The Wedding Present: Watusi 30th Anniversary Tour

The Wedding Present performing ‘Watusi’ in full – together with other classics from their extensive repertoire – in a 90-minute set

May 2024

David Gedge often calls Watusi The Wedding Present’s ‘lost album’ because it has never been quite as readily available as the others. But it could also be called their ‘Marmite’ album; it polarised opinion like no other release. Watusi was the first time that the band committed to their lo-fi pop sensibilities... bravely eschewing their usual snarling guitars.

By 1994, The Wedding Present had departed their frenetic jangly beginnings [George Best and Bizarro] and travelled, via Steve Albini’s intense production on Seamonsters and the twelve Top 30 singles of their Hit Parade series, to the welcoming arms of legendary producer Steve Fisk. Fisk’s pop-punk world centred in the underground scene of Seattle, Washington and, indeed, Watusi features two notable female singers from Seattle’s pre-grunge era... Heather Lewis…