The Moody Blues – O2 Apollo – Tuesday 16 June: The legendary Moody Blues, one of the top-grossing album and touring bands in existence perform at the Apollo. The trio of Justin Hayward, John Lodge and Graeme Edge have achieved remarkable sales of over 55 million throughout the world and continue to tour to the delight of their…
The Slow Show – Gorilla – Monday 8 June: Manchester’s own The Slow Show get set to perform their minimalist, but anthemic songs at Gorilla. Roaring choruses, strings, piano-led Americana all come in to play with a distinct northern sound also featuring the odd colliery brass band. Championed by BBC Radio 6 and Radio 2, they’ve play around…
Murder By Death – Deaf Institute – Monday 18 May: Murder By Death come to Deaf Institute to celebrate the success of new album Big Dark Love – their seventh studio record. For a band who’ve built a formidable 15-year career around a meticulous consideration for the effects of pressure, bombast and ecstasy, it’s something to say that…
Striking Matches are set to return to the UK to perform in Manchester again in November and judging by this performance at a sold-out Deaf Institute – a Striking Matches show is definitely one to catch. Performing an acoustic set, with no backing band, Justin Davis and Sarah Zimmermann put on what can only be…
Striking Matches – Deaf Institute – Sunday 10 May: Country music duo Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis have become country music sensations, owing in part to their music being featured on the hit TV show Nashville. But that tells only part of the tale as they released their excellent T Bone Burnett-produced debut album Nothing But…
InMe – Sound Control – Monday 4 May: Essex rock quartet InMe step away from their recent studio work, putting together a mammoth three-record concept album project, to tour in support of the first part The Trilogy: Dawn. With next year marking the band’s 20th anniversary, the group which has consistently weather the eve-changing storm of the…
The Smith Street Band and Gnarwolves – Gorilla – Monday 27 April: Both co-headliners The Smith Street Band and Gnarwolves released albums in later 2014, with Australia’s The Smith Street Band hitting their native top 20 in the album charts with third album Throw Me In The River, and landing a spot in the UK top…
Will Butler – The Deaf Institute – Tuesday 21 April: Arcade Fire member Will Butler comes to Manchester to perform an intimate gig at The Deaf Institute. The multi-instrumentalist performs just weeks after the release of his debut album Policy. Recording without Arcade Fire was clearly a different experience and Butler said of the…
The Early November are heading out on lengthy headlining tours of Europe and North America. The tour will see the American rockers perform at Manchester’s The Deaf Institute on 23 April, with support on the European arm of the tour from You Blew It! and A Great Big Pile Of Leaves. The gig comes just weeks…
Canadian supergroup headed for Manchester’s Deaf Institute Mounties, the composite musical home of Hawksley Workman, Ryan Dahle, and Steve Bays who first met in 2009 at the Juno Awards, have evolved from a group hug into a spectacular improvised two-week recording session three years later. Perhaps most notably known for their collective work in Hot Hot…
