LIVE REVIEW – JANE REMOVER: MANCHESTER RITZ – 10/11/2025

When tickets for Jane Remover’s show went on sale a few months ago – the designated venue given as Band on the Wall – I jumped at the opportunity. This is, after all, one of the most exciting musicians currently in the business – I couldn’t not go and see them. Within a few minutes, […]
– The Ritz, Manchester – ‘Near, far, wherever you are…’, emotional words belted out by a packed crowd as Julia Jacklin takes to the stage at the Ritz, Celine Dion’s immortal Titanic theme blaring unexpectedly from the PA. It’s a fitting opening to what becomes a quietly epic Sunday night out at the Ritz in […]
Julia Jacklin

LIVE: JULIA JACKLIN – 6/11/2022

Peaches

LIVE: PEACHES – 14/06/2022

– Ritz, Manchester – In 2022, there’s something tiring about describing any kind of art as ‘feminist’. Yes, the word and the movement carried us to places we needed to be. And the battle to demolish damaging barriers, language and stereotypes is far from over. But the term ‘feminist’ has been hijacked, repurposed and distorted. […]
Is black midi performance art now? Halfway through this absolutely ferocious gig, keyboardist ‘Shank’ sneaks up behind the extraordinary saxophonist ‘Cassanova’ with a plastic pirate cutlass, and proceeds to ‘slash’ his neck. But lo! Casanova rises (through ‘the power of love’, we are told by vocalist and guitarist Geordie Greep, who is narrating the pantomime […]
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LIVE: BLACK MIDI – 08/11/2021

LIVE: THE ORIELLES – 05/03/2020

– The Ritz, Manchester – This is being billed as a homecoming gig of sorts for The Orielles. By ‘homecoming’, I think people mean ‘big gig up north’, as the band hail from Halifax on the wrong side of the Pennines to Manchester, but we’ll let that slide; the excitement amongst a near to sellout […]
Frightened Rabbit have announced a 10 year anniversary tour of Midnight Organ Fight, which will see the band play their seminal album in full for the very first time. The band had this to say – “This album holds a dear place in our collective heart. It was the one that allowed us to believe […]

FRIGHTENED RABBIT ANNOUNCE ‘MIDNIGHT ORGAN FIGHT’ 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

CIGARETTES AFTER SEX UK TOUR TO START NEXT MONTH WITH MANCHESTER RITZ SHOW

18 months since they made their London debut, with a headline show at The Lexington, Cigarettes After Sex are set to return. CIGARETTES AFTER SEX NOVEMBER 2017 TOUR DATES Sun 12 – Nottingham – Rock City Mon 13 – Leeds – Stylus Tue 14 – Glasgow – QMU Thur 16 – Belfast – Limelight Sun  19 – […]
With their new studio album Hippopotamus due Friday 8th September 2017, Sparks release ‘Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me)’, the new single from this highly anticipated record. Hippopotamus tracklisting: 1. Probably Nothing 2. Missionary Position 3. Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) 4. Scandinavian Design 5. Giddy Giddy 6. What The Hell Is […]

SPARKS RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME)’ AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM & TOUR IN SEPTEMBER

LIVE: KATE NASH / SKATING POLLY – 04/08/2017

-THE RITZ, MANCHESTER- Ok. I’m just going to put it out there. I want to be best mates with Kate Nash. Seeing her live has only cemented this and I am now convinced we could be total #squadgoals. Heading along to The Ritz for her Made of Bricks 10th anniversary show on Friday night, I […]
Beach Fossils have unveiled the official video for their latest single, ‘Sugar’, from their new album, Somersault, out now on Bayonet Records. Beach Fossils will embark on their first headline tour in support of Somersault next month, playing two headline shows at London’s Oslo as well as various other dates around the UK and Europe. BEACH […]

BEACH FOSSILS GIVE US SOME ‘SUGAR’ WITH THEIR NEW VIDEO PLUS UK TOUR THIS AUGUST/SEPTEMBER