About eleven years ago, in the world of MySpace, Tommy Lee personally put me on his guest list with a photo pass for Mötley Crüe’s gig at the Manchester Apollo. Although not one hundred percent sure that this was for real I decided to take a chance and travelled up
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Ex-Oceansize frontman and current Biffy Clyro touring guitarist Mike Vennart released his debut solo album titled ‘The Demon Joke’ in June, receiving fantastic reviews along the way. Now following a run of dates earlier this year, Vennart is pleased to announce more headlining shows for this November. They will be
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Following on from the sell out success of the launch party of Sankeys Warehouse last weekend where over 5,000 clubbers witnessed the epic start of the warehouse series, Sankeys Warehouse have announced their return to Manchester at the Iconic Victoria Warehouse for their 2nd instalment on New Years Day 2016. With
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‘Dance Tonight’ – Lucy Pearl Random one I know but it reminds me of my L.A. years when, having just moved there and renting my own apartment on sunset strip, this would be blaring from my balcony – usually on a Friday night when I was getting up to no
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You heard it here first… VIVA spied new London hot spot Turntable in trendy Holborn last week, which offers an array of authentic tapas, within an ambience of eclectic Soul, Motown Funk, Old School Hip Hop and R&B music. A dynamic bar area plays vinyl records every night, spinning original
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WHO? LEROY JONES QUINTET With Joe Stilgoe & Ian Shaw WHAT? NEW ORLEANS JAZZ’S ‘KEEPER OF THE FLAME’ COMES TO THE UK WHEN? OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 11, 2015 “The Greatest” Harry Connick Junior The legendary jazz trumpeter Leroy Jones, known to music lovers as the “keeper of the flame”
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On Friday night, Wolf Alice filled the Albert Hall with powerful hits and an adoring crowd. My Love is Cool is the band’s debut album. It’s a stunning masterpiece featuring twelve impeccable tracks which perfectly showcase the bands massive talent. Each track on the album is easily distinguishable from the
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Young Blues sensation Laurence Jones wowed crowds at Manchester’s Band On The Wall last week with a stunning performance of songs from his latest album ‘What’s It Gonna Be’ along with earlier tracks and some classic Blues Rock covers with a twist. Laurence is already a hot name on
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Back to Manchester after it’s summer exodus, Sankeys returns with a slew of major line-ups to kick off the Autumn/Winter season. Long established as one of the key ambassadors of the UK and global clubbing scene, Sankeys has come from humble beginnings. Starting life as Sankeys Soap back in 1994,
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It’s always a bit of a mission getting over to the Isle Of Wight from Manchester but we weren’t going to miss Bestival’s Summer of Love for anything. After seven hours of travelling, we entered the psychedelic wonderland late on Friday night and, among a passionate crowd of hippies, ravers
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