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PreviewsLive music in Liverpool this week: 29 Jun - 6 Jul
Stuck for gigs to go to this week? Strange Collective's EP launch, The Lapelles and a visit from Burt Bacharach should all be on your calendar Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Things To DoLive music in Manchester this week: 29 Jun - 6 Jul
While the week's undisputed highlight – Beck at the Albert Hall – sold out long ago, there’s still plenty to sink those music-loving teeth ... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
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Live music in Manchester this week (22-29 Jun)
There are plenty of great gigs in Manchester over the next seven days, from the raw rock of Ty Segall to the Congolese rhythms of Mbongwana Star, via cosmic duo Happy Meals, the tear-stained pop of M83 and a great local all-dayer. Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
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Live music in Liverpool this week (22-29 Jun)
There's plenty to check out across the city over the next seven days, from psychedelic oddballs to avant-experimentalist collaborations; reunited 60s legends to pop-punksters with nary a fuck given for the gender binary Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
FestivalsThe new talent at this year's Africa Oyé festival
The UK's biggest free festival of African music and culture, Africa Oyé, returns to Sefton Park this June. Artistic director Paul Duhaney tells us mor... Read more »| 01 Jun 2016 -
PreviewsScottish Gig Highlights – June 2016
With stadium rock Gods swooping in from on high, plus Glasgow's West End Festival and Edinburgh's Hidden Door in full flow, neither coast should struggle for... Read more »| 31 May 2016
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Northwest Gig Highlights – June 2016
The balmy summer evenings that we should, in theory, soon get will go perfectly with shimmering Scandi pop from Molly Nilsson, reggae festival Positive Vibration and upbeat genre-crossing sounds from the Max Graef Band. Read more »| 31 May 2016 -
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Northwest Gig Highlights – May 2016
'Gigs' feels like an insufficient term for the sensory treats in store this May: from Immix Ensemble's collaboration with Vessel to the return of sonic demigod Tim Hecker Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
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Scottish Gig Highlights – May 2016
With summer festival season setting up its boggin' two-man tent in a field near you in just a minute, May’s Scottish live music hit list offers respite in the great indoors Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
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Music Festival Guide 2016 – Scotland
No idea where to pitch your tent this summer? From Glasgow's Restless Natives to the newly-expanded Electric Fields, The Skinny's guide walks you through some of the more enticing music festivals on offer in Scotland, both indoor and out. Read more »| 08 Apr 2016 -
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Music Festival Guide 2016 – England & Wales
Still figuring out your holiday plans? If they involve a jaunt across England or Wales, a tent and a shedload of music, we've got just the thing for you: from ATP to Latitude, here's our guide to the best music festivals this summer. Read more »| 08 Apr 2016 -
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Music Festival Guide 2016 – Europe & the USA
Want to go to a festival this summer, but can't face the thought of another stereotypical British summer ruining the whole thing? A solution is at hand. From Burning Man to Secret Solstice, here's our guide to festivals in Europe and the United States. Read more »| 08 Apr 2016 -
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Northwest Gig Highlights – April 2016
Kaleidoscopic creatives Animal Collective, raucous rockers Ought and sensitive souls Money are among our gig picks this month Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
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Scottish Gig Highlights – April 2016
Take no heed of the doom-mongers; taps aff season is just around the corner. Chris Cornell walks in right on cue Read more »| 31 Mar 2016 -
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Other Worlds 2016: Festival Watch
Sun, sea, sex and sand? Other Worlds festival, this April’s adventure of the senses, can’t promise all four – but it’ll give it a jolly good try. Read more »| 25 Mar 2016