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Manchester International Festival - Kraftwerk
Well, what a load of rubbish. Four Startrek extras -(or were they shop dumies?) standing on stage with computer graphics behind them which would have done the Sinclair Spectrum - and I have one - proud. The music droned on and on and on and on. There was one minor hit I recognised from history which raised a half hearted cheer.
I thought perhaps I was missing the point because I had not been given any 3D glasses on the way in. So I borrowed someone elses and no, I wasn’t missing anything so I gave them back.
But this was Manchester and the appearance of the four Olympic cyclists on the Velodrome track was a masterstroke, the like of which this city speicialises in. (I’m still waiting, incidentally, for the Olympics to do the decent thing and designated the Velodrome as the 2012 venue).
And then it was into town for the after-show party in Albert Square….something else Manchester does rather well - catering for C listers. But all that showing off was interupted by something even more magical than the cyclists - the Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Pipe Band suddenly marched through the champagne drinkers and were superb!