

Resulting in half an hour later leaving with a not inconsiderable profit. Prior to a Dandy Warhols gig in 2015 Uncle George and I hadĪ flying dabble in the bookies and we had a never to be repeated hot streak I can only assume that the conversion to standard indoor stages was a wrong move as they broke up a year later. It was the best crowd reaction I had seen for a while and they were quirky and good value.


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