There are plenty of ways for a venue to celebrate its first birthday. Some bring in a headline act. Some put on a special event. Some stick a few balloons up, hope for the best and call it a celebration….
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Liverpool’s Academy 2 may be one of the city’s smaller live music venues, but the building itself has no shortage of history. Long before amplifiers and stage lights arrived, the nineteenth century warehouse had served a variety of purposes, including…
If you turned up to Haydock Park expecting a gentle warm up and slow lead in before Madness, Laurie Wright clearly didn’t get the memo, because instead of easing the crowd in, he walked out with nothing but an acoustic…
For years, a certain types of “expert” have insisted that Merseyside doesn’t have a real rock and metal scene. You’ve must have heard the lines: “Liverpool’s a pop city,” “Rock or Metal never took root there,” “It’s all indie bands…
Archive Liverpool, tucked into the beating heart of the Baltic Triangle, is exactly the kind of room where a debut EP lands with maximum impact. The 175 capacity space feels intimate without being cramped, modern without losing its DIY soul,…
Once again my ‘always get there for the support act’ mantra rings true although to be fair I’d heard of, and listened to, Viji quite a lot over the last few weeks. Her recorded output is great – have a…