Kate Rusby at Christmas – York Barbican: Live Review
Festive songs, seasonal shenanigans and manly tunes. It’s the traditional way to end the year as Kate Rusby stirs the Christmas spirit.
Clutch w/ Green Lung & Tigercub – Manchester Academy: Live Review
Clutch roll into Manchester armed with a killer bill of bands and a brilliant new record to show off.
Bellowhead – Broadside anniversary tour review
Bellowhead – the final lap – Harrogate, Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester sees us crisscrossing the Pennines to catch the folkestra on tour.
The Vamps, The Aces – O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review
The Vamps turn ten and The Aces join in with the celebration. Ten Years Baby!
Cowboy Junkies – Buxton Opera House: Live Review
A calm and focussed force majeure unleash their controlled maelstrom without fuss or histrionic.
Within Temptation, Evanescence – First Direct Arena, Leeds: Live Review
Evanescence and Within Temptation team up for a stunning spectacle in Leeds.
The Trials Of Cato – Night & Day Cafe, Manchester: Live Review
The Trials Of Cato visit Manchester’s Night & Day Cafe on the tour that sees them launching their Gog Magog album.
Merry Hell – Folk at the Barlow, Edgworth: Live Review
Merry Hell bringing their trademark, joyful sway to The Barlow at Edgworth.
Lightning Seeds, Liverpool Olympia, Saturday 12th November.
They’re coming home. The Lightning Seeds make their triumphant homecoming in Liverpool.
Bellowhead – Portsmouth Guildhall: Live Review
Britain’s favourite Folkestra made their welcome return to live performance last week. We were there!
Sigrid w/ Tommy Lefroy – Manchester Apollo: Live Review
Norwegian superstar Sigrid hits Manchester on her latest tour in support of her fabulous second album, How To Let Go record.
Sigur Rós – O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review
Sigur Rós deliver a quasi-religious slab of classic post-rock to a packed crowd at Manchester Apollo, celebrating twenty years of ( ).
Ayron Jones w/ Amongst Liars – Manchester Deaf Institute: Live Review
Seattle’s hard rocking, blues licking Ayron Jones makes his first appearance in Manchester as part of his first full UK tour.
Fozzy – New Century Hall Manchester: Live Review
Fozzy head in to Manchester on the opening night of their UK and Ireland Save The World Tour.
The Damned – O2 Academy, Birmingham: Live Review
“This could be the last time” and the shattered remains of a Hohner bass suggest it probably was. The Damned are live in Birmingham.