18 Aug 2005
Idlewild: Hope Is Important
In May 1998, I went to my first ever gig: Ash live at Middlesborough Town Hall. When I arrived, the support band were halfway through their set, and there were numerous people crowsurfing and jumping around to the sound of a hyperactive Scotsman and his three bandmates belting out a frantic and yet tuneful punky style of rock. They had released one mini-album called Captain, and a new single called I’m a message, which they were playing as I walked in. I was hooked.
