Manchester’s new 23,000 capacity arena, Co-Op Live, has been plagued with technical difficulties forcing last minute show cancellations. Olivia Rodrigo, Take That and The Black Keys are among the artists scheduled to play at the arena who were forced to reschedule or cancel shows. US rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie‘s show was cancelled as […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Confidence Man announce Glastonbury warm-up shows
Confidence Man are about as fun as a live act can be and they have just announced four special, intimate shows to warm up for their appearance at Glastonbury. Coverage of the band’s 2022 set on the Park Stage went viral and really propelled the group to the next level of success. Following that appearance, […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Underworld added to Bristol’s Forwards Festival line-up
Bristol’s Forwards Festival is already pretty stacked. Today, they have announced that dance legends Underworld are joining the bill on the Sunday. That day will be headlined by LCD Soundsystem and also includes Jessie Ware, Yard Act, Baxter Dury and CMAT. Loyle Carner headlines on the Saturday when the undercard includes Four Tet, Maribou State, […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Childish Gambino surprise releases “finished version” of 2020 album and announces UK arena tour
It’s a good day for fans of Donald Glover’s Childish Gambino. He has surprise released “ATAVISTA” which he describes as “the finished version of “3.15.20”, the album I put out 4 years ago.” That album received mixed reactions at the time and the new version essentially contains ‘polished’ versions of those songs. A proper new […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Adeem The Artist announces UK shows
Americana singer-songwriter, Adeem the Artist, has announced a trio of UK headline shows to take place in August 2024. They will be playing The Long Road Festival as well as supporting S.G. Goodman in London and the additional shows have been slotted in around those dates. Adeem has released an excellent new record, “Anniversary”, this […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Eurovision winner Loreen announces 2025 UK Tour
Swedish pop star, Loreen, has announced a UK tour for 2025. Famous for winning the Eurovision Song Contest twice – in 2012 with “Euphoria” and again in 2023 with “Tattoo” – the singer is expected to perform at this year’s contest on Saturday 11th May. The tour announcement has been timed to coincide with that […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: 86TVs, featuring ex-The Maccabees members, announce debut album
86TVs are an indie supergroup of sorts; made up of Will White with his brothers Hugo and Felix White from The Maccabees and Jamie Morrison of Noisettes. We caught one of their first ever shows at Barn on the Farm Festival last Summer. Since then, they’ve dropped a few well-received singles, sold out a bunch […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Jess Williamson announces UK Tour
American singer/songwriter, Jess Williamson, released one of our favourite albums of 2023 “Time Ain’t Accidental”. The folk singer is returning to the UK for Summer festival shows and has added some additional gigs in-between. Jess Williamson plays: August18 Chalk, Brighton19 Strange Brew, Bristol23 Deaf Institute, Manchester27 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds29 St-Martin-in-the-fields, London Tickets for Jess […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: L.S. Dunes announce two intimate London shows for this month
L.S. Dunes have announced two intimate London shows in May at the New Cross Inn. The American supergroup will already be in the country for Slam Dunk Festival and are readying new material for release later this year. L.S. DUNES TOUR dates 2024:MAY 24 – ST LUKES, GLASGOW, UKMAY 25 – SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL – SOUTH 2024 – HATFIELD, UKMAY 26 […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: 2000 Trees Festival announces even more acts including Tigress, Blanket and The Hara
The already-stacked 2000 Trees Festival has just announced even more acts are joining the bill. The updated poster (below) now includes Tigress, The Sleeping Souls, Blanket, Nate Bergman, The Hara, Seán McGowan and Mimi Barks. The festival has also confirmed that they will be dropping their clashfinder this weekend so you will be able to […]
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