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Graphic twists on a compelling tale – back in touch with The Wedding Present’s David Gedge
It’s been a long time in the planning, but late next week the first instalment of David Gedge’s long-awaited memoir-in-comic-book-form will be released by Scopitones Books. Stories featured in 176-page, matt-laminated, hardback Go Out and Get ‘Em Boy! – Tales … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged 2000 AD, Billy Bragg, Bizarro, Brighton, Charlie Layton, Chris Hardwick, Danielle Wadey, David Gedge, Go Out and Get ‘Em Boy!, Going Going, Ian Rankin, Jessica McMillan, John Peel, Jon Stewart, Keith Gregory, Lee Thacker, Leeds, Louder than Words, Manchester, Melanie Howard, Optic Nerve, Peter Solowka, Ramones, Reception, Sean Hughes, Shaun Charman, Sleevenotes, Sometimes These Words Just Don't Have to be Said, Terry de Castro, The Clash, The Fall, The Wedding Present, Vinny Peculiar
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The Wedding Present / The Catenary Wires / Miles Salisbury – The Continental, Preston
When Un-Peeled promoter Tuff Life Boogie broke the news that The Wedding Present were coming to my favourite Lancashire riverside locale in early March, there was much excitement from the North West indie fraternity, with one date soon not enough. … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Amelia Fletcher, Bizarro, Blank Students, Caternary Wires, Charlie Layton, Danielle Wadey, David Gedge, George Best, Going Going, John Peel, Marcus Kain, Miles Salisbury, Preston, Talulah Gosh, The Continental, The Wedding Present, Tuff Life Boogie, Valentina
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The Wedding Present / Andy Ruddy – Guildford, Boileroom
Many of the bands I love have graced my hometown in the past, yet for some reason it never quite happened with The Wedding Present. First time I went to see them was down the A246 in Fetcham in 1986, … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Always the Sun, Andy Ruddy, Bizarro, Boileroom, Bradford, Charlie Layton, Danielle Wadey, David Gedge, George Best, Going Going, guildford, Hebden Bridge Trades Club, Marcus Kain, Philip Larkin, Seamonsters, The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, The Wedding Present
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The Wedding Present / The Treated – Hebden Bridge – July 26, 2014
What a night. One of those memorable summer gigs at an intimate venue where you’re sweating like hell and being jolted around anyway, so might as well dance. Did I mention how hot it was? David Gedge certainly did, and … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Bizarro, David Gedge, Hebden Bridge Trades Club, Pixies, Seamonsters, The Treated, The Wedding Present, Valentina, Watusi, Yorkshire
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