Handwritten stage notes on Dave Formula Peter Petersen & Noko setlist reference John McGeoch guitar effects during Magazine song revival.

Post-gig paper setlist from Dave Formula & Noko’s Play Songs From Under The Floorboards tour, photographed at Manchester Academy 2 on Saturday 23 May 2026. The sheet is held by fans after the concert and lists Magazine songs including The Thin Air, Back to Nature, Give Me Everything, Sweetheart Contract, Motorcade, The Great Beautician in the Sky, Feed the Enemy, Rhythm of Cruelty, Cut-Out Shapes, Thank You, Model Worker, Permafrost, Parade, Floorboards, The Light Pours Out of Me, Twenty Years Ago, Definitive Gaze and Shot By Both Sides. Handwritten stage notes refer to guitar settings such as flanger, chorus off and chorus on, a useful detail for fans of Magazine’s sound and the late John McGeoch, whose inventive guitar playing helped define the band’s post-punk style. Event listings describe the 2026 tour as Dave Formula on keys and Noko on guitar presenting material from Magazine’s classic back catalogue, with Peter Petersen of French new wave band Affection Place on vocals, Tim Petersen on bass and Max Formula on drums. The image records the working document of a live show rather than the performance itself, capturing the running order, musical cues, fan interest and physical evidence of a Manchester gig. It can illustrate post-punk history, Magazine, setlist collecting, live music memorabilia, Manchester Academy, concert culture, art rock, new wave, guitar effects, cult audiences and heritage tours. The visible date, venue and title make it useful for editorial archive use. For stock buyers, the photograph offers a strong close-up of authentic music ephemera, linking Magazine’s late 1970s influence with a 2026 reinterpretation of the songbook by key former members and collaborators. It also speaks to the enduring appeal of songs associated with Howard Devoto, Dave Formula, Noko and John McGeoch, and to the way live audiences preserve paper traces of concerts after the stage lights have gone down.