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Pale Waves Kick Off UK Tour with Live Debuts off ‘Smitten’

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British indie band, Pale Waves, who have been compared to The Cure and The Cranberries, kicked off their UK Tour October 1 in Kingston upon Thames, with a tsunami of tour and live debuts.

Supporting their delightful new album Smitten, the Manchester quartet performed "Not A Love Song," "Kiss Me Again," and "Glasgow" for the first time in front of an audience.

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O2 Arena: Venue Spotlight

O2 Arena: Venue Spotlight

The O2 Arena was built beneath the tattered remains of the failed Millennium Dome. The unusual dome, which sort of looks like a melting birthday cake was first conceived by John Major's Tory administration back in 1994 to celebrate the upcoming millennium.

After two years they had decided where it would go and who would build it: the Greenwich Peninsula and Richard Rogers.

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