Inspiral Carpets

Inspiral Carpets at the Manning Bar, Sydney 04.08.2023

As I walked into the O2 Academy in Leeds, DJ Dave Sweetmore was firing up the crowd with a collection of Madchester classics. Banger after 90s banger filled the space in between support and headline act and it worked like a dream.

Nottingham was one of the first places outside of Manchester that Inspiral Carpets played, and they returned this month for a show at Rescue Rooms...

Key to their relatability is organist Clint Boon, his iconic bowlcut of yore long gone, now looking like a mod Alan Rickman

Here in the Concorde, a near-capacity crowd “moo” appreciatively in celebration of Manchester.

Derby, UK

Today while the reformed Stone Roses drew 60000 people to Heaton Park the Carpets’s appeal is considerably more selective.