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BONG magazine issue | ''BONG'' magazine [[BONG 5|issue 5]] reported: | ||
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A surprise 'concert' was held at the Mean Fiddler in London in honour of Gerry McKenna who was leaving Mute after working there forever! Artists included Nick Cave ('Leaving On A Jetplane') and 'Duo Diablo' - who looked uncannily like Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore! This odd couple did a foot-stomping rendition of 'Thirty Days' which is apparently a "Chuck Berry classic". | A surprise 'concert' was held at the Mean Fiddler in London in honour of Gerry McKenna who was leaving [[Mute Records|Mute]] after working there forever! Artists included Nick Cave ('Leaving On A Jetplane') and 'Duo Diablo' - who looked uncannily like [[Andrew Fletcher|Andy Fletcher]] and [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]]! This odd couple did a foot-stomping rendition of '[[Thirty Days]]' which is apparently a "Chuck Berry classic". | ||
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Dave Gahan said in the March 1989 issue of German magazine Spex (translated from German): | [[Dave Gahan]] said in the March 1989 issue of German magazine Spex (translated from German): | ||
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"We had a wonderful evening last Friday night, when an employee left the company after eight years and gave a party at the Mean Fiddler, with all of [Mute's] band playing acoustic sets. Nick Cave, Erasure, Wire, us - it went on all night. [Being with Mute] matters a lot - it's like a family." | "We had a wonderful evening last Friday night, when an employee left the company after eight years and gave a party at the Mean Fiddler, with all of [Mute's] band playing acoustic sets. Nick Cave, Erasure, Wire, us - it went on all night. [Being with Mute] matters a lot - it's like a family." | ||
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Notes
BONG magazine issue 5 reported:
A surprise 'concert' was held at the Mean Fiddler in London in honour of Gerry McKenna who was leaving Mute after working there forever! Artists included Nick Cave ('Leaving On A Jetplane') and 'Duo Diablo' - who looked uncannily like Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore! This odd couple did a foot-stomping rendition of 'Thirty Days' which is apparently a "Chuck Berry classic".
Dave Gahan said in the March 1989 issue of German magazine Spex (translated from German):
"We had a wonderful evening last Friday night, when an employee left the company after eight years and gave a party at the Mean Fiddler, with all of [Mute's] band playing acoustic sets. Nick Cave, Erasure, Wire, us - it went on all night. [Being with Mute] matters a lot - it's like a family."
There are no known photos or recordings of "Duo Diablo"'s performance.
Set list
- Thirty Days (Chuck Berry cover)
