-CASTLEFIELD BOWL, MANCHESTER- It’s Friday in Manchester, two boys arrive from Liverpool canned up via a perilous train journey through Widnes and Warrington, it’s time to party. The venue… Castlefield Bowl. The entertainment… Silent Alarm… But backwards! Finding out through musical wizard Dan Saleh that the London four piece would be performing their seminal debut […]
Australian trio Middle Kids – Hannah Joy, Harry Day and Tim Fitz – today share brand new track “Salt Eyes” ahead of their November UK dates. This new single was recorded in Ryan Adams’ Los Angeles studio during their American tour earlier in the year. The track follows hot on the heels of debut album Lost Friends, which was released […]
Celebrating its special sixth year, the multi-award winning Festival No.6 has today announced more details of the arts and culture programme. This includes Irvine Welsh discussing Trainspotting, and Acid House, Kevin Allen on ‘Tin Town’ (the eagerly awaited sequel to ‘Twin Town’), iconic French musician Jean-Claude Vannier rescoring Serge Gainsbourg (live), the brilliant Maxine Peake […]
Remember last year when Bloc Party lost some of its original members, Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong? Well, according to lead singer Kele Okereke you can blame that on ‘someone doing cocaine and someone not being into it’. But it doesn’t seem as though the 4- piece band are losing out with the new, yet […]
The NME Awards Tour 2016 with Austin, Texas is gearing up to hit the road with a line-up headlined by Bloc Party. Joining the bill are Drenge, Rat Boy and Bugzy Malone who will tour the UK to take in 11 cities, kicking off on 29 January at Cardiff Great Hall and coming to a […]
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Between September 2011 and March 2020 we provided a handpicked gig guide every month without fail. It's painful for us that there are currently no gigs to recommend. We hope gigs will return soon to bring you new recommendations, but if you want to reminisce you can still see nine years worth of old gig guides.
