The Penny Candles Concert History

Formed in June 1988 by Nick Langley (bass & vocals) and Alison Hughes (acoustic guitar & vocals), they travelled the length and breadth of the country pedalling their Indie pop tunes to the good and the great. Joined on the journey by Hugh Whitaker (drums & vocals) and Steve Parry (electric guitar), they released 2 demo tapes "Sunny Enough For Cats" and "Sunny Enough For Cats Too" as well as a 12" single "Taj Mahal" in 1989. Nick left the band in...

The Penny Candles Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 24, 1990 –
Aug 26, 1990
Reading Festival 1990
Pixies / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / Jane's Addiction / Faith No More / Buzzcocks / Billy Bragg / Living Colour / The Cramps / Ride / Wire / Shawn Colvin / Stereo MCs / Mudhoney / The Fall / Inspiral Carpets / Jesus Jones / The Wedding Present / Jonathan Richman / Keziah Jones / Ned's Atomic Dustbin / Half Man Half Biscuit / Tom Robinson Band / Furniture / Psychic TV / luka bloom / Loop / The Young Gods / The Telescopes / Trashcan Sinatras / Oysterband / The Railway Children / Senseless Things / An Emotional Fish / Martin Stephenson / The Fatima Mansions / Mega City Four / Tackhead / The Band of Holy Joy / Milltown Brothers / Gary Clail / Thee Hypnotics / Frank Tovey / The Black Velvet Band / Boiled in Lead / Peter Blegvad / The Daintees / Katydids / Ruby Blue / Fat And Frantic / The Man From Delmonte / Summerhill / Bridewell Taxis / The Liberties / JINSKI / Keith Hancock / The Lost T-shirts Of Atlantis / James Varda / The Penny Candles / Dr Miller / Pat Orchard / Mcdermott's Two Hours / Friends of Harvey / Dave Robb / Mccavity's Cat Show all bands
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Little John's Farm Reading, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Aug 24, 1990
Jun 12, 1990
B.o.B / Sugardrive / The Penny Candles / Glasshammer Lower Refectory, Students' Union, Sheffield University Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Dec 01, 1989
B.o.B / The Penny Candles Foundry, Sheffield University Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Oct 25, 1989
B.o.B / The Penny Candles 1 In 12 Club Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Genres:

Indie Pop
UK
Jangle Pop
Indiepop

Concerts Per Year:

1990 2 concerts
1989 2 concerts

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