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Tag Archives: George Best
The Wedding Present – back at the Boileroom, Guildford
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …’ Three Wedding Present shows in less than three years in my hometown after 30-plus years without a single visit, and again all unfolding at the Boileroom, Stoke … Continue reading
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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Once More … with The Wedding Present
Following this site’s breaking announcement last week comes news of The Wedding Present adding a second night in Preston, Lancashire, having sold out their first summer show at The Continental in super-fast time. Three decades after their first visit to … Continue reading
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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Thirty years in the business – the David Gedge interview
It’s never easy preparing to interview someone whose music has played such a big part of your life. It was a similar tale with my recent That Petrol Emotion three-parter. Sometimes you know too much and overlook the obvious questions. … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Brighton, Cinerama, David Gedge, Edsel Records, George Best, Hebden Bridge, John Peel, Keith Gregory, Pete Salowka, Shaun Charman, The Wedding Present, Watusi, Yorkshire
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