Oooh! It's nearly time!
There's a festival on the curry mile and there's music and fun to be had! Hang on. What's this? Just how many Manclichés are there? Lets see: Ian Brown of The Stone Roses (CHECK!); Sumner playing with Bad Lieutenant formerly of Joy Division and New Order (CHECK!); Peter Hook (CHECK!); Mike Pickering and Justin Robertson of Hacienda fame (CHECK!); A Certain Ratio, who were signed to Factory (CHECK!); Mr Scruff of Eastern Bloc P45 (CHECK!).
We wouldn't be surprised if Clint Boon is the master of ceremonies on the day as well!
It is obvious that Manchester could be improved greatly by dropping a slab of concrete the exact width and breadth of Platt Fields on Friday 11th of June. We'll have to sacrifice some ducks in that boating lake thing, but in war, innocents will always die.
That, or we can simply thrill at the fact that everywhere else in Manchester on the night won't be filled with pot-bellied fortysomethings requesting 'Step On' as they'll all be reliving imagined glory years when UNKLE finally take to the stage to play the hip-hop equivalent of watery yoghurt.
Seriously though, if you are going, don't forget to make up alternative lyrics for that simian twat's 'F.E.A.R.' like "Formulaic egocentric ape rocker, fellating everyone after Reading96." And take sun-cream.
(Our tips: Catch Unabombers / Krysko / Now Wave and El Diablos, then get the fuck out of there)
Let's just hope that the majority of those artists scheduled to play, do play their newer songs---and not entirely of their older material.
ReplyDeletewhile you whiny chin-stroking bedwetters are stood around in your half empty club night all pissed off coz no-one gives a fuck about your poxy night, Platt Fields will be full of people enjoying themselves. Get over it.
ReplyDeleteAre you joking? Hello, Mike Pickering? We'll be getting right the fuck on it, obviously.
ReplyDeleteThis 'event' pretty much sums up why Fuc51 must be built
ReplyDeleteWhile I couldn't care less about the Mancunian festivities at Platt Fields, I have to admit that I quite like what they did to promote the event: There's a huge graffiti version of the poster painted onto the back wall of the car wash opposite Platt Fields, right at the end of the curry mile. I had to look twice to figure out whether it was a poster or an actual painting.
ReplyDeleteNice idea. Regardless of what it advertises.
The Whip are well worth catching.
ReplyDeleteThey are a good example of 'a band from Manchester' rather than 'a Manchester band'.
If you end up on Platt Fields that day I'd suggest catching their set.
Ian Brown is fucking dire though.
The Whip are boring/derivative as fuck.
ReplyDeletewhich forward-thinking/innovative/ground breaking bands affiliated with Fuc's anonymous writers should we be paying attention to?
ReplyDeleteObviously anyone else is just shit/boring/cliched/derivative/old/formulaic...
If you want to read loads of tips for hot new bands, you've come to the wrong blog.
ReplyDeletecop out.
ReplyDeleteGiven the simian ones recent pugulistic tendancies, shouldn't FEAR stand for Fabiola Eat A Righthander....
ReplyDeleteI always thought Robertson made his name peddling vinyl at Eastern Bloc with Mark Turner first?
ReplyDeleteHe did, but we're pretty sure that's not why he's on the bill here.
ReplyDeleteDidn't Jon Da Silva give him a career, anyway?
Just read a 'headline' news item that Ian Brown is to perform a career-spanning set at Platt Fields. Well, er, isn't that what musicians tend to do for a living. How is that news exactly? I can't imagine what Ian hoped the reaction would be to such a staggering promise. "Oh. my god, I've just read Ian's gonna do songs from his past, blimey, last time I saw him he only performed songs he hadn't written yet. We gotta go!". And in other essential news "when it rains, you get wet!"
ReplyDeleteKeep your eyes on the national press next weekend for a Fuc piece on exactly that - we'll post a link up here when it happens, but won't jeopardise it by saying any more for now.
ReplyDeleteP'raps he'll debut some new songs from his next album. "Poor People Are Skint, Honest" is already sounding like a classic, then there's the definite single choice "War War Is Stupid And People Are Stupid", plus the haunting ballad "Just Say You Walked Into A Door" and the rumoured duet with the guy who used to play Zammo - "Just Say No To Coke (cos I'm still really bitter about the way John Squire's habit split up the Roses and was nothing to do with me being monged on weed 24/7, Mani sniffing around Oasis in the pub and Reni slumped in a corner with his eyeballs in the top of his head for most of the sessions) Part 1". Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteI'm busy watching the A-Team on that day
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