Tag Archives: The Wedding Present

Intergalactic Sonic Trio: the Further Adventures of Ash – in conversation with Rick McMurray

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

Rick McMurray was at home in Edinburgh when I called, all set for the next run of live appearances with Ash, the following fortnight alone including outdoor festivals in Devon, Lancashire, Hampshire and Warwickshire, and club dates in Reading and … Continue reading →

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The Wedding Present / Vinny Peculiar – Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool

Posted on July 29, 2019 by

Thirty summers ago I saw the semi-legendary Wedding Present play to possibly their largest audience thus far at Reading Festival, and certainly a bigger crowd than when I saw them at Glastonbury two years earlier. It had been an amazing … Continue reading →

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Steve Harley Acoustic Trio – The Platform, Morecambe

Posted on April 5, 2019 by

You can get complacent when a venue announces ‘doors 7.30pm’, not least when your designated driver has to beat Saturday night football traffic before we can get anywhere near. We were locked in by circumstances to a just before eight … Continue reading →

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Raindrops splash rainbows – revisiting the Lightning Seeds with Ian Broudie

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

  It’s been a happening summer for Ian Broudie, back in the limelight with the ‘Three Lions’ single amid a number of festival and studio commitments, topping the charts for a third time on the back of a successful England … Continue reading →

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Talking ’bout that Who generation – back in conversation with Richard Houghton

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

Did you happen to catch a band called The High Numbers in Greenford, West London, in 1963? They were regulars at the Oldfield Hotel around then, still playing there the following year, by which time they’d changed name to The … Continue reading →

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The Wedding Present / The Catenary Wires / Miles Salisbury – The Continental, Preston

Posted on July 29, 2017 by

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 →

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Once More … with The Wedding Present

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

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 →

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Going Going … This Boy Can’t Wait – a writewyattuk exclusive

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

I don’t tend to do ‘breaking news’ and ‘exclusive’ splashes on this website, leaving that to the … yawn … competition. But when you’ve got it, perhaps you should flaunt it after all. Go, Man, Go, as a wise man once … Continue reading →

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The Wedding Present / Andy Ruddy – Guildford, Boileroom

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

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 →

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Going, Going … The Wedding Present (Scopitones, 2016)

Posted on September 9, 2016 by

A new Wedding Present album after a four-and-a-half year break, and we’re into uncharted territory again. It involves some journey too – a North American East-West road-trip (and a half) from Kittery to Santa Monica via various points, initially suggesting … Continue reading →

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