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Pop’s bright new star Ellie Goulding heads for Liverpool

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

IT CAN’T be easy being Ellie Goulding. Less than a year ago, she was unknown outside the music taste-making fraternity but now, after winning a Brit award and topping a prestigious industry poll to find the coming year’s likely stars, she’s close to becoming a household name.

New Order's Bernard Sumner: my thanks to legendary Liverpool club Eric’s

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT

ERIC’S was the club that launched a generation of Liverpool bands. From Echo and the Bunnymen to The Mighty Wah! and OMD, its name has become synonymous with the Scouse scene.

New Order's Bernard Sumner: my thanks to legendary Liverpool club Eric’s

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT

ERIC’S was the club that launched a generation of Liverpool bands. From Echo and the Bunnymen to The Mighty Wah! and OMD, its name has become synonymous with the Scouse scene.

Folksinger Kate Rusby booked to play Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MERCURY Prize-nominated British folk star Kate Rusby is returning to the Philharmonic Hall with new band line-up and material.

Jethro Tull comes to Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:40:00 GMT

“DO YOU know what happened this morning when I was in Waitrose with my wife?” asks Ian Anderson, with a chuckle.

Jethro Tull comes to Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:40:00 GMT

“DO YOU know what happened this morning when I was in Waitrose with my wife?” asks Ian Anderson, with a chuckle.

Shakespears Sister come to the 02 Academy Liverpool

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Who are they? A synth-pop-rock band formed by former Bananarama singer–songwriter Siobhan Fahey in 1988. American singer Marcella Detroit joined a year later, although they split in 1993. The name is taken from the song Shakespeare's Sister by The Smiths, which refers to Virginia Woolf's feminist essay, A Room of One's Own, in which she argues that if William Shakespeare had a sister of equal genius, as a woman she wouldn’t have had the opportunity to make use of it.

Noisettes’ Shingai Shoniwa on touring live ahead of gig at 02 Academy Liverpool

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

TOURING may be all TV hurling to some bands, but it’s an experience Noisettes take very seriously.

REVIEW: James McCartney, Liverpool

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:56:00 GMT

BEING a Beatles baby can’t be easy especially when you’re stood on stage as your audience gaze around the room hoping to see your famous father.

Lady Gaga has a Ball at Liverpool's Echo Arena

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SHE’S the woman who slips into a lampshade like the rest of us pops on a pair of jeans.

Paul Young is bringing Los Pacaminos to the Citadel, St Helens

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FORMER Mike and the Mechanics member Paul Young is taking his seven-piece band Los Pacaminos to The Citadel St Helens on Saturday.

Sound City teams up with NorthernNet high-speed broadband

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MUSIC industry conference Liverpool Sound City will take its message across the North of England thanks to a new high-speed broadband network designed to help creative firms work together.

MUSIC REVIEW: X Factor – Live! at the Echo Arena

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AFTER the tears and tabloid headlines, the unstoppable musical juggernaut that is The X-Factor is on the road.

British pop rapper Tinchy Stryder to headline Wirral Festival

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

BRITISH rapper Tinchy Stryder is to headline the first major music festival due to be held in Wirral over the late May bank holiday weekend.

Kelly Clarkson talks music, Idol and those rumours

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IF YOU searched in the dictionary for a definition of pop sensation, you might very well find two words. Kelly Clarkson.

Boyzone star Ronan Keating comes to Liverpool Empire

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Who is he? Blonde 32-year-old Irish singer and sometime member of boyband Boyzone.

Rocking all over the Pops: Status Quo's ECHO Arena Liverpool gig

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ROCK legends Status Quo are the latest act to sign up for the Summer Pops.

Wishing on a Starr for Ringo as ex-Beatle makes Hollywood Walk of Fame

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

RINGO STARR will be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week.

Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney’s son James to play Liverpool concert

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SIR Paul McCartney’s son, James, is keeping the family trade alive by going on his first ever tour starting in Liverpool – with songs partly inspired by The Beatles.

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg turns to theatre career

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

BILLY BRAGG is raising the curtain on a new stage in his career – by turning to theatre.