2008-11-26UTC01:05:40RE: now all we need is the date...sorry to come to this really late...but the Metronome was a great venue...and indeed, i can confirm i saw the following bands there...cardiacs/levitationkingmaker (supported by Suede in the week The Drowners was released)manics (don't remember it bei... 2008-02-07UTC03:50:30RE: Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in FolkestoneI saw Ride in Folkestone in 1992, I believe at the Leas, used to have the ticket stub for date but cant help with that. I also attended the Manics gig in folkestone at the venue that used to be the converted cinema. They had to reschedule the gig as ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10939/RE%3A+Ride%2C+Verve%2C+Mercury+Rev%2C+and+The+Manics+in+Folkestone"><img alt="RE: Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10939/RE%3A+Ride%2C+Verve%2C+Mercury+Rev%2C+and+The+Manics+in+Folkestone">Rated 4.86/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-03-30UTC12:25:33Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in FolkestoneHmm, bit more gig history confusion... This Ride gigography says Ride played Folkestone on the 21st March, 1992. Now I look into that properly, it says support came from Mercury Rev (and not Verve, which I got from somewhere). This full Ride gigograp... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/7987/Ride%2C+Verve%2C+Mercury+Rev%2C+and+The+Manics+in+Folkestone"><img alt="Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2580404133_20a0bc8bb4_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/7987/Ride%2C+Verve%2C+Mercury+Rev%2C+and+The+Manics+in+Folkestone">Rated 0.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-01-20UTC08:27:45Ride played in 1992They played the Leas Cliff Hall, supported by Verve, it's on my Folkestone '92 page. Can't find the Manics gig on any fansites or anything, though I've heard other people say they were there. There was one gig lined up, then it was cancelled, then th... 2002-03-01UTC05:05:19Want to be in a video?Ex-Verve band members Simon Jones and Simon Tong have formed a new group with Duncan Baxter, Mark Heaney and Dan MacBean. The five-piece, as yet unnamed, will be filming a gig for the video to their debut single Quicksilver in London this Monday (Mar... 2001-10-09UTC10:47:22Richard Ascroft, Kate Radley/Ashcroft, Nick McCabeWatching the gig. and once the crowd spotted them listening to drunk people sing songs at them. I can only assume Verve or Richard Ashcroft songs. but they weren't very in tune so i didn't recognise anything.2001-07-26UTC09:47:33PopBitch A-Z ResultsHere are the 26 artists and tracks of last night's beast-themed A-Z... The Animals - Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodBloodhound Gang - The Bad TouchThe Cult - Peace DogBlue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The ReaperThe Stone Roses - Elephant StoneThe Farm - Gr... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/7066/PopBitch+A-Z+Results"><img alt="PopBitch A-Z Results" src="http://static.flickr.com/63/186271427_929246dd98_m.jpg" /></a>2001-01-08UTC11:58:22Two votes in it, innit - Imagine winsHere's the top ten "best number one singles ever", the latest in a ceaseless series of charts - just the kind of thing we love here at PopEx... Imagine - John Lennon Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Hey Jude - The Beatles Dancing Queen - Abba Every Breath Y... 2000-11-28UTC02:06:27Last night I went to an GIGWent to see Starsailor last night at the Barfly, because I have a RULE - if I hear about a new band from three different sources in quick succession, then I check them out. It is a good rule, but not as good as my new rule which is "always carry a sc... 2000-05-05UTC10:56:02Sisqo InfernoHere are all the divis that bands paid out this week... global sales dictated most of this week's returns, and Sisqo proved to be still hugely undervalued...17.6% - £3.14 Santana24.5% - £1.99 Sisqo10.5% - £1.78 'N Sync18.8% - £1.69 Destiny's Child15....