Boomtown or Bust If I had 3 words to describe Boomtown it would be Music, theatre and Magic. This was my second Boomtown, and me and my mate Sam, where wondering if Boomtown could get any better than last year. This year was Chapter 11: A radical city. And it truly is. Boomtown welcomes hundreds […]
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Reminisce is gearing up for another belter of a festival , Classic 90’a acts such as The Venga Boys, D:Ream, 2Funky2, N-Trance and many more will perform . It’s about to blow the roof off and you don’t want to miss it and we spoke to one of the legendary headliners. Ultra Nate became famous […]
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Cotton Clouds Festival 2019Saddleworth Cricket Club, Well-I-Hole Rd, Greenfield, Oldham OL5 9BN Cotton Clouds is now 3 years old. Set deep in the countryside east of Oldham, 11 miles north east of Manchester yet historically part of the West Riding Of Yorkshire, surrounded by rolling hills and small rural towns Saddleworth Cricket club is where […]
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COTTON CLOUDS FESTIVAL 2019@ SADDLEWORTH CRICKET CLUB, LANCASHIRE – 16-17th AUGUST 2019 If you like small but perfectly formed festivals with quality lineups and lots of imagination, Cotton Clouds should definitely be on your radar. Steve White will be there with his camera to get photos of the bands and give us his thoughts, meanwhile […]
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Just off The Headrow, one of the major city centre roads in Leeds, is Headrow House. A four storey building that houses an award winning restaurant, a large beer hall with drinks at decent prices, two roof terraces and a purpose built 150 capacity space for gigs. Tonight I’m here to see L.A.Witch but, as […]
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In a gold sequin dress in a beautiful building – a simple set up in a grand yet cozy auditorium – a solo performance too and Froing from piano and guitar on stage – the audience hushed from the start, the grand setting ‘the Epstein theatre’ In between the soft brow beaten ballads Joan wasser […]
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To celebrate their 10th year anniversary and 30 years since The Beautiful South released ‘Song For Whoever’, The South are back this Summer, with a 2019 UK Tour playing shows up and down the whole of the UK. The South are an impressive 9 piece band who feature former members of The Beautiful South including […]
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Saturday June 1st and I head to Wakefield on what is supposedly going to be the hottest day of the year so far for Long Division 2019. As a festival Long Division began in 2011 and, with the exception of 2017, has been an annual event ever since. Over the years it has played host […]
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Ex Hex + RattleBrudenell Social Club, LeedsFriday 24th May 2019 For anyone wanting something a little different the Brudenell was the place to be assuming you arrived early enough to witness the hypnotic dual drum/percussion beats of Nottingham based Rattle. Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley use nothing more than percussion and the occasional vocals […]
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Rob Galloway and band, The Yalla Yallas have a bit of a reputation on the West Yorkshire music scene, a reputation that is, quite rightly, spreading. They recently blew the Brudenell Social Club apart with an incendiary performance supporting Penetration. The gig featured a number of previously unreleased songs giving a taster of what was […]
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