Next Manchester show: Tuesday 14th November @ Retro “Texas powerhouse” Rolling Stone Her latest release ‘Married Alone’ was top 10 in Americana charts for 24 weeks straight Currently part of the American Currents: State of the Music exhbition at The Country Music Hall of Fame alongside Luke Combs, Charley Crockett, Miranda Lambert and many more… ACM-nominated recording artist Sunny Sweeney has long been known for her uncanny ability to straddle the line of demarcation between Texas Country and Nashville Americana, but […]

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Next Manchester show: Friday 14th July @ Retro Spunge (often typeset as [spunge] – lead singer Alex Copeland has joked that the brackets are in the name so that the letters do not fall out) are a ska punk band from Tewkesbury, England. Through many years of touring, Spunge have toured with or played alongside a number of UK bands; and several American bands such as Green Day, Dropkick Murphys and Reel Big Fish; and been supported on a UK […]

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Next Manchester show: Saturday 14th October @ Retro “By taking ska, pop, grime, dubstep, punk and metal apart, then rebuildingthem as a hyperactive hybrid, Sonic Boom Six demand attention” – Kerrang!SONIC BOOM SIX is an explosive and outspoken five-piece described as “taking ska,pop, grime, dubstep, punk and metal apart, then rebuilding them as a hyperactivehybrid” (Kerrang! Magazine). With a live show infamous for “clashing activism and goodtimes”, SB6’s legendary gigs are a party that started in Manchester, UK, transcendinggenres and […]

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Next Manchester show: Saturday 9th September @ Retro Crazyhead are an English garage punkband from Leicester, England.[1] Though lumped in with the largely media-created grebo scene, they were more influenced by the garage rock of the late 1960s, as well as bands like The Ramones, The Stooges and Captain Beefheart. They have often described themselves as an “urban bastard blues band”, and their songs range in theme from trenchant social commentary to the surreal, but always with an underlying vein of black humour. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS CHECK OUT THIS

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Voodoo Glow Skulls are an American ska punk band formed in 1988 in Riverside, California, by brothers Frank, Eddie, and Jorge Casillas and their longtime friend Jerry O’Neill. Voodoo Glow Skulls first played at backyard parties and later at Spanky’s Café in their hometown of Riverside, where they played shows with the Angry Samoans, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Firehose, Murphy’s Law, and The Dickies. Next Manchester show: Thursday 10th August @ Retro CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS CHECK OUT:

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The Dickies are an American punk rock band formed in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, in 1977. One of the longest tenured punk rock bands, they have been in continuous existence for over 40 years. They have consistently balanced catchy melodies, harmony vocals, and pop song structures, with a speedy punk guitar attack. This musical approach is paired with a humorous style and has been labelled “pop-punk” or “bubble-gum punk”. The band have sometimes been referred to as “the clown princes of punk” Next Manchester show: Sunday 23rd […]

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ONE £10 WRISTBAND GETS YOU ACCESS TO 5 DAYS OF LIVE MUSIC ACROSS TWO STAGES – ALL UNDER ONE ROOF! FEATURING: Rain McMey Nimuah MOOSE WRENCH Alfie Wallace Jemma Johnson Yellow Dog Conspiracy And What The Rogues Indifferent Monkey Strange & Charm Slackrr Rose Hill The Mighty George Farmer Charlie Whittam Brandon Tew Mark Shepherd Sonum Barking Poets No Vacancies The Interests Jody and The Jerms Chrysalid Homo Beachcomber This Is Wreckage Alan Caruso Daniel Angelus Northbound and Down Reno […]

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Respected as one of Australia’s iconic musicians, Ian Moss delivers an unforgettable sound – not only as a telling soloist on guitar but especially with his silken voice, ringing with clarity and resonating with pure soul. While primarily recognised as an axeman of tenacity and sweet melodic sensibility, Ian’s distinctive vocal is the essential signature of his soulful, bluesy muse – as it has been since his first tentative foray into music during the early 1970s. Born and raised in Alice Springs, […]

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Enuff Z’nuff Enuff Z’nuff are the living, breathing example of what a rock/pop group should be. The band was formed in 1984 in Blue Island, Illinois. Its first release, Fingers On It, gave the band some initial recognition when the track was featured in the 1986 cult movie, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. By 1989, original members, Chip Z’Nuff and Donnie Vie, were joined by guitarist Derek Frigo and drummer Vikki Foxx. The band had signed with Atco/Atlantic Records […]

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