The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are bringing their unique bagpipe covers of famous hits (described as bagrock) to the New Brighton Floral Pavillion on Sunday 12th May 2019. Having sold 100,000 copies of their debut album “Backrock to the Masses” in the UK alone, and had over 4.5 million views on YouTube of their cover of the Avici track “Wake me Up”, and 350,000 facebook followers – they clearly know what the public want! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5DVhoel7AA There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, from their formation in 2002 and a cameo appearance at T in the…
Author: Martin Moseley
EVERYMAN CINEMA CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WITH NAME CHANGE In celebration of International Women’s Day, Everyman Cinema at Liverpool’s Metquarter has rebranded its Liverpool venue to ‘Everywoman’ for the month of March. The new branding is displayed at the entrance of the cinema, replacing the old Everyman signage and also online to pay tribute to the national day. In further celebration, Everywoman Cinema at Metquarter has also launched ‘Girls Night’ – a month long series of hand-picked films which celebrate strong female roles – screening every Thursday throughout March, including must watch movie favourite’s Clueless (7th), Thelma and Louise (14th),…
Giving 66,000 festival goers a post-apocalyptic soundtrack of drum & bass and jungle to compliment the districts own immersive storyline, DSTRKT 5 provides a glimpse into Boomtown’s dystopian future, yet again pushing every conceivable boundary both musically and theatrically. The central hub for the thunderous beat of harcore, hardtek, gabba and jungle, 140 dubstep and bass, DSTRKT 5’s infamous stages Scrapyard and Broken Core have undergone a massive upgrade and have a huge line up planned to celebrate. This includes Acid Techno DJ / Producer and head of underground label Stay Up Forever Records Chris Liberator, the legendary party crew…
Keith Flint, of Prodigy fame, was found dead at his home in Essex this morning. An east ambulance spokeswoman said “We were called at 8.08am with reports of an unconscious man in Brook Hill, Dumrow, we sent an ambulance officer, Essex and Herts Air Ambulance and one ambulance. Sadly a man in his forties died at the scene” Police are not treating the death as suspicious. Keith Flint was a member of The Prodigy and was well known in the UK press for his body piercings and many tattoos. The Prodigy shot to fame with hit singles such as ‘Firestarter’…
Festival unveils programme commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 On the 21 July 1969 humankind began a brand new chapter in the history of science and exploration as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the Moon. The iconic Jodrell Bank in Cheshire played a unique role in tracking the Eagle Lander onto the surface. To celebrate 50 years to the day, bluedot – the award-winning music, science and culture event held at Jodrell Bank Observatory (18-21 July 2019) – has announced the first phase of an incredible Moon-themed line-up to mark one of the most momentous feats in the history of human endeavour The ever-popular Dot Talks return…
Cream Classical In The Park Line up Announced Faithless (DJ Set), Paul Oakenfold, Roger Sanchez, Seb Fontaine, Tall Paul, X-Press 2, Dave Seaman, Sonique, John Kelly + more 20,000 people / 2 Stages / 20 DJ’s / 1 Orchestra Tickets on general sale 10am (GMT) Thursday 28th February Following last month’s announcement, Cream Classical in the Park is already shaping up to be one of the most anticipated shows of the summer as the award-winning promoters behind some of the world’s biggest electronic music events bring their hugely successful ‘Cream Classical’ show outdoors for an all new 20,000 capacity event at…
A riotously surreal concoction of clowning, kitsch and nonsense is heading to Widnes this March as The Farucchio Peru Show comes to the town’s historic Studio venue. Farucchio Peru is the creation of Leebo Luby, a member of Liverpool-based, international theatre company Teatro Pomodoro, who most recently toured Cabaret From The Shadows across the UK and Europe. Luby describes the character as ‘a one-man army of all-round entertainment extravaganza…or a screwball idiot with ridiculous delusions of international stardom. Or perhaps both! This is his show. You be the judge.’ An alumni of Liverpool’s celebrated Hope Street Ltd, Luby trained with the esteemed teacher Philippe Gaulier before co-founding the Clown company Man With A…
Africa Oyé has become a central part of Liverpool’s cultural fabric and is one of the must-do events of the year. The beloved festival will return once again in 2019 for its 27th year, bringing another eclectic mix of African talent to the city’s warm outdoors. Taking place in Liverpool’s Sefton Park on the 22nd and 23rd of June, the music and culture of Africa and the diaspora will once again take centre stage for two free days of fantastic live performances, DJ sets and multi-arts workshops. South Africa’s BCUC and Algerian Rai stars Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda are the first…
Roll up….. Roll up……. see the weird and wonderful cheeky and downright sassy endeavors of the secret and saucy underbelly of Liverpool’s out-there team of performers. Let’s meet The Secret Circus a band of funny, naughty and caring young individuals bringing their burlesque style performance “Seven Deadly Sins” to the stage at Studio 2 at Parr Street, Liverpool City Centre on Friday 22nd February. In this performance the team are ditching their usual Valentines loveliness and bringing you all the deadly sins! lust, greed, sloth, wrath, pride, envy and gluttony. So, if your fed up of the slushy, blushy nonsense…
Rudimental, Two Door Cinema Club, Doves and loads more aboard for Victorious 2019 Special Bloc Party Silent Alarm Set Final headliner still to be announced Victorious Festival (23-25 August ’19) – the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – has today announced a second wave of incredible artists including: Two Door Cinema Club, Rudimental, Doves, Bloc Party and many more. Headlining the Saturday is multi award-winning four-piece Rudimental! Following their hugely successful third studio album Toast to Our Differences, and with two #1 albums and three #1 singles already under their belts, this incredible genre-spanning band are guaranteed to push the boundaries…