Category: Live

Possibly the most unexpected sight tonight in Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory was the queue for the gents, noticeably longer than the queue for the ladies. That a band like Dry Cleaning would attract such a volume of middle-aged men with weak bladders could easily be the topic of one of their songs. The surreal nature…

The Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers tour concludes its European run in Manchester, as Kendrick Lamar proves why he’s perfectly rated at where he is. Jack Cinnamond reports. The show opens with a small set by Tanna Leone, a Big Steppers feature, that does the job at welcoming the crowd, a couple of tracks…

The legendary Bob Dylan, and his band, return to the O2 Apollo in Manchester for an evening in-support of his latest album, Rough and Rowdy Ways. Jack Cinnamond reports. It’s been several years since the legendary Nobel Prize winning icon Bob Dylan toured the UK, and it was a time-and-place much different than today. Dylan…

The Lemonheads roll into the Manchester O2 Ritz on their album anniversary tour, Liam Moody was there at the scene of the crime for our review. Is there a band who time has been kinder to than Big Star? Although barely together as a group for a handful of years, their imprint on the world…

With the legendary De La Soul hitting the Liverpool Exhibition Centre as one of the closing acts of LIMF Festival 2022, Del Pike takes a trip to see if the masters still matter. For those of us old enough to remember, the rise of young hip hop stars of the mid to late 80s was…

The otherworldly festival has finished for another year, after some unforgettable moments and experiences. Here’s our review: Opening up the festival on Thursday for the earlycomers was the soft and somewhat uncertain feelings of newcomer Kathleen Frances, who clearly set the tone for the Thursday of the festival, a meek and beautiful evening. Following on,…

Topping an electric bill at the East Village Arts Club, the impending rock n’ rollers Mexican Dogs try to prove why you should be listening. There’s action on both sides of the water on this Saturday night, but the Arts Club may be the place to be, as current rising rockers Mexican Dogs get to…

The kickass storytelling slacker rocker Courtney Barnett doesn’t do much slacking in her Liverpool return. The Champions League-esque midweek gig-nights in the Docklands of Liverpool are always a welcome one, even with (or especially with) Everton Football Club arriving across the road in a year-or-so, you won’t find an atmosphere like this. Courtney Barnett hasn’t…

The renowned Californian icons the Eagles return to Liverpool for their 50th Anniversary and the final Anfield concert of 2022. It’s been a couple of years, feeling somewhat a lifetime ago, since the Eagles have stepped into the sound city, and on a lovely Monday evening they return to Liverpool to play the final Anfield…

During the final run of his career, the iconic Elton John brought his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour to Anfield for the first and final time. The shape of the Anfield Stadium bookings in 2022, compared to the debut year, is a tremendous difference. It’s not very often that the likes of Elton John, the…