Brit Award and Ivor Novello award nominated singer Nerina Pallot has announted a 17-date nationwide tour, which will take in the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale on Monday 3rd May. The news coincides with the release of her EP Free As You Wanna Be which was released on Tuesday. This, her latest EP, has been…
We headed down to the Deaf Institute to catch the hottest thing to come out of Halifax in quite some time, The Orielles, launching their single Entity, a stunning piece of surf-rock/pop – strong bass, beautiful, dreamy vocals, driving guitar and drums. There’s quite a buzz developing about the Orielles, and we went in with…
In commemoration of the start of World War I, Manchester Museum is hosting a new exhibition exploring the struggle for existence in the Natural World. We accepted the invitation to join the launch evening and private viewing and were impressed with an exhibition which explores the fine balance between species, their natural survival instincts and…
Last night, we had the pleasure of watching one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, Much Ado About Nothing, brought to the Royal Exchange Theatre by Maria Aberg, who is making her Royal Exchange directing debut. Originally set in 16th century Messina, Italy, a somewhat modernised production brought the play into a twentieth century, post-war setting as…
In recent months, Charlie Cooper has been featured on Craig Charles’ Soul and Funk Show on BBC Radio 6 as well as on BBC Radio 2 and was selected by Jools Holland himself to open his O2 Apollo gig in December 2013. So, last night we headed down to Matt and Phreds to catch her…
The tagline for Evolution of Dance was ‘As soon as man was able to walk, he was looking for ways to dance’. In truth I’ve been looking for ways to dance for a long time. The jazz lessons I took can account for that and proved two things to me – firstly that dancing on more than…
In the lottery of life, Nina Nesbitt hasn’t done too badly at all. At the age of 19, she’s an experienced gigger, launched her debut album, Peroxide, scored an army of fans, she’s certainly got the looks and style and she’s definitely got the talent to match. Almost a regular on the Manchester live scene, she…
Grammy Winner plays the Ruby Lounge. Appearing before a sell-out crowd at The Ruby Lounge, Foxes walked on stage to give an honest and genuine performance from an up and coming star, clearly filled with amazement and joy at the crowd cheering before her. The fact that she was at a relatively small venue belied…
Black Toffee describes itself as ‘Dark and chewy. Reflecting the modern world in all its darkness [and light] with subjects that’ll make you chew before you swallow.’ Hidden hits this note perfectly. Lindsay and Carruthers, who also co-wrote the script, deliver a very witty, dark and humorous performance, as six individuals living seemingly separate lives…
Sometimes you can just tell that a band is destined to make it before they have even strummed a chord, hit a snare, plucked a string, or even uttered a word – let alone started singing. This was one of those occasions as we caught The Struts performing at Sound Control, Manchester. The Struts are a…
