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Ash Latest
Melody Maker March 20 1999
Newcastle Minimum Wage gig
ASH, The Divine Comedy
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Space and Travis have
spoken out about why they have decided to play
a major show in April campaigning for a national
minimum wage.
The sold-out concert, aimed at raising awareness,
will take place in Newcastle at the Telewest Arena
on April 10 from 3pm until 8pm in front of 10,500
fans. It is organised by Unison, Britain's largest
union, with support from the TUC, Metro FM and
The Mean Fiddler Organisation among others.
Ash's drummer Rick McMurray said: "We feel
that this is a very worthwhile cause, one that is
imperative for the well-being and protection of
young and old people alike."
The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon blasted: "The
time for the UK to re-embrace the ethics of welfare
and social democracy is long overdue and the right
to a basic living wage seems as good a start as any."
Space issued the following statement: "There's
thousands of hard-working people who work for
next to no money where we come from. It doesn't
take much to work out that a national minimum
wage would be a big help to families throughout
the country. We hope this gig does something in
the way of raising awareness about such an
important issue."
Finally, Travis simply declared: "it's about f***ing
time there was a living wage."
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