TOURING
The first cut is the deepest
“We were robbed last night,” raged a recent viral tweet by cult Lancaster band The Lovely Eggs, directed at the O2 Apollo venue in Manchester after they’d just supported US slacker-rock heroes Pavement there. “[They] took 30 per cent of our merch sales,” the lo-fi psychedelic punk duo’s angry post continued. “Also forced to sell T-shirts for £35. Found out last minute. Tried to fight it. But management wouldn’t listen. This shit will kill DIY bands like us. O2 Apollo you should be ashamed of yourself.”
Like so many others at the more DIY end of
