Picturedrome, Holmfirth gig – 21 June 2024

Holmfirth was the first gig back after the 20-month break caused by all the unpleasantness, and now 24 gigs later, it’s the first venue since then to get a repeat visit. And why not? It’s the 8th gig in 14 years in this lovely town.

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(2 years ago by Johnny Kwango)

  1. Woodnoggin

    A very enjoyable evening in a lovely venue. I particularly appreciated the trumpet embellishment in Big Man Up Front.

    22 June 2024

  2. D list paul ross

    I know coincidences are more frequent than you think (stop wait a minute Mr Spokesman…) but Rhinestone Cowboy, eh?

    22 June 2024

  3. dic aberdaron

    kin’ ell… worra a gig
    24 hr garage people!!!!! amongst other highlights

    and nice one for the trumpet, ben

    22 June 2024

  4. john smart

    A top gig from the chaps in Holmfirth, as always. I may have missed one in the last 14 years.

    With a trumpet available, thanks Ben, was a tribute to Mr Gubba possible?

    I was there last time it was done at Holmfirth.

    I cannot tell you why, but it is a favourite song.

    John

    22 June 2024

  5. EXXO

    Victoria played a cornet for the incidental squawks of ‘GL’ in 2010. A trumpet wouldn’t be the same*, too melodious and dominant.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AnHCQNsxhc

    Anyway, a trumpet wasn’t just “available.” Ben’s trumpet part on the album is Ben’s trumpet part. He owned it.

    22 June 2024

  6. EXXO

    *didn’t stop me putting in an optimistic punt on ‘GL’ though, so all the above is with hindsight.

    22 June 2024

  7. EXXO

    Here’s Roger’s reliable reportage, confirming the quiz thread setlist and gratefully lifted from https://hmhb.co.uk/guest/index.htm

    Picturedrome, Holmfirth, Fri 21st Jun 2024 (23/06/24)

    Roger Green:

    I saw some notes from Coventry where someone was complaining about being blocked off at the front of the gig. I’m sorry if that was aimed at me. I don’t think it was. I’ve always thought that The HMHB Massive is an inclusive (and, on the whole, friendly) bunch. Shame that not everyone thinks that way. However I like to have a resting point for the notepad, so the very front is the best place to be. Hence our early arrival before doors open at these things.

    Oh aye, and the support band at Coventry was “Crapsons”. Not “THE Crapsons”. There is definitely no definite article. As evidenced on a couple of t-shirts in my possession, as well as a handful of CDs. See also “Buzzcocks”.

    We found ourselves watching a repeat of a Les Dawson-fronted Blankety Blank. There were a number of HMHB references on the panel. Don McLean, Clare Rayner and Lynsey De Paul. Quality, wholesome entertainment.

    I think I’ve mentioned King Rocker, being the film about The Nightingales. Glad to see the comment on Chris’s site from Cream Cheese And Chives, where he praised this film. There’s something else for you to track down…

    And you’ll also find John Robb’s The Art Of Darkness on a bookshelf somewhere or other. It is labelled The History Of Goth. Not many writers will have covered this area in more detail. I didn’t know the first thing about Clan Of Xymox beyond their mention in HMHB’s Faithlift. I must say I don’t know much more about them now. But John’s book filled in one or two gaps in my knowledge. And there is a fine quote from one of the interviewees on the very last page… “It’s not easy being a goth in Morocco.”

    From there I moved on to Nige Tassell’s Butch Wilkins And The Sundance Kid. This “chronicles Nige’s decade-long obsession with televised sport as a teenager during the 1980s”. Plenty of football is featured. Getting home too late to see Bryan Robson’s first-minute goal in the 1982 World Cup. As well as the “And Smith must score” FA Cup final when Brighton were playing. There’s the Evert v Navratilova rivalry. And Ian Botham’s efforts in the Ashes against Australia. I was at Wembley in May 1983 to see Featherstone Rovers upset the odds when they beat Hull in Rugby League’s Challenge Cup final. Nige was at home watching on TV, and he affords it a couple of pages here. There is also a section on regionalised Sunday afternoon football highlights, where your local channel – whether it be Yorkshire TV, Granada, ATV, Anglia et al – would show a main game and would follow it with highlights from elsewhere in the country. And Nige is not afraid to address the grim stuff, Heysel, Valley Parade and Hillsborough. There was an interesting point about the TV presenter, the “almost illegal” Elton Welsby. Full name is Roger Elton Welsby, but he “ditched his first name in favour of the marginally more rock and roll Elton”. The git. If ever I see Elton, I will remind him that Roger is also a rock and roll name. McGuinn, Daltrey, Waters and, er, Taylor. There is a section on the Ben Johnson-Carl Lewis business at the 1988 Olympics. “The fraud of the rings”. You possibly have to remember the 1980s in order to get the most out of this book. But I’m guessing that a lot of the HMHB fanbase can do that. It’s a grand read. (And “Nigel Blackwell” gets a mention in the Acknowledgements.)

    More recently I have been reading Hungry Beat by Douglas Macintyre and Grant McPhee with Neil Cooper. This covers “The Scottish Independent Pop Underground 1977-1984”. Plenty in there about Fast Records, and their opening of doors for The Gang Of Four, The Human League and others. Fast also had a hand in unleashing The Stupid Babies. I remember their song “Babysitters” getting a lot of Peel airtime. And I never knew that one of them grew up to be Adamski. There is also plenty in there about Postcard Records supporting the rise of Orange Juice.

    Sorry to hear that Frank Ifield stepped down from that windmill. RIP. It reminded me that he was Number One in the Hit Parade with Wayward Wind on the day that I was born.

    A few folk mentioned on Chris’s site that they were going to see The Lovely Eggs around late May/ early June at various points on the compass. Karen and I were part of a fair Biscuiteer delegation when they played at The Brudenell in Leeds. We met John, Elizabeth, Huddersfield Graham and Nigel from Goole. Another fine show from that band, including grand support from Loose Articles and poet Violet Malice.

    Over the past few years we have been to see another Wirral band, The Webb, on a number of occasions. Goth music for non-goths. That’s how I would describe them. They have decided to call it a day. Great shame. That’s another good band gone west. We went to their final live show in Sheffield.

    Just three more HMHB gigs currently lie in the diary. Sheffield in October, Cardiff next March and Ulverston in May. Bearing in mind the number of people that went on Chris’s site trying to get tickets for this one in Holmfirth, I hope folk are reminded that these things now regularly sell out. All I can say is that you need to follow Fred Pontin’s advice. And if you can’t remember who Fred Pontin was… Book early!

    Friday afternoon getting to Holmfirth by car is not easy. I could have got there quicker if I had parked up in New Mill and walked the last few miles from there. It was worth it in the end though. I had been at work, so earlier in the day Karen got the bus through and checked in at The Old Bridge. We said hello to Carl from the band and Paula whilst on our way to Hollowgate Fisheries with Andrew and Phill for the usual pre-gig tea, followed by afters at the ice cream parlour next door. Tourism par excellence.

    While out and about we also saw Ben from Modern Marriage, John, Postman Tony (thanks for the bucket hat), Steve, Brian and one or two others.

    The Yorkshire Post used to have a Culture supplement on Fridays. This has now been reduced to a handful of reviews in the main body of the paper. No chance of a mention of the HMHB show, which was also overlooked by the Leisure And Motors section of The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Not that any coverage was needed. The gig had sold out long since.

    Many thanks to Exxo for passing on the Order Of Service card from Geoff’s funeral last year. We were sorry to miss that, being away on hols at the time. But we paid our own tribute on the day. It was nice to read how it all went. And it reminded me that the last time I saw and spoke to Geoff was in this very venue in Holmfirth.

    As usual, we didn’t hang about getting in the queue. But even then, Graham and Sarah had beaten us there. Tony, Alison, Phill and Andrew all had a similar plan. Alex, Lynn, Lou, Pete from Worksop (first time we’ve seen him for a while), Postman Tony, John, Peter and Steve all contributed to a sizeable queue by the time the doors opened. Mo also joined us down at the front. I ought to mention the price of bottles of water. At £1.50, we reckoned that is about half what you would expect to pay at bigger venues. Nice.

    Nothing new at Miles’s stall. He was ably assisted by Pete. Surely some new product is due somewhere in the not too distant. After a Hello with Katherine and Karl, it was time for Modern Marriage, another band hailing from Birkenhead. Frontman Ben established that the travelling fans from The Wirral outnumbered the Yorkshire locals. Hmm, not quite sure about that, but let’s go with Ben’s estimate. In any case, there were quite a few folk singing along to Modern Marriage’s songs. I would have done the same, but the only one I know that well is Gerry And His Pacemaker.

    Thanks to Ben for the set list. All very brief and to the point. Lobster Bry Radnor Grim Up North Speke Kenny Dear John Gerry

    It’s good when HMHB arrange their own support act. I hope Modern Marriage can get the job again.

    There were a few more Hellos during the interval. Michael from Indignation Meeting handed us a list of their upcoming engagements. Claire (Mrs Exford) said Hello, I spoke briefly with Andy, and met Sue, who is from the same estate where Neil and Nigel grew up. She even showed me a Google map detailing the exact points.

    I wrote down the words “Crass film” in my notepad. Someone must have mentioned this to me. It needs looking into. Karen thinks that it is showing in Leeds and Sheffield. Surely a documentary rather than a dramatization…?

    Rhinestone Cowboy was tonight’s HMHB walk-on music. There was a fine singalong from the moshpit, before the show started with The Light At The End Of The Tunnel. “Anyone in from Redruth?” asked Nigel. There was no reply. He had obviously lost a bet, so handed a tenner to Karl.

    Someone asked Nigel where his glasses were. He said he only wears them because of his glaucoma. When someone else shouted “Fuckin’ ‘Ell”, Nigel replied “That’s nearly one of our songs. I would play it, but it’s a democracy. Democracy is not really a good thing in a band.” In Renfield’s Afoot, booking was Absolutely Essential, which was underlined. Nigel also noted the point about Strictly No Dogs. “God knows why, because the bats are in the air.”

    Jodie Comer was spotted. “Don’t put the spotlight on. I think it really is her… I know it’s your birthday, but stop leaning on the defibrillator. Any time this year with those step ladders.” Tending The Wrong Grave is a true story. During the Meadow Of Consolation section, Nigel said he didn’t expect to hear the soundtrack of an East European Cold War cartoon (Neil). Nor did he expect to find himself among the Delia Darbyshire Society (Karl). We had a topical observation from Nigel, “Even the glebe cow drooled before it was run over by a police car.” This was followed by a line from The Fall’s Hip Priest. “He is not appreciated.”

    “This one’s for anyone called Joyce,” announced Nigel. Loud cheers came from the floor. Nigel turned to Karl. “I told you there would be loads in called Joyce.”

    Round of applause for the bouncer who helped Mo out when she dropped her phone over the barrier at the front. He showed some Olympic standard gymnastics to hurdle the barrier and retrieve the item for her. It all added to the entertainment value while the gig was going on.

    Someone in the crowd mentioned The Last Of The Summer Wine. To which Nigel replied “More cheese, Grommit?” Then came the response “Wrong programme!” Nigel had predicted that someone would correct him on this, showing Tony proof that he had written this down in advance. It’s all getting a bit too clever for me.

    Nigel confessed that he always mixes up Walter Swinburn and Algernon Swinburne. And he has a similar recognition problem with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Dave Grohl. We were told that Llewelyn-Bowen used to be part of The Middlesbrough Massive and that he owns the skeleton of PG Wodehouse. And Nigel was wondering if there is a verb “to pundit”, after discussing how much he dislikes the way that Micah Richards laughs so much. Following that, the band played Bob Wilson Anchorman, which Nigel introduced as being “mildly topical, but not specifically.”

    Nigel sneaked a look at what I was writing in my notepad. (Actually it was “99% of Gargoyles”.) He said to Karl “Do us a favour. Can you tune this for us?” as he handed him his guitar. Tony shouted out the score from tonight’s European Championship match. “Netherlands 0 France 0”. “Good job I’m not taping it,” replied Nigel. “There’ll be people here who don’t want to know the score.”

    It was grand to hear the return of Twenty-Four Hour Garage People. The sliding tray device is known in the trade as a Chuckle Brother. (“To me. To you. To me. To you.”). Nigel orders Sour Cream And Chives Pringles, even though he knows they don’t exist. The employee finds the key for the back of the shop underneath a Jim Davidson CD. All Nigel’s friends from the Conga Society are back from the AGM and are itching to rehearse. They are in the queue behind him. Four of them need seeded bread. Rosie wants posh marmalade, Russ wants a Street Atlas of Kilmarnock and Lost Oliver taunts the guy behind the counter, asking for a pint of milk, semi-skilled. “Much like yourself.” The garage guy was drinking from a “I Love Peaky Blinders” mug, and his Wordsearch puzzle included “Relationships”, “Unlikely”, “Magistrates”, “Community” “Service” and “Kawasaki”. He was getting crimson faced, as this is the fifth time this month that Nigel has done this. “Serves them right for opening all day and all night,” Nigel could hear a Harry Potter novel through the discarded earphones. The sandwich options included bacon, lettuce and tomato with e-coli.

    After that, Ben from Modern Marriage walked back on, to play the trumpet on Big Man Up Front. Terminus was “for anyone who’s in from Weybridge in Surrey.” Ben returned later to play on Misirlou. After Dukla Prague, Nigel commented “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I’m more of a Striker man. It’s better than Subbuteo.”

    Restless Legs is a true story. It ended with the Joni Mitchell line about putting up a parking lot. We were treated to the “A Moray” ditty again. The mosh pit was getting increasingly frenetic. Nothing wrong with that. A bit of to-ing and fro-ing and pushing and shoving. That’s all part and parcel of these evenings out. But were you the “gentleman” who was pulling Karen’s hair? That was offside. Maybe we can discuss that sometime?

    It was either We Built This Village or Every Time A Bell Rings that was inspired by the film Flashdance. And Nigel is still working on his stand-up comedy routine… “What has three legs and eats fish and chips? Don and Ivy Brennan.” Coming back for the encore, Nigel said “We’re OK for time. It’s a twenty-four-hour city… Well, a twenty-four-hour town.”. Before Transmission, he said “Join in if you know the words. So if we fuck it up, it’s not our fault.”

    Here is what the band played….

    The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train
    Sealclubbing
    I’m Getting Buried In The Morning
    Renfield’s Afoot
    The Bane Of Constance
    Tending The Wrong Grave For Twenty-Three Years
    Ode To Joyce
    When I Look At My Baby
    Fuckin’ ‘Ell It’s Fred Titmus
    Persian Rug Sale At The URC
    Bob Wilson Anchorman
    What Made Colombia Famous (with a bit of Black Night at the beginning)
    Ninety-Nine Per Cent Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd
    For What Is Chatteris…
    Rock And Roll Is Full Of Bad Wools
    Twenty-Four Hour Garage People
    Big Man Up Front
    Terminus
    Misirlou
    All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
    Vatican Broadside
    Restless Legs
    National Shite Day
    We Built This Village On A Trad Arr Tune
    Every Time A Bell Rings
    The Trumpton Riots
    Everything’s AOR
    Joy Division Oven Gloves
    And in the encore…

    Midnight Mass Murder
    Transmission
    Oblong Of Dreams
    Thanks to Karl for the set list, which was subjected to audit. It was a true and fair record. Graham Le Taxi duly took a photo of it. And that was the evening done.

    On the Saturday morning, we had a hearty breakfast at The Old Bridge in the company of other residents John, Drew, Tony, Postman Tony, Phill, Brian and Mrs Brian. Then we drove home and were back for noon. We very rarely get back that early from a HMHB night. Must be about a hundred sleeps to the Sheffield gig. Congrats to Karen, reaching three quarters of a century of these evenings. Many more to come, starting with that Sheffield one in October.

    Not long now before Wakefield has a Mayor called Darren.

    23 June 2024

  8. EXXO

    PS @John Smart. Sorry I sounded so arsey in my brass-tinged comment. All HMHB flirtations with said alloy are delightful.

    23 June 2024

  9. Cream cheese and chives

    A big week at CC&C Towers as daughter #1 got wed last Saturday in That London. Keen to bring back the past, we inadvertently turned a fantastic day into a Covid superspreader event and I spent the week feeling like a bag of spanners. I stopped being positive Wednesday but Thursday night I was still facing late fitness tests.
    Driving from Kendal to Holmfirth was suitably grisly but I parked my camper at a nearby site and tried to eat myself fitter before wandering past the various sports grounds that lined the route into town.
    Sweating profusely and completely unable to taste my pint, I felt grim during Modern Marriage but liked the cut of their jib. Beechams and Wainwrights doesn’t have the same ring to it as honey and lemon and on this evidence may not be as effective. I saw various familiar faces but felt too ropey to say hello and waited for the band. The game of quidditch was about to start…
    What a treat! They always are but I thought Friday a particular triumph. 24Hour Garage People was a standout but there were so many. I kept thinking I’m sure I predicted they’d play this one and I always just list the ones I fancy hearing so 5/7 made for a bespoke performance. The semi skilled reference and the Micah Richards putdown will stay with me for a long time not least because there was a bloke near me who promptly stopped laughing his head off every time Nigel said anything.
    You reach an age when getting through the gig without a leak is impossible. I go during All I Want For Christmas or JDOG and what struck me as I went out during the former was that the bar-previously a bastion of bald headed beer bellied gravitas-had transformed into a place seemingly frequented by the cast of The Only Way Is Essex. This was emphasised at the end of the show when I made my way down the cut alongside the venue. One side was lined with sweating Biscuiteers heading for the night while coming towards them was a line of young revellers heading for oblivion.
    A top night ended with a pleasing walk back along the main road to the campsite and when I awoke to the ducks quacking on the pond outside I felt blessed. I still felt a bit rough but how lucky we are to have found these troubadours who continue to serve up such enthralling nights of entertainment.
    Next stop Sheffield in October. Back to the train for that I think. From Kendal I think I need to set off about third week in September.

    23 June 2024

  10. Neville Bourke

    Holmfirth. HMHB in all their majesty. Lots of the unexpected. Just the right number of chips (64 apparently). Huddersfield’s Very Own SM – never change Sir! Never change. 24HGP. Exxo’s interpretive Rick Astley (Never gonna give you up) at the back of the Nook. And now I’m stuck in Manchester cause of the airport power outage. Still, another night to process the magnificence. Thanks to the band and all that sail with them. ‘Till the next time!

    23 June 2024

  11. Sloppy

    Cracking gig and thanks for the name check there in the review! Yep, I’m sure Neil, Nigel and I probably crossed paths in The 9 o’clock shop !
    Off on the hunt for some videos now.
    If Sheffield is half as good, I’ll be a happy bunny

    23 June 2024

  12. Ian walton

    Darren seems a good bloke I like him wakey could do worse

    23 June 2024

  13. dr DEsperate

    R6M listeners up early on Saturday may have noticed a shout-out for ‘Vitas Gerulaitis’* as the first text on RadMac’s inexplicably tennis-themed show (better than the frogs-themed one on Sunday, I suppose).
    That was me, that was.

    *They didn’t play it.

    23 June 2024

  14. Old tige

    Sounds like a great show, and I’m delighted to hear that a song from Urge for Offal made the setlist (BöC), though now I see that it did make the cut at least once in 2022 and 2023.

    I had fantasies of making the trek from America for this one, but it was not to be. I hope to join you all in the near future.

    A personal PBR: On 21 June — before the setlist was posted here — some friends and I went bicycling around to neighborhood yard sales, where I acquired these items that I wouldn’t have suspected to relate at all to the Holmfirth show: Glen Campbell LP, Midge Ure CD, and Dick Dale CD with Misirlou as one of the tracks. One dollar each. HMHB mycelia at work again. (Also a Mary Hopkin LP for 50 cents, though I hit the woodwork with that one.)

    24 June 2024

  15. EXXO

    Darren gets hedges cut!

    25 June 2024

  16. Transit full of Keith

    Respect is due at Darren’s giddy rise from lollipop man to Mayor of Wakefield

    25 June 2024

  17. Cream cheese and chives

    All of those two teams scarves at the Euros set me wondering whether a scarf of two colours with the word Man on one background and Biscuit on the other could be a thing.
    And if could, might it be used to gag Micah Richards endless guffawing?

    25 June 2024

  18. EXXO

    Anyone else get the lurgy after Friday’s moshpit? I went back to my seasonal job on Monday after 5 months off and lasted less than 5 hours. Went home – negative test must have been too early for antibodies ‘cos today’s, when I finally got another test kit, was positive in about 1.5 seconds.

    26 June 2024

  19. EXXO

    I feel a sudden need to explain Neville’s “RIck Astley” comment above. There were pop music earworms in the chippy, and long queues. And 15 mins to wait for fish. And we needed to get back to Neville as we were all going in on Neville’s one paper ticket. “Neville gonna give you up” was workshopped as we waited, late for the rendez-vous time.

    26 June 2024

  20. EXXO

    Ok, yes, I remember now that the test detects antigens, which aren’t antibodies.

    26 June 2024

  21. Hedley verity

    Another one for a positive Covid test – thanks for the pointers Exxo.

    26 June 2024

  22. Mark

    Fantastic gig in a great venue . Small downside, all 3 of us who attended have now tested positive for Covid

    27 June 2024

  23. eric t'viking

    Due to a rescheduling mix-up, we turned up in Holmfirth last Friday afternoon thinking we had a room booked at the Old Bridge Inn, only to be disappointed. The receptionist double-checked the booking system, then sadly confirmed – it had been cancelled. Worse, there was no room at the Inn…

    However, rather than shrugging her shoulders and showing us the door, the receptionist leapt into action. Quickly ringing around, she found us a room at another hotel not too far away, gave us directions on how to get there, and even a taxi number for our trip back to the gig. Result! What an absolute blinder she played – faith in one’s fellow human beings restored (or reinforced; delete as appropriate).

    A couple of Nook Brewery beers later, followed by an excellent Mexican meal (check out Mexicali next time you’re in Holmfirth) then to the Picturedrome – which feels like an example of how gigs should be: a bar with sufficient staff and which stays open, clear sighting of the stage, good acoustics, and low-key security – present, but not in anyone’s face.

    Nothing really to add about the gig – think it’s all been very well covered above by earlier scribes. Though maybe someone could ask: “can Ben come out to play again, please?”

    28 June 2024

  24. Huddersfield's Very Own Steve Malkmus

    No covid symptoms here a week later. Being socially awkward and introverted does have upsides occasionally!

    28 June 2024

  25. Eric Olthwaite

    @Exxo, Mark, Hedley. Same here, started coughing on Tuesday. Sweats, shivers, aches, breathlessness and loss of taste Thursday afternoon. Tested positive. Planning to leave my bed and eat something this afternoon.

    29 June 2024

  26. Johnny Kwango

    The Testing Positive of Eric Olthwaite

    29 June 2024

  27. EXXO

    The one upside of getting it from a HMHB moshpit is that we won’t be among those indirectly super-spreaded from this fucking Glastonbury. State of that fucking dogshit pop on the main stage this year.

    29 June 2024

  28. dr DEsperate

    If you need a laugh in your sickbed, @Exxo, listen to Craig Charles on R6M this morning, after RadMac. He turned up 10 minutes late, audibly the worse for wear after late-night carousing with Noel Gallagher in a secret bar at Glasto (q v). His interview with Larry McDonald of The Skatalites (commencing at 1:03:00) is particularly fine.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0020hsg

    29 June 2024

  29. EXXO

    Heard it, yeah.

    I told three fifths of Oasis to piss off about 4-5am after their 95 Glastonbury set when they were drinking loudly outside the Colombia records van that I was sleeping in. Neither Gallagher was there though.

    29 June 2024

  30. Woodnoggin

    I’ve been slightly poorly all week following the gig but it’s taken until now to show up positive on a COVID test. Super spreader event.

    29 June 2024

  31. Mel Wood

    I’m just trying to regather my marbles here… Was this Holmfirth gig in June a rebooking from last November by any chance please? I dug out my Sheffield ticket for tonight only to also find an unused November 3rd 2023 Picturedrome one which doesn’t seem to have happened… Looking forward to tonight anyway!

    4 October 2024

  32. EXXO

    Yes, the postponement announcement was made on October 24th when Neil broke his wrist.

    I do that kind of thing all the time. Missed a comedy gig this summer that I’d been looking forward to for decades – hadn’t really bothered to properly inform the Mrs or anyone else that I had 3 tickets either, so there was nobody to remind me and all 3 wasted.

    Few weeks ago I found a Holmfirth ticket that had been sent by someone off here, which had fallen off the mantlepiece into a sack of old cricket balls, just 3 feet from where I thought it was when I cycled across Leeds to try to find it on gig day. Had to re-buy one on the day.

    Anyway have a good one tonight.

    4 October 2024

  33. Mel Wood

    Ahh nice one Exxo thank you! I couldn’t believe I would have just missed it, in the November, but evidently I should have believed it, given that I did somehow miss in June! Only thing to do is make sure I book a few more for next year and get them on every calendar/app I can. Cheers!

    4 October 2024

  34. Johnny kwango

    A few videos from Holmfirth:

    (a) Big Man Up Front

    https://youtu.be/Z4IgONXAfCE?si=OtajQiIju50VyuPW

    (b) Misirlou + DPAK

    https://youtu.be/WyTojwocA5s?si=1lhQ1BonkKxz5hLi

    (c) Midnight Mass Murder

    https://youtu.be/vrV8JltCKT4?si=viF2yq8Owkn0sMUI

    (d) Transmission

    https://youtu.be/iTOU8uwKf_Y?si=P8ZhMRBVovr2_Ani

    Any issues let me know – ta.

    7 October 2024

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