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Indie survivors make their . Clitheroe debut after 25 years in the business By Tony Bewhurst
. : ONE of the best-loved indie pop groups to emerge from the late 1980s are due to perform at The Grand next month. - The Wedding Present, fronted by founder
: and lead singer David Cedge, are still held • in high esteem by a devoted audience that fondly engages with albums such as George Best, Bizarro and Seamonsters. Heralded in particular by radio broadcaster
. John Peel, the formerly Leeds-based band have outlasted almost all of their ; contemporaries. -
• 'You know, we've been going 25years; now, and people often say to me what's the
; most exciting part of being in a band,'! said ■ Gedge. >
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^ "I've played to 40,000 people at Reading, ■ done gigs all over the world from japan to • .
; ; Argentina, been on Top of the Pops, but - nothing couid match hearing my first song,
,'Go Out and Get 'em Boy! on The John Peel ■ Show.
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,.; "I was at Leeds University and I ran down the street shouting and screaming. "That was the moment for me - nothing ' could better that in my musicai career.
, "He played it around 10 times after that • " and overnight that just changed the whole ’ scene for us. ■' V r"lt coloured your life then, getting
-your record played on his show, because ■ ■ ■ ■
(i suddenly people were coming to see us and that was because of John Peel..
."The Wedding Present played at his 50th birthday in London......... that's something that I will always treasure.
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5>' ”l wouldn't say that he was a personal ' ■ .friend, because I held him in such esteem • ■
- and awe, and I just couldn't get over that. " i "\ never get nervous before concerts - but -;
2 h « m , q u , , M , „ d « . h o w , « think a lot of people from my generation .. Amazingly, The Wedding Present
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, If the term indie music stands for little !
•. these days, where the name "indie" came ■ ■, from back in the '80s was bands like The
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over the release, of fhsir music. ’
wasn't that we didn't want to be big or '
-K aiything, it was more, that vw didn't want" to do 7 we didn't wantW;’.;;^
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.. this, change that," added Gedge. i i :;, "We probably bit off our noses to spite - ■
if john Peel was in the room, ! was terrified - °ur faces, but money and success isn't w :
• have reeled out ! 8 UK Top 40 singles ^ . r remember the catchy "Brassheck'' or "I'm From Further North Than You?"
/ .They also appear in the Guinness Book - of Records for the only group to release 12 . singles in one year, a record only equalled . by Elvis Presley.
- "I'm really proud of that because a lot of
people said we wouldn't last two years. I :. couldn't imagine being here 25 years later, ■ but then there is a part of me that's driven to do this. In a way, I'm not really surprised
• The Wedding Present are still going." . Gedge has remained the only constant : . member.jn The Wedding Piesent, but the
.. musical landscape has changed beyond .. recognition since Gedge discovered punk in his youth. ' , ;"We've a back catalogue of over 200, tracks, but I kind of came" to realise that the
i past is just as important as the future for a group." ■. ■.......
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' N/legamind : Tue, 2 Aug
Doors: 3pm , , '.(£1 U16'S, £ 2 Adults) ;;,.;-^.(£5 Family).:-.,..
The Hamsters Sat, 6 Aug v
Blues-rock band bow out -. after 25 years . ;
-Doors: 7pm (£12.50adv)
1 The Wedding Present -
. Fri, 12 Aug
- Hugely influential UK indre. band
■ Doors: 7.00pm (£1750) ’ .
; Acoustic Viilage V i l ; Sat, 13 Aug-;
.. Sara Lowes headlines ■ Doors:.7.30pm (£6adv).
: Houghton Weavers :. Sat, 20 Aug .
: Locally loved folk performers ..-- *
■ Doors: 7pm Stage:7.30pm‘ ' (£12.50/£10concs)
Gnomeo & Juliet ,-Tuej 9, Aug . '
Doors: 3pmr,-. (£1 U16’S, £ 2 Adults)
(£5 Family) . '
I Clitheroe Food Festival Sat, 13 Aug
Rango .' ■, Tue,';16 Aug..,
Cookery demo n st r at io n s. ^ Doors: 3pm.- , from leading chefs . . . .
Doors:.10am-4pm (£5adv)' .(£5 Family) ... :,;. (£1 U16’S, £2 Adults);
• Heaven In the Afternoon t Sur\ 29 Aug
• Return of
the.month!y soul. '- music event ■
> - n ii- -• Doors: 3pm-8pm (£6adv) , The Wedding
/ Present appear at The Grand, Clitheroe,
site (
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co.uk) or by phoning the
on Friday, August 13 (5,17.50). Tickets avail able from the Grand web
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• Box Office on 01300 ^ 431599,
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returns stage school
By Tony Bewhurst
DO you like to dance, sing or act? Well, budding stars of the stage are now signing up for The Grand's July summer stage
school. The stage school runs from Monday, July
25th to july 29th, when the venue will ■ - throw opens its doors to the young stars, who will also benefit from expert tuition. Backstage P.A.S.S. has been operating as
a weekly Saturday morning youth stage school for two terms at The Grand, but the summer school is open to students who are. interested in the performing arts, whether it be in singing, acting or dance, irrespective of experience. Stage school co-ordinator Emily Monro
said: ."The main ingredient we are looking . for is enthusiasm and the summer stage school is dedicated to inspiring young . talent. • • ~ — "It was hugely popular last year and we've , already had a lot of interest; : -
' : "james Holt, who won 'Grab - the Event in
2011' - was a student at Backstage P.A.S.S, there's a terrific amount of talent in the Ribble Valley. .. "Most of all, though, students will have a ■
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wonderful opportunity to learn new skills in the performing arts and develop the talent, . they already have. ; 'The aim of the week is for every young ..
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regarded theatre company Ribcaged
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isifs Productions Ltd to present a season. , - of classic plays this autumn. . , ^, As a function of this partnership,
I Ribcaged's Artistic Director Owen - ’ , Phillips will also be lending his . , : V experience to the venue's youth , ! .. Stage school Backstage PASS. •; ,. • ' 1' ■ Ribcaged are actively looking to Kv.i recruit young individuals from theg-j-v { ' Ribble Valley to feature in their ' " *■ ' . , performances, the first of which ' is a stage play of "Oliver Twist" in , October.
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■-. .. "We are logking for young stars to .. . play Oliver in
our.stage play adapted . from Dickens's novel. " "Beyond that we will be holding open auditions to find local
person to feel that they have developed in . ’
. their art forms, to have an amazing time and ■ to experience opportunities not normally available to them.
■ "Most of all, though, they are guaranteed;: to have fun and make new friends along the way."
' The summer school is open to open to ,..
individuals between the ages of seven and. ; ■ 18 years of age, with the school split into two stages. •
:; Stage 1 presents four to six-year-olds , : with an introduction to the world of..; .. performance. These classes are focused
around singing, acting and dancing. ;- ,,
' Stage 2 is aimed at seven to 17-year-olds, :■ creating a positive environment for students
who wish to learn, improve and make new - - friends through structured sessions that have
' an emphasis on performance and technique. There will also be exciting workshops, ; ■
featuring cheerieading, MC and Djing, .:. songwriting and break dancing, and
' studio. The week will conclude with a live .
showcase performance on Friday, july 29th : at 6 p.m., where the youngsters will perform - in front of an audience. Costs for Backstage Pass are £145 per. .
person for the full week, including all -training, lunches, snacks and drinks. Call. - 01200421599 ore-mail:
Emily.monro@the
grandveniie.co.uk
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. large. • „ IToung people are at the heart of ; what we do: We want to encourage.:
] 's : a passion for drama. We "also want. ' sT f to ensure the promotion of actors , : v; and new writers each year, from
.. . across the area, encouraging and.;.
if; ^developing the very best emerging talent"
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j ' In addition to holding future/ /■ sr.S i productions at The Grand, Owen will; • also be dropping in to this month's., i Backstage PASS summer schooi and f directing future master-classes forthe weekly theatre schooj.
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