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Gigs and concerts

Hergé

If you could see any band or artist, current or historic who would it be.

My historic band would be Joy Division, I was 9 when Ian Curtis died and I've no idea how I came across them really but I'm so glad I did, maybe I stared with New Order and worked backwards.

The current band probably would be the Manchester Orchestra but they don't seem to tour in the UK.

My next planned concert is to see Bear's Den

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  • I'm not a big concert goer (they're a bit too loud and unpredictable) but have done just a few over the years. Far and away the best of them was a small and intimate gig by The Radiophonic Workshop (yes, those guys who toiled away in the backrooms of the BBC to create all those fever dream soundscapes and theme tunes of our vivid youth) who in retirement thought it would be fun to form an actual band and recreate some of those sacred sonic touchstones as well as some new material and play it live to anyone nerdy enough to care. 

    Anyway, the line-up was: Mark Ayres, Paddy Kingsland (my all time fave tv composer), Roger Limb, *** Mills, and a bloke called ( I think?) Andrew Pepper (formerly of The Prodigy it seems) who played the drums to make some things sound more full-bodied. 

    Well, while those legends were more than enough in themselves, a dream gig would be them (impossibly) reunited with the late Delia Derbyshire, a pioneer in so many ways - it was she who made that first incredible version of the Doctor Who theme, but did so much more besides - and bringing her stuff back to life too. 

    But I'd settle for hearing any of them again, it was a magical night. 

  • in reply to Shardovan

    Aw, poor old Mick Dills (not his actual name, I've had to swap the letters round), this forum thinks he's an expletive. :-)

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