West End Centre, Aldershot: Friday 17 April 2026 I first knowingly listened to some of Ian McNabb's work in the autumn of 1991. It was my first term at college, and someone added a few Icicle Works songs onto a mix-cassette I had some space on - and I was hooked. While the Icicle Works were already pretty much done by that point, at least in their original format, I have stayed in touch with McNabb's work through his solo career, with perhaps the main question remaining - why

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