Upcoming Shows at Eric’s, Mathew Street, Liverpool

Upcoming Shows at Eric’s Liverpool

Shows at Eric’s, Mathew Street, Liverpool

Tickets available from www.ericslive.com , www.ticketmaster.co.uk or Eric’s box office a 0151-236 9994 

After 20 years and 15 million record sales, founder member of  The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, Dave Hemingway brings  The (still beautiful) South to Eric’s on Friday 2 December. Performing hits such as Song For Whoever, Perfect Ten, Rotterdam, Don't Marry Her, You Keep It All In and Old Red Eyes Is Back. (£20)

Saturday 3 December plays host to Liverpool five piece Bird. Combining haunting and poetic lyrics with melodic and eerie, sweeping guitar riffs, Bird put themselves under the genre of ‘atmospheric folk’ and atmospheric is definitely the word. Bird’s universe is magical and will leave you with hairs standing up on the back of your neck. (£6)

Northern Soul Night, Big City Soul launches on Friday 9 December and features guest DJ Brian Rae who has clocked up over 45 years behind his turn table. The night will become a monthly event in 2012 (£5)

To bring down the curtain on one of his busiest years to date, Liverpool songwriting legend and former Icicle Works frontman Ian McNabb returns to the site of his former school for two special concerts at the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 December 2011 priced £15.   A special aftershow billed as 'Ian McNabb and Friends Christmas Show' will take place on Saturday 10 December at Eric’s on Mathew Street. Entry is free to ticket holders from the Friday and Saturday theatre shows or £5 on door for non ticket holders. From 10 pm till 2 am.

Liverpool legends The Real People are joined by The Violent Playground and Familiar Looking Strangers  on Friday 16 December. "The Realies" as they are known to their fans, formed in 1987 and over the following four years were as pivotal as The La's and The Stone Roses in reinventing rock & roll, after the synth-led new wave music which had dominated the 80s.

There can be no doubt that the Oasis sound borrowed heavily from The Real People and given the circumstances it's obvious why one band, fresh from the other end of the M62, untainted by having been dropped and containing one Liam Gallagher would steal more than the Griffiths' thunder. (£10)

Liverpool cult band of the 1990’s, Cat Scratch Fever, haven’t played a hometown show for almost 15 years. So once again Dr Hank B Death… a frock coated , Colt Navy totin’ guitar player, ripping Country and Eastern apart, with his faithful pals Tox Jameson and Two-Gun Tennessee Slim will play a special one off show on Thursday 15 December. (£5)

Tuesday 27 December sees the turn of Liverpool band 10 Reasons to Live, fronted by singer Ste McNally who shot to fame as lead singer of the platinum selling group BBMak selling over 3 million records worldwide. The band have also toured the  UK with Bryan Adams. (£5)

Looking ahead to the new year, Tuesday 21 February, Beth Jeans Houghton comes to Liverpool in support of her forthcoming new album, Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose, due for release next February on Mute. It introduces one of the most self-assured new artists of the year, a pop polymath whose blend of psychedelia, glam rock and chain gang folk is quite unlike anything else you’re likely to hear in 2012. Like her utterly unique stage outfits, it’s made from disparate individual elements that wouldn’t work on paper, but sing out like a holy choir in the execution. (£9)

Two-tone comes to Eric’s in the form of The Selecter featuring Pauline Black & Gaps Hendrickson on Saturday 31 March . The Selecter led the ska revival movement, along with 2-tone labelmates, The Specials and Madness.

Whilst comedian Richard Herring brings his "What is Love, Anyway?" show to the club on Sunday  March 25. (£15)

More shows to be announced..

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Northern Soul night coming to Erics Liverpool

Big City Soul starts on Friday 9th December 2011 from 8 til 2 @ Eric's

£5 on door  will become a monthly event in 2012

Liverpool has a deep affiliation with soul music and the team at the newly refurbished Eric’s, on Matthew Street, have recognised this and got together with promoters “Soul’d Out”, to bring a new night to the City Centre – “Big City Soul”.

The Soul’d Out crew run a successful Soul night in Ormskirk, playing a blend of up-tempo Tamla Motown, Club/60’s and Classic Northern Soul, attracting soul fans from across the region and from as far as Halifax and Hull. The idea to bring this to the City Centre came after a chance encounter between Eric’s music director, Ethan Allen and Soul’d Out promoter and DJ, Sarge.

Sarge – “it all came about after I saw a post on a social media site that Ethan wanted to talk Northern Soul with someone.  I’ve known Ethan for years and had his number in my phone so I text him to see what he wanted to talk about and ended up meeting with him in April this year to bat a few ideas about.  Things went quiet for a while as the Eric’s team where getting the club refurbished and ready for launch; then we caught up again and started planning again in September.”

“Ethan and I talked in great lengths about the idea of a soul night in the city centre and we both felt that the time was right to launch a night of this type, as soul music is ubiquitous with the city, with the famous Mersey Beat sound having its roots firmly planted in the early R&B and Tamla Motown scenes.”

“We want to create a something special with these nights and are looking to attract a wide ranging crowd, as the music is as far reaching as the genres it encompasses and appeals to many age and social groups, all bound together by the feeling that soul music brings.”

For the opening night on 9th December “Big City Soul” are honoured to have a very special guest DJ to grace the decks; Soul Maestro – Brian Rae. Brian has been a leading name on the Northern Soul scene from the very beginning and is a true original and innovator.  He began DJ’ing in the 1960’s on the early mod scene and grew into Northern Soul as the scene developed, with residencies at legendary venues such as The Twisted Wheel and Wigan Casino.

Brian has dedicated his life to soul music and with his knowledge and persistence, over the years, has built up a record collection that can only be called World Class, with many rarities and well sought after tracks from soul legends such as Ramsey Lewis, Junior Walker, The Vibrations, Major Lance, Jimmy Cliff and many many more.

Big City Soul are delighted to announce a DJ of such esteem for the opening night and hope that you’ll join us at the beginning of what we feel will be something very special in Liverpool City Centre.

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