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Del Amitri on stage at O2 Academy Leeds

Live Review: Del Amitri – Still Spitting In The Rain

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Del Amitri’s songs have always had a degree of world weariness. ‘The Martians could land in the car park and no one would care,’ singer and songwriter Justin Currie sang on the band’s debut hit, Nothing Ever Happens, at the tail end of the 1980s. The song’s success catapulted the band into showbiz. After a Top Of The Pops appearance, audiences for the band’s gigs swelled overnight.

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‘A very long postcard that occasionally shines’ – Miles Salter reviews The Tremolo Diaries by Justin Currie

Miles Salter

A few years ago, I stood outside Glasgow Barrowlands with fellow Del Amitri fan Noeleen Kelly following an amazing gig and spoke to keyboard and accordion player Andy Alston. ‘Is Justin okay?’ I wanted to know.

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