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Sat 17th

The Luminaire & Analogue Catalogue presents
FRANCES McKEE & EUGENE KELLY [THE VASELINES]
+ Guests

Doors 7.30
£8 via WeGotTickets
£9 door

Frances McKee & Eugene Kelly started out as friends and teenage lovers in '86 and called themselves The Vaselines. 53rd & 3rd released their sweet yet oh so twisted indie pop via Rough Trade and the words "seminal", "god-like" and "underrated" have been bandied about ever since.
The Vaselines lived fast, died young and left a good looking back catalogue to which Kurt Cobain became addicted. Nirvana covered the Vaselines 'Son Of A Gun' and 'Molly's Lips', as well as performing 'Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam' on their legendary MTV Unplugged appearance. The Vaselines re-united briefly for a one-off gig with Nirvana in 1990, and SubPop reissued all of their recordings.
From there Frances opted to corrupt young minds on a more one to one level and became a primary school teacher. Eugene became Captain America and then Eugenius, working with everyone from Teenage Fanclub to the Lemonheads.
Like most things with The Vaselines, this reunion came about by accident. Having not spoken for years, Frances and Eugene met to discuss renewing their SubPop deal and realised they were both in the midst of releasing solo albums. Frances was looking to do some gigs, Eugene fancied doing some too and it all fell together in the same haphazard way as it had done 20 years previously.
So here's how its currently looking:
Eugene Kelly solo and acoustic performing songs from his recently released 'Man Alive' album. Frances McKee and musical friends delivering songs from her new debut solo album 'Sunny Moon'.
Followed by Eugene and Frances performing some Vaselines classics. Well that's the plan, but then The Vaselines never really had a plan, they were just making it up as they went along.
Still are, it would seem...

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