Sunday, 4 February 2018
911 Celebration
First viewed : 20 July 1989
Celebration was a regional arts programme on a Thursday night after News at Ten on Granada. I didn't normally watch it but in July they broadcast footage from a gig I'd actually attended, 10,000 Maniacs at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester a couple of months earlier
It was one of my first drives into Manchester and somewhat nerve-wracking as Barry McGuigan had a fight on at G-Mex the same night and traffic was at a standstill. I remember asking a policeman for advice on parking and he recognised me from Spotland. The ordeal was made worse because I didn't know how to de-mist the windscreen and was constantly trying to wipe it while driving.
Still I survived and it was a good concert, promoting the Blind Man's Zoo album. Natalie Merchant was note-perfect . You couldn't say that about the bloke she plucked from the audience to do the Michael Stipe part on A Campfire Song , his tone-deaf contribution provoking a roar of laughter from the audience.
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