Ticket
The Verve
Academy 1 (Manchester Academy)
15th September 1993

“I went to this gig, and on the way out passed a mad Verve fan shouting to Richard Ashcroft through an open dressing room window. The fan was saying, 'fuckin 'ell, man, why are you doing support slots? You're the fuckin' greatest! You're amazing, you should be playing fuckin' stadiums!', etc. Ashcoft was shouting back in agreement. Both bands were great, as I recall, especially the Pumpkins whose drummer rocked like fuck. This was the height of their Siamese Dream success. I loved Verve too at that point as I was still too young to find Richard Ashcroft embarrassing.”