Barrie Cadogan (ex-Primal Scream) and co, Little Barrie, make their long awaited return with a run of gigs including a date at Manchester’s Deaf Institute following the release of their first album in four years. Death Express, Little Barrie’s fifth studio album, was released in July as the band announced a run of live shows. …
The revival of Duncan Macmillan’s acclaimed People Places and Things opens at Home Manchester next week, starring Lisa Dwyer Hogg. Following a sold-out season at the National Theatre and in London’s West End, Jeremy Herrin directs People, Places and Things as its UK tour opens at Home Manchester. People, Places and Things became the must-see…
After the release of their sixth album Brilliant Light, Danny And The Champions of the World perform at Manchester’s Soup Kitchen during an 11-date UK tour. The band are not afraid to prise the double album, with producer and bass played Chris Clarke declaring it the best record the band has come up with so…
Manchester Camerata are bringing the popular UpClose series to Home Manchester with special performances by Sven Helbig and Aziz Ibrahim. The series will see events by exceptional performers and ensembles in new intimate spaces. Award-winning producer of the titans of popular music, including Pet Shop Boys and Snoop Dogg, Sven Helbig (pictured above) will present…
Ahead of appearing at Manchester’s Neighbourhood Festival, The Amazons have unveiled the video for their latest single Ultraviolet. The video comes off the back of red hot shows at Reading and Leeds Festival. The Amazons are due to set out on tour in October with 11 headline shows, including Manchester’s second Neighbourhood Festival. The video…
The Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls come to Manchester’s Deaf Institute in support of the duo’s third studio album We Came Here To Work. In response to being asked about the new album and tour Hunt remarked, “We decided to take the first few months of the year off from gigging, most unusual…
The UK tour of the highly anticipated new musical The Band launches with its world premiere at Manchester Opera House on Friday. The Band has been penned by award-winning playwright Tim Firth and features the music of Take That. The musical explores what it is like to grow up with a boyband. For five 16-year-old…
Award-winning actor and playwright Gary McNair returns to Home Manchester with his touching new show Letters to Morrissey direct from this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Letters to Morrissey follows McNair’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe First hit A Gambler’s Guide to Dying which was featured in Home’s Orbit Festival 2016. The show is produced by Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre…
Barenaked Ladies have announced a run of UK dates, including Manchester’s O2 Ritz, to follow the release of their fifteenth studio album Fake Nudes (out 17 November). The band has racked up more than 14 million album sales, multiple JUNO Awards and Grammy nominations. Barenaked Ladies have again teamed up with award-winning producer Gavin Brown…
Live favourites Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox have announced a return to the UK with a run of dates including a Manchester gig at the Albert Hall. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox began as the bedroom project of jazz pianist Scott Bradlee, growing rapidly into a worldwide sensation. The group’s vintage-pop mash ups have racked up over…
