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It’s Sweater Weather with The Neighbourhood hitting Manchester

Tom Pallant March 22, 2016 0

It’d been about a year and a half since The Neighbourhood last visited the UK for a string of shows, and judging by the queue stretching along Oxford Road in Manchester, it’s clear they’ve been

The NME Awards Tour hits Manchester with Bloc Party

Tom Pallant February 9, 2016 0

It couldn’t be wetter outside as the now perfectly dry crowd keep their spirits high whilst waiting for Bloc Party to enter the stage here at the Manchester Academy. Tonight the NME Awards Tour has descended upon Manchester bringing the

Slaves Bring the London Noise to Liverpool

Tom Pallant January 14, 2016 0

If you’d wanted to find the sweatiest, hottest, fullest venue the 12th January 2016 you’d have to have looked pretty hard to beat what was to develop at the O2 Academy Liverpool. After clambering up

Hometown glory for the new The 1975!

Tom Pallant December 7, 2015 0

It’s cold, it’s very wet, it’s a standard late November evening for Manchester, except for the lucky few (2,600) who’ve managed to get tickets for the The 1975 show tonight. And by “managed” probably

Beartooth teach Manchester how to bare their teeth!

Tom Pallant December 4, 2015 0

If anyone was ever wanting to break the record for the largest amount of red flannel shirts in one place, they’d struggle to find a more fitting event that tonights Beartooth show at the Manchester Club

Prides bring the party to Liverpool’s O2

Tom Pallant November 4, 2015 0

It’s 7pm when the doors open for the Prides show at Liverpool’s O2 Academy 2, and a surprisingly small amount of people trudge up the stairs to the venues 2nd largest performance space. One thing I find slightly

Fightstar turn the O2 Ritz into animals!

Tom Pallant October 29, 2015 0

Walking from Manchester Oxford Road station on Saturday it’s evening you’d get no prizes for guessing which gig was happening this evening at the newly named O2 Ritz, as even from the 2 minute walk across

Major Lazer bring anything but peace to Manchester Academy

Tom Pallant October 19, 2015 0

Having seen the odd clip from a Major Lazer show from bouncing around online, I knew that they were all about BIG production, and by ‘BIG’ I mean COLOSSAL. But nothing could have prepared me

Manchester falls into the party with Twin Atlantic & Budweiser!

Tom Pallant October 16, 2015 0

The Budweiser Live Project is in its first year this year, offering fans free tickets to some go the biggest acts from the UK, and this year has been no different with the likes

Mallory Knox bring heart & and desire to Manchester Ritz

Tom Pallant October 10, 2015 0

As the sun starts to set on the North-West, the floods of people coming from Manchester Oxford Road station are a mixture of suit wearing city workers and groups of Mallory Knox fans rushing