Dave Gedge and co's rapid return to Manchester was certainly one for the hardcore fans, such as my mate Mike whose Weddoes knowledge came in most useful for once. A poor Numanesque support called Betamax Format never troubled the scorers but expectations were high for the Pressies after an excellent greatest hits show a couple of months back. How wrong were we.
Just two tracks off Take Fountain and the rest of the set was b-sides, Watusi (the lost LP) tracks and a couple of Cinerama numbers. Nothing from George Best (unless I was too pissed to notice) and I think the odd one from Bizarro and Sea Monsters. If they had'nt have done Falling from Twin Peaks I probably would have left disappointed. But not unimpressed.
Dave Gedge did say near the end of the show "I hope you enjoyed a different set"and I could only applaud his decision not to repeat the show of a few months back . What would be the point? I know my mates were more chuffed to hear obscure songs live for the first time rather than Kennedy for the umpteenth time, as good as it is.
I don't think I'll risk seeing them in Sheffield on Saturday though. Might just be the same set again.
*not including festivals
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Hi Martin, me and Pep went to see them in Barcelona a few weeks ago and looks like it was a similar set, including the Cinerama songs and the Twin Peaks' theme. 'A Million Miles' is the only song from George Best I can remember them playing that night. They also did 'Brassneck', but no 'Kennedy', 'Shatner', 'Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft'... There were quite a few songs I didn't recognise and, as usual, no encores. Still, a good gig and, as you say, nice to see them doing something diferent.
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