Motorhead have announced that they will be performing three very special gigs in the UK this November including a night at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on Tuesday 4th November. The news follows a summer of touring European festivals for the rock legends who have 21 studio albums under their belt including their latest album Aftershock –…
Mancunian favourite Arun Ghosh made a triumphant return home to perform at the Thwaites Festival Pavilion at Manchester Jazz Festival on Saturday 19th July. In a performance split over two sets, he showcased his recent South Asian Suite in the first set, before following up with some of his older material. From the opening of…
Well it didn’t take long. Just two songs into the opening of Manchester Jazz Festival 2014, Bugalu Foundation had brought the crowd to their feet and people were dancing in the aisles. And for good reason as Bugalu Foundation got the festival off to a blistering start. Bugalu Foundation performed the opening with a free…
Today sees the launch of Manchester Jazz Festival 2014 – 10 days of jazz, 88 bands, more than 500 artists from across the UK and abroadand eight venues. Today, jazz takes over Manchester. Albert Square is set to become a throbbing hub of jazz as the Thwaites Festival Pavilion takes centre stage at the…
It has been 35 years since Rapper’s Delight became the first breakthrough rap song, paving the way for countless acts to follow. In that time The Sugarhill Gang have seen their material become some of the most sampled, a fact which they are acutely aware of. After Peter Parker (aka the DJ from Fingathing) had…
Country music twins Ward Thomas made a barnstorming return to Manchester on Wednesday evening with an excellent show at The Castle. For anybody who has ever watched Hart of Dixie, you’ll appreciate that at times it was just like being at the Rammer Jammer (for anybody not familiar with the programme – it’s a compliment!)….
One of the most iconic and legendary rap groups of all time, The Sugarhill Gang, is making its way to Gorilla for a gig on 17th July. The Sugarhill Gang is best known for it’s 1979 hit Rapper’s Delight, a song which has been sampled on countless occassions and was infact the first rap single…
Country twins Ward Thomas set for gig at The Castle Country music seems to be experiencing a bit of a boost in the UK at the moment with the likes of Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves recently performing at The Ritz and The Shires set for the Deaf Institute on 26 July. Now, Hampshire’s country music twins…
Sheffield’s finest performing at Gorilla. Sheffield’s finest – Slow Club – will be performing at Manchester’s Gorilla on 12th July as part of their UK tour in support of their third album Complete Surrender which is set for release on 14th July. The Sheffield duo formed in 2005 and are made up of Charles Watson…
Performing at The Ritz 10th July. The Brian Jonestown Massacre certainly has a colourful history. Founded in San Francisco in the late 1980s, they have since been through no less than 40 different band members – that averages out at roughly three band members changing every two years. And that’s not all that’s changed over…
