Bad Girls and Coronation Street star Debra Stephenson has joined the cast of new musical Son Of A Preacher Man in the role of Alison. She joins Diana Vickers who was previously confirmed for the 2017 tour of Son of A Preacher Man which comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre for a one-week run in September….
Acclaimed indie folk band Wildwood Kin will release their debut album Turning Tides ahead of a Manchester gig at Night and Day. Turning Tides will be released on 18 August through newly re-launched Sony imprint Silvertone. Family trio Wildwood Kin are heavily influenced by early folk, but their album promises to delve into other genres,…
Nerina Pallot has announced that her new album Stay Lucky will be released on 13 October followed by a run of UK date including Manchester’s Deaf Institute. The Brit and Ivor Novello Award nominated musician’s sixth album, Stay Lucky, was written and produced over two weekends at London’s RAK studios. Pallot plays piano, analogue synthesiser,…
The Sherlocks have added a date at Manchester Academy to their September UK headline tour which follows the release of their debut album Live For The Moment. Last weekend saw them perform as main support to Kings Of Leon on their arena tour as well as a set at the Isle Of Wight Festival around…
Indie-rockers King No-One have announced a fourth UK tour in under a year, taking in Manchester’s Gorilla. The latest tour for King No-One is the band’s biggest to date and sees them moving up to bigger venues after a string of back to back sold out runs. King No-One are also set to perform on…
Marika Hackman has announced a UK headline tour including a Manchester gig at Gorilla. The announcement follows the release of Marika Hackman’s latest album I’m Not Your Man, an album which looks at the questions around femininity, sexual identity, millennial ennui, the pressures of living in a social media bubble and the perils of being…
Collabro have announced that Carly Paoli will be their special guest at their Manchester Bridgewater Hall show. They have also revealed that additional support on their UK tour will come from acclaimed singer-songwriter Philippa Hanna. The twenty-nine date run will kick off in Liverpool at The Philharmonic Hall on Tuesday October 24th and will run…
22-year-old French-Cuban twins Ibeyi (Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz) have announced a gig at Manchester’s Band on the Wall. The duo have been praised for their live performances which combined a mixture of ancient and modern music. They will perform three UK dates as part of their European tour. The announcement follows the release of their…
Wolf Alice have announced a new album, Visions Of A Life, and run of UK shows including a gig at Manchester Apollo. Visions of A Life is due for release on 29 September via Dirty Hit. A first hint about what to expect from the album came on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show, where…
Martine McCutcheon has announced that she will be playing at Warrington’s Parr Hall as one of five UK dates supporting her new album Lost and Found. Lost and Found (out 11 August through BMG) is Martin McCutcheon’s first album of original music in more than 15 years. The singer returned to the studio, feeling that…
