Tag: manchester

Live: Nick Hakim @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 17.02.18

A thought provoking and tranquillising performance was delivered from the Washington D.C. based songwriter Nick Hakim on Saturday. The bluesy folk singer is currently touring around the world until summer, through which he is presenting his pair of 2014 EPs…

GALLERY: Hurts @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 9.12.17

On Saturday 9 December the ever-dramatic, synth-pop due of Hurts returned to their hometown of Manchester, for the final night of their Desire tour.  The Manchester date took place at the O2 Apollo.  See below for our Hurts review told in photographs. Photos by:…

LIVE: The Cribs @ Gorilla, Manchester, 10.12.17

“We are The Cribs and we are from Wakefield.”  After the line was said – the iconic songs began to be sung and the crowd for the bands’ third night of their residency at Manchester’s Gorilla, on Sunday December 10,…

LIVE: The Charlatans @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 02.12.17

Think Madchester: think The Charlatans. The homecoming gig whilst touring their thirteenth studio album Different Days was well awaited and their return to the Apollo theatre, brought this venue back to it’s former glory of stand out, unapologetically “we are…

LIVE: Betsy @ Gorilla, Manchester, 29.11.17

A cocktail of influence, clearly snipped from Clare Maguire and the ever-iconic Cher, embed themselves firmly into the backbone of Betsy’s impeccable vocal.  Taking over the basement venue of Manchester’s Gorilla, on November 29, the upcoming Welsh songstress dazzled with…

LIVE: Marika Hackman @ Gorilla, 16.11.17

Since her twirl as a Burberry model and the beauty of her nu-folk inspired debut album We Slept at Last, Marika Hackman has delved through the main realms that an aspiring artist must take. Having expanded her sound and broadened…