Frances McKee (The Vaselines) + Pete Dale (Milky Wimpshake)

10th April 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Please Please You presents
Frances McKee
(The Vaselines)
Pete Dale
(Milky Wimpshake)
Monday 10th April, Doors 7.30pm
Tickets are £15 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.

*This is a seated show with all seating unreserved.*

Frances McKee and Eugene Kelly founded now legendary DIY pop band The Vaselines in the mid-80s.

They were part of a fertile Glasgow scene alongside friends The Pastels, Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits and The Jesus & Mary Chain.

Kurt Cobain was a big fan of the band exclaiming them to be ‘My favourite songwriters in the whole world!’, they’d go on to open for Nirvana who would in turn cover The Vaselines classics Molly’s Lips & Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam.

The band released the fab Dum-Dum and a couple of great EPs for The Pastels label before soon calling it a day. They reformed in 2010 for a couple more albums and are always a real treat live if ever you might get the chance to watch them play.

It’s pretty exciting for us to have Frances come and play a wee seated show in The Crescent on Easter Monday.

Pete Dale

Pete Dale has been leading Milky Wimpshake for thirty years this year, as the band’s singer and songwriter.

His lyrics are often semi-comical, occasionally silly and sometimes quite politically provocative. Milky Wimpshake has many albums and singles under its belt, including five on the Fortuna Pop label (Martha, Allo Darlin’, Withered Hand, etc.).

Pete does not often play as a solo act but will do so for this gig, offering a selection of songs from the Milky Wimpshake back catalogue as well as some unreleased songs and a couple of folk tunes that he enjoys singing. For fans of Billy Bragg, Buzzcocks and Brilliant Corners.