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Contents Contents The days are getting lighter and longer, the summer threads have hit the shops, I’ve bought my first pair of sandals in what seems like forever and it’s time to get ready for festival season and the best place to start? May Bank Holiday weekend of course! In this month’s palm-size pamphlet we’re giving you the low down on the best Bank Holiday festivals May has to offer, we’ve interviewed our cover stars and Bluedot festival headliners Future Islands, and there’s local news to keep you in the loop. Not forgetting all the latest festival announcements, a tip-off from music PR mastermind Gordon Duncan, and more than a month of gig listings to keep all you musos amused. Emma Baker, Editor-In-Chief
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Local News
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Picks Of The Month
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Festival Announcements
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Future Islands Interview
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May Bank Holiday Festival Guide
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Emerging Sounds
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Gig Listings
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Local News
Aficionado 20th Birthday Party | 14.07.18 | Night People | £12.50ADV Aficionado will celebrate their 20th birthday with an all-star cast of DJ’s joining Moonboots and Jason Boardman for an evening of extreme Balearic-ness this July at Night People. Aficionado will announce their star guest in the main room closer to the date. The backroom will be overseen by rising stars of the Manchester scene including Annabel Fraser (NTS) and Patch (Talking Drums).
Say Cheers with a Pint of Courteeners’ ‘St.Jude’ Beer! Camden Town Brewery has brewed-up a beer to mark the 10th anniversary of the release of Courteeners’ debut album ‘St. Jude’. You can sample a bottle at the Courteeners’ favourite hangouts including Black Dog Ballroom, Crazy Pedro’s, Cane and Grain and Bay Horse Tavern.
Blossoms | 04-05.05.18 Stockport Plaza | FRM£21.50 Stockport indie-faves Blossoms will perform 3 hometown shows this May, including a recently added Saturday matinee(-yay!) performance. The dates mark the start of their latest tour and coincide with the release of their new album ‘Cool Like Me’, which drops on the 27th April. - The force of local pride filling the Plaza promises to make these shows nothing short of epic.
Got some hot gossip, tip offs or tantalising teasers about your local music scene in Manchester? In that case, we’d blooming love to hear it! Send it to news@theliveguidehq.com and it might get featured in the ‘Local News’ next month!
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have seen him taking on the EDL on BBC’s Question Time as well as touring to sell-out crowds. Expect a full live performance and visual presentation of latest release ‘Visions - A Comic Book EP’.
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Akala O2 Ritz | £16.50ADV | 7pm With BAFTA and MOBO awards, a series of articles in the Guardian, TEDx talks, and a theatre company amongst his ever-growing repertoire, Akala is not your average rapper. Since releasing his award-winning debut album ‘It’s Not A Rumour’ back in 2006, the selfproclaimed “Black Shakespeare” has accelerated to prominence in the political sphere as well as in the hip-hop scene. A talented lyricist and fiercely articulate speaker, his opinions on topics ranging from education, gang culture and street violence to voting and veganism
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The Streets O2 Apollo | £39.50ADV | 7pm Arguably the most prominent crew to thank for elevating noughties grime to the mainstream, The Streets barely need an introduction. A one-off, and the first since 2011, ‘The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light’ may be something of a greatest hits tour, but when timeless 10
bangers off ‘Original Pirate Material’ and ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ amongst their back-catalogue, we think that’s allowed. Belt out Mike Skinner’s classic lyrics with your best Brummy twang - as nostalgic now as they were candid the first time around.
monthly listeners skyrocket into the millions, and etched her name firmly on the festival bills.
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Mabel Band On The Wall £12.50ADV | 7pm One look at this R&B rising-star’s parents and it’s clear that music was always going to be in her blood. The daughter of Swedish singersongwriter Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack producer Cameron McVey, Mabel is determined to blaze her own Minnie Riperton infused, Beyonce-influenced trail. Signed at just 18, she has spent the three years since refining her own musical identity, independent of her undeniable pop heritage. The viral ‘Know Me Better’ was her most recognisable song on Spotify for ages, before more recent collaborations with Not3s saw her
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new sound is delicate, evocative and dreamy, dotted with toetap-trippy hooks that deserve to be blared out of a campervan rolling down the Cornish coast.
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Of Mice & Men O2 Ritz | £22.50ADV | 7pm Not to be confused with the theatre adaptation of John Steinbeck’s 1937 rags-to-riches tale of the same name - which is also, coincidentally, in Manchester this month. Bringing their own brand of energetic, infectious metalcore, these guys are the happiest hardrockers on the scene right now. Defiant despite the departure of their long-standing frontman last year, the band came back to the 2017 festival season fighting with a tenacity that has quite rightly earned them another headline tour. 24.04.18
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Natalie Prass Band on the Wall £12.50ADV | 7pm
This four-piece psych-infused indie outfit from East London released their well-received debut album ‘A Dream Outside’ in 2015, and spent the next two years writing and rewriting a follow-up, before scrapping the whole thing and coming back (in their own words) a “totally different band”. With the help of Glass Animals, MIA and Songhoy Blues producer Neil Comber, and emanating elements of Bombay Bicycle Club, their
“The record was ready to go, and then the election happened”, explains singer-songwriter Natalie Prass in a recent interview, as she describes scrapping an entire penned album and going back to the drawing board in light of political movements in her native USA. Leading her to evaluate every belief she held on what it means to be a woman, the result of the re12
write, ‘The Future And The Past’, is a powerful feminist statement full of gorgeous vocals, infectious R&B lilts and disco-clap beats. As odes to sisterhood go, it doesn’t get much funkier. 01.05.18
Gomez Albert Hall | £27.50ADV | 7pm Twenty years ago, the Bluesinfused sound of Southport fivepiece Gomez stood out against the Brit-pop, trip-hop and space rock which saturated the scene at that time. Two decades and seven studio albums later, the band look back on a career that, despite resting somewhat relentlessly on the fringes of the mainstream, spawned a number of fondlyremembered riffs and a staunchly loyal following. Reminisce on a golden age of British guitar in the company of the fellow Northerners and late nineties legends.
Fresh out of the South East London scene, cousins Mike and Joel have a mutual love of music. Their progressive, expressive, electronic sound is packed with spiralling electronic loops. Records that start off as lengthy jams are separated to become a “collage of ideas” in the form of musical vignettes, that flow from one to the next with exacting continuity. Dark-hued rhythms and minimal beats steeped in tranceinfused synths encase sparse, eclectic lyrics that encompass a veritable mashup from religious texts and a biography of Marlon Brando.
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Kendal Calling Date: 26th – 29th July 2018 Location: Lowther Deer Park, The Lake District Recently announced: Bugzy Malone, Lady Leshurr, William Mccarthy, Findlay, Saint Agnes, Judas, Sly Digs, Night Flowers and many more. Tickets: £145 - Sold Out / Resale end of June.
Leeds festival Date: 24th - 26th August 2018 Location: Bramham Park, Leeds Recently announced: Spring King, Rex Orange County, Maggie Rogers, King Nun, and many more. Tickets: FRM£205
Cotton Clouds Date: 18th August 2018 Location: Saddleworth Cricket Club Acts confirmed: Sister Sledge, Starsailor, Toploade, Scarlet, Gareth Brooks, The Orielles, Freeda, Average Sex and many more. Tickets: £49.50
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ISLANDS In life, the formula of success can be broken down into to three key things; passion, determination and a stroke of luck. As we sit down with bassist William Cashion, these attributes ring true of Future Islands’ story.
Future Islands’ passion harks way back to their college years. The three American amigos - Samuel T. Herring, Gerrit Welmers and William Cashion – began their first musical escapade in 2003 forming the Kraftwerk-inspired Art Lord & The Self Portraits, alongside two other members. Following their college graduation in 2006 the trio regrouped and remodelled themselves into synth-pop outfit Future Islands.
“I’m really proud of the body of work that the three of us have created over the years, including our stuff before we were in Future Islands” explains William. “At this point, we’ve released five albums, a lot of singles and EPs and I’m really proud of the work we’ve been able to create and put out to the world.” The group’s determination lies in the 4 albums, and 9 years which they channelled into the band before their hard work finally - and much deservedly – paid off in 2014, following their performance of ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ on The Late Show with David Letterman.
“It was really surreal to actually be in that studio filming because we grew up watching Letterman as kids and seeing bands perform on The Late Show. It was super surreal but at the same time TV doesn’t really have the same impact as it did for example in the 70’s or 80’s or at least this is what we heard from our management. We thought we are going to do this thing and it will be cool, then the tour will happen.”
level we were on the ‘Singles’ tour.”
Before this TV debut Future Islands were Baltimore’s bestkept secret, but following an upload of the clip to YouTube, the band’s luck changed just like the seasons. The video went viral, and Future Islands exploded, not just in the US but also worldwide.
“The ‘Singles’ tour was a period of crazy growth. After having slow growth for about a decade when our band was kinda slowly, slowly building audience size and catalogue but at a slow organic rate, after the Letterman performance, it just grew exponentially from there.”
William elaborates, “It totally surprised us and it took us a while From that moment to realise how on all eyes were widespread the transfixed on video had gotten. frontman Samuel It totally shifted T. Herring and his everything. A lot eclectic and spirited of festivals that dance moves. From had originally the chest tear to turned us down the hip shake, the called back with reach out to the William Cashion, Bassist ‘Hey we do want squat and the groin to book you guys’, thrust, his infectious which we were excited to play - energy was inspiring audiences for sure - but it was like why didn’t from the East Coast to the West. you want us before? [Laughs]” “He’s always been an extraordinary “The whole ‘Singles’ tour ended frontman even from our first shows up being way longer than it was at house parties when we first planned to be as we kept getting started back in North Carolina. I offers and extending the tour. At guess he’s just got this wild energy the beginning of the tour we were and we’ve gotten better at making in a sprinter van but by the end of sure he doesn’t accidentally the tour we had a full crew, a tour unplug guitars, overturn all the manager, lighting, a tour bus and pedals or knock over the keyboard a much larger production and we stands - these are all things that were so excited to be playing at the have happened over the years.”
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[releasing] this one was definitely different. I feel the record is strong and people are getting it.”
“The biggest thing is the audience reaction, the audience are just out there with him and that’s what makes a really good show for us and that’s what energises all of us. Sam can still be wild on stage and if the audience isn’t responsive we come off stage and all feel bummed about how it went. The biggest thing is the audience’s energy for sure. They are the most important part of the show and without them, there would be no show.” Fast-forward to late 2016 and the band were releasing their fifth and latest studio album ‘The Far Field’, the follow-up to their monumental ‘Singles’ record.
“It hasn’t surpassed the last album but maybe that’s fine. I guess you do want every album to surpass the last one and honestly I haven’t seen the sales figures, so I’m not sure where this one stacks up against it but I do know for the last year we sold way more tickets for shows than we ever did at any point on the ‘Singles’ tour, so I know that live things are still growing.”
“Last year we sold way more tickets for shows than we ever did” William Cashion, Bassist
“It feels good and in a lot of ways, it feels like a continuation of the ‘Singles’ album tour, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I think part of us feels like maybe the last album is eclipsing this one and that’s because the last album had a big moment and we had the big Letterman push and it just changed the trajectory once that album came out and I think
of
Having performed over 1000 shows in their first 10 years together, and many more since then, it is clear that touring has always been at the heart Future Islands.
“Even from the very beginning we made a demo, so we could play it to the promoters, so they would book us and get us shows. Then once we had a full-length album that was like rocket fuel was poured and it gave us a full tour all over the US, Europe and the UK and we are unfamiliar with that world.” 21
hoping to make a pilgrimage to the cemetery to visit Ian Curtis’ grave as I’ve never had the chance to see it before and we’ve always stayed in Manchester and it’s going to be our first time in Macclesfield.”
The band have previously gone as far as to say that they “are stronger on the road than in the studio”. William explains, “We just have a lot more experience on the road, you know we were always recording knowing that it would get us out on the road.”
William and his bandmates like to hunt out the best coffee shops and After a sizable four-month break take in the sights when they tour the world. “When from touring, the we are on the road band jump back we have a lot of on the tour bus at day-to-day things the end of April. that we have to The trio will be do like the sound heading to our check and press very own spacerequirements but themed Bluedot if we have any Festival, near free time we try Macclesfield, for a to go sightseeing. galactic headline I got a folding show under bike last year and Jodrell Bank’s William Cashion, Bassist try and take the Lovell telescope bike out as I feel on the 19th that’s the way to July. “Just getting on that stage will kinda phase me in itself. I see a city. I read David Byrne’s always feel intimidated when bicycle books ‘Bicycle Diaries’, and we go to the Manchester area I thought about having a folding because so many bands that bike on tour. I decided I wanted we love are from that area.” to get one, so I got a Brompton.”
“I always feel intimidated when we go to the Manchester area”
So what’s next for Future Islands? “It’s exciting every time we put a new thing out there because I feel like people who didn’t know us before might hear something from the new album and then
Future Islands cite New Order, who performed under the illustrious telescope back in 2013, and Joy Division as influences of their musical style and writing. “As the festival is close to Macclesfield I’m 22
from there they will go back and discover our older material. That’s how we are as music fans - when you find an artist that has so much more you can dive into it’s really exciting.”
we kept being like ‘keep at it maybe something might happen down the road’ and then we made enough money to pay our rent and that was enough, it was all we needed.”
12 years on from their formation, following the passion, determination and luck, which has infiltrated and propelled the band’s career, we asked what’s best about being in Future Islands. William reflects, “I guess being able to pay our bills and make this our career with our band.”
“I guess not having to get a 9-5 job is one of the best things about being in Future Islands but the other side of that is now I have a 24/7 job in another way.”
“You know we started it while we were still in college - we were young and broke for a very long time and
It would be easy to attribute Future Islands success to one show, some catchy tracks, and a handful of well-executed dance moves, but the true success of the band lies in their natural talent, and sheer determination to succeed in one of the toughest but most rewarding industries the world has to offer. Catch Future Islands at Bluedot Festival on the 19th July 2018.
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May Bank Holiday Festival Guide A three-day weekend should not be wasted, so plan your double hit of May Bank Holiday weekends with precision. With a vast array of smaller citystyle fests showcasing some of the hottest new talent, which could easily be overlooked on larger festival line-ups, at a much thriftier price tag, there’s plenty on offer in MCR and beyond. Here’s our nifty guide to what’s on.
Neighbourhood Weekender 26-27.05.18 | Victoria Park, Warrington FRM£49.50 | 12.30pm Line-up: Courteeners + Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds + Jake Bugg + Blossoms + Circa Waves + Editors + Tom Grennan + many more Don’t Miss: Fickle Friends Top Tip: If you’re feeling flush, grab a VIP posh-nosh festival upgrade, which includes a 3-course fine dining meal, a glass of champers on arrival, 2 further drinks during your meal, and an after-party. In 2018 Neighbourhood Festival will decamp to a new site in Warrington. The new, longer 2-day event boasts a line-up to make any Mancunian proud, with local legends and emerging acts from the ‘neighbourhood’ including Courteeners, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Tom Walker, and Cabbage performing alongside the likes of Jake Bugg, Yonaka, and Lewis Capaldi. Day tickets are £49.50, with a whole weekend of fun coming in at just £95.
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BassJam 27.05.18 | Victoria Warehouse FRM£20 | 9pm Line-up: Dizzee Rascal + Charlie Sloth + Low Steppa + DJ Zinc + Nathan Dawe + DJ SKT + Jamie Duggan + many more Don’t Miss: Special Guest - Big Narstie Top Tip: The last 3 BassJam shows were a sellout, so if you want to bag a ticket - book now. ‘Fix Up, Look Sharp’ ‘cause Dizzee is coming to town. But before you go ‘Bonkers’ for the Rascal, ‘Dance Wiv Me’ to the likes of Charlie Sloth, Low Steppa, and none other than N-Double-A crew member and special guest Big Narstie. Other than £20 entry, it’ll only cost you a tram fare to get to, so it’s well worth the dollar dollar bills y’all.
Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering 24-27.05.18 | Catton Hall, Derbyshire | FRM£100 | 1pm Line-up: Robert Plant + Blossoms + Jimmy Cliff + Sleaford Mods + The Jesus & Mary Chain + Jake Bugg + Idles + many more Don’t Miss: Idles Top Tip: Start growing that beard, now! If you fancy spreading your musical wings a bit further this May, head on down to Derbyshire for Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering. With 7 stages, showcasing the likes of Robert Plant, Pins, and Dub Pistols, plus a family-friendly vibe, there’s something for everyone at this festival. You can book a direct coach from Manchester straight to Bearded Theory so there’s no excuse – dig out that tent and get festival-ready.
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Strange Waves Festival III 26.05.18 | Albert Hall | FRM£25 | 5pm Line-up: Unknown Mortal Orchestra + Deerhunter + Sam Evian + Boy Azooga Don’t Miss: Boy Azooga Top Tip: Grab a pre or post show pizza at Crazy Pedros, we like the ‘Pedro’s World Famous Hotdog Pizza’. The third instalment of Strange Waves Festival will take over Manchester’s Albert Hall on the second of the Bank Holiday bangers. With two new singles ‘American Guilt’ and ‘Not In Love We’re Just High’ in their 8-year arsenal of tracks Unknown Mortal Orchestra will top the bill. They will be joined by fellow psych-rockers Deerhunter, ‘Loner Boogie’ Boy Azooga, and hydration master Sam Evian. £25 well spent, I say.
Live At Leeds 05.05.18 | Various Venues, Leeds | FRM£25 | 12pm Line-up: The Vaccines + Circa Waves + Peace + The Horrors + Cabbage + Superorganism + Rae Morris + Tom Walker + many more Don’t Miss: Superorganism Top Tip: Between shows, grab one of Patti Smiths’ burgers at the Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen. The hottest of emerging artists, including Lily Moore, Demob Happy, Keir, Sam Fender, and YAK will take over Leeds city centre during the first weekend this May. You can also catch established acts like The Vaccines, British Sea Power, Pulled Apart By Horses, and Ash. With over 200 acts on the festival’s multi-venue bill, you’ll have some tough decisions to make, so we suggest you plan your day ahead with the #LAL2018 app. Happy new music hunting!
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Sounds From The Other City 06.05.18 | Various Venues, Salford | FRM£15 | TBC Line-up: Boy Azooga + Happy Meals + Sweaty Palms + Personal Best + Burgundy Blood + Cattle + many more Don’t Miss: Goat Girl Top Tip: Pins will be taking over The Eagle Inn for a special SFTOC after-party. During the first of the two Bank Holiday weekends, Sounds From The Other City will bring a mammoth line-up of acts to the streets of Salford. Expect a handpicked crop of artists, lovingly curated by the likes of Now Wave, Band On The Wall, Hey! Manchester, Reform Radio and more. For just £15 you can check out saxophonist, producer and singer-songwriter Laura Misch, three-piece infernal noise machine Bodies On Everest, slacker-pop duo Her’s, and many more.
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Top Tip: Seek out the after-parties! Presenting new films on music subcultures, the UK’s music documentary festival comes HOME to Manchester this May. Check out the world premiere of ‘Manchester Keeps On Dancing’ (26.05.18 | 6pm), which documents the journey of house music from Chicago to Manchester, through to the Acid House explosion in the 1980’s. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Javi Senz, DJ Krysko, Ruud Whiting (Metrodome) and Dave Haslam. If the film gets you in the mood for dancing (which we are sure it will!) head on down to the free after-party at Gorilla.
Line-up: So Solid Crew + Heartless Crew + DJ Luck & MC Neat + Jamie Duggan + Kele Le Roc + many more Don’t Miss: So Solid Crew Top Tip: Line up early for the 60 minutes of bottomless rum punch. If 12 hours of oldskool Garage, extreme funfair rides, and bottomless jerk chicken sounds like your thing, then Sidewinder’s ‘All-Day Outdoor Oldskool Garage BBQ’ is the only place to spend your Bank Holiday weekend. Rave the weekend away to the sounds of Monsta Boy, General Levy and many more.
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Dot To Dot Festival 25.05.18 | Various Venues, Manchester | £13 | 11am Line-up: The Horrors + Dermot Kennedy + Pale Waves + Marika Hackman + Mahalia + Turnover + Bad Sounds + many more Don’t Miss: Pale Waves Top Tip: Don’t forget to book Friday off! Dot To Dot has a history of bringing fresh talent to new eyes across Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham. In their 13-year history, they have showcased early shows from the likes of The 1975, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Mumford & Sons, Florence + The Machine, and Ed Sheeran. This year Manchester’s very own Pale Waves will join Marika Hackman, Dermot Kennedy, The Horrors and more for the touring event. Manchester’s leg takes place on Friday 25th, so get your annual leave requests in now!
Pier Jam Part One 06.05.18 | Blackpool North Pier | FRM£15 | 2pm Line-up: Chase & Status + Jax Jones + Yxng Bane + Mistajam + Holy Goof + Low Steppa + James Hype + Black Saint + many more Don’t Miss: Black Saint Top Tip: Stop the night and spend the next day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach – fingers crossed their new thrill-seeking ride ‘Icon’ will be open! Start your summer in the seaside town of Blackpool with Pier Jam Part One. The bill boasts sets from Mistajam, Low Steppa, and Jax Jones, with Chase & Status headlining with a DJ set. But the night doesn’t have to end there; you can continue the party 'til 4am at Club Domain with Pier Jam residents and special guests. Bag a season ticket to all three Pier Jam events for just £60. 30
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City Calm Down 23.05.18
The Deaf Institute £8.50ADV | 7:30pm Genre: Alternative / Pop Hometown: Melbourne, Australia For Fans Of: Joy Division // New Order Keep Your Ears Out For: ‘In This Modern Land’ Facebook: CityCalmDown Twitter: @ccdmusic
Palm 11.05.18
The Castle Hotel £8ADV | 7pm
Genre: Experimental Rock Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Fans Of: Ought // Guerilla Toss Keep Your Ears Out For: ‘Composite’ Facebook: PalmmLap Twitter: @PalmmLap
For tickets visit ticketweb.co.uk or call 08444 77 1000
gig listings Saturday - 14.04.18 Savage Messiah Manchester Academy 3 £7.50ADV | 7:30pm
Finola Soup Kitchen | £4ADV | 7pm James Kirby Gullivers | £12.50ADV | 8pm
Ben Marwood Aatma | £8ADV | 7:30pm
Phil Vassar Night and Day Café | £18ADV | 8pm
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Albert Hall | £7ADV | 7pm
Dean Friedman Matt & Phreds | FRM£25 | 8pm
Dua Lipa + Vic Mensa + Col3trane O2 Apollo | £25ADV | 7pm
Sugarspun Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 8pm
Ian Prowse The Ruby Lounge | £16.50ADV | 7pm
The Gallery The Castle Hotel | £5ADV | 7:30pm
Bluelights The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm
Taylor Bennett Band On The Wall | £10ADV | 7:30pm
The Italian Job The Patron | FREE | 7pm
Siobhan Wilson + Granfalloon + Hannah Ashcroft The Eagle Inn | £8ADV | 7:30pm
Lotto Boyzz Manchester Academy 2 £11.50ADV | 7pm Saytr Play Band On The Wall | £8ADV | 7pm The Orielles Gorilla | £9ADV | 6:30pm Arcadia + Today, They Are Older + With The Wolves + Adam’s Garden Night People | £6ADV | 6:30pm James Bagnall Matt & Phreds | FREE | 5pm Sunday - 15.04.18
The White Buffalo + Alice Drinks the Kool Aid O2 Ritz | £16.50ADV | 7:30pm Dua Lipa + Vic Mensa + Col3trane O2 Apollo | £25ADV | 7pm Aquilo Gorilla | £11ADV | 7pm Tiny Moving Parts + Orchards The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm Monday - 16.04.18 The Nightcreatures Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
APRIL 2018 Urban Jazz Guerrillas The Peer Hat | £5OTD | 8pm
Ingenue Night People | £5ADV | 7pm
Florist The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 8pm
Casey + Endless Heights + Rarity Satans Hollow | £10ADV | 6pm
Lauv The Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7:30pm
Wednesday - 18.04.18
Not3s Gorilla | £11ADV | 7pm Calum Scott + Daniel Docherty O2 Ritz | £16ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 17.04.18 Dave Luvin Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Girl Ray The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7:30pm Jerry Harmon + Connor Adams + Steve Young The Castle Hotel | £10ADV | 7:30pm Ugly Kid Joe Manchester Academy 2 £22.50ADV | 7:30pm
Barrelhouse Trio Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Denis Jones + Graham Massey’s Toolshed Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 8:30pm Suburban Symphony + Record Street Night and Day Café | £5ADV | 8pm Nick J.D. Hodgson The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7:30pm Planet of Zeus Manchester Academy 3 £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Tom Paxton The Lowry | £28.50ADV | 7:30pm Tokio Myers Albert Hall | £23.50ADV | 7pm
Mellow Mood Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 7:30pm
Idles Gorilla | £14ADV | 7pm
Hinds Gorilla | £14.50ADV | 7pm
Alexis Taylor The Ruby Lounge | £16.50ADV | 7pm
Polo Gullivers | £6ADV | 7pm
Little Hours Soup Kitchen | £13.75ADV | 7pm
Ramriddlz Soup Kitchen | £11ADV | 7pm
Akala O2 Ritz | £16.50ADV | 7pm
In partnership with
gig listings The Strawberries Night People | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Avalanche Party + Yarbo + Breed Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 8pm
Cove + Parting Gift Satans Hollow | £6ADV | 6:30pm
Bryde Gullivers | £8ADV | 7:30pm
Nashville Manchester Arena | FRM£35 | 6pm
Funke and the Two Tone Baby The Castle Hotel | £10ADV | 7:30pm
Thursday - 19.04.18
An Evening With Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip The Eagle Inn | £11ADV | 7:30pm
Pocket Dragon Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Lilly Hiatt Gullivers | £10ADV | 7:30pm La Bête Blooms The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm Addis Pablo Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 7:30pm David Kitt The Eagle Inn | £12ADV | 7:30pm Nada Surf Gorilla | £13.50ADV | 7pm Just Jack The Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7pm Barenaked Ladies O2 Ritz | £28.50ADV | 7pm Friday - 20.04.18 Natural Soul The Patron | FREE | 7pm Shonen Knife + Night and Day Café | £14ADV | 8pm
The Silver Lines Night People | £7ADV | 7:30pm Ian Siegal The Ruby Lounge | £17.50ADV | 7pm Grant-Lee Phillips The Deaf Institute | £17.50ADV | 7pm Dessa Soup Kitchen | £9ADV | 7pm Trivium Manchester Academy | £24ADV | 7pm Coasts Manchester Academy 2 £17ADV | 7pm Balaam And The Angel Manchester Academy 3 £16ADV | 7pm Avishai Cohen Band On The Wall | £17.50ADV | 7pm Andrew W.K + Yonaka O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 7pm Saturday - 21.04.18
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
APRIL 2018 Kyla Brox Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Lucy Dacus Gullivers | £8ADV | 8pm The Night & Day Showcase Featuring Cool Water Georgia + The Kafkas + The Illicits + Dirty Rotten Souls Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm
Sunday - 22.04.18 Show of Hands The Lowry | FRM£22.50 | 8pm Michael Chapman The Deaf Institute | £16ADV | 7:30pm Holly Miranda Night and Day Café | £7ADV | 7:30pm Keir The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm
Larkins Manchester Academy 2 £10ADV | 7:30pm
Courtney Marie Andrews Gorilla | £13.50ADV | 7pm
Salad Manchester Academy 3 £16ADV | 7:30pm The Velvet Hands + Shader + Babylon Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Skindred +CKY + Danko Jones Manchester Academy £21.50ADV | 7pm
The Streets O2 Apollo | £39.50ADV | 7pm
Heather Small Manchester Academy £28.50ADV | 7pm
Iron Monkey The Ruby Lounge | £22.50ADV | 7pm
Mabel Band On The Wall | £12.50ADV | 7pm
The Hyena Kill The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm
Faith Evans O2 Ritz | £25ADV | 7pm
Alfa Mist + Barney Artist Band On The Wall | £11ADV | 7pm
Monday - 23.04.18
Crazytown Factory | £14ADV | 7pm The Italian Job The Patron | FREE | 7pm Manchester Punk Festival Gorilla | £40ADV | 2pm
Dreamer Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Apes Grapes The Peer Hat | PWYW | 8pm The Low Anthem The Deaf Institute £15ADV | 7:30pm
In partnership with
gig listings Ditz Jimmy’s | £3OTD | 7:30pm
Sulpher + Auger Night People | £10ADV | 7:30pm
Cafe Spice + Shaun Redlake + Chris Tavener The Castle Hotel | £5ADV | 7:15pm
Gengahr Gorilla | £13ADV | 7pm
Will Heard Gorilla | £14.50ADV | 7pm Black Doldrums Night People | £7ADV | 7pm Of Mice & Men + Wage War + Sylar O2 Ritz | £22.50ADV | 7pm Mallory Knox Rebellion | £18ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 24.04.18 The Boogie Williams Trio Grande Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm The Dead South Club Academy | £13.50ADV | 8pm The Night & Day Showcase Featuring Baltik + Guano Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra The Castle Hotel | TBC | 7:30pm The Grandmothers Of Invention Band On The Wall £17.50ADV | 7:30pm Altar Flowers Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Dos Floris Gullivers | £8ADV | 7pm Killah Priest Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm Wednesday - 25.04.18 The Night & Day Showcase Featuring El Moono + My-hi Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm The Hara Manchester Academy £10ADV | 7:30pm Fling The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm Mastersystem The Deaf Institute | £15ADV | 7pm Converge Manchester Academy 2 £22ADV | 7pm GosT Rebellion | £8ADV | 7pm Tax The Heat Night People | £10ADV | 7pm Thursday - 26.04.18 Misha Gray’s Prehistoric Jazz Quintet Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
APRIL 2018 Trampolene Night and Day Café | £8ADV | 8pm
Mr Wilson’s Second Liners Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm
Chairmen Of The Board Gorilla | £18.50ADV | 7:30pm
Foxe Night and Day Café | £5ADV | 8pm
Ciaran Lavery The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7:30pm
Chris Tavener Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Theory Manchester Academy 2 £17.50ADV | 7:30pm
The Italian Job The Patron | FREE | 7pm
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet Band On The Wall £16.50ADV | 7:30pm Maddy Storm The Eagle Inn | £7ADV | 7:30pm Sequin Sally Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7:30pm Plan B O2 Apollo | £30ADV | 7pm
TWELVE24 Manchester Academy 3 £11ADV | 7:30pm Clinic The White Hotel | £11ADV | 7:30pm Jerry Leger + The Situation The Eagle Inn | £8ADV | 7:30pm High Hazels Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Bleed From Within Gullivers | TBC | 7pm
The Zangwills + The Modern Business + Black Tea Club Academy | £8ADV | 7:30pm
Josh Rouse Manchester Academy 3 £17.50ADV | 7pm
MCRAE + Seegulls + Violet Contours + Cultures Night People | FRM£3 | 7:30pm
Kimmie Rhodes Night People | £10ADV | 7pm
Mexrrissey Albert Hall | £18.50ADV | 7pm
Friday - 27.04.18
Honeyfeet Gorilla | £12ADV | 7pm
Rejjie Snow Manchester Academy 2 £20ADV | 7:30pm
The Academic + ZuZu The Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7pm
In partnership with
gig listings Fakear Soup Kitchen | £10ADV | 7pm Natalie Prass Band On The Wall | £12.50ADV | 7pm Omnium Gatherum + Skálmöld Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm G3: Joe Satriani, John Petrucci & Uli Jon Roth O2 Apollo | £45ADV | 6:30pm
Laki Lan Manchester Academy 2 £25ADV | 7pm Nine Below Zero Club Academy | £15ADV | 7pm Icarus Gorilla | £12.50ADV | 6:30pm Manic Street Preachers Manchester Arena | FRM£36 | 6pm
EDEN O2 Ritz | £25ADV | 6pm
Primitive Man + Bismuth Rebellion | £7ADV | 3pm
Saturday - 28.04.18
Sabotage Festival - Featuring Catholic Action + Bloody Knees +Peaness + Beachtape +Chalk and many more Various | £8ADV | 3pm
The Plimpsouls The Patron | FREE | 7pm Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club Band On The Wall | £19.50ADV | 9pm The Smiths Ltd Manchester Academy 3 £12ADV | 7:30pm Hibushibire + Earthling Society The Eagle Inn | £7.50ADV | 7:30pm Kashmere + Freedom of the City + The One Hundred Club + Flatland Night People | £7ADV | 7:30pm
Sunday - 29.04.18 Freya Ridings The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7:30pm A Hawk And A Hacksaw Soup Kitchen | £10ADV | 7:30pm Eddie Henderson Band On The Wall | £20ADV | 7:30pm Cleargreen + The Kavaliers Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7pm
Ist Ist The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm
Dirt Box Disco Rebellion | £13.15ADV | 4:30pm
DMA’S Manchester Academy £15ADV | 7pm
Monday - 30.04.18 Locking Horns Brass Jam Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
APRIL / may 2018 Kim Wilde The Lowry | FRM£27.50 | 8pm
Strange Bones Night People | FREE | 7pm
Yo La Tengo Manchester Academy 2 £16ADV | 7:30pm
Wednesday - 02.05.18
Slug + The Cornshed Sisters Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7pm Casablanca Drivers Night People | FREE | 7pm Tuesday - 01.05.18 Walklate & Lawley Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm The Night & Day Showcase Featuring Chambers + Safari Inc Night and Day Café | £6OTD | 8pm Thomas & The Empty Orchestra Gullivers | £4ADV | 7:30pm Ginger Snaps Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm Gomez Albert Hall | £27.50ADV | 7pm Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Gorilla | £18.50ADV | 7pm Puddles Pity Party O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 7pm The Limiñanas Soup Kitchen | £11ADV | 7pm The Obsessed Rebellion | £13ADV | 7pm
The Jamil Sheriff Trio Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Jamie Ferguson Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 8pm William Mccarthy Night and Day Café | £14ADV | 8pm Jenn Bostic Gullivers | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Metz + Moaning Soup Kitchen | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Steven Adams The Castle Hotel | £10ADV | 7:30pm Gnod + White Hills Band On The Wall | £10ADV | 7:30pm Hattie Briggs The King’s Arms | £10ADV | 7:30pm Drenge + Kagoule Gorilla | £15ADV | 7pm ZEKE Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm Justin Nozuka Night People | £13.50ADV | 7pm Dopelord + Telepathy + Bong Cauldron The Star and Garter £12ADV | 6:30pm
In partnership with
gig listings Thursday - 03.05.18 Pericopes Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm J.D. Wilkes And The Legendary Shack Shakers Soup Kitchen | £13ADV | 8pm Hockey Dad Night and Day Café | £8ADV | 8pm The Undercover Hippy Gullivers | £10ADV | 7:30pm Sam Brookes The Castle Hotel | TBC | 7:30pm Airways Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7:30pm Daley Gorilla | £15ADV | 7pm Gary Barlow + KT Tunstall O2 Apollo | £35ADV | 6:30pm
Vundabar The Castle Hotel | £7.50ADV | 7:30pm Whenyoung Jimmy’s | FREE | 7:30pm Asylums + The Empire Police Night People | £7ADV | 7:30pm Kamasi Washington Albert Hall | £25ADV | 7pm Reggae Loves Manchester Festival Featuring Tarrus Riley + Jahmiel + Cham + Nesbeth and Many more Victoria Warehouse | £25ADV | 7pm Cherry Suede + Stewart Mac The Ruby Lounge | £38.50ADV | 7pm Adam Carpenter Gullivers | £5ADV | 7pm The Longcut Soup Kitchen | £9.50ADV | 7pm
Friday - 04.05.18
Pinkshinyultrablast + Warm Digits Band On The Wall | £13ADV | 7pm
Blossoms Stockport Plaza | FRM£21 | 7pm
Chairsmissing Aatma | £5ADV | 7pm
The Blueswater Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm
Gary Barlow + KT Tunstall O2 Apollo | £35ADV | 6:30pm
Elevant The Eagle Inn | £5ADV | 8pm
Brainstorm O2 Ritz | £30ADV | 6:30pm
White Witches Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm
Novelists Rebellion | £10ADV | 6:30pm
The Happy Soul Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Manchester Arena | £35ADV | 6pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
MAY 2018 Reef + The Wildhearts Manchester Academy £29.50ADV | 5pm
The Nightcreatures Matt & Phreds | FREE | 8pm
Kumiko Bridgewater Hall | FREE | 12:45pm Saturday - 05.05.18 Blossoms Stockport Plaza | FRM£21 | 1 & 5pm Hyde Park Brass Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm The Breaks + Young Earth Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm The Wood Burning Savages The Castle Hotel | £6ADV | 7:30pm Vida Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm Field Manual Aatma | £6ADV | 7:30pm Movements Rebellion | £8ADV | 7pm Gary Barlow + KT Tunstall O2 Apollo | £35ADV | 6:30pm The Vamps Manchester Arena | FRM£12.50 | 6pm The Membranes and The BIMM Choir O2 Ritz | £24ADV | 5pm Sunday - 06.05.18 Christy Moore Bridgewater Hall | FRM£36 | 8pm
1919 Aatma | £8ADV | 7:30pm Scott Matthews + Ady Johnson Band On The Wall £16.50ADV | 7:30pm Rhys Lewis Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7:30pm Dead XIII Gullivers | £7ADV | 5:15pm Sounds From The Other City Featuring Werkha + Xamvolo + Suzi Wu + Alxndr London & many more Various | £25ADV | 3pm Monday - 07.05.18 Ocean Wisdom Gorilla | £14ADV | 7:30pm Stella Donnelly The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm Don McLean + Jarrod Dickenson Bridgewater Hall | FRM£40 | 7:30pm Blues Jam Led By Franny Eubank Matt & Phreds | FREE | 6pm Tuesday - 08.05.18 The Dirty Bomb Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Rascalton Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7:30pm
In partnership with
gig listings Gang of Youths Gorilla | £10ADV | 7pm
Emmanuel Nwamadi Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7:30pm
Nickelback Manchester Arena FRM£43.50 | 6pm
Jungle O2 Ritz | £22ADV | 7pm
Wednesday - 09.05.18
Radiator Hospital Soup Kitchen | £7ADV | 7pm
Andchuck Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
Low Cut Connie Night People | £12ADV | 7pm
Wreckless Eric Gullivers | £12ADV | 7:30pm
Liberatae Mae The Peer Hat | £3ADV | 7pm
Ishmael Ensemble’s Yellow Magic Orchestra Band On The Wall | FRM£8 | 7:30pm
Friday - 11.05.18
We Are Scientists O2 Ritz | £16.50ADV | 7pm Otzeki + Ben Hayes Soup Kitchen | £7ADV | 7pm Midas Fall Aatma | £6ADV | 7pm Thursday - 10.05.18 Lucy Mae Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Chris Wise And The Hidden Revolution The Castle Hotel | £5ADV | 7:30pm
Papa Soul Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm The Rails Night People | £15ADV | 8pm Darlingside Night and Day Café £17ADV | 8pm The Idol Dead Gullivers | £5ADV | 7:30pm Nap Eyes + Haley Heynderickx Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7:30pm Brooke Bentham The Eagle Inn | £6.50ADV | 7:30pm
Adore Delano Manchester Academy | £35ADV | 7pm
Blossoms O2 Apollo | £21.50ADV | 7pm
John Smith + Louis Baker Band On The Wall l FRM£11 | 7:30pm
The K’s Gorilla | £7.50ADV | 6:30pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
MAY 2018 Saturday - 12.05.18
Ray LaMontagne O2 Apollo | £27.50ADV | 7pm
The Jeremy Sassoon Band Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band Gorilla | £19ADV | 7pm
Pete Astor The Castle Hotel | £9ADV | 7:30pm
Nadine Coyle O2 Ritz | £25ADV | 7pm
Lungs Band On The Wall | £7ADV | 7:30pm
The Ninth Wave + Lucia Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7pm
Nino’s Blue Saloon The Eagle Inn | £5OTD | 7:30pm
Rend Collective Manchester Academy £18ADV | 6:30pm
The Reytons Gorilla | £8ADV | 7pm Barrence Whitfield & The Savages Soup Kitchen | £12.50ADV | 7pm
Steve Rothery Band Band On The Wall | £18ADV | 6:30pm Monday - 14.05.18
BLOXX Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7pm
Jazz Jam Led By Johnny Hunter Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
Broken Records Night People | £10ADV | 7pm
Acid Dad Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Foreigner + Joanne Shaw Taylor + John Parr O2 Apollo | £40ADV | 6:30pm
Skrapz Soup Kitchen | £10ADV | 7pm
Brothers Osborne + Kendell Marvel O2 Ritz | £19ADV | 6:30pm
Carmody The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7pm
Wilko Johnson Manchester Academy £25ADV | 4:30pm
Full listings
Sunday - 13.05.18 Albert Lee The Lowry | £27.50ADV | 8pm
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one to watch: Lewis Capaldi Gordon Duncan is a big deal. As the founder of APB PR, over the past two and a half decades, he has helped to guide some of the most notable acts - including the Spice Girls, Massive Attack, Snow Patrol, Emeli Sande, James Bay, Jake Bugg, Blossoms and more - from relative obscurity to huge success. In the 25 years that I’ve been doing PR for bands and artists, I’ve watched the predominant means of music consumption go from vinyl to CD to digital downloads and now streaming. Much as I love to own something physical - reading the sleeve notes and wondering what all the people getting thanked actually did is one of the things that made me pursue a career in the
industry - streaming has a big advantage when you start out working with a new artist - you know very quickly whether their music is connecting with the public. I first met 21-year-old singersongwriter Lewis Capaldi just over a year ago in a bar in Glasgow, the day before his first ever release, a stripped back heart-wrencher of a song called ‘Bruises’, went up on Spotify. No-one outside a few hundred people who had seen him at local gigs knew anything about him but barely three months later, ‘Bruises’ reached 10 million plays on Spotify. Since then, he’s released four more cracking songs, sold out every single headline show he’s played and has just announced an autumn tour which includes London’s Shepherds Bush Empire (13th Nov) and the Albert Hall in Manchester (6th Nov), plus his first headline US tour. In one year. That’s unbelievable. As a PR, I felt Lewis was special from the start and, thanks to the growing power of streaming, I know that millions of people all over the world agree. His second year is going to be pretty special too.
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BROKEN RECORDS
GUESTS
12.05 // 7pm // £10
14.04 // 6:30pm
LABYRINTH 80S DISCO
JAMES WALSH
THE STRAWBERRIES + GUESTS
18.05 // 7pm // £8
THE SILVER LINES
19.05 // 7pm // £15
BLACK DOLDRUMS
21.05 // 7pm // £11
14.04 // 11pm // £6 18.04 // 7pm // £6 20.04 // 7pm // £7
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THE CHARLATANS FILM SCREENING
THE MILK
NOW, NOW
23.04 // 7pm // £7
MINT
SULPHUR
22.05 // 7pm // £6
24.04 // 7pm // £10
PVMNTS
TAX THE HEAT
23.05 // 7pm // £7
25.04 // 7pm // £10
KIMMIE RHODES
W/ RED RUM CLUB, JON COLEY BAND, BIG SOCIETY
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ROBBIE CAVANAGH + GUESTS 26.04 // 7pm // £10
KASHMERE + GUESTS
28.04 // 7:30pm // £7
THE ELEPHANT TREES
26.05 // 7:30pm // £7
CARL NORTH & THE LONELY HEARTS 01.06 // 7pm // £7
JOEL SARAKULA
CASABLANCA DRIVERS
15.06 // 7:30pm // £8
STRANGE BONES
16.06 // 7:30pm // £7
30.04 // 7pm // free 01.05 // 7pm // £8
JUSTIN NOZUKA
02.05 // 7pm // £13.50
ASYLUMS + SPECIAL GUESTS
04.05 // // 7:30pm // £7
BRITPOP CURIOUS
04.05 // 13.07 // 11pm // £5
CARNIVAL CLUB
SHED SEVEN OFFICIAL MCR AFTERSHOW
29.06 // 11pm // £12
STACY MITCHHART’S FOURTH JULY BBQ
04.07 // 7pm // £TBC
CONTROL OF THE GOING
WE CAME AS ROMANS ALAZKA
13.07 // 7pm // £6
LOW CUT CONNIE
17.07 // 7pm // £13
05.05 // 7pm // £12
10.05 // 7pm // £TBC
THE RAILS + GUESTS
11.05 // 7pm // £15
CHARLEY CROCKETT
ZEITGEIST // SCARY MONSTERS
21.07 // 7pm // £TBC