Author: Chris Payne
Photo Gallery: Manchester Cathedral
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer Chris Payne heads to Manchester Cathedral and takes some atmospheric snaps of the historic and beautiful building.
Photo Gallery and Review: Everything Everything, O2 Apollo, Manchester
Everything Everything performed to a packed O2 Apollo in Manchester proving, once again, that they are one of the most consistently compelling and unsettling bands around.
Photo gallery: Northern Birds
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer, Chris Payne, braves the blustery January weather and heads out and about to take some beautiful images of Northern birds – and one extremely friendly horse.
Photo Gallery: Northern Soul visits Hogwarts at Manchester Central Library
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer, Chris Payne – along with witches, wizards and other muggles – spent the weekend in a magical world at Manchester’s Central Library.
Review and Photo Gallery: The Charlatans, 02 Apollo, Manchester
A quick look at Setlist.fm – and I can heartily recommend this site, dubbed ‘the setlist Wiki’, for a fan-generated database of gig setlists from the past 30 years – shows that The Charlatans changed the order of their songs for their Manchester gig to start with Just When You’re Thinkin’ Things Over.
Photo Gallery: Manchester Christmas Markets 2017
Northern Soul‘s Head Photographer, Chris Payne, heads to the bustling Manchester Christmas Markets and takes some festive snaps.
Photo Gallery: The Enchantment of Chester Zoo
The animals at the zoo have been put under a sleeping enchantment, and only you can help break the spell.
“There’s a bit of T-Rex in there, Sparks, Iggy Pop.” Northern Soul talks to Martin Coogan of The Mock Turtles
“Wait, I’ve got some stupid shoes I could wear. They’ll be a laugh.”
Photo Gallery and Review: Richard Ashcroft, Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Now an established fixture in the Manchester gig-going calendar, Sounds of the City at Castlefield Bowl kicked off a series of city centre open air concerts in July with an eclectic bill, headlined by Richard Ashcroft, ex-frontman of The Verve.
Photo Gallery and Review: Tony Bennett, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall
A year or so after his MTV appearance on Unplugged, I went to see Tony Bennett at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow.
Freerange Comedy Festival at Brewery Arts Centre Kendal
Comedy fans who can’t make Harry and Meghan’s big day at Windsor Castle can experience a ‘Royal Wedding’ with a difference in Kendal this May at Freerange Comedy Festival, hosted by Brewery Arts Centre.
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