Author: Sounds From Nowhere
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BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025: HAIM, Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Tate McRae & More
Big Weekend came to Liverpool this past weekend, bringing a wave of energy, excitement, and world-class music to Sefton Park, proving once again that Liverpool knows how to throw a festival to remember. SFN‘s Jack Cinnamond reports. BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend descended on Sefton Park, Liverpool, and in doing so, delivered a weekend that…
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Sunday (1994), Beaux, Arts Club Liverpool, 23/05/2025
Dream-pop newcomers Sunday (1994) inspire devotion on their first headline tour. With BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend dominating the music scene in Liverpool this weekend, it would be easy to overlook shows taking place at local venues. Far away from the crowds at Sefton Park, the Arts Club Loft provides an intimate setting, perfect for…
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Father John Misty, Jacaranda Baltic Liverpool, 13/04/25
Father John Misty returns to Liverpool ahead of his June show at the Olympia, with a stripped back matinee in the Baltic. While the new Father John Misty album isn’t anything fancy, and honestly, I don’t see it climbing very high in his discography rankings, it feels like it might end up near the bottom…
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How Hamburg’s Grit Forged Liverpool’s Greatest Export: The Unlikely Birth of The Beatles
Let’s get one thing straight: Liverpool didn’t just create the Beatles. It took a crumbling, neon-soaked red-light district in Hamburg, a city still scarred by Allied bombs, to hammer them into shape. The story of four scruffy kids from Liverpool becoming the defining cultural force of the 20th century isn’t just a tale of talent.…
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Massive Attack, ACT 1.5, M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool 29/11/2024
The purveyors of Act 1.5, a new climate change festival, and sonic activists Massive Attack brought their attention to Liverpool for the first time this past Friday, but will their groundbreaking performance be enough? Purveyors of Act 1.5, a new climate change festival series, and legendary trip-hop activists Massive Attack brought their sonic dispatches to…
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Troye Sivan, Jodie Harsh, AO Arena Manchester, 22/06/2024
A star is clearly in the making at Manchester‘s AO Arena this past Saturday, as Troye Sivan brought his biggest tour yet. We’re in a great age of pop again, with a breath of fresh-air brought by freedom, from the likes of Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, taking storm as new-age icons, Troye Sivan…
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Paul Heaton with Rianne Downey, Sets Liverpool Show, Zutons as Special Guests
Paul Heaton, the British icon behind the Housemartins and The Beautiful South, performing with special guest vocalist, Rianne Downey, has announced a UK tour, including a date at Liverpool‘s M&S Bank Arena. Heaton will bring his decades-long back catalogue, including cuts from The Beautiful South, and the Housemartins, to the M&S Bank Arena on December…
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Performance: The Innovative Cult Classic That Almost Broke The Stones and Made Jagger The Star
In the pantheon of rock star cinema, there are those who dabble, those who try, and those who become the role. Mick Jagger‘s turn in the 1970 cult classic “Performance” falls squarely into the latter category. It’s a film that almost broke the Rolling Stones, scandalized Warner Bros., and launched Jagger into a new stratosphere…
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Africa Oyé 2024: Free Festival Returns This Weekend
The UK’s largest free celebration festival of African & Carribbean arts & music returns to Sefton Park this weekend. Sefton Park will once again transform into a vibrant celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture this June 22nd and 23rd for the annual Africa Oyé festival. Headlining the main stage will be Julian Marley,…
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The Black Keys, AO Arena, Manchester 22/06/2023
Akron, Ohio’s very own rock n’ roll duo The Black Keys return to a packed AO Arena in Manchester for their Dropout Boogie Tour.
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