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#39 - Tansy McNally (Blue Orchids) Interrogation youtu.be/oTGu1Z8RRzI?si=RfVW… via @YouTube

#39 - Tansy McNally (Blue Orchids) Interrogation

Gavin and Steve are joined by Tansy McNally of The Blue Orchids for...

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Loved them back in the day & now @BlueOrchids4 @MartinBramah A @marcrileydj session - 16th October 2023 Uploaded by @FruitierThanTho @NewWaveAndPunk @ScotsPostPunk @GCPunkNewWave @nottco @lee0969 @FatOldAnarchist @MIKEYWMS @caroline_binnie @WallyTBM youtube.com/watch?v=a_UpuHos…

BLUE ORCHIDS Marc Riley 16th October 2023

BLUE ORCHIDS Marc Riley 16th October 2023

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NME 1980s@nme1980sJan 13
The Associates, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Josef K, Blue Orchids, Delmontes, Young Marble Giants, John Martyn, Yachts, Laughing Apple, Fad Gadget, Bow Wow Wow, Comsat Angels, Light Of The World, more. Paul Morley reviews singles, New Musical Express, 21 March 1981 @18caratbilly
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NME 1980s@nme1980s23 Dec 2025
Blue Orchids, Bow Wow Wow, The Birthday Party, Bauhaus, many more. Main pics by David Corio, Kevin Cummins. Gig Guide, New Musical Express, 5 September. @KCMANC
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@JeffTobiasSPAC @BlueOrchids4 @uncutmagazine @CranesOfficial and @SignatureBrew get a mention in my review of Modern Nature in Liverpool last week: undilutableslangtruth.wordpr…

Modern Nature at Rough Trade, Liverpool (2 Oct ’25)

This gig brought buzz band Modern Nature to Rough Trade, with support from locally based singer Sara Wolff. My ticket This was only my third show here, first having come for Blue Orchids in Novembe…

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NME 1980s@nme1980s27 Oct 2025
Echo And The Bunnymen, Blue Orchids. Live review by Lynn Hanna. Pic by Bryn Jones. New Musical Express, 2 May 1981. @Will_Fuzz @lespattinson1
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NME 1980s@nme1980s26 May 2025
Blue Orchids, live review by Barney Hoskyns, pic by Andrew Luckhurst. Clubs in Belfast, Bangor, Derry. New Musical Express, 15 May 1982.
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Cap doffed to @BlueOrchids4' top chap Phil Lewis, live dep for @GreenwayPeter with @fallcontinuum. Snapped live in Leicester last Sunday. #houseofall #fallfriday #houseofallfriday #livemusic #gigphotography #livemusicphotography
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NME 1980s@nme1980s9 Mar 2025
Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Blue Orchids, Blurt, Nina Hagen, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Einsturzende Neubauten, Die Todliche Doris, Sprung Aus Den Wolken, Trio, more. LP reviews, New Musical Express, 10 July 1982. @bibakopf
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Three years ago @BlueOrchids4
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open.spotify.com/track/1tXEX… Has @MartinBramah @BlueOrchids4 vocal sounded any better? So cherubic

Love Is A Wave

Blue Orchids · The Magical Record Of Blue Orchids · Song · 2019

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Blue Orchids are fully ready for a Happy New Year. We wish everyone in the world, utmost felicitations in 2025!
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@OGWTArchive @TheChills @TheLoftUKband @michaeljackson and @BlueOrchids4 get a mention in my 2024 in review: undilutableslangtruth.wordpr…

2024 in review

Yet another great year in music draws to a close. This article looks at my favourite albums and gigs of the year, as well as detailing the songs that made my year-end best of compilation CD. You ca…

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My review of @BlueOrchids4 at @RoughTrade in Liverpool last Friday: undilutableslangtruth.wordpr…

Blue Orchids at Rough Trade, Liverpool (8 Nov ’24)

I attended my first ever gig at Rough Trade in Liverpool, when Mancunians Blue Orchids came to town, with support from Estonian heavy rockers Shelton San and 80’s scouse never-really-were’s The Roo…

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Don't miss out - get your tickets now Una Baines @UnaBaines leads her new band Poppycock into the @RocknRollBrew on Nov 24... Una was there at the start of The Fall and @BlueOrchids4 It's their #Birmingham debut... skiddle.com/whats-on/Birming…
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C'mon kids...get your tickets now Una Baines @UnaBaines leads her new band Poppycock into the @RocknRollBrew on Nov 24...Una was there at the start of The Fall and @BlueOrchids4 It's their #Birmingham debut... skiddle.com/whats-on/Birming…
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Top night at Rough Trade. First up reformed 80s indie band The Room whose Dave and Becky I last saw in Benny Profane in 1990. New stuff great. Then Estonians Shelton San who clearly love Sabbath. Finally @BlueOrchids4 with no oldies but still fab.
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Always nice to hear @BlueOrchids4 @marcrileydj BBC session 9th August 2022 Uploaded by @FruitierThanTho @NewWaveAndPunk @GCPunkNewWave @ScotsPostPunk @WallyTBM youtube.com/watch?v=5ld_C1kl…
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Lowland and highland they roared lustily This was our affair ‘til you put your finger in it. Masterful storytelling, sublime groove
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NME 1980s@nme1980s24 Oct 2024
Orange Juice, Josef K, Blue Orchids, Basement 5, Dislocation Dance, The Passage, Crispy Ambulance, Biting Tongues, Redbeat. ICA Rock Week, reviewed by Paul Morley, Barney Hoskyns. Pics by David Corio. New Musical Express, 10 January 1981. @paulhaig
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