Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory offers the perfect stage for the JARV…IS ensemble, acting as host and multiplier of their seedy, backstreet neon. All limbs and libido, the icon is unmistakable, and instantly enraptures. She’s a Lady, the night’s opener and sole Pulp number, serves up verve, shimmy and strut atop urgent violins. it’s hard to […]
Read MoreTo borrow from the Reverend Ian Brown, “It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at”. Where we’re at is an artificial island in Widnes, banked by a murky estuary and overlooked by a toll bridge. But, steeped in sunshine, for the thousands gathered here, this is our Mersey Paradise. Spike Island, site of The […]
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As The Clone Roses prepare – two postponements later – for an enormous celebration of The Stone Roses’ seminal Spike Island concert, 30 (now 31) years ago, ‘Clone Mani’, bassist Mike Bagshaw gives fan, Ralph Swift the lowdown on the big day. RS: The Empress Ballroom gig in 2019 was a triumph. It felt […]
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