Do you remember the Inspiral Carpets? Of course you do.
If not, this might prick your memory. (I've censored the naughty word that rhymes with duck).
They were huge in the late 80s and early 90s when their lead singer, Tom Hingley, looked like this.
And this was him on stage on Friday night.
He now plays under the banner of "Tom Hingley & The Kar-Pets." And he's still brilliant. Indeed, he and his band gave it their all for an hour and a quarter and didn't miss a note.
Afterwards, Vanessa got to meet her hero, now dressed in a "Tommy Hingley" tee shirt (can you see what he did there?) And he signed a copy of his life story (what he can remember of it), the aptly entitled "Carpet Burns."
Vanessa and school-mate/bridesmaid/all-round-fab-gal Jane (who introduced me to the future Mrs White) attended their first ever gig together at the age of 16. It was at the G-Mex, also in Manchester.
And the headline act was the Inspiral Carpets.
Where did those 27 years ago?
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