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The Prodigy: Torhout Rock, Bruges

Simon Price, Melody Maker, 20 July 1996

I DON'T WANNA reiterate the usual boring Belgium jokes — I've had better times in Bruxelles than I've ever had in, say, Paris, but the town of Brugge — all picturesque squares, ornate carvings, sleepy canals, narrow houses with pitched roofs — is Amsterdam without the sleaze, Prague without (literally) the Bohemians. Growing up here must be hell. As the Prince Regent might've said, bugger Brugge.

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