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“Our new album is going to teach indie kids how to dance,” Chromeo boast as they fiddle with their knobs on the Imagination Stage. “Because if they keep punching the air they’re never going to have sex.” While it’s a noble aim, it’s not one that hasn’t been done, ooh, an hour before, by Shy Child.

Over at Spillers Wharf, Kano shakes off the girls who’ve come to swoon over his model looks by serving up a set that’s uncharacteristically chaotic. The Enemy, meanwhile, continue milking drama from the fusty folds of ASBO Britain, while back at Baltic Square Simian Mobile Disco are laughing manically as indifference melts before their rave brimstone, the quayside glowing with Primark luminescence.

Hot Club De Paris are our Marxist pop saviours, no doubt taking a gilt-edged leaf out of Maximo Park’s book. Cod-literate, flat-pack indie uglies though they may be, when Paul Smith and co plug in on home ground, they can do no wrong. Their greatest hits set isn’t great, but is strangely satisfying. The bands on the Tyne, it seems, are all right.

Norven Kane/Rebecca Robinson

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Date/Time	Venue	Town/City	Seetickets	Viagogo
Jun 06, 2012 19:00	Glee Club	Cardiff	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £14	Buy Maximo Park Tickets
Jun 06, 2012 19:00	Glee Club Birmingham	Birmingham	Tickets not currently available.	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £36
Jun 07, 2012 19:00	Sound Control	Manchester	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £14	Buy Maximo Park Tickets
Jun 07, 2012 19:00	Sound Control	Manchester	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £14	Buy Maximo Park Tickets
Jun 08, 2012 18:30	Heaven	London	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16
Jun 08, 2012 18:30	Heaven	London	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16
Nov 01, 2012 19:00	O2 Academy Liverpool	Liverpool	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £55
Nov 01, 2012 19:00	O2 Academy Liverpool	Liverpool	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £55
Nov 02, 2012 19:00	O2 Abc Glasgow	Glasgow	Tickets not currently available.	Buy Maximo Park Tickets
Nov 02, 2012 19:30	O2 Abc Glasgow	Glasgow	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets
Nov 03, 2012 18:30	O2 Academy Newcastle	Newcastle	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £27
Nov 03, 2012 18:30	O2 Academy Newcastle	Newcastle	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £27
Nov 05, 2012 19:00	Plug	Sheffield	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets
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Nov 06, 2012 19:00	Hmv Ritz	Manchester	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £50
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Nov 07, 2012 19:00	O2 Shepherds Bush Empire	Rlondon	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £17	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £37
Nov 07, 2012 19:00	O2 Shepherds Bush Empire	Rlondon	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £17	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £37
Nov 09, 2012 19:00	Hmv Institute	Birmingham	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £16	Buy Maximo Park Tickets
Nov 09, 2012 19:00	Hmv Institute Birmingham	Birmingham	Tickets not currently available.	Buy Maximo Park Tickets from £49