It’s near enough a guarantee that when you go to a Blossoms gig in their home city of Manchester you’ll bump into someone you know - especially if you are a proud Stopfordian who has closely followed the band's meteoric rise.
The Stockport lads have played their fair share of Manchester venues over the last decade - from Night & Day and Gorilla to Albert Hall and AO Arena, but tonight the crowd is literally fizzing with excitement at Castlefield Bowl, as the five-piece prepare to take to the stage as part of the continuing Sounds of the City open-air gig series.
It comes off the back of a sold-out, twenty three date UK tour at the of last year, which concluded in Manchester as part of a four-night residency at the 02 Apollo, and a third UK Number One album for the latest studio album, ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’.