[On tour Nicky tends to dedicate Revol or Die In The Summertime to Richey, so most of these are dedications made before those songs.]
“This one’s about a lovely little boy I used to know, it’s called Daydreamer Eyes.” - Stay Beautiful Camden 1 July 2006
“He’s been gone a long time now, but I have to say, when I was writing the lyrics for this song, the boy genius, Mr. Richard Edwards was with me, in spirit.” - Birmingham 8 December 2007
“It’s always a little bit bittersweet, so this one is dedicated to the genius that is and was Mr. Richey Edwards.” - Hydro Connect 29 August 2008
“…but that’s hard to tell because dear Richard is not around to explain himself” and “…the implication there is, uh, some kind of apex of calmness has finally descended upon the beautiful boy.” - JFPL NME Track By Track May 2009
“I think the first time we played here, at the Duchess of York, many moons ago, I’m pretty sure Richey trashed his trusty Gordon Smith guitar. So this one is for the great man, Richard Edwards.” - O2 Academy Leeds, 11 October 2010
“I just think of him as the most beautiful, slightly unhinged, but yet polite, erudite, brilliant lyricist rock star of our decade.” - John Harris interview 2011
“As you know, anyone who’s seen us over the last ten, fifteen years, there’s always a gap to our right side which will never ever be replaced. This song is dedicated to the boy and the man who filled that space so exquisitely, so intelligently, and so damn full of rock n’ roll. It is for the genius of Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Blackwood Miners Institute 27 January 2011
“One of the pleasures of always coming back here is that we did play here with that wonderful bit of cheekbones and brain that was Mr. Richard Edwards. And certainly on this song I can kind of picture him in the corner, with his silly hat and fucking amazing stage presence, thrashing away at his guitar.” - Wolverhampton 19 March 2011
“From one pure Welsh genius to another, Mr. Richard Edwards! Here’s his fucking masterpiece.” - O2 Arena London 17 December 2011
“I think me and the beautiful, and wonderfully missed, really missed Richey, I think me and him probably thought we wouldn’t…” - Q Awards 2012 (in response to a question about whether they expected to be successful for this long)
“I have no idea what this next song is about. All I know is that it was written by a totally fucking beautiful genius called Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Den Haag 18 April 2012
“Anyway, back to the madness and the genius of Mr. Richard Edwards. Revol!” - Amsterdam 19 April 2012
“…it’s also for the genius, the writer, the beautiful god that was Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Trix Antwerp 21 April 2012
“…the curious and esoteric, intellectual, brilliant, fucked-up, amazingly beautiful mind that was and lives on in his words and in his beauty, Mr. Richard Edwards. Love you, baby, wherever you are.” - Razzmatazz 2 May 2012
“This next one is for the hardcore. It’s also for someone that was with us for a long time in our youth and in the band, the dearly loved Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Vector Arena 2 July 2013
“Wherever you are, could be South Korea, could be Toronto, could be Croatia, but sometimes you just take a look to your right and you just think ‘I fucking wish Richey was still around’ you know? Just his fucking beauty and eloquence and intelligence, the way he would have slayed all those other bands to death with his wit and his beauteous cheekbones. And so, to one of the greatest minds ever produced in Wales, I dedicate this to you, my dear boy.” - Festival No 6 Portmeirion 15 September 2013
“From one of Wales’ greatest ever minds and bodies, Mr. Richard Edwards. We love you. Ah, yes, all those nights pissed up in Lazers and TJ’s, this one’s for you buddy.” - Newport Centre 13 September 2013
“For the beautiful, for the wondrous, for the intellectual colossus of Wales, for Mr. Richard Edwards. We miss you, baby.” - Shepherd’s Bush Empire 24 September 2013
“This one is for our most lonesome, our most wanted-back, the gap over at the right hand side, the beauty, the genius, the esoteric genius that was and is and will forever be Mr. Richard Edwards. Love you, baby.” - The Ritz Manchester 27 September 2013
“…my friend, Mr Richard Edwards. Writing in the spare room together, searching for that magic bit of hatred and spite.That alternative to a worldwide number 92 in the charts. I don’t think Richey ever played this venue; I think maybe the last gig we did in Manchester was the Academy, which was brilliant because we played Intense Humming Of Evil and I’ve never seen such a rush to the bar in my life. But he was a good bloke, anyway. Fucking amazing.” - Manchester O2 Apollo 1 April 2014
“Not sure if we’ve done this one before, but wherever you are, you wonderful, beautiful thing, this one’s for you.” - Edinburgh Corn Exchange 3 April 2014
“Dark, creepy, menacing, all offered by my favorite, my most beautiful partner, the dear, the most intellectual person I’ve ever known, Mr. Richard Edwards!” - Bournemouth O2 Academy 8 April 2014
“To one of my best friends, to one of my kinda heroes, to one of my favorite lyricists.” - Brixton Academy London 11 April 2014
“This one’s for him, the beautiful, the esoteric, the supreme intellect of Mr Richard Edwards, we love you.” - Huxleys Neue Welt Berlin 15 May 2014
“The beautiful, the pure, cheekboned intellect, the esoteric genius that he was. His spirit is with us. This one’s for you, Richey.” - Le Bataclan Paris 23 May 2014
“I wish I could rewind the film about twenty, twenty-two years ago, me and Richey wandering around Amsterdam, going to the Van Gogh museum, playing chess, being artistic, getting fucked up. So this one’s for him, the esoteric spine-tingling beauty and intelligence. This one’s for you.” - Amsterdam Paradiso 26 May 2014
“The five or six times we’ve played, unfortunately, the one and only, the beautiful genius Mr. Richard Edwards never came here, which, give it up for the boy– for the one and only Mr. Richard Edwards, Revol!” - T In The Park 11 July 2014
“…the only writer I will ever want to read, Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Flow Festival 9 August 2014
“This one is for my beautiful friend, for my favorite ever, lyricist Mr. Richard Edwards. I wish he could be here tonight. This one’s for him.” - Sziget Festival 15 August 2014
“This evening, this album, these words are dedicated to the one and only, the beautiful, the bold, amazing, esoteric genius that was and is Mr. Richard Edwards! We love you, everyone in this room loves you.” - Royal Albert Hall 10 December 2014
“One last blast of greatness from the from the pen, from the cheekbones, from the beautiful eyes, from the most esoteric genius, a trippy right-winger. We love you, Mr. Richard Edwards!” - Roundhouse London 15 December 2014
“So this one is dedicated to the words, the beauty, the structure, the amazing cheekbones, the fierce intelligence, the journalistic dissection that was and is Mr. Richard Edwards. We love you!” - The Sinclair Boston 24 April 2015
“So this one’s for him. The wonderful, the esoteric, the beautiful, the didactic, the journalistic genius, the poet, my friend. He’s still with us, and so are his words, Mr. Richard Edwards, this one’s for you!” - Danforth Music Hall 27 April 2015
“I could turn the clock back to 1992, seeing his drunk-jawed, angelic beauty to my right. Slightly pissed, it has to be said. Looking amazing, sounding amazing, the most severe journalistic prose, the most Welsh poetic beauty. He is, the one and only, Mr. Richard Edwards! And this one’s for him.” - Metro Chicago 29 April 2015
“We had the most glistening, beautiful, poetic, journalistic, forensic, genius lyric writer with us onstage, Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Fonda Theatre 2 May 2015
“Of course, this album could never have been made without the beauty, the poetic genius, the intelligence, the ferocious journalistic skill– will you give it up, our greatest lyricist, Mr. Richard Edwards!” - Cardiff Castle June 2015
“This is for the glamour, the leather jacket, Sylvia Plath, the beautiful, erudite intelligence of Mr. Richey Edwards!” - Liberty Stadium Swansea 28 May 2016
“The most beautiful cheekbones, the most forensic intellect, Mr. Richard Edwards, who never made it down here for a gig. But he’s always in us, onstage and in our hearts, oh yes indeed. This one’s for you, Richey.” - Eden Sessions Cornwall 9 July 2016
“Those two nights, we had the wondrous cheekbones, the fierce intelligence, the outright beauty and intellect of Mr. Richard Edwards with us. And like I said, it was a good night. This one’s for you, Richey.” - Victorious Festival 27 August 2016
“By the way, You Love Us, dedicated to the severe intelligence and amazing cheekbones of Mr. Richard Edwards!” - Roundhouse London 18 October 2017
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