Coming up this November, Happy Mondays drummer Gary Whelan will be putting on a number of live shows, playing acoustic versions of some of the band’s legendary songs.
We caught up with him to get the lowdown on these upcoming events.
You’ve got a couple of Happy Mondays acoustic shows …
The Tapestry have announced details of their new single ‘Right As Rain‘, and will mark the release with two UK shows in April. Watch the video by clicking on the snapshot below.…
Section 60 have premiered the video for their new track ‘Champions Of The Underdog‘ and you can watch it in full by clicking on the snapshot below.…
The Essential Listening 2013 series has so far taken in Live4ever publisher Paul Bachmann’s top Indie Rock music video picks of the year and photographer Andy Crossland’s favourite gigs of the past twelve months. Now, editor Dave Smith has taken a look back through a busy year’s worth of Radar …
Armed with one of the best EP’s of the year in ‘Welcome To The Dream Factory‘, Sheffield’s exciting indie-rock five-piece Section 60 talk to Live4ever contributor Carl Stanley after playing a string of shows around the UK. With some straight talking we chat to the group’s frontman Chris Perkins and …
Described by Alan McGee as the ‘rock’n’roll doctor’, Simon Mason was the man who can to a list of Britpop groups and artists.
Bang in the middle of the scene, side-stage at Glastonbury and witness to the rise of Oasis, Simon’s recently released autobiography Too High, Too Far, Too Soon…
After first coming across the group 18 months ago as they released their first single ‘Take Turns’, Live4ever contributor Carl Stanley returns to the Manchester band for a talk with lead man Liam Faherty on line-up changes, the success of their last single ‘Rode Your Luck‘ and recent …
When Oasis’ manager stated that the band, ‘Does not exist anymore’, after an altercation between the Gallagher brothers in the bowels of a Parisian music festival in the summer of 2009, some feared the final nail in the coffin for a brand of contemporary rock & roll music which harks …
Manchester group Paris Angels will release the exciting new ‘Distant Drums‘ compilation album through Stereokill Records on March 4th in memory of their late drummer Simon Worrall.
The likes of The Inspiral Carpets, Supajamma, Mark Burgess (The Sun and The Moon), Proud Mary, Elixa P and many more of Simon’s …
Though with us for only a short time during the post punk years of the late Seventies and early Eighties, Joy Division‘s legend makes them one of Manchester’s most mythologised groups, as well as one of the cities most influential bands.
And though the story itself has been put …
Following on from Live4ever’s interview with Jonny Owen early last year, when he told us all about his Internet comedy series Svengali, Carl Stanley has caught up with him again to talk about taking the show all the way to the big screen. In the last laps of editing the …
Set against the rolling hills of the Snake Pass, on the outer edges of Sheffield, Smart Art Galleries recently showcased the wonderful abstract artwork of Alex Lowe, the ex Hurricane #1 frontman, singer-songwriter and already established artist.
The event was also a taster of things to come for Alex Lowe’s …
Since the release of modern indie classic ‘Heavyweight Champion Of The World‘ put Reverend & The Makers at the forefront of a guitar-led charge on the charts in 2007, the band’s frontman Jon McClure has proven himself to be one of the most engaging characters to burst onto …
2012 is looking good for the boys from Manchester after The Janice Graham Band played a short UK tour warming up for their support slot with The Inspiral Carpets this month. Character is not in short supply with the band as singer Joe and drummer Tom let Live4ever contributor Carl …
From fronting popular Nineties Britpop-era band Hurricane #1, to creating beautiful pieces of abstract art that have been snapped up by the likes of Donald Trump and Mike Tyson, Alex Lowe is successfully strutting the line between art and music. His next exhibition The Aquarian Conspiracy, which sees him …