We were barely four months into seeing one another when Caroline and I drove to Deinze, Belgium, and the Futurama Festival to see the Stone Roses, though we were interested in Jesus Jones and Urban Dance Squad, too. I was able to talk my way into free passes after meeting with the Stone Roses to ask about filming the show. Sadly, I wasn’t allowed, but they invited us to their show in Cologne, Germany, a few days later. Also playing on this day on October 1, 1989, were Bad Brains, Brian Ritchie, Buffalo Tom, Hard-Ons, Hoodoo Gurus, The Pursuit of Happiness, and Firehose.

Awesome, just after seeing the band on Sunday, here we were on Wednesday, just up the road in Cologne, on the guestlist for this show, too. Next up, I had to find myself a poster that was being used around town to announce the show, and the venue still had a few; with it in hand, I asked the guys if they’d mind signing it for my new girlfriend and they obliged me with the above. Since framing this, I’ve seen it every day; it brings me back to those heady early days of our relationship when the Stone Roses’ first album came out, and I stumbled upon one of those rare LPs on which I loved every single track.

These were our backstage passes for the Belgian show and are now stuck on the glass of the framed poster. The setlist from that night was: I Wanna Be Adored, Elephant Stone, Waterfall, Made of Stone, Standing Here, She Bangs the Drums, Where Angels Play, Shoot You Down, Sally Cinnamon, I Am the Resurrection.