LA fans, Mark E Smithâs sisters and Frank Skinner doing the quiz: inside the totally wired festival on the Fall
Featuring cover bands, walking tours and the poet laureate as DJ, The Fall: Futures and Pasts is the ultimate Fall fan experience. But can our
Featuring cover bands, walking tours and the poet laureate as DJ, The Fall: Futures and Pasts is the ultimate Fall fan experience. But can our writer get through Eat YâSelf Fitter at karaoke? There has never been a group like the Fall. I use the word âgroupâ advisedly, as I once made the mistake of calling them a âbandâ in the presence of Mark E Smith.
The combustible singer immediately admonished me on the basis that a band was something that youâd get in Blackpool. The irreplaceable Smith died in 2018 at the age of 60, immediately bringing to an end the group that he fronted for his entire adult life. The legend of the Fall lives on, though. They have arguably never been bigger, with interest maintained by a slew of reissues, multiple spinoff groups, a variety of podcasts and a steady stream of books; the nine-track Post Script, billed as the bandâs âofficial final albumâ by former manager Ed Blaney, was announced last week and slated for a September release.
So itâs an opportune time for The Fall: Futures and Pasts, a three-day all-Fall festival held at Manchesterâs Band on the Wall venue last weekend,
celebrating 50 years of the group and attracting fans from as far afield as Australia and the US. Continue reading...
