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Idlewild

Neil Mason, Melody Maker, 17 October 1998

THROUGH THE idle pre-gig chit-chat, four lads wend their way from the rear of the venue towards the stage. As the singer politely picks his way through the crowd, he turns heads and a nudging epidemic spreads through the small upstairs room.

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