Music
Liverpool’s music scene featuring local bands and musicians as well as news on upcoming gigs from international and national touring acts
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Girl Power! Spice Girls at 30 Exhibition At The British Music Experience: 7 February – 8 September 2024
Girl Power! Spice Girls at 30 is a temporary exhibition at the British Music Experience, charting the history of the most important girl band in British history. In March 1994 an ad was placed in The Stage asking “Are you street smart, extrovert, ambitious, and able to sing and dance?”. The rest is history. The Spice Girls debut single Wannabe topped the charts in 31 countries in 1996, they sold 80 million records and had nine UK Number…
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Africa Oyé 2024 Festival Dates Announced
The country’s biggest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture, Africa Oyé has announced its festival dates for this summer in Liverpool. Following record breaking attendances last year, Africa Oyé will take over Sefton Park once again for two packed days of live music, dance, workshops, DJ stages, food stalls, traders and more. The much-loved event will this year take place on 22 and 23 June 2024 with the festival running from 12:30pm to…
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Jacaranda Baltic Announce ‘Very Rare’ Intimate Album Launch Show With The Libertines
Jacaranda Baltic have announced an intimate acoustic album launch show with The Libertines which will be taking place next week. Pete Doherty and Carl Barat will take to the stage on Wednesday 24 January 2024 in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle area for an acoustic show. Carl Barrat described their acoustic shows as being ‘very rare’ so Liverpool is in for a treat. The Libertines will be in Liverpool to launch their fourth studio album entitled, All…
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Mutant Jazz Event To Be The Official After Party For The Liverpool International Jazz Festival
Mutant Jazz is a collaboration between promoters Parrjazz and You & I Present at Metrocola’s Metro Loft, on Leece Street, Liverpool. They have teamed up with the Liverpool Internationa Jazz Festival to offer a late-night extension to Friday 23 February’s jazz activities. The idea is to bring new artists who are part of the Northwest jazz spectrum and present them as key players in our rapidly mutating jazz scene, hosted and herded by the lovely…
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Grupo LUMA Returns To Liverpool Philharmonic After Hugely Successful National Tour
Following a highly successful year of concerts across the UK, Grupo LUMA return to Liverpool’s Philharmonic Music Room in March 2024 for an enchanting celebration of traditional and contemporary Latin American music. Showcasing their unique spin on a diverse range of music from across the continent – including Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela – the group take their audiences on a captivating journey of sound, exploring magical melodies, rhythms and the…
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Liverpool’s Brightest Musical Talent Take Over The City For Spectacular Live Performances
Having launched in October, the Discover a New Beat project set the stage for a revolutionary series of showcases that spanned the entire cityscape where music enthusiasts submerged themselves in Liverpool’s landmark soundtrack. The string of surprise pop-up showcases featured a lineup of Liverpool’s most dynamic artists performing across iconic locations and captured the city’s eclectic music scene, harmonising its historic roots with the contemporary. Woven into the fabric of this experience is a tapestry of sound…
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Jacaranda Baltic Announces Huge Free-To-Attend Launch Party Featuring A Line-Up Of Liverpool’s Best Talent
Jacaranda Baltic have announced they are throwing a huge free-to-attend launch party on Saturday 20 January showcasing Liverpool’s best talent and the best part is… everybody is invited! On the 1 January The Jacaranda sent shockwaves through Liverpool when they announced a brand new record store and 400 capacity live space in Cain’s Brewery, Baltic Triangle would be opening on Friday 12th January – 65 years after opening their original site on Slater Street. In…
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Fairport Convention To Play Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium As Part of UK Winter Tour
Coming hot off the heels of a more intimate, stripped back acoustic excursion throughout England, Scotland and Wales this past Autumn, Fairport Convention embark on a Winter Tour this February and March. Kicking off in Milton Keynes’ The Stables on Tuesday, 6 February, the nationwide jaunt will take in 30 dates, including a show at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium on Saturday 10 February, before winding up in Dudley’s Town Hall on Sunday 10 March. Fairport Convention have been entertaining music lovers for over half a…
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Green Ways To Enjoy Liverpool’s Vibrant Music Scene
Liverpool, a city that lives and breathes music, has produced some of history’s most influential and diverse musical acts, from the Beatles to the Zutons. The city’s music scene is vibrant, innovative, and constantly evolving, offering something for every taste and mood. How can one enjoy Liverpool’s music scene responsibly? The environmental impact of music events and venues, including energy consumption and waste generation, poses challenges linked to climate change and biodiversity loss. Balancing a…
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Jacaranda To Open New Record Store And Performance Space In Baltic Triangle
Liverpool’s iconic Jacaranda announces new record store and 400 capacity performance space in the Baltic Triangle. 65 years after opening on Slater Street, Liverpool’s iconic Jacaranda is opening another premises in the Baltic Triangle – Jacaranda Baltic. The new Jacaranda Baltic site is made up of a record shop and a 400 capacity performance area, located inside Cain’s Brewery. The record store, the latest iteration of the Jacaranda brand, will stock a curated mix of…
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Rough Trade Announces Liverpool Store Opening
Leading independent music retailer Rough Trade has announced plans to increase its UK footprint with the opening of a large new store in Liverpool. The news comes after a period of growth for the independent, which has tripled its UK vinyl market share in the past five years. Scheduled to open in Q1 2024, the 6500 square foot store, which will open on Liverpool’s Hanover Street, will become Rough Trade’s largest location in the UK and…
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The Ultimate Liverpool Gig Guide: January 2024
Orla Foster compiles a rundown on some of the best gigs in Liverpool this January. Chrome Manta Ray, Dead Rebel and The Guize (Saturday 13 Jan)Kazimier Stockroom TicketsIn an otherwise quiet month for rock bands, Kazimier Stockroom manages to pull three out of the bag. This is the very first live outing for Chrome Manta Ray, and a chance to blow off some cobwebs in those cold, unappetising early nights of the year. Jeffrey Martin (Tuesday…
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New Noise January 2024 Music Roundup
As 2024 kicks off, here’s our roundup of releases for a notoriously quiet month. First up is Zenith, with their heavy heavy Bodycount. And I love this track, for many reasons, ok, well four. Number one, it starts a lot like Deep Purple’s Highway Star, with a very similar Blackmorian guitar tone. Secondly, this track isn’t produced to within an inch of its life. Its gritty, fuzzy and at times it sounds they are playing…
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In Conversation – Bright Town
We talk to loacl rising stars, Bright Town, about their music, songwriting, production and plans for the future. Liverpool Noise: When and where did you form? Bright Town: We’d all been playing music together informally for years in nearly every possible different configuration, but it was during the lockdowns that we got our heads together properly and started incorporating more structure and purpose into the practice and writing. I’ve known Jay since I was about…
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Def.fo’s Debut Album, ‘Eternity’ Is A Captivating Blend of Psychedelia, Folk, and Trip-Hop
Step into the captivating realm of Eternity, def.fo‘s debut album that beckons you into a warm, heady, and intoxicating mix. Having reviewed his previous work, we knew this was going to be good. This sonic journey seamlessly blends swirling psychedelia, warm folk, and pin-sharp trip-hop, guiding you through the dark corridors and sun-kissed mornings of the albums songs. At the core of Eternity lies a lyrical consciousness that delves into the vaults of the past and demanding urgent…
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DJ Battle II: Burnham vs Rotheram To Take Place At Camp & Furnace In February 2024
Tickets are now on sale for the charity DJ battle follow up between Mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram. The pair will be taking to the decks on Friday 2 February 2024 on Camp and Furnace, as Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region go head-to-head in a good-natured music battle, all to raise funds to tackle homelessness and end the need for rough sleeping. Ticketholders will be treated to the musical stylings of singers…
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Tapestry: A Tribute to Carole King, Live From The Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room – Review
Liverpool has been enjoying a thriving surge in intimate tribute shows recently. Seasoned musicians, some of which are already on the scene with their original music have been re-creating their favourite albums in delicately crafted shows with a focus on more layered, nuanced performances rather than the high-energy sequinned covered nights we might associate the word ‘tribute’ with. With a welcomed return in the demand for live music there is a booming market for these…
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Aussie Rockers DMA’S Play Electric Set at Mountford Hall
Australian band DMA’S returned to the city for a blistering sold out show at Mountford Hall. Despite stormy weather outside, the band put on an electric set, playing tracks from their various albums. The show was part of a tour supporting their latest album How Many Dreams?, released back in March. Supported by local band STONE and fellow Aussie Mia Wray, it was guaranteed to be a great night. Mia Wray took to the stage…
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UK West Coast Folk Festival Comes To Blackpool This January
From 12 – 14 January, Blackpool will be taken over by some of the finest purveyors of British Folk, when The UK West Coast Folk Festival 2024 comes to town. The festival will feature sets by the incredible Eddi Reader, Tom Robinson Band, Cara Dillon, The Webb Sisters, Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri, Dean Friedman and many more. In tribute to the legacy of British Folk Rock, the weekend will be topped off by a rare headline set from the legendary guitarist Richard…
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KingFast Releases Impressive EP ‘ We Only Kill Evil’
Paul Walker – aka rising Liverpool soul-pop sensation KingFast – has burst back onto the scene with brand new EP We Only Kill Evil. This follows the July track Dadadadada! and earlier single Praises, our review of which you can read here. Released on 2 December, We Only Kill Evil – the project’s title being an acronym for the term ‘woke’ – sees KingFast deliver commentary on current socio-political climate through a personal and intimate lens. Particular standouts on the EP include…
