EVEN THE STARS

Seb Lowe headed to Stockport's new venue Bask for its first ever full-band show on Thursday night as part of his tour of venues in the s...

“Do you like me band?” The third night of the Ian Brown tour rolls into town with the added attraction of a set from former Northside frontm...

A pandemic and a pregnancy pushed back The Big Moon's biggest Manchester headline show by two years but finally, ahead of the release of...

Just Mustard brought their mesmerising new album Heart Under to a fanatical sell out crowd at Glasgow’s Broadcast with stellar support from ...

As part of the opening celebrations for Manchester's newest old venue New Century Hall, The Charlatans performed their second album Betw...

The Murder Capital continue their long-awaited return with a new single A Thousand Lives and the announcement of their second album Gigi...

Wyldest brought their third album Feed The Flowers Nightmares to Gullivers ballroom in Manchester on Wednesday night, performing the album i...

We caught up with The Slow Readers Club last week in Liverpool as they prepared for the second night of their current UK tour to talk...

Ist Ist opened their series of sold-out Dutch dates in Rotterdam on Sunday night in the hull of V11 in the port area of Rotterdam in front o...

Dirty Laces celebrated the release of their new single Midnight Mile on Saturday night at Manchester Academy 3. An hour plus set of old favo...

Ash returned to Manchester on Thursday night for what feels like an annual tradition of a gig at The Ritz. Celebrating the reissue of their ...

2022 has been the year where you can't move around Manchester without seeing Loose Articles somewhere. What's been missin...

Ahead of their debut European tour that starts later this week with sold out shows in Berlin, Amsterdam and two in Rotterdam as well ...

The Slow Readers Club headlined Liverpool O2 Academy on Sunday night in front of a devoted boisterous audience that sung along to every word...

The intimate and beautiful surroundings of the Portico Library, hidden away above The Bank pub on Mosley Street played host to a rare Manche...

Pale Blue Eyes brought their highly-acclaimed debut album Souvenirs to the hot and humid basement of Retro Bar in Manchester on Wednesday ni...

Dream Wife headed to Hebden Bridge for an intimate warm-up for their appearance at Manchester Psych Fest on Friday night supported by Bleach...

As part of the celebration of the first vinyl issue of his second and third albums We Ain't Got No Money Honey But We Got Rain and The L...

Seb Lowe continued his short series of dates around the southern and eastern outposts of the Greater Manchester music scene with a sold-out ...

Cambridge via New York singer-songwriter Annie Dressner is about to go out on tour belatedly in support of her 2020 album Coffee At Th...

Advertised as their "first final reunion show" Mold made a one-off return to the live stage on Friday night headlining the monthly...

The Kelvingrove Bandstand is a stunning outdoor arena in Glasgow. Tonight’s show is one in a series of fourteen concerts. Billed as The Summ...

Thursday night saw our first visit to the new venue / bar Bask in Stockport for the launch of Daisy Valentine's Tabula Rasa EP with her ...

To celebrate the first ever vinyl issue of his second and third albums We Ain't Got No Money Honey But We Got Rain and The Latchkey Kid,...

It's an impressive feat that Desperate Journalist and The Empty Page have sold out Night And Day in an environment where gig attendances...

Formed in London in 1986, The House of Love were one of the most respected and revered bands of the late 80s and early 90s. Starti...

John Bramwell's never-ending tour of some of the locations that are often left off other artist tour schedules arrived in Atherton for a...

Melbourne sisters Charm Of Finches' long European tour is drawing to a close and Sunday night saw them pay their first ever visit to Man...

We headed across to Sheffield in the rain for the first day of 2022's Tramlines Festival in Hillsborough Park. Moving between the three ...

Scarlet kicked off their UK tour at Manchester's Night And Day Cafe on Thursday night. Seven years on since their debut EP, they still h...

Little Sparrow headlined the first night of Sale Waterside's fifth Refract Festival playing a fifty-minute set accompanied by Robbie Cav...

The Murder Capital have released Only Good Things, the first taste of their forthcoming second album. The song represents a significant de...

Thousand Yard Stare continue their most unlikely of comebacks with a new single Isadora, the third in a series of four releases this year ...

Pixies' shows in Manchester in the late 1980s at the International and International II are the stuff of legend and we never believed we...

John Hall was one of the most recognisable faces on the Manchester music scene, an omnipresent champion of new bands, unwavering in his supp...

Manual Breathing is the debut single from Manchester artist Needle, a fully independent and self-contained project where they write, record,...

Saturday saw the second day of the Right To Roam Festival around four venues in Bolton, a brave festival that is attempting to bring live mu...

Pixies headlined the latest in the Summer In The City series of gigs in Manchester's Castlefield Bowl on Tuesday night supported by loca...

One of the things that separates James from other bands is that we, the audience, never ever know what we are going to get when we go and se...

SKIES today release Deconstruction, their first new material since last year's It's Not The End Of The World EP. Full of ...

James warmed up for their Castlefield Bowl Alton Towers 30th anniversary show on Saturday with an intimate warm-up show for War Child at War...

The Blinders headed to the Trades Club on Friday night for a sweltering opening night to their three-date mini-tour to support the release o...

Stephen Fretwell is coming to the end of the second of his tours around his very long-awaited comeback album Busy Guy. A sold-out Trades Clu...

Spud Cannon brought their short UK tour to a close on Tuesday night in the intimate surroundings of The Peer Hat in Manchester. With three a...

Saturday night saw Keane head to the picturesque setting of Cannock Chase Forest as part of their Forestry Live tour of some of the country...

James headlined the opening night of Heritage Live's series of shows at Kenwood House in London on Friday night supported by The Charlat...

James Holt played a rare full band show on Wednesday night at Manchester's Night And Day Cafe, showcasing a rockier side to his art that...

The Red Stains returned on Wednesday night for an opening slot with another new line-up, introducing Amber on keys and guitar to give a new ...

Blossoms continued their promotional campaign for their third number one album Ribbon Around The Bomb with two intimate shows at Glasgow...

Odd Morris bade farewell this week with a series of shows in their native Dublin and across the UK. We caught their penultimate show at The ...