– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – Since fate conspired against me last year and made me miss Bolton’s Cherry Ghost playing a couple of Christmas-time concerts at Hallé St. Peter’s, I’m grateful for the opportunity to make up for it tonight at Band on the Wall. Billed as a ‘festive special’, hopefully a seasonal […]
– MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – I love Cathedrals. I love their vastness and echoing potential for magnitude and sound. A reverence for something higher and benevolent. You’ve got to hand it our our own Manchester Cathedral for their welcome of the secular. This 1421 building appears regularly on our list of gigs to enjoy. A […]
The chorus of ‘The World Could Turn’ – the fifth track on Cherry Ghost’s third studio album Herd Runners – sums up its underlining tone perfectly: “Haven’t you heard, in a heartbeat, the world could turn. For every end there’s a beginning, what’s a life if not for living, you see the way it just keeps on […]
Cherry Ghost has also unveiled a charming black and white video to the album’s first single ‘Clear Skies Ever Closer’. The video is the directorial debut of Maxine Peake and stars both herself and Shaun Evans, star of ‘Endeavour’, as (possibly) estranged lovers wistfully contemplating their relationship. Maxine Peake on the making of the video: […]
For the last couple of years Simon Aldred has been in a state of wilful musical schizophrenia. Since 2007, Bolton-born Aldred has – to all intents – been Cherry Ghost, a band known for perfecting a kind of widescreen North Western country soul. Yet the third Cherry Ghost album Herd Runners arrives after an extensive […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Cherry Ghost is the moniker of singer songwriter Simon Aldred. After doing the rounds in bands for a number of years he decided to go it solo in 2005. Listening to his latest album “Beneath this Burning Shoreline” comparisons to Stephen Fretwell and Ben Howard can be made. Cherry […]
Cherry Ghost have added a third date to their acoustic live shows which will be taking place this December. Fans will now be given the opportunity to be captivated by their poetic ballads once again at The Deaf Institute in Manchester on 11th AND 19th December and at Bush Hall in London on 13th December. […]
GIG GUIDE
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.
VIDEO PREMIERE: R.O.C 'COME BACK JONEE' + Q&A WITH THE BAND
Q&A WITH BRADFORD AS THEY PREPARE TO RELEASE A NEW ALBUM
"PSYCHEDELIC" TITLES THAT HAPPEN TO BE OF QUALITY
GLASGOW'S BABY STRANGE UNVEIL NEW SINGLE 'MORE! MORE! MORE!'
VIDEO RELEASED FOR TITLE TRACK OF DJANGO DJANGO'S UPCOMING NEW ALBUM 'GLOWING IN THE DARK'
BRIGHTON'S PUBLIC BODY UNVEIL NEW SINGLE 'TABLE MANNERS'
BEANS ON TOAST UNVEILS NEW VIDEO FOR 'THE ALBUM OF THE DAY'
NEW EELS VIDEO FOR "QUARANTINE DAYDREAM" SINGLE 'ARE WE ALRIGHT AGAIN' UNVEILED
