Tag Archives: Justin Currie

Justin Currie, Lower Reaches. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There is a delicate nature that resides in even the stoniest of men. It might take the famed Heracles to make an additional scrawl on his list of labours in which to prise it out, but it will be found eventually.

One such person who has no need for Heracles or his famed strength is Del Amitri’s Justin Currie. The heart is not just on his sleeve, it seems to encompass everything he does and whether live on stage or recording music in the studio for his fans, the sleeve, the arm and the shirt are one big emotional scratching post for his haunting and very beautiful lyrics. Perhaps this has never been more true, certainly as a solo artist, than in his latest album release, Lower Reaches.

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Justin Currie, Gig Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Justin Currie at the Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. Photograph by Nic Perrins.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The noise that greeted Justin Currie as he came out on stage at the Epstein Theatre could not have been louder had Concorde decided to drop in unannounced on Hanover Street and empty its passenger cargo full of Scotland fans celebrating winning the World Cup, Independence from Westminster and the Return of Take The High Road and Taggart to television screens onto the theatre’s front door step. With a smile which was as broad as a swish of the Loch Ness Monster’s tail, Justin Currie sped straight into the set and gave a performance that somehow was enjoyed more by the citizens of Liverpool than by those who made his show in Edinburgh in August such a phenomenally enjoyable evening.

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Justin Currie, Julia Fordham, Bernard Sumner And Stephen Langstaff Amongst Highlights Of A Packed Season At The Epstein Theatre This Autumn/Winter.

The Epstein Theatre brings a new season of exciting new shows with a diverse range of entertainment for all audiences to Liverpool.

Music fans everywhere will be delighted with the caliber of acts announced, beginning with King Creosote on the 8^th October who will be playing music from their new smash hit album From Scotland With Love. Joy Division’s Lead Guitarist Bernard Sumner is at the theatre on the 30^th September. In New Order, Joy Division and Me: Bernard Sumner in conversation with Dave Haslam, Bernard will discuss his long awaited autobiography. On the 9^th October, Chantel McGregor, the prestigious rock and blues performer comes to wow Liverpool with another phenomenal live performance. Ivor Novello and Brit nominated singer songwriter Nerina Pallot tours to promote her fourth E.P. Free as You Wanna Be which will be performed along with her sensational back catalogue at the Epstein on 30^th October.

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Justin Currie, Gig Review. The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Edinburgh Fringe is perhaps arguably the most exciting and diverse event to place in the U.K. during the optimistically lazy days of August. The thought of the dark days and nights to come as the year gallops towards its end not quite lingering in the air like a last minute firework set off well after the others have fallen and crashed spent to the floor but still floating in its embryonic state, it is with that in mind that August should be about letting go, of doing things differently and playing it fast and loose with convention as the Edinburgh Fringe suggests.

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Del Amitiri Return To Touring For The First Time In 10 Years.

With a cast of original members and even the original crew, Del Amitri return from a ten year sabbatical to wheel out every hit from every era of their lengthy recording career. Justin Currie and Iain Harvie will once again be joined on stage by Andy Alston, Kris Dollimore and Ashley Soan. The tour will also take in Liverpool with a performance at the Empire Theatre on February 2^nd.

It’s been 30 years since Del Amitri’s debut single, Sense Sickness, their contribution to all things early 80s and jangly. “The A to Z of Us will take a retrospective sweep of our entire output, from indie art-pop through folk-tinged balladry to hairy Brit-rock chuggery”, says front man Justin Currie.

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