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Liverpool News
Transformation Works To Begin At Tate Liverpool In October
Tate Liverpool has announced that the gallery will temporarily close from Monday 16 October 2023 as the landmark building on Royal Albert Dock undergoes a major reimagining. The transformed gallery will reopen in 2025. Ahead of the closure period, Tate Liverpool will be extending its popular exhibition JMW Turner with Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters until 24 September 2023. The exhibition focuses on the power of the sea through Turner’s paintings and sketches and through Fofana’s immersive sound…
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Music
Liverpudlian Singer-Songwriter Brandon Tew, About To Head Out On His Debut Acoustic Tour
Liverpudlian singer-songwriter Brandon Tew is setting off on his acoustic tour dates this March, not long after being signed with Rise Records and managed by legendary producer Jon Witnall who’s work can be noticed from the likes of Coldplay and Rihanna. Brandon Tew signed and released his debut single I’m Not Gonna Wait, with Rise Records last year, a track that explores a murky friendship that lets love slip and slide into and out of…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Step Into The Fantastical Worlds of LuYang In new Exhibition At FACT
This spring, renowned multimedia artist, LuYang, presents a free, immersive exhibition at FACT Liverpool. LuYang Arcade Liverpool transforms the gallery into a retro-futuristic arcade, complete with vibrant graphics and interactive gaming consoles. Displaying a collection of LuYang’s previous works, including both video and gaming installations, the showcase centres around the ambitious Material World Knight (2018 – 2020) project. LuYang Arcade Liverpool is the Tokyo-based artist’s first UK solo exhibition outside of the capital. Combining animation, live-action cos-play, video games, and specially…
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Liverpool News
Titanic Hotel Awarded ‘Hotel of the Year’ Second Year In A Row At Liverpool Tourism Awards
Titanic Hotel Liverpool has been awarded Hotel of the Year for the second year in a row at the prestigious Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards. The awards took place on 2 March at the beautiful surroundings of Liverpool Cathedral, hosted by Olympic athlete and tv presenter, Sam Quek. Recognising excellence across the city region’s visitor economy sector, the annual awards, which are delivered by Growth Platform, cover all areas of the sector and give winners the…
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Music
Live Review: Keyside At EBGBS
Liverpool based band Keyside are back on home turf and play a sold out gig at the innovative basement venue EBGBS on Seel St. The four lads – Dan Parker on vocals and rhythm guitar, Oisín McAvoy on drums, Max Gibson on bass and Ben Cassidy on lead guitar – return to the stage on a cold February night. This was the band’s first show of 2023 following their sold out gig at the Kazimier…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Africa Oyé Announce First Wave of Acts Ahead of 2023 Festival In Liverpool
The first three acts heading to Liverpool’s Sefton Park for this summer’s Africa Oyé Festival have been revealed. Artists from Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon make up the first wave of performers to be announced by organisers with plenty more still to come. Following an incredible 30th anniversary year in 2022, one of Merseyside’s most picturesque green spaces will once again be filled with the music and culture of Africa, the Caribbean and the Diaspora, for two free days…
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Travel
Must-Know Tips For First Time Visitors To Las Vegas
It’s no surprise that Las Vegas routinely appears towards the top of the people’s ‘would love to visit’ list. After all, it has a lot going for it. Sin City is one big ball of fun wrapped up in one dazzlingly bright and exciting city. It’s a destination that everyone should visit at least once, purely because, well, there’s nowhere quite like it anywhere else on earth. If you’re planning your first trip to Las…
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Travel
Bucket-List Travel Destinations You Won’t Want To Miss In 2023
If you want to travel the world this year but just don’t know where to start, then this ultimate guide to bucket-list destinations will give you plenty of inspiration. Bali The great thing about Bali is that it is full of beaches, Komodo dragons, elephants and tigers. It’s paradise, and if you have ever seen photos of this location on social media, you will soon see that it’s got so much to offer. If you…
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Liverpool News
Weekly Noise: Week #9
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. What’s up with the NI Brexit deal?At this point, what even is real?Harry and Meghan are trending yet again,Now we know that it’s…
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Liverpool News
Sweaty Betty Selects Liverpool ONE For Largest Retail Store In North of England
Sweaty Betty will be opening at store at Liverpool ONE. Joining the extensive range of premium lifestyle brands on Peter’s Lane, the new 2,600 sq ft Sweaty Betty site will be the brand’s largest retail store in the North of England. Set to open in June, Sweaty Betty Liverpool ONE will feature the brand’s extensive range of women’s clothing, including leggings, outerwear and underwear, as well as accessories, all of which have been crafted with responsibly-sourced materials and recycled bottles.…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Atomic Pro Wrestling Brings The Action To One of Liverpool’s Best New Breweries
Top professional wrestlers from the North West clash thanks to the brand new Atomic Pro Wrestling promotion company, who are dedicated to putting on dazzling shows in a unique venue. Pulling pro wrestling out of dark social clubs and into an exciting environment at Azvex Brewery, just a five minute walk from the iconic Liver Building! The North West is blessed with a wealth of wrestling talent, including graduates of Liverpool’s Fighting Spirit Training School…
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Music
James, The Coral, Red Rum Club Announced For On The Waterfront
On the Waterfront festival returns to Liverpool’s Pier Head this summer, following a triumphant debut in 2021 which attracted over 40,000 people, the 4-day festival has just revealed the line-up for the finale show on Sunday 2 July, curating a northern powerhouse of legendary bands. First up are Manchester legends James, whose performance coincides with the bands 40th Anniversary tour and soon to be released double album which features a full orchestra and gospel choir in celebration. A band…
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Liverpool News
Weekly Noise: Week #8
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. The search for Nicola has come to a close,Praying for the family and hoping the media doesn’t impose.Liverpool got humbled by Real Madrid,May…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Art Explora Launches Mobile Museum With Tate Liverpool
Tate has joined forces with the international art foundation, Art Explora to launch the Mobile Museum in the UK, taking masterpieces from its collection out of its store to communities across the Liverpool City Region on a 10-week tour until 29 April 2023. The Art Explora Mobile Museum in collaboration with Tate and MuMo, aims to make great art accessible to everyone. The tour will bring works from Tate’s collection directly to communities in St Helens,…
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Music
Waiting Till Marriage Spark Important Discussion With New Single ‘Great Britain’s Fate’
Alternative rock band, Waiting Till Marriage, are back with another indie track called Great Britain’s Fate, releasing on 10 March. Following in the great footsteps of eye-opening songs such as British Bombs by Declan Mckenna and Hypersonic Missile by Sam Fender, Great Britain’s Fate moulds the controversial topic of politics into an indie anthem. The song was written during lockdown, a time that many believed the government was making questionable decisions. The difficult times…
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Liverpool News
Young Ukrainian Who Comforted Refugees Playing The Piano Pays Tribute On Anniversary Of Invasion
A Ukrainian teenager who comforted refugees in camps in her home country and Poland by playing the piano, is to perform in Liverpool to mark a year since the start of the invasion. Alisa Bushuieva, 13, was forced to flee her country with her mother, Svitlana, in February last year. Their home city of Kharkov in Eastern Ukraine was one of the first to be bombed on 24 February. A talented young pianist, Alisa had previously…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Bored Of Dating Apps Celebrates Its 1st Birthday With A 90s Party
Bored of Dating Apps – or BODA as it’s affectionately known by regulars – is all about traditional face-to-face dating set in a relaxed social get together. There’s no pressure to mingle and chat, but that’s exactly what everyone does; guests come in groups of singles but many come on their own and have been for almost the last year, drawn to something new happening in Liverpool and rejecting the culture of dating apps. The…
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Music
The Liverpool Bands That Have Impacted The City’s Culture
Liverpool has always been known for its massive range of music, over the past few decades it has shown us time and time again that there is massive talent throughout the city. In a place like Liverpool, you are always submerged in lots of different cultures, and they always seem to have connotations towards the amazing music that comes from Liverpool. This article is going to take you through what I believe to be the…
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Music
Spray Shop Is Liverpool’s Newest Intimate Music Venue
Liverpool is set to welcome a brand new underground electronic music venue. Situated in an old industrial unit in the north dockland area of Liverpool, the 350 capacity venue is positioned as one of the front-runners in delivering underground electronic music, pinpoint audio and spectacular audio visual performances. The former car garage is redefining Liverpool’s clubland to become a safe, inclusive and forward thinking music space. Boasting a custom TPi sound system, the new clubbing…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Equalise Nightlife: Exhibition Exploring Femininity, Sexuality & Gender Relations In Drinking Culture
A new art exhibition, Equalise Nightlife, is launching on Monday 27 February, which explores women and LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of alcohol and nightlife spaces such as bars and clubs. The Equalise Nightlife project is a programme of research, led by Dr Amanda Marie Atkinson, with research support from Beth Meadows. Taking an intersectional feminist perspective, it investigated how drinking and nightlife are experienced unequally and are influenced by alcohol brand and nightlife venue marketing. The…
