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    Kathy Halter

    Kathy Halter Releases New Single ‘Heavy Heart’ Ahead of Immersive Listening Event  

    June 6th 2025 sees the release of Heavy Heart, the first track from the upcoming debut solo EP of gifted songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Kathy Halter. To coincide with the release, Kathy is hosting an immersive listening experience, exploring the impact of grief, loss and love.  Kathy Halter’s new single Heavy Heart is a beguiling song of calm, tender encouragement; the reaching out of a guiding hand to gently soothe the sense of loss in someone, and the weight of grief…

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    Liverpool-Based Art-Pop Songwriter, Dorothy Bird, Announces New Album ‘Whispering Paper’

    Following acclaim for her debut album Belonging, art-pop songwriter Dorothy Bird returns with her most personal work to date. Whispering Paper will be released on May 3rd 2025 via Liverpool’s Crosstown Records, with a limited edition 12” black vinyl and also available digitally. With ringing endorsements from BBC Introducing, Tom Robinson’s Fresh On The Net, and a host of tastemaking magazines in both England and her native Germany, Dorothy’s sound is startlingly original and unmistakably…

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    What’s The Story? In Conversation With Oasis Manager Marcus Russell Coming To Tung Auditorium

    This May, The Tung Auditorium will present Before Oasis: In conversation with Marcus Russell – a rare opportunity to hear the story of how one of the UK’s most successful artist managers came to work with Oasis, the definitive act of Britpop.  Along with Dr Mike Jones from the University of Liverpool’s Department of Music – a lifelong friend of Russell’s – they will reflect on memories of Russell’s formative music industry experiences as a…

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    Manchester Collective - SERENITY 2.0 with Nabihah Iqbal at Tung Auditorium

    Manchester Collective Bring SERENITY 2.0 To The Tung Auditorium This March

    This Saturday, cutting-edge, experimental ensemble Manchester Collective will enthral audiences on The Tung Auditorium stage with an innovative, boundary-pushing performance… one minute, the sound vibrates through you, your hairs pulled on end. The next: a blissful calm descends. The Collective will perform Ben Nobuto’s SERENITY 2.0 – a glitched-out collage of frenzied strings, percussion and samples. Transcending into the eclectic soundscapes of prolific musician and composer Nabihah Iqbal’s What Psyche Felt – Nabihah’s first commission…