Rising Up Peterloo – HOME, Manchester: Live Review
Rising Up Peterloo is billed as Modern Folk Theatre. Debs Newbold and Sean Cooney (The Young’Uns) have created something visceral and affecting in a minimal way.
9bach – The Met, Bury: Live Review
Ten years since its release, the North Walian troupe revisit their first album and a bit more on their latest tour. We caught them at Bury Met.
Kiefer Sutherland w/Twinnie – Manchester Ritz: Live Review
Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland continues to blaze a trail on the music circuit.
John Bramwell / Ross & Ali / Maz O’Connor – Manchester Gorilla: Live Review
An At The Barrier works trip finds Dom, Howard & Mike each adding their own bit to a Manchester folk Festival night at Gorilla.
elbow – The Ritz, Manchester: Live Review
We were at both shows at Manchester’s Ritz to see how the new album by elbow was shaping up.
Focus – Band On The Wall, Manchester: Live Review
Another 50th Year celebration tour hits the road and this one, with two of the four original members, must rank as one of the best.
Gary Numan – Manchester Albert Hall: Live Review
Electronic renaissance man still dazzles, four decades into an amazing career.
Richard Hawley – The Albert Hall, Manchester: Live Review
The Sheffield songster literally packs out his favourite venue, Manchester’s Albert Hall.
Alice Cooper – Manchester Arena: Live Review
Alice is back in Manchester and At The Barrier’s deadly duo are in the not-so cheap seats.
James Holt – The Deaf Institute, Manchester: Live Review
Multi-instrumentalist, James Holt, wows the sold out crowd at The Deaf Institute in Manchester.
Spiral Stairs – Soup Kitchen, Manchester: Live Review
Scott Kannberg (ex-Pavement man) and his gang of alt-rock stalwarts provide plenty of fun for Manchester.
The Blackheart Orchestra – Wigan Old Courts: Live Review
The Blackheart Orchestra wow Wigan with sounds old and new as they preview their Mesmeranto album.
Skunk Anansie – Manchester Academy: Live Review
Brit-rockers show their class and relevance in abundance.