{"id":127,"date":"2017-10-26T16:37:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T16:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=127"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:43:24","slug":"when-rock-played-truant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/10\/26\/when-rock-played-truant\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN ROCK PLAYED TRUANT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Further to our little plug for Paul Tomlinson and Barry Lucas\u2019s compendium of the bands that played Lancaster, the sheer magnitude of the acts we played host to does raise the question: why don\u2019t we do this anymore? The Great Hall is laid out like most live music venues across the UK, has an entire audience on its doorstep, and a vast heritage. While we’re sure the official explanation of fire regulations has some basis in fact, we welcome suggestions for more creative theories from our readers!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Further to our little plug for Paul Tomlinson and Barry Lucas\u2019s compendium of the bands that played Lancaster, the sheer magnitude of the acts we played host to does raise the question: why don\u2019t we do this anymore? The Great … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[74,120,66],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-history","tag-issue-167","tag-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-23","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":462,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/03\/15\/martin-widden-red-pilling-the-music-industry-one-concert-at-a-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":0},"title":"MARTIN WIDDEN: \u2018RED PILLING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, ONE CONCERT AT A TIME\u2019","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"March 15 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Review: Kathryn Stott It is often asserted that the sound of a violin improves in a period when it is being played quite intensively. 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