RED GUITARS AT THE OLD WOOLEN
LEEDS, 19/04/2022
Thanks to everyone who came to the opening show of the Slow To Fade tour. The Old Woollen at Farsley, outside Leeds, is a superb venue with a terrific atmosphere, a great stage, and excellent sound and lights. Special thanks to support act Terra Fin and to Choque and the team at the Old Woolen for making it a night to remember.
This was our first gig in 38 years and it was promoted by AEG Presents, whose boss Steve Homer came along. It was Steve who started the ball rolling when he invited Jeremy to get the original band back together. And here we all are: Hallam Lewis, Jeremy Kidd, John Rowley, Matt Higgins and Lou Duffy‐Howard, joined in 2022 by Jos Allen on guitar and Doug Swallow on the sampler.
Photographs by Richard Duffy‐Howard.
Doug was behind a curtain all night, but below is a rare sighting next to a photo of Choque ‐ who hosts a superb venue and team at The Old Woollen ‐ with Hal and Lou after the gig.
Thanks to our special guests Terra Fin, who played a storming set to open the tour for us.
Richard also took some outtake photographs documenting the tour:
Thank you to everyone who sent us messages on social media, here's a few:
“Wow! @RedGuitars were absolutely brilliant tonight. 38 years since their last live show? Still got some amazing energy and a great bunch of songs. And what a great venue @OldWoollen is. Definitely be paying it another visit.” @jonnygarcon
“A triumphant return for @RedGuitars with a wonderful gig at @OldWoollen on the first date of their ‘Slow To Fade’ reunion tour. Stand out songs were ‘Slow To Fade’, ‘Fact’, ‘Steeltown’ and ‘Good Technology’. @TerraFinMusic opened proceedings with a very enjoyable set…excellent evening of uplifting music.” Across the Universal Soundscape
“A great night at Old Woollen last night watching @RedGuitars, a cracking venue. Roll on Manchester on Thursday.” @Thebubblegunman
“Great venue, great beer, great band, great tunes, great gig. To sum up, it wer' great!” @StephenBatley2
“Last night was brilliant. See you at the 100 Club!”
“I waited the best part of 40 years for last night's Red Guitars gig. I wasn't disappointed and I'm still smiling. Same again next week!” rogytds
“Great gig, great venue. We enjoyed every minute, and it looked like you all did too! Wish we could come to one of the others, another tour please?”
“Fantastic gig, it's like you've never been away!”
“A wonderful gig, a real privilege to be there and just so much warmth, energy and fun from the band.”
“Tremendous night! Couldn't stop smiling. You were freakin' awesome”
