The Durutti Column > Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008

The Durutti Column live - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008; Vini Reilly
The Durutti Column live - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008; Vini Reilly
The Durutti Column live - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008
The Durutti Column live - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008
The Durutti Column live - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008
The Durutti Column live - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008

The Durutti Column play a special intimate show as part of In The City on Tuesday 7 October 2008 at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester. Support comes from The Chemists (with more tbc & DJs till late).

Tickets priced 20.00 GBP (+ booking fee) are on sale now from Ticketline and SeeTickets.

Doors: 7.30pm [stage times not yet confirmed but The Durutti Column may be on as late as 10pm]

The Ruby Lounge
28-34 High Street
Northern Quarter
Manchester M4 1QB

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Review

The Durutti Column's first UK gig since the 29 March 2007 Benefit for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy at the Hard Rock Café, Manchester (thanks Mike!), (the only intervening show anywhere being Primavera Sound 2007) took place at the Ruby Lounge in Manchester on 7 October as part of In The City.

A late start time allowed the Cerysmatic team a pleasurable meal in nearby Trof. The Ruby Lounge, on the fringe of the Northern Quarter, is a plush but cosy club-cum-venue.

Around 10ish Vini shuffled on stage unannounced. He thanked the audience for coming to listen and warned us, oh yes, that it would start quiet and get louder. In traditional fashion he began with a solo guitar instrumental, 'Gun' (or a variant thereof).

Vini then brought Poppy Morgan on stage to play the Rhodes. In his introduction Vini explained how great it was for him to be able to play guitar to Poppy's piano and "hijack" her tunes. They played 3 pieces including Ananda from this year's Sunlight to Blue... Blue To Blackness (Kooky). This was the clear highlight of the evening.

Thereafter with Poppy leaving the stage to great applause the gig continued in more conventional style and there were few surprises and no encore (despite Alex the Red's manful efforts at the end to get them back on stage).

Spotted at the gig at one time or another: Oli Wilson, Kevin Cummins & Nat Curtis (in the DC moshpit), Jane Lemon, Stuart "Jammer" James, Pete Garner (ex-Stone Roses).

Special Cerysmatic mentions for Steve Aldcroft, Bryan from the DC list and Phil Kooky (NHN) + Emma.

Setlist

Gun
"Duet I"
"Duet II"
Ananda
Otis [enter Bruce Mitchell and Keir Stewart]
Woman
Jacqueline
The Missing Boy
The Beggar
Requiem for Mother

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The Durutti Column live - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008
The Durutti Column live - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Tuesday 7 October 2008