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COURTEENERS TOP STAR STUDDED

LINE - UP AT RAINY HEATON PARK

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16/6/2019

WRITTEN BY JAMES WILD

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES WILD

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'COURTEENERS' STEP FOOT INTO THEIR CHILDHOOD PLAYGROUND TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT CROWD FOR THE 2ND TIME OF THEIR CAREER. HOWEVER, THIS TIME WAS A LOT MORE SPECIAL.

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HAVING PUT ON A MASTERCLASS AT HEATON PARK BEFORE IN 2015 TO A CROWD OF 25,000, THE THREE LADS FROM MIDDLETON WENT BACK TO RE - LIVE IT ALL OVER AGAIN TO A CROWD DOUBLE THE SIZE. THEY WERE JOINED THIS TIME BY MANCHESTER CULT HEROES - 'JAMES' - AND UP AND COMING AUSTRALIAN BAND - 'DMA'S'.

 

DESPITE THE MUDDY SETTING THEY FOUND THEMSELVES WITHIN, THE HORRIBLE WEATHER DIDN'T SEEM TO DAMPEN THE MOOD OF THE CAPACITY AUDIENCE. WITH APPROXIMATELY 500 SMOKE BOMBS AND PYROTECHNICS BEING SET ALIGHT ALL OVER, THE ATMOSPHERE WAS SET FOR LONG LASTING HITS SUCH AS: "NOT NINETEEN FOREVER", "SIT DOWN" AND "PLAY IT OUT".

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THE NIGHT WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS FOR THE MIDDLETON OUTLET AND THEIR SUPPORTING CAST, UNITING FANS FROM ALL OVER THE PLANET WITH THE POWER OF MUSIC. IT SET A POWERFUL REPUTATION FOR HEATON PARK AS THE PARTY PLACE FOR GIGS IN ENGLAND, WITH 'PARKLIFE' AND 'NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS' ROCKING THE PLACE JUST DAYS BEFORE HAND. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND GETTING YOURSELF TO A GIG AT THIS PLACE, BECAUSE IT REALLY SETS A FAST PACED, ENTERTAINING ATMOSPHERE LIKE NOWHERE ELSE.

THE LIGHTS WERE TRULY ON L.J.F

TIM BOOTH WAS A FAN FAVOURITE

DMA'S PLAYED THEIR COVER OF CHER'S

'BELIEVE' LIVE FOR THE 3RD TIME EVER

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THE AUSSIE 3 - PEAT REALLY KNOW HOW TO BRING A CROWD

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