“They’re just really high energy” comments Thomas Rhett as we chat to him about his live performances backstage at Manchester’s Ritz, “I love including the crowd, I love when the crowd sings with me, I love when they participate, when they put their hands up and dance around and move.” Suffice to say that he…
A Thousand Horses have announced a performance at Manchester Academy for December of this year. The band, who made their UK debut earlier this year at the C2C Festival have also reveled the video for their latest single Southernality, the title track from their debut album which was released last year. The video features scenes…
The Shires have announced a series of tour dates to follow the release of their next album My Universe, which is due out on 7 October. The news follows their secret show this week, where the duo previewed new tracks to their fans. The announcement also comes after their recent headlining set on Glastonbury’s Acoustic…
Country duo Maddie and Tae have announced a run of UK dates which will find them performing at Manchester Academy 3 in a welcome return for the girls from Sugar Land, Texas and Ada, Oklahoma who make their UK debut earlier in the year with an excellent performance set at London’s C2C Festival, where they received a…
With the number and variety of bands and singers performing at Buckle and Boots country musical festival there’ll be no shortage of high quality music to catch. We’ve picked out a handful of the acts which we think stand out, although to be fair you won’t go wrong with any of the acts performing: Friday: Holloway…
Manchester gets its own taste of a country musical festival this weekend as the Buckle and Boots Festival comes to Whitebottom Farm at Etherow Park from 24 June to 26 June. Buckle & Boots Festival is set to combine some of the brightest talents in country music from the US as well as the thriving…
If you haven’t caught W21 Music’s monthly songwriter’s night at Gullivers yet, you’re definitely missing out. We caught up with Liv Austen who recently headlined the evening on her Manchester debut to find out about her new EP, the personal approach to music and how her Norwegian heritage plays a part in her songwriting. Welcome…
Having rocked last year’s C2C Festival at The O2 in London last year, hard-hitting country outlier Brantley Gilbert will return to the UK this May as part of his international Blackout tour. Gilbert is a force to be reckoned with. He’s notched six number one singles, including Jason Aldean’s “My Kind of Party” and the…
Stars of the hit series Nashville are set to play for audiences in England and Scotland during a first-ever international tour in June. Launching 13 June in Manchester, the tour will feature cast members Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack, Charles Esten, and Sam Palladio performing songs from the series and original material. Later stops include Birmingham,…
After putting on a stunning show at Manchester’s Deaf Institute which had the crowd baying for more, Striking Matches are set to return to the city to perform at Manchester Academy on Friday 21 November. The duo of Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis have seen their stock in the UK rise significantly over the last…
