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Kate Bush day today in Folkestone

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And once more for Wilko's birthday

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A very happy 80th birthday to Gladys Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia on this day in 1944. She'll be with him on that midnight train to Georgia.

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Dexys' drummer last night was Helen O'Hara's son Billy. He got his first drumkit off his Uncle Seb, Helen's brother-in-law Seb Shelton, drummer on the original 'Come On Eileen'. The circle of life 😎 Read all about it #WhatsSheLike

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Buzzcocks' 'What Do I Get?' released OTD in 1978. Read all about it

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A very happy birthday to Marcia Schofield, born in Brooklyn, New York on this day in 1962. Rocking record.

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Incredibly sad news about Wilko Johnson. Our love to all those who knew and loved him.

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A very happy 80th birthday to Michelle Phillips, born as Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California on this day in 1944. She'd be safe and warm if she was in LA.

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In this week in 1988 The Fall and Michael Clark's troupe debuted the I Am Curious, Orange ballet in Amsterdam in a 3 night run (11th-13th June). The premier was attended by the Queen of Holland, who the group were presented to after the show #FallFriday The show looked like this

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Slade do Beatles on their TV debut

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A very happy birthday to Simon Wolstencroft, born in the parish of Ringway, Manchester on this day in 1963. Drink the long draught.

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Happy birthday to Don Henley, born in Gilmer, Texas on this day in 1947. We are all just prisoners here of our own device.

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A very happy birthday to the great Steve Hanley, born in Dublin on this day in 1959. Many people have their favourite Hanley bass line, this is his.

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2 years

A very happy birthday to Paul Hanley, born in have a bleedin guess on this day in 1964. The bells stopped on Sunday when he rose

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1 year

NEWS: Route will be bringing you Paul Hanley's new book: 'Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me)'. You won't be surprised to hear that it's another cracker. More here:

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Happy birthday to David Essex, born as David Cook in Plaistow, Essex on this day in 1947. Still looking for that blue-jean baby-queen, prettiest girl he's ever seen.

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Happy birthday to Bryan Ferry, born in Washington, County Durham on this day in 1945. Make him a deal and make it straight.

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Buzzcocks didn't record a Christmas song, but if they'd thrown a bit of tinsel over this one, it could well have been a helpful addition to the annual canon. A useful, subtle counter-narrative to enforced jolliness. Read all about it in #SixteenAgain ➡️

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1 year

The Fall's longest Peel session was recorded OTD 40 years ago. It's a monster. 1. Smile 2. Garden 3. Hexen Definitive-Strife Knot 4. Eat Y’self Fitter All songs from Perverted by Language, 9 months before the album was released. Listen here ➡️

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Andy Rourke would have turned 60 today, born in Manchester on this day in 1964. The rain falls hard on a humdrum town.

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2 years

Sad news. Colin Irwin died suddenly last night. Our love to those who knew and loved him. Colin famously shadowed The Fall on their trip to Iceland. His piece on the trip is here.

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Mark E Smith, 5th March 1957 – 24th January 2018

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RIP Kay Bateman (née Kay Carroll) manager of The Fall 1978-1983

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Steve Marriott was born in Plashet, Essex on this day in 1947. It's all too beautiful.

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Mark E Smith was born in Broughton, Lancashire, on this day in 1957. Salutation.

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The Fall's classic album Perverted By Language was released 40 years ago. Here's a taste of the epic 'Smile' performed on The Tube. You'll see why Steve Hanley says in #TheBigMidweek 'The entire studio quakes. We begin to melt the rent-a-crowd brain.'

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3 years

Get closer to the films of Paul Laverty and Ken Loach with these books: featuring full screenplay, exclusive material, production notes from cast and crew plus stills from the film. #RouteToSummer

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Glen Campbell was born in Delight, Arkansas on this day in 1936. By the time he gets to Phoenix, she'll be rising

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Happy birthday to Miles Hunt, born in Birmingham on this day in 1966. He hopes he makes more money than this in the next world.

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A very happy birthday to Steve Hanley, born in Dublin on this day in 1959. The greatest style transcends the man.

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Mark E Smith, 5th March 1957 – 24th January 2018

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Blimey, The Fall's Bend Sinister album released 35 years ago today. Love these portraits taken for the cover - fully human and totally professional. You'd back this lot. John Leckie's final album with the group. Includes classics like 'R.O.D.' and this one

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Here's the cover reveal of #YouMustGetThemAll by Steve Pringle of @TheFallinFives as discussed on the latest @OhBrotherShow podcast. It's a deep dive into the Fall's complete recorded output and, like our other Fall titles, it's not optional! More to follow just as soon as we can

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Happy birthday to Grace Jones, born in Saint Catherine, Jamaica on this day in 1948. Pull up to her bumper baby, in your long black limousine.

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Goodness. Paul Hanley will be on @BBCFrontRow on Wednesday talking all things #HexEnductionHour . Tune in from 7:15pm on @BBCRadio4 #HaveABleedinGuess

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A very happy 80th birthday to Diana Ross, born in Detroit, Michigan on this day in 1944. Tell her what she did wrong to make you stay away so long?

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40 years ago this week, The Fall played The Forum, London and debuted 'The Classical' from #HexEnductionHour . They played a total of 8 songs from the album, plus the 2 singles from that time, making it the most Hex-heavy gig they ever did #FallFriday

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Terry Hall was born in Coventry on this day in 1959. Much too much, much too young.

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OTD in 1988, The Fall did an instore album signing and short gig at HMV on Oxford Street, London to promote the recent release of The Frenz Experiment. #FallFriday Steve and Craig look thrilled to be there!

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Happy birthday to Rod Stewart, born in Highgate, London on this day in 1945. He knows he keeps you amused, but he feels he's being used.

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Happy birthday to Brian Wilson, born in Inglewood, California on this day in 1942. When he looks in her eyes she goes with him to a blossom world.

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OTD in 1998, Steve Hanley & Karl Burns played their last gig for The Fall at Brownies in New York. You've all seen the onstage fight. What many don't know is that the fight happened mid-gig, The Fall played on. Feel the power in this post-fight Behind The Counter #FallFriday

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A #FallFriday quiz. (We expect top scores, and no passes, the question setters used #TheBigMidweek for research!) Your specialised subect is Mark E Smith and The Fall. You have two minutes starting from now #RouteQuiz

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A very happy 60th birthday to Paul Hanley, born in Manchester on this day in 1964. When you know in your brain that you must leave the capital.

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A very happy birthday to Marc Riley, the fifth Hanley brother, born in Manchester on this day in 1961.

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Happy birthday to Ray Davies, born in London on this day in 1944. Why we should be on dead end street?

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A very happy birthday to Marcia Schofield, born in Brooklyn, New York on this day in 1962. She is renewed, she is aglow.

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NEW TITLE: We are beyond delighted to announce a new acquisition: What’s She Like: A Memoir by @oharavioin , the first memoir by a member of Dexys Midnight Runners. It’s beautiful. Acquisition details here:

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A split-second gag on The Simpsons 😎

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On this day in 1995, The Fall played the Phoenix Festival and opened with their one and only live performance of 'Rainmaster' #FallFriday . You can watch the full show here:

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Pre-orders are now open for You Must Get Them All: The Fall On Record by Steve Pringle. Your new essential guide to the complete recorded output of The Fall and much more besides. Signed and numbered editions for all pre-orders. Get yours here:

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From the latest Q Magazine156 Most Influential Records Of All Time. Stewart Lee on perhaps the greatest of them all, The Fall's Hex Enduction Hour.

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A very happy birthday to Steve Pringle @TheFallinFives born OTD in 1969. No need to buy him a Fall album, he's got them all, but you could buy his book as a gift for yourself #YMGTA Win win. They're here:

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The Fall's Bend Sinister album released OTD in 1986. #FallFriday Love these portraits taken for the back cover - fully human and totally professional. You'd back this lot. Solid album too... R.O.D., Gross Chapel... Listen here:

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This week in 1981, The Fall released a sublime 10" platter called Slates. Priced at 'Two Pounds Only U Skinny Rats' a debate has raged for 40 years over whether it's an LP or an EP. But what's not in doubt, is that it's a Prole Art Threat #FallFriday

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'This is our last song... (huge cheer), my one regret is driving here tonight, this is Hey Fascist!' OTD in 1978, The Fall played Huddersfield Poly, the only gig featuring Jonnie Brown. #FallFriday It was reviewed by Danny Baker. You can read that here:

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Happy birthday to Kevin Rowland, born in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton on this day in 1953. What's she like?

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Steve Hanley, Paul Hanley and Marc Riley demystify Fall songwriting sessions and the 2-drummer line-up (with off stage contribution from Si Wolstencroft) at Waterstones in November 2014. #FallFriday More Fall stories in books by Paul, Steve and Si at

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Mark E Smith was born on this day in 1957. He dedicated his adult life to fronting a belligerent cultural battalion known as The Fall.

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wrong place right time.from the album I Am Kurious Oranj original video with Scottish dancer and choreographer Michael Clark.

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A very happy birthday to Tom Hingley, born in Abingdon on this day in 1965. No one ever said it was gonna be easy.

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Love this photo of HOUSE Of All's two drummers in the latest Wire magazine. They set up their kits together on stage for the first time tonight as their tour kicks off at The Garage in London. All the best to them. It'll be a blast.

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Ian Dury was born in Harrow, Middlesex on this day in 1942. Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll, very good indeed.

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OTD in 2004, The Fall recorded their 24th and final Peel session. It was also the only one when the recording process was filmed. #FallFriday See the full 7+ minutes of footage edit here:

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Mark E Smith would have got his bus pass today (and would have made good use of it) born in Lancashire on this day in 1957. A small alteration of the past can turn time into space.

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The Fall- Perverted By Language01 Wings"Perverted By Language" is an illuminating insight into Mark E. Smith, see him in the pub, at the football ground and ...

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It was 10 years ago to the day when we harnessed the power of the longest day to finish the editing work on The Big Midweek. #FallFriday We finished just as the light was fading at around 11pm. We knew the book so well, we poured a drink and tested each other on the content. One

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A very happy 70th birthday to Vini Reilly, born in Blackley, Manchester on this day in 1953. He doesn't believe in stardom. Machinery in action.

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A little know fact about Love Will Tear Us Apart. It was Steve Hanley who gave Ian Curtis the impetus to write it. #FallFriday As you can see in this clip, Steve has a hard time convincing people of the veracity of his tale, including his brother 😎

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Lovely feature by BBC Look North on the Cannes experience for the team behind The Old Oak. The film got a 15 minute standing ovation. That works out one minute per film that Ken Loach has had in competition in Cannes, more than any other director.

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A very happy birthday to Craig Scanlon, born in Manchester on this day in 1960. With his friends, smiles. Ask for cigarettes, smiles.

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'The Big Midweek is not only the best and most entertaining books ever written about The Fall, but one of the best music books I’ve ever read.' New review of #TheBigMidweek in THE PRESS #FallFriday

The Big Midweek | Life Inside The Fall

Written by former bassist of seminal post-punk group The Fall, Steve Hanley (& his partner Olivia Piekarski) and published in 2014 to widespread critical acclaim for its intelligent, engaging, …

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Happy birthday to Carly Simon, born in New York City on this day in 1943. You probably think this song is about you.

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A very happy birthday to Smokey Robinson, born as William Robinson Jr. in Detroit, Michigan on this day in 1940. People say he's the life of the party, cos he tells a joke or two.

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OTD in 1981, The Fall were in Reykjavik. Four members of the band were busy building the stage for the following night's gig. There's a beer ban in Iceland, leaving just the stronger stuff to drink. They're about to be humbled, and heavily hungover #FallFriday 1/3

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A very happy birthday to Marc Riley, born in Manchester on this day in 1961. Chambermaids smile in unison.

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A very happy birthday to the great Paul Hanley, born in... Have a Bleedin Guess.. on this day in 1964. Have fun big fella @hanleypa

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Truly beautiful people. Life's cruel.

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Devastated that @Stephenhanley6 's wonderful wife Máire has passed away. She coped with so much over the last few years but always did it with grace and humour and always made everyone feel special. Steve & Maire's family would like to thank @TheChristieNHS & @StAnnsHospice

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We launched #TheBigMidweek at the Deaf Institue in Manchester OTD in 2014. A much loved book and a classic of its kind. If you haven't read it yet, then you've something to look forward to. Maybe this summer #RouteSummerReads More here:

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OTD in 2006, The Fall played Øyafestivalen, Oslo, Norway. They took their own Mountain Energi with them. #FallFriday

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This week in 1991 (April 15th) The Fall released their 14th studio album Shift-Work ( #YouMustGetThemAll ). #FallFriday It includes Edinburgh Man, which frequently features highly in favourite Fall song lists.

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Epic Fall book forthcoming. We've listened to the full Fall canon from start to finish twice over working on this. It's an epic trip that we'd recommend to anyone (but wait till you've got this book to guide you 😉).

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Last bit of the final edit of the You Must Get Them All book is now with @Route_News for the final preparation stuff (I know all the technical publishing terms!) Looking forward to publication in the new year - make sure you keep a bit of your Xmas money aside!

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Has there ever been a group in the history of music who have played to more TV end-credits than The Fall? #FallFriday It seemed to happen a lot. Some shirt that Funky Si is wearing here. Wonder if he borrowed it from Steve (or Nelson Mandela)? 😎

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A Ken Loach Weekend on the BBC. Starting with 'Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach', BBC2, Saturday 9:10pm

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And behold, for those who've been waiting for it, wait no more. You Must Get Them All is now avaIailable in paperback #FallFriday #YMGTA And you can get one here:

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In 2015, The Fall played The Park stage at Worthy Farm. MES opened with his customary warm welcome to the Glastonbury crowd, this time pointedly at the sound desk #FallFriday You can watch the full, blistering, two-drummer set here:

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OTD 30 years ago, The Fall released their seminal album The Infotainment Scan. A Mark E Smith signature tirade against nostalgia, it gave us the phrase 'Look Back Bores' and includes this classic Nile Rogers cover with a trace of William Blake spliced in. They're lost in music

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Next Saturday night's #TimsTwitterListeningParty is The Fall's magnum opus Hex Enduction Hour with hosts Steve and Paul Hanley. Here's a trailer to whet your appetite. If you haven't read this book yet, there's still time to be fully prepped. Details here:

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Arrived in Leigh. A Pete Shelley spectacle #SixteenAgain

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Happy birthday to Morrissey, born as Steven Morrissey in Davyhulme, Lancashire on this day in 1959. The pleasure, the privilege is his.

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You Must Get Them All: The Fall On Record is here. If you want one, you've one shot at getting a signed and numbered first edition. And in advance of official publication #YMGTA Deadline to guarantee a numbered copy is SUNDAY 22nd MAY 2022. Get yours here

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A very happy 60th birthday to the great Fall guitarist, Craig Scanlon. The brothers Hanley both attest to how Craig magnificently rose to the challenge of filling a Marc-Riley-shaped-hole in the band in the Perverted by Language era of the group. Like this

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Happy birthday to John Lydon, born in Finsbury Park, London on this day in 1956. He could be wrong, he could be right.

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OTD in 1982, The Fall played Christchurch Town Hall on the New Zealand leg of the Hex Enduction Hour tour, one of the gigs featured on this iconic poster. #FallFriday

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If you're at #Glastonbury this weekend, Helen O'Hara will be gracing the festival with her fiddle for the first time on Saturday. You can see her playing with Tim Burgess at The Greenpeace Field at 2pm and at William's Green at 8:30pm. Go and give her a cheer. You wont regret it

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Cover reveal for Paul Hanley's 'Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me)'. We're thrilled that it's been designed by Malcolm Garrett, designer of the classic Buzzcocks sleeves (and badges). Pre-order the book here:

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Paul Hanley busy at work writing his next book. What could it possibly be? Have a bleedin guess. #FallFriday

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An eagle for an emperor, a gyrfalcon for a king, a peregrine for a prince, a saker for a knight, a merlin for a lady, a goshawk for a yeoman, a sparrowhawk for a priest, a musket for a holy water clerk, a kestrel for a knave.

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In this week in 1980, The Fall debuted 'Jawbone and the Air-Rifle' at The Railway Working Men's Club, Nelson, Lancashire - the first perfomance of any material from 'Hex Enduction Hour'. #fallfriday

The Fall | Jawbone and the Air-Rifle (Live Debut)

The debut outing for The Fall's 'Jawbone and the Air-Rifle' at The Railway Working Men's Club, Nelson, Lancashire on 29th August 1980. This was the first per...

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Fall Heads Roll was released in this week in 2005. #FallFriday And OTD in 2005 they played a staggering 9 tracks from the album at this gig in Liverpool. Including this solid-gold Fall classic, of course

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