Northern Soul

Author: Chris Payne

Review: U2 – Innocence + Experience Tour 2018, Manchester Arena

October 30, 2018 Comments Off on Review: U2 – Innocence + Experience Tour 2018, Manchester Arena

U2 rolled into town as part of their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour and turned Manchester Arena into the smallest large venue around.

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“People don’t have enough decent conversations nowadays.” Craig Parkinson talks acting, podcasts and the human condition

October 5, 2018 Comments Off on “People don’t have enough decent conversations nowadays.” Craig Parkinson talks acting, podcasts and the human condition

For three seasons of Line of Duty, Craig Parkinson played one of the most obnoxious characters on British telly.

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Photo Gallery: Just So Festival, Rode Hall, Cheshire

August 27, 2018 Comments Off on Photo Gallery: Just So Festival, Rode Hall, Cheshire

Now in its ninth year, Just So Festival, an annual festival for children and their families, returned to Rode Hall in Cheshire earlier this month. 

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Smiths drummer Mike Joyce talks to Northern Soul at Salford Lads Club

June 13, 2018 Comments Off on Smiths drummer Mike Joyce talks to Northern Soul at Salford Lads Club

Archie Swift installed our oven when we came back to Manchester.

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Manchester Together May 2018 image by Chris Payne

Photo Gallery: Manchester Together with One Voice, Albert Square

May 25, 2018 Comments Off on Photo Gallery: Manchester Together with One Voice, Albert Square

Our Head Photographer Chris Payne was at the Manchester Together concert in Manchester’s Albert Square this week.

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“If words aren’t spoken or written, they start to become less relevant.” The Lost Words: Seek, Find, Speak

May 23, 2018 Comments Off on “If words aren’t spoken or written, they start to become less relevant.” The Lost Words: Seek, Find, Speak

“Heather? You’re kidding me!”

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Mcr Cathedral shots Apr 2018 image by Chris Payne

Photo Gallery: Manchester Cathedral

May 9, 2018 Comments Off on 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. 

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EE Apollo, image by Chris Payne

Photo Gallery and Review: Everything Everything, O2 Apollo, Manchester

March 14, 2018 Comments Off on 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.

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Photo gallery: Northern Birds

January 9, 2018 Comments Off on 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. 

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Hogwarts at Manchester Central Library, image by Chris Payne.

Photo Gallery: Northern Soul visits Hogwarts at Manchester Central Library

December 12, 2017 Comments Off on 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. 

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