LIVE: STEPHEN MORRIS IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVE HASLAM – 11/05/2019

– THE DANCEHOUSE THEATRE, MANCHESTER- Launching his autobiography by having a chat with local writer and DJ Dave Haslam, Joy Division and New Order’s drumming legend Stephen Morris is in fine form. Although guitarist and frontman Bernard Sumner and former bassist Peter Hook have already released their autobiographies, Morris states that this is “his side” […]
The Louder Than Words Festival of music and writing returns this year for its sixth edition from November 9th to 11th 2018 .  It remains the only festival that interrogates that enduring love affair between music and the written word. This year, the festival will open on the Friday with Radio 1’s Gemma Cairney, followed by the current bass player with […]
Louder than Words

Line-up now confirmed for Louder Than Words

SOUND CITY+ LAUNCHES 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Internationally renowned music industry conference Sound City+ is celebrating its ten year anniversary on Friday 26th May 2017 with a host of high profile speakers from across the industry, and as ever promises an intensive packed programme of speakers, debate panels, workshops and the acclaimed Sound City+ 1-2-1 meetings. This year’s ‘Revolutions’ theme will enable […]
– The Northern Quarter, Manchester 04/11/2016 – CONFERENCE: On the tram to Market Street, my head is prepped with questions in advance of the forthcoming events of the day. By light, Off The Record promises to present a number of panels tackling obstacles in the music industry, with reference to relevant experience and know-how. For my […]

REVIEW: OFF THE RECORD 2016

OFF THE RECORD: DAVE HASLAM IN-CONVERSATION WITH STEVE ROTHERAM AND ANDY BURNHAM

Among the events at emerging multi-venue music event and conference, Off The Record, it has been announced that DJ/writer Dave Haslam will be hosting an in-conversation with Steve Rotheram; the man nominated to represent the Labour Party in next year’s mayoral elections in Liverpool, and Andy Burnham, his counterpart; the Labour Party’s chosen candidate for […]
– EVERYTHING EVERYTHING, DAVE HASLAM, SILENT RADIO & BRIAN CANNON AMONGST PANEL SPEAKERS CONFIRMED AT OFF THE RECORD – Brand new emerging artist multi-venue music event and conference, Off The Record confirms Mercury Music Prize nominees, Everything Everything, as its special keynote speaker as part of the conference element of the event held in Manchester […]

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DAVE HASLAM TO LAUNCH NEW BOOK AT HOME VENUE

Dave Haslam will mark the release of his new book with a launch event at Manchester’s new Home venue. The event, on Sunday, August 16, will feature a panel of guests and a surprise live performance. Guests on the ‘Life After Dark’ launch event include Bruce Mitchell (Durutti Column), Kath McDermott (Flesh/HomoElectric), Graeme Park (Hacienda) […]
– MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE, MANCHESTER – Go online, check out any Sonic Youth video from the 1990s with Kim Gordon in it and observe her. Any reasonable woman who was a teenager in the 1990s would want to be Kim Gordon. Everything about her was cool: cool band, cool music. We thought she did not […]

REVIEW: KIM GORDON IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVE HASLAM – 18/03/2015

NEWS: DAVE HASLAM (IN CONVERSATION) WITH PUNK LEGEND JOHN LYDON

One of the great icons of popular music, John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) is to appear at the historic Albert Hall in Manchester to launch his autobiography Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored. John Lydon will be taking part in an exclusive no-holds-barred live onstage interview, discussing his turbulent life and his compelling career […]
Besides featuring an impressive bill of the most promising bands and artists for the coming year, Liverpool Sound City is taking it’s game up a notch with exploring the unavoidable links between music, football and style. Across the course of the festival weekend, there will be a host of experts and commentators from all areas […]

NEWS: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY EXPANDS PANEL BILL