The Comsat Angels were one of the finest bands to come out of Sheffield (Simon would say finest!), and this is a rare poster for one of their later shows when they were promoting their albums on the Thunderbird label in the UK. Press and radio indifference made it a difficult period for the band but the live shows were as good as ever.

This concert took place over in Manchester at the UMIST, in a strange venue called The Underground at the Barnes Wallis Building (Friday January 22nd 1993). I did wonder at the time exactly what the inventor of the famous WW2 munitions would have made of it all! There was a trend for late night discos, with a live band to kick the evening off, and the disco got top billing. Strange days. I recall driving Steve Fellows over and Richard Hawley came along for the trip…