‘warmth as resistance’ Rob Birch from Stereo MC’s on being connected
I’ve been speaking with friends about the last time we saw Stereo MC’s, somewhere and...
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Tag: gigs
Music Review: Parklife, Heaton Park, Manchester
The first time I went to Parklife I was 16-years-old. My friend’s dad acted as our chaperone (although he was ditched as soon as we got through security) and the headline act was Snoop Dogg. A lot has changed since then but the...
Read More“There’s so much upside-down news that you think, how have we got to this place?” Billy Bragg talks to Northern Soul
When I learned that Billy Bragg had agreed to be interviewed by Northern Soul, I spent some considerable time working up the courage to ask him one question: is it wrong to wish on space hardware? If you’re a proper...
Read MoreReview: The Slow Readers Club, Albert Hall, Manchester
“Readers! Readers! Readers!” chanted a legion of rafter-shaking music fans at Manchester’s Albert Hall, a former Methodist hall and chapel just down the road from the city’s Central Library. Then The Slow Readers Club appeared...
Read MoreWhat’s on in November: Comedy in Manchester
Bare trees, the whiff of sulphur and wood smoke. But November isn’t just about nudey nature and burning Catholic effigies, there’s a truckload of comedy this month. So get out there but mind yourself on the leaves...
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