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ZEBRAHEAD / TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET /
[SPUNGE] / MILLIE MANDERS AND THE SHUTUP –
SLAM DUNK WINTER JAM – BIRMINGHAM XOYO,
27.01.24

It’s the final night of the Slam Dunk Winter Jam
Tour, and the bill is so good that it’s inspired us to
leave the house for our first gig of 2024.
Opening the show are Millie Manders and The
Shutup. “We’re the warm-up band for the warm-up
band for the warm-up band,” Millie tells the crowd -
although this four-piece are so tight that they will be
headlining their own shows to crowds this size be-
fore long. Kicking off with ‘Broken Record’, the band
is anything but. Their tunes are infectious, upbeat
and guaranteed to lift your spirits. That is, until a
song called ‘I’m Bitter’, which sees Millie convince
the crowd to sing back ‘I’m Bitter’, when we’re re-
minded that the fun tunes were not always written
from a happy place. A couple of songs in, bassist
Georgina ends up on the floor, which looks like part
of the show, but, at the end of the song, Millie tells
the crowd that she has to “pop her knee back in,”
and “every bone in her body back in.”

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