You could say that Television ended many times in the past 50 years. When they initially split in 1978, just after releasing Adventure, when they reconvened just long enough to release a third self-titled album in 1992 and then disband again in 1993, or when their 2001 reunion lasted long enough to enjoy their now-legendary status but ended when Richard Lloyd left the band in 2007. Yes, they continued on with Jimmy Rip on guitar, but it wasn’t the same and they played their last show in 2019. Despite rumblings of a new record with that final lineup, it never came to be and with Tom Verlaine’s passing in 2022, it never would. But for me, the passing this weekend of Lloyd from cancer, leaving drummer Billy Fica as the last living member, it really feels over.

While there’s numerous live recordings of the band from their various active cycles, live video footage is patchier. There’s rips of TV performances, or fan-shot clips of one or two songs from random shows over the years, but complete shows? Not so much. Of course, searching for “television live” is not going to be very precise. So I’m glad to have found this complete performance from 2005 at Rio de Janeiro’s Tim Festival – recorded by MTV – where the band are not only playing a set similar to the one I saw in Toronto in 2006, but Richard Lloyd appears to be wearing the same shirt.

Rest in peace, Tom, Fred, and Richard. Keep well, Billy. Goodbye, Television.