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Something Better: comedian Josie Long talks to Northern Soul
During the early 1940s, America folk singer Woody Guthrie had a stark message emblazoned upon his guitar: ‘This machine kills fascists‘.
Read the full story..Mysterious Girl: Toyah talks to Northern Soul
“There is a mindset when it comes to competitive combat and I think I might have that.”
Read the full story..Review: Smoove & Turrell, Band on the Wall, Manchester
It’s a bit chilly at Manchester’s Band on the Wall.
Read the full story..Jimmy Osmond talks touring, tele and cooking with Northern Soul
Some surnames are instantly recognisable in the showbiz world – Jackson, Sinatra, McCartney and, of course, the family dynasty that is Osmond.
Read the full story..Review: London Road Fire Station Tour, Manchester
Let me take you back a couple of years. I was a nervous new writer and had just received my first assignment for Northern Soul.
Read the full story..Review: Jackie The Musical, Opera House, Manchester
Jackie The Musical re-opens old wounds and places a plaster on your broken heart.
Read the full story..Review: a-ha, Manchester Arena
Back 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.
Read the full story..Review: Kite, Unity Theatre, Liverpool
Kids can be an ungrateful bunch can’t they?
Read the full story..Review: Goodnight Mister Tom, Opera House, Manchester
As I wait in bar at the Opera House in Manchester, clutching my tiny bottle of wine and enjoying the novelty of attending the theatre alone, the thing that strikes me the most about the audience is its variety.
Read the full story..“an itch we needed to scratch” – The Bluetones are back
At some point it was officially decided that the mid-90s ‘movement’ Britpop started in 1994, something to do with the release of Blur’s Parklife.
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