This Club Could Be Your Life

Friday... Was Sumo Day ⚡️ Launch night was August 12th 2005. Doors opened 10pm. Entry was £3.50 🤩 'This Club Could be Your Life' : The story of Sumo, Cornerhouse, Empire and Boro’s alternative clubbing heyday is available now on Amazon 📕 Order here : mybook.to/thisclubcouldb…

Oh this was like a decade ago btw Incase anyone got excited 😆

Big long poster for a big long event

If you ever sweated through your fringe at Sumo in Boro in the early 00’s whilst dancing to Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines and Maximo Park, you have @itsphilsaunders to thank. Scroll 1hr20 mins in to take a trip back to Friday nights 20 years ago 👇🏻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

I love (getting sent) owt like this me 📕

@Benefitstheband @henrycarden @rickv1deo Yes! A good bunch on this poster, I forgot this event existed

@ThisClubCouldBe @henrycarden @rickv1deo Anchor Fast Anchor were absolutely class.

This lineup is looks like @henrycarden @rickv1deo and me had a few pints and threw all our fave bands into the empire for 12hours.

Who made this

@Benefitstheband Yeah mad innit. I think Catatonia and Biffy played same year 🤔

@ThisClubCouldBe Muse?!!!

Phil from Helter Skelter here 👋 Found a box of old stuff. Some may enjoy! Don’t forget, CD’s are £3.50 at the bar. CC @georgian_stcktn Will thread 🧵 a couple more ….

@malythe85 It’s mint! Some good videos on She The Show’s Instagram from the other week too

@steve_lamacq Couple more. One of these was designed by a designer 🤷🏽‍♂️ 😆

When @steve_lamacq came to Dig The New Breed 👌

Much like how I dealt with my quarter-life-crisis, and one-third-life-crisis, I’m dealing with my mid-life-crisis by… joining a band! Yeah! Catch @thoseGraveFaces at @offthegrounduk supporting Onlooker and Fast Blood Tickets 🎟️ skiddle.com/whats-on/Middl…

All the Xmas Pop Punk Things skiddle.com/whats-on/Middl…

🙏🏽 💜

Here’s a photo of my wife hairspraying “jedwards” quiff into place, in the Empire ages ago. This tale, and 200 more… in the book 📕 Order it here : mybook.to/thisclubcouldb…

Cat Sumo feels like 20-25 years ago. Only 8, apparently 🐱 Also Facebook hashtags, yikes

Setlist (3/3) open.spotify.com/playlist/1il2u…

Firstly, here’s a Spotify playlist of all the songs, in setlist order, that Craig and Kev played at the first ever night at Sumo. These four hours of tunes were played on Friday August 12th, 2005. At The Cornerhouse in Middlesbrough. (2/3)

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the release of my book This Club Could Be Your Life I’ll be sharing some of my favourite memories of the release, and some of the older treasures we unearthed 12months ago when this thing briefly took over my kitchen. (1/3)