The War of the Worlds " review
O2, LondonWhen Jeff Wayne released his The War of the Worlds album in 1978, the winds of fashion were not behind him. In a musical era defined by post-punk's minimalism and deconstructionism, a sprawling concept album based on a Victorian novel about a Martian invasion of Earth appeared a gargantuan folly.The British public were not concerned with such critical niceties, and The War of the Worlds became a commer…