However, Bowden said that as she got older, she spent less time listening to the band until she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in 2019.
“I found myself listening to them more and more because they were familiar and a real comfort, she said.
“After the Covid pandemic, I had a revelatory moment when I realised their music had soundtracked some really important points of my life.”
But when her eight-year-old son asked last year whether the band had ever performed in Sheffield, she realised she did not know the answer.
She subsequently discovered that the band took to the stage seven times in the city, including at the Azena Ballroom in Gleadless Town End – which is now a Co-Op supermarket.
“I went to have a look. I bought a pint of milk and stood where I thought the stage was – soaking in the vibes,” she recollected.