Opinion: Top 10 bands to watch in Manchester
Manchester has always been a hotbed of great bands. We take a look at which bands to keep an eye on as Manchester continues to thrive.
Time Tunnel: Captain Beefheart, Manchester 1973
Our man John takes us back into the Time Tunnel and to a time when he shook the shackles of pop music for the experimental side of the coin and ended up seeing Captain Beefheart in Manchester in 1973.
Clannad – The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester: Live Review
Clannad put on a show for a sold out and defiant Manchester crowd. Their In A Lifetime final tour hits the grand Bridgewater Hall.
The Inspector Cluzo – Soup Kitchen, Manchester: Live Review
The Inspector Cluzo nip across from Gascony and don’t quite destroy Manchester but do some damage to an innocent drum kit.
Fairport Convention – 2020 Wintour: Live Review
The Fairport Wintour is in motion and a good chunk of the team, including several Fairport/Cropredy vets have been in attendance sometime, somewhere. Here we look back on the opening of the tour in Southport, a stop in Manchester and a sojourn to Bath.
The Other Day release new single
The Other Day is a new artist; My Patience is the new synth/down tempo single from the mind of Jacob Kemp.
Dweezil Zappa – Palace Theatre, Manchester: Live Review
Dweezil Zappa showcases one of his father’s finest and most influential releases of his storied career.
IDER – Manchester Academy: Live Review
Playing as main support to Sigrid, IDER had the task of warming up the crowd on a bitterly cold night in Manchester.
Steve Hackett – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester: Live Review
We were at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall for a classic performance by Steve Hackett, celebrating the Spectral Mornings and Selling England By The Pound albums.
Edits on Mew
Edits are a boy/girl duo from Manchester. Here, Olivia Westhead discusses her love of French band, Mew.
Kiefer Sutherland w/Twinnie – Manchester Ritz: Live Review
Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland continues to blaze a trail on the music circuit.
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.