‘Liam, Noel, Ian Brown, Shaun Ryder...
I hope they’re all looking down on me now...
’ No, don’t panic. Despite what this irreverent musician from Virginia starts his show by saying, Manchester finest exports are still with us as far as we know. George Clanton took to the stage in the Pink Room at YES last night (August 8) to send up an audacious prayer to some of the city’s icons.
Clanton bursts onto the stage a la Gallagher – hands behind his back, sunglasses on, with bravado, machismo, and a definite air of the surreal. The sold out club almost transforms into the Theatre of Dreams as he poses the air of some of Manchester’s other famous adopted sons – Cantona, Keane – as he amps up the 250 fans who have bagged a ticket to chant ‘Clanton, Clanton’. READ MORE: Justin Timberlake at Manchester Co-op Live - the pop prince defies controversies with 'flawless' and energetic performance It might be one of the most avid crowds I’ve seen at a small gig like this, as he jokes ‘the spirits of Liam and Noel are looking down on me.
.. I’m a 25 hour party person.
.. I can twist my melon with the best of them’.
His loyal fanbase is largely seen to by social media, on which he’s managed to turn jokes about him becoming a pop star into an apparent reality. Because for all of Clanton’s cheeky humour, on-stage persona, and sardonic jibes about his pop star status, there’s a distinct lack of irony in his performance and his music. He chastens all of his jokes b.