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Activities in Liverpool
Liverpool’s Most Famous Statues Are Wearing Bowling Shoes And Here’s Why
Lane7 is already causing a stir ahead of its hotly anticipated June launch as Liverpool legends are pictured showcasing their new trabs – and they’re far from what you remember from your local childhood bowling alley. The nationwide leisure and nightlife destination has already attracted some famous fans with some of the city’s most iconic statues spotted donning their very own set of bowling shoes. The exciting new venture has ‘pinned’ its public opening as…
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Gigs in Liverpool
Liverpool Gig Preview: Mini Mansions @ Liverpool District, 27th May
Mini Mansions, the Los Angeles band comprising members of Queens of the Stone Age and Arctic Monkeys will be stopping by Liverpool’s District next week as part of their UK tour. While all three bandmates are occupied with other gigs (notably Dawes plays in The Last Shadow Puppets, Parkford in Arctic Monkeys and Shuman plays bass in Queens Of The Stone Age, Mini Mansions is their priority. And, for this album, Shuman relinquished his role…
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Bands in Liverpool
Little Triggers Loaded Gun Album Review
The debut LP from Little Triggers has all the markings of an anthemic rock album just waiting to burst open. With the fingerprints of Al Grove firmly pressing and pushing this band’s talent to thrive, the group have came off the back of success over in France and China with over 18 months of touring experience alongside artists such as Iggy Pop, it’s quickly allowing the musicianship of the group to shine through. A wonderful blend…
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Bands in Liverpool
Lizzie Nunnery & Vidar Norheim – In Conversation
Liverpool Noise caught up with Lizzie Nunnery and Vidar Norheim ahead of their up- coming show at probably Liverpool’s best small venue, 81 Renshaw Street. We talked about past projects, new projects and artistic influences…. LN: What have you two been working on in the last twelve months, both individually and collectively? Lizzie: We’re always working on new songs together. Over the last year we’ve been piecing together material for a new album and live…
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Activities in Liverpool
The Dock Launches New ‘Summer on the Dock’ Events Including Floating Cinema
One of the UK’s most iconic visitor attractions, Royal Albert Dock Liverpool, has announced an exciting and reshaped events programme, Summer on the Dock, taking place from 4th August to 8th September 2019. The innovative event programme will see a host of inspiring collaborations taking place at the Dock, each centred on a floating pontoon which will provide a versatile and unique setting for a range of activities covering film, sports, health and wellbeing, along…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
PG Tips Launches Pop-Up Complimentary Dairy-Free Afternoon Tea In Liverpool
To celebrate the popularity of its ‘Perfect with Dairy-Free’ tea, this May PG tips is launching a free afternoon tea centred around the much-loved brew. The ‘Afternoon Free’ will run for a limited time (Monday 20 – Friday 24 May) only across three charming venues in the UK including Cuthbert’s Bakehouse in Liverpool. Guests have the chance to taste a delicious PG tips dairy-free afternoon tea with a loved one. What’s more, for those who…
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Activities in Liverpool
Liverpool indie Choir launching at 24 Kitchen St
Do you fancy learning to sing anthems from the likes of Elbow/Foo Fighters/Jimmy Eat World/Radiohead with a member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir? The Liverpool Indie Choir is here to turn that dream into a reality! Involved in the running of local choirs in North Liverpool for several years, Tim Taylor will be starting a brand new group Liverpool indie Choir. The sessions will be held weekly at 7.30-9.00pm on Thursdays, beginning 6 June…
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Festivals
Brazilica Festival Returns This July
Brazilica Festival 2019 from Liverpool Carnival Company will feature a packed programme taking over Liverpool’s city streets from Friday 12 – Sunday 14 July. A variety of fringe events including club nights, live music, film programme, workshops and the Carnival Queen competition all form part of this year’s festival. Organisers will be releasing the full line-up over the coming weeks. New for 2019 will see the addition of a Carnival King who, along with this year’s crowned Carnival Queen, will lead the sensational night-time…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Liverpool 2028 Exhibition, dot-art x Bido Lito!
Launching on 23rd May, the new exhibition at dot-art Gallery will feature artwork by six Liverpool artists whose visionary art has responded to a citywide open call with music publication Bido Lito! To celebrate Bido Lito!’s 100th issue, Liverpool, 2028 will offer a timely opportunity to critique and contemplate Liverpool’s creative sphere in a further 100 publications of the magazine. The selected artists present their amplified, often dystopian visions of the city in years to come to…
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Liverpool Events
International Fleetwood Mac Remix Disco Returns To Liverpool
Since 2012, Fleetmac Wood have been hosting their tunnel-visioned event with an extensive back catalogue of Fleetwood Mac. With curated and created remixes and edits they have shared their passion with like-minded hedonists all over the world. They will be returning to Liverpool for the third time with their White Winged Love Disco with DJs Roxanne Roll & Smooth Sailing playing remixes and edits of the Mac, crafted for the dance floor. Glastonbury to Robot Heart (Burning Man),…
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Liverpool Event Reviews
Sound City 2019 Review
Sound City’s best decision was bringing the annual festival back to the city centre and its second year in the Baltic Triangle has proved to be a big success with stand out moments from Liverpool’s own Clean Cut Kid, Salford’s The Lottery Winners and headliner Loyle Carner. Saturday saw a big turnout in the Baltic Triangle and a buzz that typifies the festival, with people (us included) briskly walking from stage to stage to catch the…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Duke Street Market To Open In June
The much-anticipated Duke Street Market will officially launch in June 2019, with a string of top food and drink operators confirmed. With building and construction work well underway, Duke Street Market is all set to open its doors next month. A flagship million-pound project, the venue will bring over 100 jobs to the city and a host of independent traders. The venue is set to become one of the North West’s primary culinary tourism destinations…
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Bands in Liverpool
Olivia Gold – Mind On Fire Single Review
From the press release blurb, we ascertain a number of things about this up and coming artist, Olivia Gold. Firstly, she comes from proven singer-songwriter stock, as she is the grand-daughter of the Oscar winning composer Ernest Gold, and the daughter of acclaimed song-writer Andrew Gold. Secondly, she has connections (as you would expect), as “Mind On Fire” is produced by Neil Wogensen of Los Angeles’ Valley Queen. Thirdly, Olivia studied at LIPA, thereby boosting…
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Bands in Liverpool
KEEF – Only Human Single Review
EEF is the modus operandi of Mike Juvenile, whose base of operations is Widnes / Runcorn, an area with a rich musical pedigree, boasting such influential bands as Wake Up Africa and Jane Weaver, as well as Great and Lady Soul, Zen Baseball Bat, Halfway To Eddies. Latterly The Racket have taken up the mantle, and based on this offering KEEF will soon be standing shoulder to shoulder with them. Only Human is anthemic, reminiscent…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
El Pecado Restaurant Review
There was a time, admittedly BCC (Before Capital of Culture) when Bold Street was home to your usual standard fare of restaurants, Indian, Pizza Parlours, Butty Bars and Chinese, but today it is truly cosmopolitan, and all the better for it. I write this on a Sunday, and I have to admit I was taken by surprise just how busy Bold Street was. Our destination today was EL Pecado, – the Spanish word for sin…
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Bands in Liverpool
Brick House – Sympathies EP Review
I think some times not enough thought is put into sleeve design. We can all picture our own favourite iconic sleeves throughout musical history and the usual suspects come to the fore – Pink Floyd. The Beatles, Yes, Bob Dylan (keep inserting your own subjective choice here…). But what about those truly curve-ball of a sleeve, the ones that just make you go WTF! And even laugh or cry, or even become more intrigued? Ladies…
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Liverpool Event Reviews
The world’s largest collection of original football shirts is coming to Royal Albert Dock Liverpool
Football fans are in for a treat as a limited edition pop-up store opens for one-month only at the iconic Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. Classic Football Shirts is the home of classic, rare, retro and vintage football shirts, and will be opening its doors at 11am on Friday 3 May at Unit 3, Britannia Pavilion. Founded in 2006 by friends Matt Dale and Doug Brierton who set up the company as students, Classic Football Shirts…