It was a very messy night all round.
The things I remember,

how bald Brian from Placebo was,
he passed us backstage and we were amazed how little hair was actually spread atop his bonce.

Jarvis in his new rigid jeans which he hadn't pre-soaked, you could here him crunching about all afternoon.

Embrace were fucking awful

This is that band I mentioned earlier, that were being courted by Creation Records, the bass player Rob McLean was my mucca:

Made For Jane – (1992-1996) mid 90’s guitar band. Rel dble sided single on Kool Tone, ‘Supa Red Intensa / Tycho’s Dream’ (Jan95) . Also rec 2nd single ‘Way Down Deep’ which was never released (rec Jan96). Also had songs on Kool Tone comps, ‘Mersey Killers’ & ‘A&R Heaven for Corporate Scum’. The band had lots of label interest over the years but it never quite happened for them, bizarrely 2 members were signed almost immediately after the band split and even recorded some old Made For Jane material. Started as a 5 piece but most settled line up was as a 4 piece feat; Joanna Harrison (voc), Tim Warriner (gtr) (later formed The Kings of Infinate Space while still with Made For Jane and signed to V2), Steve Doherty (drms) (later formed One Lady Owner and signed to Dedicated, now doing soundtracks inc.Master & Commander), Rob McLean (bass) (later Cicada Falls, Voover, Playhouse, Brownlow, No One’s Son and Mugstar), also ran Kool Tone Records and Head Trash fanzine, now freelance designer and amateur motorcycle racer!