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Marc Riley Sessions: The Wedding Present & Toquiwa

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David Gedge's indie luminaries drop by for a career-spanning session with a little help from tourmates Toquiwa

Laurie Tuffrey

This Monday, November 19, indie pop arch-masters The Wedding Present turned up for a live session for Marc Riley. They played ‘Back A Bit… Stop!’ from this year’s Valentina album, ‘Heather’ from 1991’s Seamonsters and ‘You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends’, from their 1988 compilation of early material Tommy. Toquiwa, currently supporting the Weddoes, also came in to play a cover their tourmates’ ‘Kennedy’ – have a listen below: 

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Next week, we’ll be posting a session from BEAK>, while Mark has I, Ludicrous on Monday, Magic Arm on Tuesday and Vic Godard And The Sexual Objects on Thursday

Marc’s show is on every Monday to Thursday from 7pm-9pm, and you can tune in on DAB or via the 6 Music website here.

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