There’s a scene in the film adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar where our eponymous hero offers himself to the crowd. They pull him to shreds. At the first homecoming gig at Manchester Arena, this pretty much happened to...
Read MoreBack in 2009, a-ha fans around the world wept a fjordful of tears as the Norwegian trio called time on a staggeringly successful 25-year career. With record sales in excess of 100 million and world tours aplenty under their...
Read MoreI’ve been to some pretty intimate gigs over the years. At the Edinburgh Fringe, it’s not unheard of that a single person will make up 50 per cent of the audience. Previews of Edinburgh shows can also be notoriously...
Read MoreWriting for Northern Soul seems particularly pertinent today. I may not be in the North right now, but my soul definitely is. My heart hurts for all the people at the arena last night; for those who lost their lives, those...
Read MoreOn a chilly January evening, Northern Soul finds itself in a packed Manchester Arena pondering the notion of ‘astonishment fatigue’. It’s the idea, most often applied to news junkies, that it’s almost...
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