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Fantastic gig in
Manchester last night, very strong performance and
good to see a band so involved in the show. Some powerful
renditions, but things really took off with "Strange
Way" - an extremely heartfelt vocal. Good to
hear "Freeze" too - not perhaps technically
the best performance, but such a good song (1993 nominee
for best use of the word "ablaze" :-). "Flowers"
also had a lot of vim, despite some guitar shenanigans
for Marty (who had already started "Are You Lonely").
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 Unfortunately,
a strict running order meant that at least two songs were dropped, which
was a great injustice (especially as Crazyhead overran slightly). To
be fair, the band didn't seem to let it spoil their good humour.
(The Mission? Uh yeah, they were there too. Yeah,
pretty good, strong vocals, bit one-paced. Nice to see the following
categories of g*th represented: - "Just dyed my hair for the first
time in ten years." - "Haven't got any hair to dye because
it fell out after all the dye I used in the 80s." - "Can't
dye my hair anymore because it would  scare
my kids." - "I put a firecracker in my make-up box and then
held my face over it.")
Anyway, AAE would be crazy not to follow up on this.
Even fanbase apart, there is a place for material of the strength of
the UV and Mice albums. And at least they'd be able to do a full set.
Opportunity knocks, indeed. :-) Ade
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Ade
Rixon - Reviews Manchester 25/11/99
