Jay enjoyed ACR so much last December that he asked if I wanted to go and watch them at Yes in Manchester. I've never been to Yes before and it is just over the road from the infamous Factory Records offices on Charles Street. The offices, or a recreation of them, can be seen in the 24 Hour Party People film and it had a zinc roof and a suspended table that apparently cost £30 000, all but bankrupting the company.
ACR, who of course were a Factory band originally, were celebrating their 40th anniversary with a weekend of gigs at Yes and we bagged tickets for the Friday night with Shadowparty supporting. Shadowparty are made up of members of Devo and New Order but I was never a fan of Devo and thought them insincere, art school cartoon pranksters. Neil Young loved them though! Conversely, New Order are my all time favourite band. They weren't bad and did have a glamorous and talented keyboard player who didn't benefit from being obscured by four slightly overweight, middle aged denim clad men.
I have started to notice a theme when I go out with Jay, that I can barely remember the gigs as we've consumed too much alcohol. I do recall enjoying ACR but thinking they weren't as good as when we saw them at Gorilla, Ruth was there though. Interestingly the gig was on my mum's birthday, which is also Paul Weller's birthday. I'm a bit concerned that I knew that (that it was Weller's birthday rather than my mother's).
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