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Tag Archives: Bolton
Up, up and away – a late introduction to Magic Roundabout
Once upon a long ago, there was a band – described by their modern-day label as ‘criminally-unheard Manchester noisemakers’ – that borrowed its name from a hit UK children’s TV show that itself started life in a very different form … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan McGee, Backdraft, Bolton, Glastonbury Festival, Ian Masters, Inspiral Carpets, Jack White, James, Julian Cope, Karrie Price, Leeds, Linda Jennings, Loop, Magic Roundabout, Manchester, Mark E Smith, Mark Webber, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Davidson, Pale Saints, Paul Chadwick, Spaceman 3, The blue Aeroplanes, The Boardwalk, The Fall, The Flatmates, The Shop Assistants, the Velvet Underground, Third Man Records, Tony Wilson, Up, Warren Defever, Zodiac Mindwarp
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Saints preserve us – talking Cornershop’s England is a Garden with Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayres
Cornershop are back with a new album, England is a Garden, three decades after they left Preston bound for world domination (starting in Leicester), and 22 years since Norman Cook’s remix of ‘Brimful of Asha’ led them to their sole … Continue reading
Punchlines, headlines, good times and hard lines – the Dave Spikey interview
I go a few years back with Dave Spikey, first meeting this ever-entertaining Lancastrian when he dropped in at my old workplace, the Chorley Guardian, with fellow comedian Peter Kay in early 2000. At that point the pair had already … Continue reading
Judy Street refused UK entry, but hoping to return later this year
I don’t tend to do breaking news on the writewyattuk blog, but on the morning of Friday, May 16, it was announced that Judy Street – the subject of a feature and interview on this site last Saturday (May 10) … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Bolton, Edinburgh, Glenn Walker-Foster, Judy Street, Manchester, Preston's Got Soul, Russ Winstanley, Twisted Wheel, Wigan
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