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On this day, 9 May 1989, American rock band the Pixies, played at Cardiff University with support provided by The Wolfgang Press.
Signing with Sony in 1988, several singles preceded the band's critically acclaimed 1989 debut LP, Pop Said.... The album, described as "relentlessly chirpy", ultimately reached the Top 30 in the UK Albums Chart, and the band appeared on Top of the Pops as well as the cover of Melody Maker twice (24 September 1988 and 18 February 1989).
The band had released their 2nd album Doolittle the previous month and released two singles from album , "Here Comes Your Man" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven", both of which were chart successes on the US chart for Modern Rock Tracks.
The album itself reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart, an unexpected success for the band.
