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PREVIEW COLIN STEELE & DAVE MILLIGAN
Rosslyn Chapel. Rosslyn. Thu 2 Apr
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Motormark,’ says Nein. ‘We pretty much imposed big. We're those kinds of individuals, there’s a lot of ego redundancy on our old band when the idea for Fangs in the band and we’d all like to think we'll be booking came about. Queenie and I had to kind of creatively Wembley next year. No, but every day’s a step forward, reapply for our positions then, because things we people are into what we do, and we get to be wanted to do with Motormark just couldn’t be done as ourselves. How I dress onstage is how I dress in real a duo, so this was the end of one band and the life; I used to pack broccoli wearing clothes like this, beginning of another.‘ you know?’ (David Pollock)
PREVILW INENE FNMA-i THE BIG PINK King Tut's, Glasgow, Thu 16 Apr
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