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Festivals
Creamfields Announces First Wave of Acts For 2021
Prestige festival Creamfields has announced the first wave of acts confirmed to perform at Creamfields 2021. This is good news for fans of the festival, after the COVID 19 crisis resulted in a global live event shutdown for 2020. This year’s festival would have featured renowned headline artists including The Chainsmokers, Armin van Buuren and Camelphat. The announcement was made via the Creamfields website, with renowned DJ’s such as Martin Garrix, Peggy Gou, Tiësto, deadmau5,…
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Film & TV
Joel Schumacher – A Tribute To Legendary Director of The Lost Boys, Batman and more
You have to fire yourself as the writer when you direct something you’ve written. You have to fire yourself, or else you get precious about what you’ve written. You’ve got to open up and let the actors in, and re-conceive a lot of things. – Joel Schumacher Legendary Director Joel Schumacher passed away aged 80, last week (22 June). He battled against it for over a year, but finally the cancer won. He leaves behind…
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Music
Jetta ‘I Wanna Know’ is Alt-Pop Perfection
Jetta is back with her second track of 2020, I Wanna Know. With a distinctive Liverpool musical pedigree behind her, the Liverpool Singer / Songwriter / Producer ushers in her latest track, I Wanna Know to her eager fanbase. And it’s one that doesn’t disappoint. Her vocal has a yearning warmth quality to it, which nicely jars with the stone coldness of the instrumentation and glacial production in general. The impression given to the listener…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Woo Tan Scran Vegan Chippy Is A Triumph
Woo Tan Scran; The Lark Lane Plant-Based Chippy Is A Game Changer ** Unfortunately, Woo Tan Scran is now permanently closed.** There aren’t many places in Liverpool that could come close to Woo Tan Scran. Not only is it potentially the best tasting chippy I’ve ever had, but it’s also plant-based. Situated on Lark Lane, Woo Tan Scran identified a gap in the market for a vegan fast food establishment in Liverpool and have taken…
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Music
Music Sounds Better with Venues: What’s next for Liverpool’s live music industry?
Liverpool’s live music industry faces a huge struggle for survival following the COVID-19 pandemic but it was struggling for some time before the virus. Simon Christopher at Doing Life Records takes an in-depth look at the problems we face and how we could overcome them. Well, it’s Groundhog Day again, and not the surreal comedy starring Bill Murray type either. Another venue in Merseyside has seemingly shut its doors, in what feels like the 1000th…
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Culture in Liverpool
Liverpool Without Walls: The Exciting Pilot Scheme For Outdoor Bars and Restaurants
Liverpool Without Walls aims to get the city’s bars and restaurants back up and running as soon as possible. The ongoing Liverpool Without Walls project to re-imagine the city under social distancing, has announced further details today. The joint project is run between Liverpool City Council, Liverpool BID Company – which supports 1,500 city centre businesses, and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. It is hoped that the project will give businesses in Liverpool the best chance…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
The Best Places To Find Vegan Food In Liverpool
Check out our latest Vegan Guide here – Top 10 Vegan Friendly Spots In Liverpool. It wasn’t that long ago that a vegan meal was fairly difficult to find in Liverpool. However, there seems to have been a shift in recent years with more and more people adopting a meat-free lifestyle and this is being reflected in the restaurants, cafes and kiosks that are opening. It’s an exciting time to be a plant-eater and I…
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Music
Ian Skelly Captain Caveman Is A 3 Minute Psychedelic Trip We Want To Take Again and Again
Ian Skelly Captain Caveman is the first track taken from his upcoming Drifters Skyline album. To the masses, the name Ian Skelly is synonymous with The Coral, a staple on these shores that Ian founded two decades ago and has drummed for ever since. To a hardcore, inner circle you will also be pointed in the direction of Ian’s side projects. Eight years after his first solo album Cut from a Star landed, Skelly is…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Strawberry Picking At Claremont Farm Is Back
The year has been anything but normal so far, so it’s nice to see that one of our favourite summer activities is back – Strawberry picking at Claremont Farm. You can now head over to the Bebington farm for their annual strawberry picking season, which is expected to last 3-4 weeks. This year they have considered some important measures due to the Coronavirus. Previously you would enter the farm shop and get a basket, head…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Brad Stank Releases Stunning Album Kinky Om
*Breathes out a relaxed sigh and quietly whispers ‘Kinky Om’* That should really be all that needs to be said on the matter of this stunning album Kinky Om from Brad Stank, but we’re probably going to have to give you a little more than that, aren’t we? Back at it again with his signature blend of low-fi funk, rich and soulful harmonisation over that effortless voice that pieces it all together, we have a collection of nine songs…
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Culture in Liverpool
Black Lives Matter – A Look at Liverpool’s History
In the year 2020, when the human race is arguably the most tolerable and liberal it has ever been, you would not think that “Black Lives Matter” would be a controversial statement; yet, for some people, they take offence to it and retort with “All Lives Matter” as though the original statement discredits the importance of the lives of those who are not black. Being a resident of the UK, it may be easy to…
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Activities in Liverpool
Milap Bring The World of Indian Music and Dance To The Masses
Milap, the UK’s leading Indian Arts & Culture company, is bringing the world of Indian music and dance to the masses during lockdown with a host of online interactive activities. Following a weekend of back-to-back live performances, workshops and discussions online to celebrate International Dance Day in April, the Liverpool-based organisation continues to provide high quality content via its online channels, featuring everything from full-length concerts from their ‘Music for the Mind and Soul’ archives, to…
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Bars in Liverpool
Liverpool Noise Team Lockdown Picks
It’s been a long few months in lockdown but for many of us it’s given us more time on our hands than ever before. Here, the Liverpool Noise team tell us what’s been getting them through the last 80 plus days. We also share the bars, restaurants and music venues we are most looking forward to visiting once the lockdown is lifted. Liverpool Noise team lockdown picks: Food, music and entertainment writer, Michael Fell: Favourite…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
The Best Salt and Pepper Food Places In Liverpool
We seem to have an obsession with salt and pepper food in Liverpool and it’s an obsession that we are very much a part of! So instead of spending ages searching online and scrolling through Instagram for the best salt and pepper food places in Liverpool, we’ve done it for you. The Best Salt and Pepper Food Places In Liverpool Maggie Fu Popular Asian restaurant Maggie Fu on Smithdown Road has legendary Salt and…
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Music
The Letrasets Release Their Forth Single Fruit Juice
Liverpool Noise have another song for your listening pleasure! This time we are delighted to have The Letrasets and their latest in a series of 4 singles, Fruit Juice, for their release on 6 June. Tying in nicely for the weekend to catch up on the rest of their songs (if you haven’t already), their latest output has marked a slightly darker turn in the groups usual genre of jangle-indie-pop and given us a taste of their musical flexibility…
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Music
Pleasure Island Return With Their Powerful Second Single Help Me NHS
Back after their blistering debut single The Game, heavy-hitting duo Pleasure Island are back. As if to wake us all back up, Help Me NHS is a slap in the face. With its simple message it’s a straight-up punk rock track designed to solidify the importance of our public services. Toeing the line between personal and political, frontman Sean Ekins has battled in the past with his own difficulties such as the ongoing search for…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Liverpool Virtual Museum Tours – Explore World Famous Art From The Comfort of Your Home
Here’s your guide to Liverpool Virtual Museum Tours that you can do from the comfort of your couch, the perfect activity to do during lockdown. National Museums Liverpool On the National Museums Liverpool website you can do virtual tours of the International Slavery Museum, Dinosaurs and the Natural World, World Cultures and more. Visit https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/virtual-tours#section–explore for information. Walker Art Gallery The Walker Art Gallery is available to do a virtual tour of on Google Arts…
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Film & TV
In Conversation – Gary Lunt (Reel Tours)
We talked to Reel Tours founder Gary Lunt about his tv and film location tours and obviously, his love of film. Liverpool Noise: You’re obviously a massive film buff, can you remember when you first started getting into film and what was the first film you remember watching? Gary Lunt: It is truly one of my most vivid memories. It was a warm summer afternoon in Lancashire all the way back in 1993. My parents…
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Music
In Conversation – Pleasure Island
We caught up with Pleasure Island frontman Sean Ekins to talk lockdown, new hobbies, taking the piss out of politicians and football. Liverpool Noise: Hi Sean, how have you been finding life in lockdown? Pleasure Island: Hi there! Yes I’ve been having a pretty nice time all up, although I missed out on all the good furlough cash so I’ve been spending my days selling bits and pieces on reverb.com. The actual day to day…
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Eco-Friendly Liverpool
Eco-Friendly Places In Liverpool
We could probabaly all do with making more of an effort to be more environmentally concious and there’s plenty of eco-friendly places in Liverpool which can help us make the small steps to big change. Here’s our guide to eco-friendly dining and shopping in Liverpool. Eco-Friendly Places In Liverpool Purple Carrot Purple Carrot is a 100% vegan whole foods store on Smithdown Road which stocks health foods, organic fruit and vegetables, supplements, sweets, treats and…
