Eliza Carthy & The Restitution 7:30pm, Saturday 20th February, Bedford Esquires Describing herself simply as a “modern English musician”, Eliza Carthy is one of the most recognisable faces of the English folk revival, and over her illustrious 35-year career, remains one of the most original and engaging performers of her[…]
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The Wildhearts 6.30pm, Saturday 5th December, 02 Academy, Oxford For three decades, The Wildhearts have remained at the forefront of the UK rock scene; through incendiary, festival-topping live shows and fast-lane frolics, they have cemented their reputation as one of the finest, most prolific, most notorious outfit’s their homeland has produced –[…]
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Altered Images 7.30pm, Saturday 23rd January, Esquires Formed in Glasgow in 1979, Altered Images emerged from the same fertile scene that produced acts like The Wake and early Orange Juice. Their earliest break came when they sent a demo to Siouxsie & The Banshees, landing an opening slot on the[…]
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The March Violets & Kate Gore and The Screamers 7.30pm, Sunday 8th November 2026, Esquires Playing The Natural History in full plus other classics and new material The original 1984 album, reissued for the first time since the 1980’s – in violet vinyl. Comes with a “US Zillion $ Bill”;[…]
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Ibibio Sound Machine 7.30pm, Friday 2nd April, Esquires Ibibio Sound Machine are one of the most compelling and forward-thinking bands emerging from the UK scene – a genre-defying afro-futurist collective blending West African rhythms, electronic textures, disco, post-punk and global club energy into a sound that’s as powerful on record[…]
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The Bluetones (Acoustic) 7.30pm, Saturday 16th January 2027, Factory Live, Worthing Mark and Adam of BritPop legends The Bluetones are out and about for a small run of special acoustic performances to play a selection of the band’s classic tunes. Mark Morriss and Adam Devlin have spent the best part[…]
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Utah Saints 7.30pm Friday 12th March, Papillon, Southampton Utah Saints are Tim and Jez and together they have been making music, DJing and playing gigs around the globe since the birth of house music. In that time the world renowned duo have released 9 Top 40 UK hits, 4 of[…]
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THE SMYTHS + Guests7pm, Friday 16th July, Exeter Phoenix THE SMYTHS ANNOUNCE THE 2027 ‘STRANGEWAYS TOUR’ FEATURING SONGS NEVER PERFORMED LIVE BY THE SMITHS The world’s premier tribute to The Smiths, The Smyths, have announced their extensive UK and international tour for 2027: “The Strangeways Tour”. The production marks a[…]
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EVIL BLIZZARD + guests Saturday 17th April, The 100 Club, London Preston’s Evil Blizzard are truly an enigma. A mystery. A baffling conundrum. Three bass players, a guitarist, a singing drummer, an array of rubber masks that will give both children and adults sleepless nights for days on end, laying[…]
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EVIL BLIZZARD + guests Saturday 13th March, Bodega, Nottingham Preston’s Evil Blizzard are truly an enigma. A mystery. A baffling conundrum. Three bass players, a guitarist, a singing drummer, an array of rubber masks that will give both children and adults sleepless nights for days on end, laying there, sweating,[…]
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