LIVE REVIEW – BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL – 11/04/2026

When linking the concept of nostalgia and music, my brain heads straight to one of those 80s music festival, where, tucked away off-the-beaten-track, thousands latch on to their youth by listening to Nik Kershaw perform his greatest hits (if you dare call them that). But as anniversary tours pledge to trapse through deep cuts and […]
– Albert Hall, Manchester – Upon entry, I walk upstairs through a building that could pass as a mental idealisation of a natural history museum; the high ceilings and dated decorum compliment the main hall which itself could easily house a selection of skeletal theropods; reinforcing my abstract visualisation. The seated area has a vague […]

LIVE: SUNN O))) – 27/10/2019

LIVE: EELS – 15/09/19

– ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – “Don’t think twice ‘bout whatever keeps you itchin’. Ice water, flyswatter gonna get you through the day.” Lyrics I could not relate to anymore, after a summer of working in a pub in the middle of nowhere, getting bitten by insects daily. Flyswatter is the first of the band’s original […]
Manchester’s multi-venue Neighbourhood Festival is back! Over 100 artists and bands from all around the world will be performing across Manchester’s best and most iconic music venues the south side of the city on Saturday 7th October 2017. Headlining the festival are acclaimed live favourites Peace, and Rat Boy, along with some of the country’s […]

NEIGHBOURHOOD FESTIVAL 2017 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED

SEU JORGE TO COVER DAVID BOWIE’S ‘THE LIFE AQUATIC’ AT THE ALBERT HALL WITH SCREENING

In commemoration of David Bowie’s recent passing, Seu Jorge will be performing a special tribute to him while recreating the set to the film ‘The Life Aquatic’ on stage, with screens crafted as boat sails that will be displaying images from the film. Seu Jorge, one of Brazil’s most talented contemporary singers, rose to international […]
– THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – So The Kills have a similar name to The Killers which is confusing especially as they were making music around the same time, but The Kills are way cooler by virtue of many things including their line- up, a guy and a girl, the fact that the guitarist Jamie […]

LIVE: THE KILLS – 29/09/2016