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A little gem from the NME today... in a piece about Our Price reopening. And here's the article if anyone fancies a trip down memory lane. Or is saying what the feck is Our Price? https://www.nme.com/news/music/classic-uk-music-shop-our-price-to-relaunch-3751144 I still like CDs and have a ton of 80s vinyl and tapes. For context, first bought a CD c. 1989. Thinking of getting a new turntable if anyone can recommend one. Already have a nice pair of B+W speakers to play through.

Wouldn't completely rule it out. Apparently last month they raised objections about the planning for the new proposed shipping container development next door.

I'm calling it the other way. Never seen Future Islands, and probably be a while before I get another chance. Mystery Jets I've seen many times, so happy to skip them. Orla, not enough of a pull to top Future Islands for me, but that's probably my age more than anything!

Elbow, also now for Leeds on 12 May. Standing or sitting.

I'll try to remember! Will definitely post here.

First announcement for the autumn In the City event next week.

TfG has half price Elbow tickets for Birmingham 10 May. 2 tickets per order. Other stuff atm, The Blockheads, Living Colour, Hayseed Dixie, plus a few smaller festivals.

Also worth noting... the bigger venues take a huge cut on merch. Very bad practice IMO. A couple of weeks ago at John Cooper Clarke gig at City Hall in Sheffield, one of the supports announced - really sorry had to increase the price of the book slightly, as City Hall are taking 25%, which leaves around a quid for me at the regular price. I know some in the industry have been trying to end this practice, and most small venues don't take a cut, but could the big guys at least not end it now for support acts, as a minimum.

It's a tricky one! I'm holding my breath atm. For comparison, last year, TfG had them up first weekend in May. On the upside, the site is massive (apparently c. 60k+), and I think they sell a lot more for Slam Dunk than Live at Leeds.

The best designed clash finder in the biz! And a decent looking day out...

Email...TBF, virtually everyone I spoke to there last year was on free or discounted ticket. Nice format though, if they can make it work.

Cheers! Was trying to figure out what the comments on Twitter were about the other poster - I must have seen the duff one! Here's the corrected one for future ref

And then the remainder will presumably be on a Dork stage

So here's another stage lineup, and a comp

From last year, those two stages were not the busiest. I'm hoping the change will mean that the layout of the site will be improved, especially the trek between Quarry and main.