As part of our continuing festival coverage, we're bringing our recommendations of where to go, and our reviews of how it was. This weekend we?ll be going to the brand spanking new Friends of Mine Festival in Manchester.
Well, just outside Manchester actually if you want to be picky.
Some of the heads of the hecklerspray hydra live in the area so we're particularly excited about this local addition to the festival calendar and are happy to lend our support.
Friends of Mine is a local club night that's been knocking around for six years but this is their first foray into fields. It runs from this Friday (20th May) through to the Sunday and the line-up includes Bad Lieutenant, Mr Scruff, Jim Noir, The Cribs, Badly Drawn Boy, Buzzcocks, The Charlatans and The Fall. Other hecklerspray favourites playing include Kong, The Longcut, The Wedding Present, and Young Knives.
These, however, are the tip of the musical iceberg. There's multiple stages including a comedy bit and a dancey bit.
Look, we don't know what you want, go their website and see for yourselves. We highly recommend you go so you can fool yourselves into thinking it's Summer.
The weather?s looking alright actually, since you ask.
We?ll be there on the Saturday. If you see us, why not buy us a drink or throw one in our face depend on which side of the recent Michael Jackson debates you sit.
Tickets are ?89.50 for the whole weekend or ?56 for a day.
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