The first Futurama reviewed in 1979 by NME's Ian Punman and Andy Gill (RIP)
F2 = the ground zero for Goth in many ways
The second Futurama festival, reviewed by NME's Paul Morley and Adrian Thrills
Both this year and the previous year's reviews have the theme of "squalor" in the headline - apparently they were rather uncomfortable events, with terrible sound... The Queens Hall in Leeds was described by Futurama promoter John Keenan as "a cavernous place where they parked buses by day and held car auctions most weekend". Wilted proto-Goths and Grey Overcoats sprawled and prone on the concrete floors... an outdoor festival indoors .... T
Different venue for the next installment
Sucker for punishment Morley comes back to review the 3
Sounds preview in which Keenan denies that Futurama has anything to do with the Futurists (aka New Romantics)
The Bay City Rollers?!
A gap, and then it flickered back for a moment in 1989
The Sweet?! Odd how there's this sporadic theme of "glam and slam" (F2 had Gary Glitter)... I guess it's the roots, or a root, of Goth. Still '70s nostalgia doesn't seem quite right for something called Futurama.
Well, having said that...
After a very long gap, it's Back to the Futurama - with the festival reincarnated as a nostalgia and "legacy act" oriented event.
Only for the Future to be cancelled the following year
There was talk of it coming back in 2023 but nothing seems to have happened, so maybe that's it.
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Bonus postpunk futurism
the Sounds review of Futurama 79
Sucker for punishment Des Moines returns for more - Sounds review of Futurama 2
Also John Peel's take, likewise in Sounds
