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Contact us Gig review: Editors @ Apollo, Manchester
10:52am Wednesday 17th March 2010
There’s something a little bit uncool about Editors. Frontman Tom Smith has a likeable awkwardness on stage, he looks like a rock star but he doesn’t quite act like one.
Gig review: The Pogues @ Apollo, Manchester
5:26pm Thursday 17th December 2009
HERE’S a conundrum. How can somebody on the one hand apparently lack real charisma, yet on the other ooze a stage presence and sense of mischief that is unsurpassed?
Gig review: Marilyn Manson @ Academy 1, Manchester
5:25pm Thursday 17th December 2009
MUSIC’S self-confessed anti-hero came, entertained and went without delivering the shock factor we have come to love/hate at his concerts.
Gig review: Abba The Show @ Arena, Manchester
9:55am Thursday 17th December 2009
SWEDEN came to Manchester as the phenomenal Abba The Show delighted an enthusiastic audience at the MEN Arena.
Gig review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Apollo, Manchester
12:59pm Wednesday 16th December 2009
SPITTING water over herself with a punk energy that reverberates throughout Manchester Apollo, Karen O kick starts a vibrant and energetic set.
Concert review: Classical Spectacular @ Arena, Manchester
2:59pm Friday 4th December 2009
IF I was going to miss Strictly Come Dancing on a Saturday night, it would have to be for something special.
Gig review: Yes @ Apollo, Manchester
11:01am Monday 23rd November 2009
CONTROVERSIALLY picked to sing on the tour instead of usual frontman Jon Anderson, Canadian Benoit David had some pretty big shoes to fill on a damp Sunday night.
Review: The Flaming Lips @ Academy, Manchester
5:17pm Friday 20th November 2009
MONDAY night in the eternally-rainy city may not seem like the ideal setting for The Flaming Lips’ effect-laden show.
Review: Green Day @ Arena, Manchester
4:50pm Friday 6th November 2009
EVEN though it’s 21 years since Green Day played their first gig in California, it’s good to see everyone’s favourite punk brats refuse to grow up.
Review: BBC Philharmonic — Takemitsu, Britten and Sibelius @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
3:16pm Friday 16th October 2009
WHILE not obscure by any stretch of the imagination, it is refreshing to see a line-up which is free of the more populist names in classical music.
Interview: Deborah Bonham
4:59pm Friday 31st July 2009
ROCK nobillty comes to Colne in the form of Deborah Bonham — sister of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham.
Review: Album - Spinal Tap - Back From The Dead
3:27pm Friday 26th June 2009
Released to mark the 25th anniversary of the cult classic and seminal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, this is the first new album from England’s Loudest Heavy Metal Band since Break Like The Wind in 1992.
Review: Album - Dinosaur Jr - Farm
3:24pm Friday 26th June 2009
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ is the order of the day on Dinosaur Jr’s second post-reformation album.
Review: Album - Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another
3:25pm Friday 26th June 2009
Having released their rapturously-received debut Curses in 2007, it’s been all quiet on the Future Of The Left front since.
Review: Album - Bert Jansch: LA Turnaround/Santa Barbara Honeymoon/A Rare Conundrum
5:15pm Tuesday 23rd June 2009
Anyone frequently name-checked by Jimmy Page and Neil Young as a key influence, as Bert Jansch is, has got to be something pretty special, right?
Review: How Sweet It Is.. The Motown Show @ Mechanics, Burnley
11:01am Monday 15th June 2009
The magic of Tamla Motown refuses to die and the packed house at the Mechanics was testament to the fact it is likely to live on forever.
Review: Album – The Legends – Over And Over
9:00am Monday 15th June 2009
MULTI-talented Swede Johan Angergård is in several bands, so it's no surprise that he likes to swoop around from genre to genre:.
Review: Blue Man Group @ Arena, Manchester
12:31pm Tuesday 26th May 2009
The cloud of gloom hanging over England threatens to turn even the best men sad.
Review: Single – Metric – Sick Muse
11:50am Thursday 21st May 2009
METRIC used to be rather interesting, but with this single they seem to have lost their mojo.
Review: The Ladders, The Torrents @ Hordens, Blackburn
2:40pm Wednesday 29th April 2009
Already warmed up by Preston band Underdogs, the crowd are buzzing with anticipation when Torrents hit the stage for their first hometown gig this year.
Review: The Buddy Holly Story @ Lowry, Salford
2:05pm Tuesday 27th January 2009
THEY bopped in their seats before taking to the aisles as Buddy Holly came to town, proving rock ’n’ roll is far from dead.
Review: Cliff Richard @ Arena, Manchester
3:44pm Friday 28th November 2008
IT was a clever concept, to celebrate Cliff Richard’s 50th anniversary by using a time machine.
Review: Lancashire Hotpots @ King George’s Hall, Blackburn
4:47pm Monday 24th November 2008
FRIDAY night was party night and the flat caps were out in force as the Lancashire Hotpot brought their own version of folk to the festival.
Review: The Rifles @ 53 Degrees, Preston
2:45pm Friday 31st October 2008
The Rifles came citing influences as venerable as The Jam and The Clash, but they left having done neither of those bands any justice.
Review: Dr John @ King George’s Hall, Blackburn
3:30pm Thursday 30th October 2008
NEW Orleans came to Blackburn last night as the Doctor came up with the perfect prescription to beat the winter chill.
Review: The Streets @ 53 Degrees, Preston
3:44pm Thursday 16th October 2008
THE Streets frontman Mike Skinner has said that his latest album could be his last one before he moves on to some other musical enterprise.
Review: The Gathering @ Civic Theatre, Oswaldtwistle
3:28pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
QUALITY poured off the stage at Oswaldtwistle as this fine collection of musicians and singers entertained royally for 90 minutes.
Review: Hallé Orchestra @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
11:52am Monday 13th October 2008
The Bridgewater Hall deserves a pat on the back after upholding Manchester’s proud Mahler tradition with two fine concerts in a week.
Review: James Blunt @ Arena, Manchester
1:40pm Thursday 9th October 2008
JAMES Blunt could be excused for feeling a little out of place at one of his concerts because they must be the only place where people don't criticise him.
Review: Budapest Festival Orchestra @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
10:37am Wednesday 8th October 2008
If Monday night’s poor turn out at the Bridgewater Hall was anything to go by the Budapest Festival Orchestra must be the best kept secret in classical music.
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