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Added 5th June 2007 by Tony/Longfella

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Manchester Academy Memories

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New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Academy 2 (Main Debating Hall)
15th December 1992

I'm led to say 92 for this but would have thought 90 - see below. Interesting times these with dance and baggy really kicking in whilst the Pixies and Sugar were ushering in the grunge scene. It's to Manchester's credit of course that these sounds were mashed-up on many dancefloors before things became more polarised.

Sugar, of course, was Bob Mould (ex Husker Du) touring his classic Copper Blue album - released 92 hence the guessed date. I recall his storming gig earlier at the Boardwalk.

Interesting to see these booked together. New Fads, like James (wasn't there a crossover?) were always at the more esoteric end of the scene. Justin Unabomber played bass.
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“Yes, it was 1992. Sugar played:

The Act We Act,
A Good Idea,
Changes,
Running Out Of Time,
Where Diamonds Are Halos,
Hoover Dam,
Beer Commercial,
If I Can't Change Your Mind,
Frustration,
Slick,
Anyone,
Come Around,
Tilted,
Random Jam that led to
Armenia City In The Sky,
That's When I Reach For My Revolver,
Man On The Moon.”
“I worked for the NewFads back on that particularly heady evening.
It’s not what you know it’s who ya ……DGF.”
12 Sep 2021
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