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Mr Wilson’s Second Liners
Matt & Phred's64 Tib Street
Sun 30 Aug · 19:00
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Doors: 6pm / Gig: 7-10pm Happy Hour: 6-7pm Please note that this is a STANDING GIG. Tickets via Skiddle: skiddle.com/e/42439074 The one and only Mr Wilson’s Second Liners are finally back at Matt & Phred’s tonight… This is going to be massive. New Orleans meets 90s club classics...a rave funeral without the body. In New Orleans, funerals are celebrated in style, with noisy brass bands processing through the streets. The main section of the parade is known as First Line, but the real fun starts with the Second Line, those who follow the band to enjoy the music, marching with the musicians and twirling parasols or waving handkerchiefs. Welcome to Second Lining. A rabble of mischievous northerners, Mr Wilson’s Second Liners form a traditional New Orleans Second Line. However, this is no sombre occasion: Mr Wilson’s expend their collective musical talent paying homage to the diehard days of the Hacienda, 90s club culture and its greatest hero, Mr Tony Wilson. These revolutionary genre bashers knock the First Line sideways, opting for upbeat dance tracks over traditional slow hymns. Proudly stepping out in uniformed style, they channel the spirit of the 24 hour party people and get audiences dancing wherever they play. The vision is an anarchic, street extravaganza, bursting with colour and sound, rallying impromptu raves on street corners and rousing audiences young and old into a joyful frenzy.
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