In this day and age of spiralling costs and reducing disposable income, the co-headline tour offers a fitting way to give the punter more bang for the buck. It also is a cunning ploy to mix disparate fanbases in order to fill larger more lucrative rooms. All three of tonight’s acts are well known and well regarded enough to have their own passionate following.
Read MoreIt seems like an age since I last reviewed a gig, but in fact it's only little under a month - it appears time does not fly when you’re not having fun. Fortunately, my first reviewing gig back is for a co-headline treat. Both Thrice and Refused don’t visit England that often (well, certainly not the North West), so I’m eager to catch a couple of my formative musical acts in the flesh for only the second or third time. As always I jump on the train, hoping that I’m not going to be held hostage to some trick or treat irony from Transport for Wales (spoiler: a rail replacement bus on the journey home turned out to be the trick).
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