Echo and the Bunnymen have announced a 16 date UK tour celebrating their 40 career, culminating in a gig at Manchester’s Albert Hall. The band are set to head out on tour in May 2021, opening at Sheffield’s City Hall. [adrotate banner=”3″] The band will celebrating the songs that have brought them twenty top 20…
Liam Gallagher will celebrate the release of his MTV Unplugged album by joining Tim Burgess’s Twitter Listening Party for this album on Friday. The two artists will also be joined by Oasis guitarist Bonehead to share their thoughts on the album and answer questions. Since laughing the listening parties in March, The Charlatans‘ frontman’s events…
Manchester band The Blinders have shared their new single Mule Track ahead of the release of upcoming album Fantasies of a Stay at Home Psychopath. The new album is due for release on 17 July. The track got immediate support from Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music and Spotify. [adrotate banner=”3″] The Blinders have also revealed…
HOME Manchester has announced five new Homemaker productions, a series of works challenging artists to create in lockdown for an audience to enjoy at home. The latest works to be made available include James Monaghan’s sunset to sunrise online performance, Let’s Spend the Night Together, Ugly Bucket’s short film ABC (Anything But Covid), both commissioned…
Grimmfest TV have announced the latest title to be added to the online horror flavoured TV channel – What Lies Within (aka The Perfect Husband). Launched to offer movie entertainment for free whilst the world is in lockdown, the Grimmfest TV horror channel launched with a series of films and shorts including Grimmfest 2018 Best Short…
It’s not been an easy ride for Mystery Jets getting new album A Billion Heartbeats released and then hitting the road. Originally scheduled for September 2019, the album and accompanying tour were postponed due to the hospitalisation of singer Blaine Harrison. A rescheduled release date of 3 April was then confirmed with the tour, including…
The Coral have released their new album Lockdown Sessions featuring a string of stripped back songs. The Lockdown Sessions album features reworked material from throughout their career including the likes of Bill McCai, Jacqueline and a cover of the Oasis track Married with Children. [adrotate banner=”3″] The Coral have also included original unreleased tracks One…
Manchester band The France have confirmed that their brand new EP Indie Kate will be released on 12 June. The four track EP will be released through hometown record label Fear Records. [adrotate banner=”3″] Indie pop four piece The France have making waves since their formation, scoring more than 10,000 online screams and securing airplay…
Hands Off Gretel have released a 48-page full colour ‘Quarantine Edition’ fanzine to help raise funds for the anti-bullying charity Ditch The Label. The charity was chosen by band front woman Lauren Tate who recently spoke out about the impact of years of bullying and online harassment. The zine includes more than 70 pieces of…
Teddy Thompson has announced his rescheduled UK tour dates including a Manchester gig at Band on the Wall in January 2021. Ahead of the release of new album Heartbreaker Please on Friday the singer songwriter has confirmed that he will tour the UK in January and February 2021. The 12 date tour includes a headline…
