The Legends Of Music on Instagram: "XTC playing “Making Plans for Nigel” Live in 1979 “Making Plans for Nigel” was XTC’s breakthrough single as a band that was getting the attention of the press for merging musical elements of New Wave with Punk Rock. Written by bassist Colin Moulding, this is what he had to say about the song: “I didn’t know where it came from. That phrase popped into my head, and one line followed another. Before I knew it, I’d written three parts of the song, and the rest of