English Folk hero – Beans on Toast – will be taking his brand new live band out on tour for the first time this February and March. With a new-look outfit comprising Scottish guitar wizard / folk songsmith Memphis Gerald, honky-tonk royalty King Killership, percussive powerhouse Abbi Drums, and festival poet extraordinaire Bassie Gracie; Beans and the band will be smashing out tunes from his highly…
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Time to start filling up the diary with some choice gigs for 2024. Manchester band The Lottery Winners certainly captivated festival crowds last year. And they’re set to play at Blackpool Tower on the 5th April next year. Tickets available:Buy tickets for Lottery Winners at Blackpool Tower The Fifth Floor, Friday 5th Apr 2024 Sasha is set…
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An intimate, one-off evening of conversation with Peter Hook, at The Star & Garter in Manchester, home to the mural of Joy Division. Proceeds from this special Headstock event will support mental health charity Shout. The gig will take place in memory of Ian Curtis who lost his life to suicide in May 1980. Buy tickets…
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TICKETS GO ON SALE 10:00AM, FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER HERE To celebrate their momentous 50th anniversary, British music legends Squeeze have announced a massive UK tour for 2024. They will be performing a list of hits and rare gems from their extensive back catalogue and will be joined by special guest Badly Drawn Boy. Squeeze’s songs were written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, the…
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The dream-pop band She’s In Parties have had a great year so far with appearances at Live at Leeds, Boardmasters, Latitude, Truck, Tenement Trail and The Great Escape First Fifty showcase to being longlisted for this year’s Glastonbury Emerging Competition. And now there’s a run of live performances this month, see below. The band starting with a support slot with Bleach Lab on the…
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Film Atelier is a small venue in Catford – a cafe with its own recipe teas, a dark room/film development studio, an art gallery and concert venue. Unfortunately it is to close shortly. I can’t stand to hear of yet another venue closing. But here we are – again. There is to be a farewell concert…
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TDC Tunes electronica night at The Intimate Space – perhaps the smallest venue in the UK. You can only seat 25 in the atmospheric church tower in Hornsey, north London so this might be true. Opening the evening was analog leper with a dramatic piece that sounded like a raging storm. Jeevan S Khaira recited some…
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Milan/London experimental band Throw Down Bones are touring their new album Three, with a live appearance at The Golden Lion, Todmorden taking place on 12th October. It’s a powerful work that feels both apocalyptic and jubilant. Three is Throw Down Bones’ eagerly-awaited return following Two in 2018, and the tragic passing of founding member Dave…
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Beans on Toast has just released a track called The Golden Lion from his upcoming studio album The Toothpaste and The Tube, due for release on December 1st. I’m sure you don’t want to start thinking about Christmas during this late summer heatwave but this could be the perfect present for some lucky soul on…
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There’s plenty more just planned for Llais 2023, the dates for your diary are Tuesday 10th through to Sunday 15th October, taking place in Cardiff. The festival opens on 10th October with the Welsh Music Prize ceremony, a celebration of the best new music in Wales and a chance to champion the finest albums from…
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