Prior to hitting the bigtime at the heights of Madchester fever, Oldham’s Inspiral Carpets were true 1960s garage heads, covering classics like ’96 Tears’ and soaking their own compositions in Clint Boon’s swirling Farfisa organ. Following the departure of singer Tom Hingley last year, the Inspirals have reunited with original vocalist Stephen Holt (who had left after debut EP ‘Plane Crash’ for the short lived Rainkings) for this tour of hits and new material. Time to dig out those faded ‘Cool As Fuck’ tees.

Concorde 2, Friday 27th July 2012