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Tom Hingley has hand signed the Inspiral Carpets “Generations” CD Single limited edition Box Set on the front cover in green ink. Inspiral Carpets are an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1983.The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate. Their sound is based around psychedelic keyboards and guitars.
In February 2011, Tom Hingley announced on Twitter that the Inspirals had split up. Clint Boon responded “Inspiral Carpets have not split up. It appears that one member has chosen to leave”. In August 2011 they announced a reunion with original singer Stephen Holt. Their website states “Inspirals will be recording their first material in 15 years coupled with concerts in South America & Greece”. The band recorded ‘You’re So Good For Me/Head For The Sun’ for Record Store Day which was released, sold and deleted on 7′ single on Saturday 21 April 2012. The accompanying video for the main track was shot at a live concert in Buenos Aires in November 2011. In support of the single the band toured the UK in March 2012 for the first time with Holt for 24 years. In May the band were special guests on the Happy Mondays tour which was their first tour together with their original line up for 24 years. Throughout 2012 the band continued to play live at several festivals over the summer culminating with a live performance at Old Trafford cricket ground on Monday 10 September during the England versus South Africa T/20 cricket match.