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...
Read MoreNorthern 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. The free event provided the...
Read More“Wait, I’ve got some stupid shoes I could wear. They’ll be a laugh.” My photoshoot with Martin Coogan, ex-frontman of The Mock Turtles, was as entertaining as I’d hoped. I’ve known Coogan for many years and, with a new/old album...
Read MoreThe animals at the zoo have been put under a sleeping enchantment, and only you can help break the spell. Wild Rumpus, the team behind the award-winning Just So Festival, have brought their Enchantment back to Chester Zoo....
Read MoreI have to be honest. I had my doubts about The Winter Gathering at Manchester’s London Road Fire Station. Too cool for school? Or was it going to be all overpriced sausages and tinsel-tinged knick-knacks? I needn’t have...
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