Billy Idol Announces Live Dates in UK November 2014

Billy Idol Announces Live Dates in UK November 2014

Seminal rocker Billy Idol has announced his much awaited live return to the UK this November. The punk and rock icon will play in Birmingham, London and Manchester – his first UK appearances since his unforgettable performance at Download 2010 where he triumphed in torrential rain and had the crowd eating out of his hand.

The newly announced dates will come soon after the release of two major new Billy Idol projects. In late October, Idol will drop his first new album in almost 10 years, produced by Trevor Horn. And on 7th October, Simon and Schuster UK will release Idol’s much anticipated autobiography, ‘Dancing With Myself.’

Idol’s band includes his long-time lead guitarist Steve Stevens, Stephen McGrath on bass, Billy Morrison on guitar, Eric Eldenius on drums and Paul Trudeau on keyboards.   

Dates as follows:

                                  

November 2014

Date    City                   Venue                                   Box Office                               

5th        Birmingham        O2 ACADEMY                         0844 477 2000   http://www.o2academybirmingham.co.uk/

9th        London              EVENTIM APOLLO                 0844 249 1000   http://www.eventim.co.uk/

10th       Manchester      O2 APOLLO                            08444 777 677   http://www.o2apollomanchester.co.uk/

Tickets go onsale on Friday 15th August at 9.00am.   Ticket are available online from http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/billy-idol-tickets - 24 hour phone line: 0844 576 5483.   Doors are 7pm on all shows.

BillyIdol.net

The Sums/ Mercury 13/ Professor Yaffle/ The Cheap Thrills/ DJ Andy Carroll Nov 24 Liverpool Zanzibar

Liverpool band The Sums play a hometown show on Saturday 24 November at The Zanzibar, along with local lads Mercury 13, Professor Yaffle, The Cheap Thrills and DJ Andy Carroll.

Mercury 13’s blend of classic pop evokes everyone from XTC to Love and they’ve already supported Field Music, I Am Kloot, John Head and Pete Wylie. Next month sees the release of their debut single.

Psyche-Folk Troubadour Professor Yaffle A.K.A. Lee Rogers has a longstanding love of folk music particularly that of Nick Drake, Neil Young and Jake Thackray, which can also be appreciated when listening to a Professor Yaffle track.

The Cheap Thrills are a self-proclaimed garage flavoured punk rock band with a scouse accent and winners of this year’s Liverpool Sound City Youth Live. They were also picked as one of the best young Merseyside bands by the Roscoe Youth Music Project 2012.

DJ’ing on the night is Andy Carroll. No matter where in the world you find yourself today, you will not be far from a club that has in some way been touched by the Andy Carroll effect.

It’s been a bench mark for The Sums over the past 12 months - Peter ‘Digsy’ Deary (guitar /vocals), Chris Mullin (bass /vocals)

Lee Watson (guitar) and Chris Campbell (drums). They released their debut album If Only on their own label, played the main stage at The Mathew Street Festival for BBC’s Introducing Dave Monks, performed at the Don’t Buy the Sun/James McVey gig alongside the likes of Clash legend Mick Jones and only last month supported Captain Beefheart’s iconic band, The Magic Band.

“I’d have to include our sell out gig at the Zanzibar with the amazing after party at Sink, the Amsterdam and The Real People shows are other highlights of the past twelve months” adds singer Digsy.

Next year will see The Sums concentrate on their own independent record label.  “Nowhere Music is a record label which myself and manager/promoter Derek Hazell formed last year and we put out the last Sums album If Only.  We’re starting to do a lot more with it like releasing myself and singer Digsy’s old band Smaller’s b sides and rare tracks, and possibly a couple from the un released 2nd Smaller album. It’s a UK based independent record label, which aims to deal with an array of eclectic music for like-minded people.” says The Sums bassist Chris Mullin.

Before The Sums there was Smaller.  Singer Peter ‘Digsy’ Deary, was immortalised by Oasis's song Digsy’s Dinner and was also later name checked in the title track of their Be Here Now album. “It’s bought me many a free beer over the years but with the new band I’m hoping that people listen to this band with a fresh pair of ears and with no preconceptions” says Digsy.

Smaller` were a part of the 90’s UK Brit pop scene who smashed into the indie top 10 with classic singles, taken from the critically acclaimed album Badly Badly, featuring the tracks, Stray dogs and bin bags , God I hate this town and Is,  with Noel Gallagher on guitar an ex La’s Barry Sutton also providing some fret action. Richard Hawley also featured on un-released material that was recorded before the demise of Smaller. Badly Badly was released by ex Creation Records man Tim Abbott’s label ‘Better Records’.

Smaller were very much in demand and toured with the Stereophonics, Catatonia, Paul Weller and Oasis and well their own shows in Japan. Chris even had a rare opportunity to write with Paul McCartney.

Then in 2005 the bands singer/ songwriters Digsy and Chris decided to end Smaller and take a new avenue of creativity and formed The Sums. In 2008 they were part of the Capital of Culture gig at Liverpool’s 10,000 seater Echo Arena in which they were the shinning lights among many stars and performed a cover version of The Beatles no.1 hit Paperback Writer, which was also featured on ‘The Number One Project’ an album released by EMI.

The Sums write strong, passionate, addictive melodies and pen lyrics which are as sharp as knife!

 www.thesums.net

Stephen Langstaff and Kristi Michele @ The Epstein Theatre Liverpool Friday 9 November

Stephen Langstaff is rapidly becoming one of the UK’s most prolific singer/songwriters. His approach is simple. Stephen writes powerful, haunting songs and delivers them with complete conviction. Like the man himself, they are instantly engaging and full of warmth.

He gave up the chance of a career as a professional footballer to pursue music. He was at Liverpool Football Club from the age of 9 to 15 and offered a contract at Blackpool. He started playing guitar aged 11 and his passion for music outweighed football.  

Soulful and brimming over with bare emotion, he has earned comparisons with Tracy Chapman and Jeff Buckley.  Like these artists, Stephen blesses the listener with something honest and direct. Growing up in the hotbed music city of Liverpool, Stephen began writing songs aged 11 and has gone on to write, record and self-release a large body of songs.

He has toured the UK as opening act for The Lightning Seeds and as part of the 02 Academy Tour. Stephen has also notched up appearances at Chester Rocks (opening to 10,000 people), Latitude, Greenbelt and The Wicker Man festivals.

Stephen Langstaff is a major talent. He faithfully follows the tradition of the hardworking singer/songwriter and is a breath of fresh air. His reputation continues to grow and who could blame anyone for not being able to keep quiet about him. He has the songs and he has the voice. His album Colours is out now.

Hailing from the dusty edges of Southern California, Kristi Michele is like a rainbow comprised of all the colors left over from many a rainy day. British folk, Broadway show tunes, Brill-Building pop, gypsy jazz, cabaret, and psychedelia are each influences on her songs, sometimes gentle folk ditties accompanied by a plucked acoustic guitar, other times vocal melodies layered as sweetly as tiramisu and set to Ragtime piano. Whatever the package, her songs evoke a time gone by. Her voice has the nostalgic quality of a vintage chanteuse, hinting at the torch singing of Billie Holiday, the wavering folk bellow of Maddy Prior, and the theatrical alto of a turn-of-the-century vaudevillian act.

http://stephenlangstaff.co.uk/

New Eric's Liverpool Gigs November announced

Eric's, 9 Mathew St, Liverpool, L2 6RE
Box office 0151 236 9994/ Ticketmaster (booking fee)
www.ericslive.com

Saint Saviour - Saturday 8 November 2012 £8

As Saint Saviour, Becky Jones (ex Groove Armada vocalist) has trodden an unconventional and uncompromising path towards artistic salvation. It hasn’t always been easy. It’s a story that stretches from the workhouses of Dickensian London to the arena house concerts across the globe. But throughout it all, and with her spectral and hypnotic debut album, she may just have emerged as one of the defining solo artists of her time.

Her incredible live show comes to Eric’s in Liverpool on Saturday 8 November. Aside from the genre-hopping musical thrills - are as much notable for her extravagant, theatrical costumes (Joan Of Arc projections on the walls, exploding balloon full of petals) and set-ups as they are for her visceral stage persona.

Sea of Bees - Saturday 10 November 2012 £10

Sea Of Bees announces new single Gone, released November 5 on Heavenly Recordings. The extraordinarily talented Sacramento native Julie Ann Baenziger, better known as Sea of Bees, will be bringing her beautifully idiosyncratic and effortlessly moving vein of off-kilter folk to the UK once again, on the heels of the release of her next single “Gone”, from her critically lauded sophomore album “Orangefarben”, released earlier this year on Heavenly Recordings.

As is coming to be typical of Sea of Bees, “Gone” is a gorgeous slice of offbeat, emotive guitar pop, as instantly infectious as it is deeply affecting. Stunning, concise, uplifting but with a roiling undertow, a song all the more potent when you see Sea of Bees live onstage. Make sure not to miss her biggest UK headline tour yet, with dates that start on November 6th in Leeds, ending at the breathtaking Union Chapel in London on the 19th.

“Devastating” – CD of the Week, Sunday Times Culture
“4 stars – if she doesn’t become the sensation she deserves to be it’ll be a crime” - Independent


Simon McBride - Sunday  18 November 2012 £10

The New Irish Guitar Hero is now among the best blues-rock players anywhere in the world. Predicted to be the next Irish blues guitar hero in the footsteps of Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore, former Young Guitarist of the Year McBride has undeniable guitar artistry combined with a fine voice and a real knack for creating memorable hooks and great melodies.

Simon comes to Liverpool with his band as part of a tour to promote his new CD Crossing The Line, a fiery amalgam  of guitar skills, songcraft and character-soaked vocals, spinning tales of girls, gambling and corporate avarice. 


Ben Otwell (Gomez) - Wednesday 28 November £10

Ben Ottewell is a singer/songwriters in the successful Mercury Prize winning Southport rock band Gomez. Last year he released his first solo album, Shapes and Shadows via Eat Sleep Records. The nine tracks were recorded at The Chalet in Los Angeles, California and was co-produced by Ottewell and Will Golden and mixed by Tom Biller (Liars, Warpaint, Karen O & the Kids).

Over 5 years in the making, Shapes and Shadows is a collection of solo compositions pieced together and written in and around Gomez tours, recording sessions and breaks. They are born out of Ottewell’s desire to create something with a strong sense of simplicity and purity, to get away from the full band, electric sound of Gomez.

Shearwater- Thursday 29 November 2012 £10

The critically acclaimed art-rock band burst onto the scene in 2001 with The Dissolving Room. The Sub Pop signings from Austin, Texas are lead by Jonathan Meiburg. Shearwater as it’s been suggested—by fans, detractors, even by the band’s founder himself, that Shearwater and whatever we call underground/indie/whatever-rock in this part of the century are not an obvious fit. And that’s true. So much of what we hear these days (the lousy stuff, anyway) is willfully insular; Jonathan Meiburg’s songs, by contrast, have constantly tackled bigger questions and been propelled by massive musical ambitions.

Meiburg, presumably unfamiliar with the adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” has opted to ditch an approach that paid huge artistic dividends over his last three Matador albums for a record that seems shockingly direct, immediate and intensely personal. He’s no stranger to lush, crafted recordings, but this one sounds like no prior Shearwater incarnation. And please, don’t mistake that for a suggestion this is anyone’s notion of a traditional, singer-songwriter album. Immaculate and Breaking the Yearlings are inventive and confident in a manner that would humble most new artists, let alone Shearwater’s few veteran peers

Mumiy Troll Announce November UK Tour Dates

After selling out two dates in September at O2 Islington Academy and Roadhouse Manchester, Russian rock super stars, Mumiy Troll, have announced seven dates for November. This includes two nights at Surya, Kings Cross, London for very special intimate album playback performances, limited to 100 tickets a night.

They are used to headlining arenas in their homeland, and embarking on their UK mission could have been a daunting prospect having to go back to the beginning again, but with two shows easily sold out and UK media eager to pick them up, things are looking bright for them.

They have a new ‘English language’ album out, Vladivostok , and it is Brits and well as ex-pat Russians turning out in droves to see them.

Dates are:

Nov
9 – London Surya
10 – London Surya
11 – Bristol The Louisiana
13 – Brighton The Haunt
14 - Norwich Water Front
15 – Liverpool Mello Mello
16 – Birmingham Rainbow


Tickets on sale 10am 3rd Sept 2012 from www.ticketwerk.co.uk / www.glasswerk.co.uk

http://www.facebook.com/mumiytroll

Therapy? announce 'A Brief Crack of Live' UK Tour for November 2012

After more than two decades and 13 studio albums later, Therapy? continue their assault on the senses by announcing a 12 date UK tour this autumn.

Kicking off in Birmingham on Friday 23^rd November, the influential Northern Irish trio will play an an enthralling set of old favourites and brand new material from their most recent album, ‘A Brief Crack Of Light’, released in February this year.

Co-produced by the band and Adam Sinclair (New York Dolls, The Unthanks) in Blast Studios in Newcastle, ‘A Brief Crack Of Light’ is the follow-up to 2009's acclaimed ‘Crooked Timber’ and their first recording for new label Blast Records.

Written, says frontman Andy Cairns, about the absurdity of human life, ‘A Brief Crack Of Light’ draws upon myriad disparate influences - Black Flag's primal clenched fist aggression, the skewed genius of Stewart Lee's coruscating comic monologues, the writings of Samuel Beckett, the irresistible swing and swagger of Charlie Mingus among them - to deliver a dark, unsettling compendium of 21st century schizoid noise.

From the foreboding, ominous lurch of 'Living In The Shadow Of A Terrible Thing', to the haunting, sparse, shimmering beauty of 'Ecclesiastes', the ten tracks are claustrophobic, corrosive and challenging. It's a pitch-black survivor's manual for lost souls cast adrift in an uncomprehending, incomprehensible world, a beautifully delineated road map of man's ugliest impulses and starkest dreads. Baldly put, it's the finest distillation yet of an uncompromising, idiosyncratic sound and vision Therapy? have honed to a dark art across a remarkable 23 year career.

*Friday 23^rd November: Birmingham, O₂ Academy2

Saturday 24^th November: Bristol, Thekla

Sunday 25^th November: Nottingham, Rescue Rooms

*Monday 26^th November: Liverpool, O₂ Academy2

*Wednesday 28^th November: Newcastle, O₂ Academy2

*Thursday 29^th November: Sheffield, O₂ Academy2

Friday 30^th November; Glasgow, Garage

Saturday 1^st December: Manchester, Academy 2

Tuesday 4^th December: Reading, Sub 89

Wednesday 5^th December: Cardiff, Globe

Thursday 6^th December: Portsmouth, The Wedgewood Rooms

Friday 7^th December: London, Koko

*Academy Events Box Office: 0844 477 2000 (24hr) ticketweb.co.uk £15.00 adv

Therapy? line-up:

Andrew James Cairns - Vocals/Guitar

Michael McKeegan - Bass

Neil Cooper - Drums

www.therapyquestionmark.co.uk

www.facebook.com/Therapyquestionmark.official

www.twitter.com/therapyofficial

Debut single Brother by Kites released on 28th November

The London based indie-electro foursome, Kites, are self releasing their debut single Brother next Monday (28^th November) and it will be available to download on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Napster, Rhapsody and all major online digital music outlets and mobile networks.

The band have garnered a strong fan base and have received a lot of press support already this year. They have been tipped as ones to watch by the Sunday Mirror and have also been compared to Patrick Wolf and Depeche Mode.

The official music video for their new single Brother is now available for everyone to see on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/uj_8SX_9Zxk

The video is directed by George Harvey (who is the main film producer at I-D magazine).

The B-side to the single Art Tastes Better Blind is much more upbeat and has been described as “decadent disco”. Listen here: http://snd.sc/r32W99

A-Side ‘Brother’ - http://snd.sc/r32W99

Video - http://youtu.be/uj_8SX_9Zxk

B-Side ‘Art Tastes Better Blind ’- http://snd.sc/n2vJ7I

Elvis is in the Building at Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park

Elvis tribute Lee "Memphis" King to play at Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park Liverpool

Dust off your Blue Suede Shoes and round up your favourite Hound Dogs– Elvis is in the building! World renowned, award-winning Elvis tribute, Lee ‘Memphis’ King is bringing his ever popular One Night of Elvis to the brand new multi-million pound venue Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park on Saturday 26^th November, 2011. Celebrating the King himself, One Night of Elvis brings together 40 of the best and most-loved songs of Presley’s career.

Lee ‘Memphis’ King said: "My premise has always been that I want the audience to see, and feel, exactly what it would have been like to witness an Elvis concert. The way it was."

The show takes audiences on a rollercoaster ride through Elvis's career, with a big band and singers to recreate the Vegas years as well as multimedia screens and projections throughout the evening. Featuring classic hits such as Suspicious Minds, One Night, If I Can Dream, American Trilogy and My Way, Lee ‘Memphis’ King’s expert performance delivers the ultimate Elvis experience, with vocals, mannerisms and dance moves to match.

Lee began practicing his trade at the tender age of five and developed a lifelong obsession with the King of Rock’n’Roll. A true fan, Lee has devoted his life to perfecting the art of imitating this great star, something which fellow fans can see in his performances. The most successful Elvis tribute in Europe and winner of the prestigious Collingwood Festival award for ‘Best Professional Elvis Tribute in the World’, Lee ‘Memphis’ King regularly plays to sell-out shows around the world.  Working together to create the ultimate Elvis tribute act, with your favourite songs, incredible costumes and an authentic feel, Lee ‘Memphis’ King is sure to leave audiences feel as though they’ve witnessed The King himself.

A must see for all fans of The King, be sure to get your tickets before Elvis has left the building!

PERFORMANCE DETAILS:

One Night of Elvis – Starring Lee ‘Memphis’ King

Saturday 26 November, 2011 – 7:30pm (Doors 7pm)

Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park, Longview Drive, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 6EG

Tickets: £14.00 (£12 Concs)

How to book – Book in person at the Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park, Longview Drive, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 6EG or Kirkby or Halewood Leisure Centre. Alternatively call 0151 443 5619 or click 

www.wegottickets.com/knowsleylcp

The Cubical album launch in Liverpool plus London shows

The Cubical album launch in Liverpool Mello Mello

‘It Ain’t Human’ – Released November 28th

A band makes noise, whereas a great band makes a lot of noise. It’s a subtle difference, but significant nonetheless.

Anyone who has caught The Cubical on stage will agree they fall into the latter category. That’s why titles like The Guardian, Mojo, and Artrocker quickly converted after discovering how Liverpool’s modern day saviours of raw garage blues look through psychedelic eyes.

So take a wailing mouth organ, frantic riff and propellant drumbeat, then add a gruff vocal delivery that one critic claimed would make Tom ‘Waits sound like Tiny Tim’ and you’re almost there. Finally, throw in the kind of live prowess that harks back to the days of real entertainers and tangible rock n roll induced parental nightmares. 

Now that’s the melting pot behind the band’s new album, It Ain’t Human. An eleven-track homebrew showcasing an act with a sound as unrefined and powerful as moonshine, only twice as potent. Nodding towards Captain Beefheart, but with a tougher, rougher, and altogether more whiskey soaked ethic, it’s timeless slide guitar grit that draws a line from the Mississippi Delta to River Mersey. 

But don’t expect a predictable ride. The bluegrass bar brawl come sax onslaught that is The Ballad of Willie McGrath, and the acoustic journeyman stylings of Paper Walls reference the roots of this canon. But elsewhere Dirty Shame threatens to make dead feet dance with a low down sleazy hook, while the brooding and dishevelled An Ode to Franz Biberkopf offers perhaps the darkest moment. Opinions to one side, both are essential, contemporary readings of these genres. Now hear any of the remaining eight songs and find a consistently varied sensory assault. That could be the runaway train of Walking Around Like Jesus or Three Drop Jameson Mechanism’s single malt quality. 

Led by enigmatic and irrepressible frontman Dan Wilson, a growler and natural born showman, with Craig Bell’s rumbling bass, Mark Percy’s rhythmic mastery, Alex Gavaghan’s twanging guitar, along with John Green’s irrefutable command of all things slide and harmonica related it doesn’t take long before you’re hooked on The Cubical’s intoxicating infusion. As unforgiving and uncompromising as they are unquestionably talented, Merseyside’s latest greatest export marks a welcome return of the heartfelt and hoarse that should appeal to anybody who has ever claimed to be a fan of real music. 

Fri 25th November - It Ain't Human Album Launch, Mello Mello, Liverpool.Support from: The Post War Glamour Girls, GORP & FREQ Fri 9th Dec - Planet Goo Goo @ the New Empowering Church, Hackney, London Wed 14th Dec - Religion Clothing Xmas Party, Religion Showroom, Shoreditch, London

http://www.myspace.com/thecubicalthecubical
http://twitter.com/#!/THECUBICAL 

The Thespians to play Erics Liverpool 19th November

The Thespians

Saturday 19 November £6

Eric’s

Formed in April 2010, The Thespians performed their first gig at Liverpool's Mathew St Festival. Just one year later and with three headline appearances at the Liverpool o2 Academy already under their belt, The Thespians have since headlined the Dawson's stage at Chester Rocks Festival, appearing alongside Iggy and The Stooges and have recently licensed two songs, 'First Impressions' and 'The Crash' to MTV New York. Their video for debut release, 'Reason To Reason', shot last December with top director, Duncan Caterall went viral within days of uploading it to Youtube and has now racked up over 38,000 views. 

BBC Radio Merseyside labelled them one of the 'best upcoming Liverpool bands' and recently asked them to perform on the BBC Introducing stage at Liverpool's Mathew St Festival. 

The Band

Paul Thespian (Lead Vox / Guitar)

Jess Thespian (Lead Guitar / Vox)

Phill Thespian (Bass)

Danny Thespian (Drums)

 

http://www.thethespians.com/

Video

Reason To Reason

Quotes

'The Thespians are the UK's next massive garage rock band. They're just...f@ckin cool' 

Michael Anderson, S14G (MTV New York)

'The Intensity of UK vintage punk with a brazen social consciousness far beyond their years'

'The Thespians are a dangerous combination of charisma, intelligence and straight up unapologetic honesty'

Mine Salkin, Bido Lito Magazine

'The punk four piece followed with a set that could have come straight our of New York. Catchy riffs and memorable vocals. These leather clad rebels look set for big things'

Tribute band Guns and Roses to Rock The Dome Liverpool

This month on November 25th the Dome Grand Central opens its doors to the greatest Guns N’ Roses tribute you are ever going to see.

Guns & Roses are made up of five of the biggest Guns N’ Roses fanatics, handpicked from other well established GnR’s tribute acts to create a super-group and the ultimate tribute to these rebels of rock. 

Formed in early 2011, Guns & Roses promise to create the closest tribute both in sound and image to the original band. Taking on the role of the iconic Axl Rose is the outstanding JDOG, former Guns4Hire member, whose voice and look bares an uncanny resemblance to the front man. Stepping in to the shoes of one of the most celebrated rock guitarists of all time is CJ, whose dedication to Slash and his epic guitar playing has seen him perfect those infamous solos with all the skill of Slash himself. This ex Guns2Roses is a seasoned professional whose talent has lead him to perform across the UK, Europe and the USA. Performing as Duff in this exceptional tribute act is Superhans who can sing and play Duffs songs with an unparalleled accuracy. On rhythm guitar for the band and performing in the role of Izzy is the multi-talented Stevie who has previously played across Europe with G2R as Duff. Completing the line-up is JC. An outstanding musician, he plays the drums with all the power and skill of Steve Adler and ties together the whole band to bring you the unique sound of the original Guns N’ Roses.

The band will be performing all of GnR’s classic songs including Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child o’ Mine and November Rain. As one of the most celebrated and well loved rock bands of the last 20 years, Guns ‘N Roses have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Their debut album, Appetite for Destruction reached number 1 on the US Album Chart and sold in excess of 28 million albums worldwide.

The 1200 capacity live performance venue, situated in Grand Central on Renshaw Street provides the perfect setting for the full live band with the huge organ installed in 1907 acting as an impressive and unique back drop behind the main stage. The Dome Grand Central is set to become a hub of creativity and set to be one of Liverpool’s leading live music, theatre, cabaret, variety and vaudeville venues.

Tickets for the performance will be processed by the Echo Arena Box Office and will offer an online, telephone and personal caller service to The Dome customers. Doors open at 7pm on Saturday, November 19^th with tickets starting at £6.00 in advance and £9 on the door. There are both standing and seated tickets available.

LISTING INFORMATION

Friday 25 November   

Guns & Roses (Guns N’ Roses Tribute Act)       

Doors Open 7pm 

£6.00 adv, £9.00 door    

Standing – Downstairs

Seated – Upstairs

THE DOME Grand Central

35 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, L1 2SF

Website: www.thedomegrandcentral.com

You can book now in person at Liverpool Echo Arena box office, on The Dome Grand Central hotline on 0844 809 4620 (Mon–Sat 9am-9pm and Sun 10am–4pm) or online on www.thedomegrandcentral.com*

New band night @ Eric's Liverpool - Fri 18 Nov

New band night @ Eric's Liverpool

Friday November 18

The Fallows, All We Are, Super-Cannes and Get Back Colquitt

Eric's, Liverpool - £5 tickets on door 730pm

Ellesmere Port band The Fallows have been together for around 18 months, bringing together years of experience on the Liverpool scene and a variety of musical influences to their infectious sound. This summer saw them play a blinder at the Chester Rocks Festival on same bill as Iggy Pop &The Stooges and last month they had a sell out hometown show.

Their recent single release Lazy Eye, is an uplifting and energetic follow up and a contrast to the brooding and bluesy debut release The Caine. With a fierce and melodic rock'n roll edge, coupled with catchy riffs and brutally honest vocals, The Fallows explode on stage, building, drawing and electrifying the crowd with a soaring and powerfully delivered sound.

All We Are are the new Liverpool based Alt-Pop-Psychedelic-Folk Trio given the thumbs up by Tom Waits at the International Songwriting Competition 2011! UK/Liverpool band All We Are is a neatly matched trio of musicians Rich, Guro & Luis. Their three part vocal harmonies and kettle-whistling guitar float over flowery bass and hypnotic drums that rise from soft and haunting, to driving anthemic endings and electrifying live shows.

A kaleidoscopically spinning soundtrack to your reccurring daydream… All We Are have now written and filmed their second EP in a cabin in Norway to be released in late 2011-early 2012, and touring the UK and Europe with Stealing Sheep and Love Inks.

Get Back Colquitt are an Indie four piece from Liverpool, with more tunes than you can shake a glow stick at. With dangerously infectious hooks and beautifully addictive melodies that have the energy of Mona and a nod to Bombay Bicycle Club, the band received airplay on Radio 1 after only a few months of being together. With a triumphant support slot with Life In Film at MOJO earlier in the year, they supported The Twang in Ooctober and release a single this month, the rest of 2011 looks like being an extremely exciting year for GBC.

Super Cannes, a band in the old school mould, putting the quality and depth of their music before commercial success. Expert musicianship lies behind a beautiful dark and twisted sound, combining psychedelia, epic indie, and art rock. Influenced by everything from Radiohead and Pink Floyd to Aphex Twin and Joy Division their sound is a 'physical and shifting thing' (Liverpool Sound City) and draws you in immediately. These four charming musical troubadours are deserving of the commercial and critical success that is sure to come knocking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOMWnvMpe-s&feature=related

Grammy winner Jim Lauderdale to play Eric's Liverpool Monday 14 November

Jim Lauderdale to play Erics Liverpool November 2011

Jim Lauderdale plus support £10 adv £12.50 door
www.ticketweb.co.uk

On Monday November 14, there will be a special gig at from Grammy winner Jim Lauderdale.

Jim featured in the Gwyneth Paltrow film, Country Strong, as a member of her band and performed with her as band leader on rhythm guitar at the 2010 Country Music Awards. Recent  appearance  on Austin  City Limits  as a  member  of  Elvis Costello's  Sugarcanes band,  and  2010  performances  with  Willie Nelson.

When Jim Lauderdale was a North Carolina teenager back  in the 1970s, he had a straightforward  idea of what he wanted to be when he grew up: a tenorsinging, banjo-playing bluegrass musician.  As it turned out, the banjo playing fell by the wayside,  and so did much of the tenor singing.  But the bluegrass musician part?  For the answer, consult any of the half-dozen stellar bluegrass albums Lauderdale's made over the past  decade and a half, including 2003's Grammy for  Best  Bluegrass  Album  with Ralph  Stanley - or,  even  better, just spin  the  Americana  icon's  debut  for  Sugar  Hill  Records, Reason  And Rhyme.  It's the latest proof, if any were  still needed, that two time Bluegrass Grammy winner  Lauderdale's  a  master  - and  just  as  importantly,  it's  some mighty fine music.

Indeed, one of the joys of the new release is its reliance  on the magic made by the  songwriting team  of Lauderdale  and legendary Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.  Building on  a  track record that goes back to 1997's  Grammy  nominated  Lauderdale-Ralph Stanley collaboration - "I sought him  out,"Jim says with a laugh - the pair got busy writing last autumn after Lauderdale finished  a European tour guesting with Elvis Costello.  "I got this idea to write a bluegrass record with Robert," Lauderdale recalls.  "And so I would send him melodies,  in an hour or two he would send back lyrics.  First off, we wrote a couple of gospel  songs, because we knew Ralph was recording a gospel album - we were too late, but 'Fields Of The Lord' came from that, and that was the catalyst for the rest of the project.  In 10 days we wrote about 18 songs."

With the songs in hand, Lauderdale wanted to move quickly, so he turned to Randy Kohrs, the sought after studio Dobro player and singer who'd produced his Grammy-winning  The  Bluegrass  Diaries in 2006.  "Randy's  instincts  were  so good,"  he notes, "And  it allowed me to make my record a lot quicker.  He got a dream team together, and we recorded the whole thing in a day.  The next day I went and fixed a few things, and over the next two days, Randy mixed it.  It was the fastest I've ever made a record, and it was a great experience.  I could never have done that on my own - it would have taken days, weeks, months."

But don't be fooled by the quick production of Reason And Rhyme.  Its easygoing spirit and spontaneous grooves are underpinned by a lifetime  of  bluegrass  involvement.  Indeed,  the  very first album  Lauderdale  ever recorded  was  with  bluegrass legend  Roland White, during  a brief  stay in Nashville  some  30 years  ago.  "If I had had my way,  that's the way my recording career  would have started," he says with a chuckle, but the album was never released, and he moved on to what eventually became a successful career as a writer of country hits - and much more.

Yet though  he's  become  known as a roots music Renaissance man,  hosting  a  popular country music variety  show, recording  and performing with an array of artists from Costello to jamgrass favorites Donna The Buffalo, playing George Jones in a musical play, writing hit songs, recording country and Americana albums and much more.

http://www.jimlauderdale.com/

Karl PhillipsThe Midnight Ramblers & headline The Cavern tomorrow, Nov 3rd

Karl Phillips & The Midnight Ramblers

Dangerous EP

Single ‘Dangerous ft Sabrina Altan’ Released. November 14th 2011

EP Released. November 21st 2011

Label. Medical Records

Cat no. MRCD003

England’s favourite sons of the street are back, and stepping up their game to the next level.  It’s the return of the real no less. 

Karl Phillips and The Midnight Ramblers follow up last year’s critically acclaimed, slap you about the face with a witty wet sponge debut album by unveiling their new four-track EP, Dangerous. So think bass heavy verse and hook filled indie with attitude; more proof of the musical prowess inherent in an act that's impossible to pigeonhole. 

This next installment still boasts that same compelling marriage of punk, garage and acumen, a brew they deliver with the deft skill of true tastemakers. But don’t call it a rehash, this is an exhibition of a band refusing to stagnate while so many others seem happy to merely replicate. 

There’s the weighty grime, dubstep, and dnb meld that is the title track, an outing that sees the irrepressible Phillips work with vocalist Sabrina Altan to create a dancefloor meltdown of punch, kick, and step. From it’s tense, half-time beginnings to the frantic breakbeat drop the talent in these genre-straddling legs is plain for all to see. 

Stabby Joe’s acoustic introduction belies the thrashing electric rock of its chorus, winding up the atmosphere to leave us in some indie-rap netherworld of groove and funk, while telling tales of the culture behind Britain’s grass roots. 

Diatribes and sharp observations abound then, along with enough rhythm to explain why, at an intimate London gig, security were forced to ask fans to stop dancing for fear of structural damage. Similar praise can be lauded on Faithful Stanley’s snarling swagger, and the rhyming showcase of Nervous, but we’re sure you get the point by now. Episode two’s here, time to put some work in. 

http://www.karlphillips.co.uk/

Doyle and the Fourfathers - Welcome To Austerity

DOYLE & THE FOURFATHERS - 25TH NOV @ DRY BAR (14+)

Doyle & The Fourfathers are a Southampton based band who formed in September 2009. The band consists of Lead singer and songwriter William Doyle, Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Ben Clark, Bassist Michael Goozee and Drummer Alex Urch.

Inspired by all great and enduring artists of the last 60 years, the band’s sound is a refreshingly honest coalescence of nostalgia and innovation. Their music presents a diverse sonic palette, yet is always underpinned by assured and evocative songcraft. 

They released their first album, Man Made, in March 2011 followed by a national tour supporting The Undertones and have since gigged relentlessly, instantly winning over audiences with their catchy melodies and intelligent lyrics. BBC 6music listeners may remember their two sessions for Marc Riley.

If you like Scott Walker, Jarvis Cocker, The Divine Comedy, Blur, Elbow and The Smiths, you'll love Doyle & The Fourfathers

One of the big sellers at the moment on the basis off one of the defining songs of 2011 - WELCOME TO AUSTERITY - 

Doyle & The Fourfathers plays Manchester's Dry bar on Nov 25th

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