hardly describe Deacon Blue as forgotten. The Great Western Road’s title track and Mid Century Modern affectingly ruminate on time’s passing, their melancholy flecked with the-best-is-yet-to-come optimism. View image in fullscreen Hard-bitten stories of Glasgow life … Lorraine McIntosh sings with Deacon Blue at Brighton Centre.