Ist Ist, LIINES, Bob Vylan, Bis, Jane Weaver, Meryl Streek, Pip Blom, The Big Moon, Chameleons, Marika Hackman, The Bar Stool Preachers, Dexy’s and Future Islands made Friday a very full day of great music. All the stages opened and the weather was looking promising. Manchester band Ist Ist were a highlight – Adam Houghton’s doomy…
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We love to bring you festival news – especially free ones that also benefit their local community. We Invented the Weekend, taking place on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June, returns to MediaCity and Salford Quays. Highlights include Northern Music Awards’ Best DJ DJ Paulette, Sacha Lord, Zed Bias, LIINES and a Sounds from The Other City takeover. We Invented the Weekend● The…
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Manchester band LIINES played a blistering set on Sunday 29th at Bearded Theory festival – the crowd was obviously loving it – and there’s plenty of social media comments that indicate they’ve gained a raft of new fans. I was thrilled to catch up with Zoe McVeigh (vocals/guitar) and Leila O’Sullivan (drums) after they came…
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Bearded Theory festival or “Spring Gathering’ as they like to call it, has been silent for the past three years, but due to the strange elasticity of time, once we’re on site it feels more like a week or so since we were last there. Things are looking comfortingly familiar – we don’t want too…
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