Tag Archives: Liverpool Academy

All Change As Cast Return To The Liverpool Academy This October As Part Of 25th Anniversary Tour.

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Cast’s debut album All Change. Originally released on 16th October 1995 (with a deluxe edition released in November 2010) it became the highest selling debut album in the history of the Polydor label. 

The album, recorded and mixed and Manor and Sawmill studios with producer John Leckie, produced top twenty hit singles Finetime followed by Alright with Sandstorm and Walkaway both reaching the top ten. 

The tour kicks off in London on 1st October with line up John Power – vocals/guitar, Liam ‘Skin’ Tyson on guitar and Keith O’Neill on drums, with Jay Lewis on bass duties. The tour will also come to the Liverpool Academy on Thursday 8th October.

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The Undertones Return To Liverpool As Part Of U.K. Tour.

Hugh Cornwell Announced As Special Guest.

The Undertones have confirmed a run of U.K. live dates throughout May and June, of which will see the popular band return to Liverpool’s o2 Academy on May 9th and with special guest, the tireless and exceptional Hugh Cornwell, in tow.

The Undertones emerged from Derry in 1976, the result of five friends (John O’ Neill, Damian O’ Neill, Feargal Sharkey, Billy Doherty and Michael Bradley) learning how to play basic rock and roll.

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Liverpool Sound And Vision: Third Anniversary Virtual Live C.D.

If New York is the city that never sleeps then Liverpool is the city that never stops singing. To anyone who makes their way to any of the sheer multitude of venues, be it the dominant on the skyline such as the Echo Arena and first opened in full to the public and many a big band and big noise experience in the year that Liverpool was rightly emblazoned with the moniker of Capital of Culture throughout every event, to the small but significant and certainly homely such as Studio 2, Zanzibar and Leaf, to anyone making their way to Liverpool, not only is there a great set of venues to choose from but the music, home grown and much admired, steeped in history and more arguably more satisfying than anywhere in such close concentration in the country, is to be admired.

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Atomic Kitten To Perform In Liverpool As Part Of Their 15th Anniversary Tour In 2015.

Atomic Kitten, the U.K.’s biggest selling girl band of their era, are hitting the road again next year celebrate their 15th year anniversary and they will be coming back to Liverpool as part of the nationwide tour on Friday 12th June at the 02 Academy on Hotham Street.

Since bursting on to the pop scene in 1999 with their debut single Right Now, Atomic Kitten went on to sell over 10,000,000 records globally, with number 1 singles and albums dominating the charts. The girls have also sold-out arena tours worldwide and have continued to wow audiences for over a decade. The hit television show The Big Reunion confirmed the Kitten’s enduring appeal with a hugely varied age range, and now the girls are treating their fans to a new world tour, including eight U.K. dates as well as dates in Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia, Asia and Russia.

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Bombay Bicycle Club To Perform In Liverpool As Part Of Their 2014 Tour.

North London’s most prolific and underrated band, Bombay Bicycle Club, have announced an additional show for their 2014 U.K. headline tour that takes them to Liverpool’s O2 Academy on the 15th March. This stands to be the band’s first major tour in two years and the news comes following an announcement revealing details of their fourth album, So Long, See You Tomorrow, due out on February 3rd 2014 through Island Records. Joining them on their tour is young British singer/songwriter Rae Morris, who’s From Above E.P. was released to critical acclaim and available to purchase now.

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The Stranglers, Gig Review. Liverpool Academy.

Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 7th 2010.

One of the early tracks released by The Stranglers sums up completely the lack of good post punk bands with any sort of longevity. A band who have been at the business end of rock music and who have let trends pass them by without kowtowing to anybody else’s rules. That song finished a set filled with classic hits, firm fan favourites and nods to every decade that the band has been active. After over thirty five years, The Men in Black prove time and time again, that they alone are the exception to the rule that there are “No More Heroes“.

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Amsterdam, Gig Review. Liverpool Academy.

Johnny Barlow, part of the Amsterdam line up. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 22nd 2010.

They have been missing off the local scene for a while but Saturday night marked the glorious return of local boy Ian Prowse and the magnificent Amsterdam. One of the last times they came “home” was for the wonderful night of music at the Picket last year. Now, armed with a few new tracks ready to play and some old favourites to thrill the audience with, Ian, Johnny Barlow, violinist Anna Jenkins and the rest of this exceptional band set their agenda early with Joe’s Kiss and Hey Hilary before going into the wonderful Coming up for Air/ Nothing’s Goin’ Right.

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