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The Christians
Chapel Square Arts, Halifax
THE Christians were one of the most successful — and socially conscious — bands to come out of 1980s Liverpool. Their debut single, Forgotten Town, nailed their colours firmly to the mast, a synth-rock gospel-tinged lament to the industrial towns decimated by Thatcher, delivered with characteristic empathy and compassion.
Two years later, they donated the profits of their first number 1 single — a cover of Ferry Across the Mersey — to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster.
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