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Buzzcocks, Mock Turtles, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, The Charlatans, Northside
Manchester University (see Academies)
7th October 1990

Gig ladder number two lists the first ever artists to step foot on the Academy stage. The comic genius of Vic and Bob's Big Night Out was a popular draw with students and demand for tickets saw them swapping venues with Devo - upgrading from the Main Debating Hall to the Academy.