EVEN THE STARS

Eight years into their existence Dirty Laces have this week released their debut album Blink For Nothing, the culmination of a journey from ...

Spaceheads, featuring Andy Diagram of James on trumpet and Richard Harrison on drums, played their first post-pandemic gig at a sold-out Car...

The Slow Readers Club opened up their three-show Manchester Mash Up with the most intimate hometown gig they've played in nearly a decad...

Rosellas continue their impressive volume of output with a new single Same Curse and b-sides Feels Like Yesterday and Who Remembers Love? ...

Classic albums gigs have become a thing in recent years, heritage bands recreating an early album that's still the fan favourite by whic...

The Murder Capital continued their Clown's Reflection tour on Saturday night at the Invisible Wind Factory with a set taken heavily from...

Spangled headlined the reopening of Gorilla's gig space on Saturday night supported by Walsall's The Assist and Manchester's own...

The 76 Club release their new single Beside Myself today. We caught up with drummer Riley for a chat about the single, how their name pays...

Rews continued their tour in support of their third album Meridians with a Tuesday night show at the Deaf Institute supported by Bristol...

James concluded their 2023 live activity with their most intimate London show in years headlining Absolute Radio's 15th Birthday celebra...

The Mission concluded their short UK tour with a triumphant first-ever performance at London's iconic Roundhouse venue playing a career-...

As they approach their 30th anniversary, and a new album, Shed Seven hit the road, with this tour serving as both a preview of the new and a...

 James concluded this year’s show with Orca 22 and the Manchester Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir with an exhilarating rearranged show at ...

James returned to Bath for the first of two shows rescheduled from their May tour with Orca 22 conducted by Joe Duddell and The Manchester I...

Hard To Love is the debut single from Manchester-based Better Joy.  Already having picked up airplay on 6 Music and performed at Beyond The ...

As they prepare to return with their third album, newly signed to a major label, The Blinders performed two low-key shows at the back end of...

As part of Beyond The Music, the new music conference taking place at Manchester Central and other venues across the city, a key element is ...

The Last Dinner Party are the name on everyone's lips. Whether it be the naysayers who dismiss them as industry plants or those throwing...

Dream Wife opened their UK and Ireland tour in support of their recent third album Social Lubrication in a packed Canvas basement on Thursda...

Seb Lowe played his biggest headline show to date on Friday night with a sell-out show in front of 1,300 fans at Manchester's New Centur...

Seb Lowe is pretty prolific these days and his latest track Billionaire Extraordinaire is accompanied by a b-side Don't Go. The single...

Naked Lungs, a ferocious four piece post-punk noise band from Ireland, rolled into the Toon on Sunday evening and left a lasting impression ...

Little Sparrow returned to the beautiful Portico Library, one of Manchester's best kept secrets, a year after her first performance ther...

FHS is the second single to be taken from The Miserable Rich's forthcoming album Overcome which will be released digitally on...

Ellen Beth Abdi's first headline show packed out the basement of Soup in Manchester's Northern Quarter despite currently having no r...

Manchester Psych Fest took over venues along the Oxford Road corridor on Saturday night. With clashes galore, we caught just two bands - our...

Head For The Hills has been resurrected by its creators The Met in Bury at a new location since the pandemic. Moving away from its tradition...

VLURE made a long-awaited return to Manchester after eighteen months bringing their high-energy all-inclusive electro-rave to the Night And ...

Thus Love delighted a packed Pink Room at Yes on Friday night with a set of tracks from their 2022 album Memorial as well as some brand new ...

Johnny Marr is currently in the midst of a Summer tour that’s seeing him play a combination of festivals and independent venues across the U...

James completed their mainland UK summer season with a headline show at Crystal Palace Bowl as part of the South Facing Festival, thirty-thr...

The Miserable Rich return after a decade-long hiatus with a new single Glue, a deeply personal song to front man James de Malplaquet and...

It's our first ever visit to Dundee, the biggest city on the mainland UK we've never visited before, for James performance at Slesso...

Stuart Ralston made the short trip down the road to Dunfermline as Inspiral Carpets continue their renaissance. 

Morrissey's UK tour arrived in Leeds on Wednesday night for the biggest show of the tour at Millennium Square supported by The Slow Read...

Thunderstorms couldn't stop James on Saturday night in Halifax's Piece Hall. Despite having to stop their set for twenty minutes mid...

James played the first of two nights in the remarkably beautiful surroundings of Halifax Piece Hall on Friday night. Performing with six sin...

Blossoms returned to the scene of their triumphant 2017 headline show at Castlefield Bowl that saw out the end of the era of their debut alb...

James headed to Leicester's De Montfort Hall on Tuesday night with Orca 22 and the Manchester Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir for a so...

Sunday afternoon saw three of John Bramwell's Full Harmonic Convergence perform an intimate set of songs from their forthcoming album as...

Five years after Fontaines D.C. played a barnstorming set on the very same stage the songwriter of his generation Grian Chatten returned to ...

The Slow Readers Club concluded a trio of weekend appearances with a sold out show at the Holmfirth Picturedrome on Sunday night supported b...

James headed to Wolverhampton on Tuesday night as part of the series to reopen the city's biggest venue complex after a multi-million po...

The intimate beautiful surroundings of Leeds' Mill Hill Chapel was the scene for the closing night of Ed Cosens' UK tour performing ...

David Ford and Abe Partridge brought their two-man songwriters' circle tour to Manchester's Castle Hotel on Friday night in swelteri...

Nicole Atkins and Jim Sclavunos called in at Yes in Manchester on Wednesday night as part of their tour to perform tracks from Nicole's ...

James celebrate the fortieth anniversary of their debut single Jimone with a career spanning retrospective with a difference. Ins...

Coldplay brought to an end their series of four sold-out nights at Manchester's Etihad Stadium on Sunday night with an exhilarating live...

Ist Ist's European tour continued with a packed out show at Haldern Pop Bar with people watching outside through windows as the venue wa...