Category: Live

The American indie-pop band Black Kids have officially released their sophomore attempt ROOKIE finally after almost ten years from the band’s debut. The band rose through their praise by blogs during the mid 2000s, especially after their performances in the UK, all before releasing their debut LP Partie Traumatic in 2008 to acclaim which lead…

Liverpool Sound City gets better by every announcement they make, proven by today’s confirmation of the Tim Peaks Diner and Emerging line-ups, which both include fantastic names. The festival has also confirmed The Cribs, VANT and Declan McKenna will join the festival line-up too. The Tim Peaks Diner will be present again this year, an…

Songwriter wonder Jesca Hoop has announced an upcoming Magnet show during her UK/US tour this spring. Jesca will preform one of her acclaimed live shows at the Magnet on Wednesday 5th April in support of her unique latest album Memories Are Now, which was released on the iconic Sub Pop label at the start of…

The iconic punk band the Dead Kennedys have reportedly refused an offer to reunite and headline this year’s Riot Fest in Chicago. The outfit disbanded in 1986 following personal issues with the punk scene they represented and didn’t strike a chord publicly until their vicious royalties dispute at the tail end of the 1990s. Frontman…

The amazing Slowdive have announced their first club dates in over twenty years and will be stopping at the Arts Club. The band, who recently released their first single in a very very long time, titled “Star Roving”, will take to the Arts Club playing new and older material on Tuesday 28th March 2017. Tickets…

The Bowie-surrounded supergroup Holy Holy have announced they’ll play the iconic Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars in full when they arrive at the Philharmonic in April. The group featuring David Bowie‘s signature producer Tony Viscontion bass, original Spider member Woody Woodmansey on drums, Heaven 17‘s Glenn Gregory on vocals, James Stevenson from Gen X,…

The Dead 60s, the popular scouse ska band who came to prominence in the mid 2000s with their popular Deltasonic debut, have cancelled a one-off reunion gig at the Liverpool O2 Academy and their tour that surrounded it. The band were scheduled to also play the International Ska Festival in London, which has also been cancelled…

This year’s Sound City+ conference has officially been announced and it’s great. The conference will include conversations with Andrew Weatherall, Dave Haslam, festival performer Peaches, Public Image Ltd founder Jah Wobble, Don Letts, Hattie Collins, Dudley/Jeczalik/Langan of Art of Noise, and more. The conference will also move from The Titanic Hotel to Camp and Furnace.

The Leeds indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs have announced a date for Aintree Racecourse for May this year. The band will step onto Aintree Racecourse, home of the Grand National, on May 19th to preform a special show in support of their latest album Stay Together. Tickets are on-sale tomorrow at The Jockey Club.

The legendary film composer Hans Zimmer has announced his UK tour and it includes a stop at the Echo Arena. The man known for soundtracks behind Pirates of The Caribbean, The Dark Knight, Gladiator and more will step into the Echo Arena on 17th June 2017. This follows the announcement of Zimmer‘s slot at Coachella…