Following high profile U.K. festival appearances at Glastonbury, T In The Park and Reading and Leeds this year, Editors have announced their first U.K. tour in three years. The November tour sees the band play extensively across the country following the release of their fourth studio album, The Weight Of Your Love over the summer. Recorded in Nashville with Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings Of Leon), the album marked a fourth consecutive Top Ten placing for the band in the U.K. with Top Ten placing throughout Europe.
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Newton Faulkner To Release New Album On August 26th And Perform At The Liverpool o2 Academy In 2014.
Double number 1, multi-platinum selling, Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner is set to release his new album Studio Zoo through RCA on August 26th. The single Losing Ground will follow on September 9th, and a U.K. headline tour, which includes a visit to the o2 Academy on February 16th, is to follow in 2014, kicking off in Dublin on February 6th
Newton made history while producing the album as he live-streamed the entire recording process 24/7 for 5 weeks from his home studio. Fans could log in online to follow every detail of the ups, downs, dramas and laughs including guest appearances from Ted Dwane (Mumford & Sons) and X Factor’s Janet Devlin.
Heaven’s Basement, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
The walls at the o2 Academy have seen some incredible acts in the long years that it has stood on Hotham Street, it has held those memories within its brickwork and steel framing for so long that perhaps it is unsurprising that those reminiscences, the ghosts of fantastic sessions decided to come out of the stonework, to bleed themselves out and drench the audience in sweat at the outstanding and ear obliterating concert given by Heaven’s Basement.
Buffalo Summer, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Wales has always managed to hold onto its musical secrets until the right time comes along to unleash them upon the world in a blaze of Welsh pride, especially its rock groups. The Alarm, Manic Street Preachers, The Reasoning and The Stereophonics all have become household names over the decades not just in their home country but across the River Severn and through the mountains and hills of the North and invaded the collective music thought of the neighbours in England.
Skarlett Riot, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Some people kick off their weekend by taking off their work shoes slumping infront of the television for the night and only moving again when the television reception goes wonky. Others will be more adventurous and make their way into town and watch television on a big screen as Wimbledon reaches its climax. For some though the chance to take in some music, to find an oasis in a desert, is too compelling an opportunity to mess with and as Skarlett Riot entered the fray at the O2 Academy to a crowd that was already in love with them after catching the foursome finish their warm-up, there may as well have been a big sign stamped on the wall saying, your weekend starts here, rock your heart out and enjoy!
Simon Townshend, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Just a little over a 24 hours since he went on stage as part of a phenomenal line up at the Echo Arena, Simon Townshend graced the Liverpool o2 Academy with a set that burned with excellence and unequivocal energy.
As part of The Who alongside Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, Simon had rocked and stormed the large arena in town and given those present one of the loudest concerts they are likely to hear all year. When stepping onto the stage at The Academy though, he was more sedate and laid back but funnily enough just as intense and creatively thunderous, it was almost as if the spirits that had guided him as part of the much loved British band were still hanging around and urging him to continue the good work.
Gabrielle Aplin To Release New Album And Tour During 2013.
Gabrielle Aplin will release her debut album for Parlophone Records on May 13th. Entitled English Rain, the album was recorded with Mike Spencer (Rudimental, Alex Clare) in his Buckingham studio over a period of 6 months. Gabrielle wrote or co-wrote all the new songs on the album, and played the majority of the instruments herself. Following on from her second single Please Don’t Say You Love Me, which debuted at Number 6 on the singles chart, English Rain is preceded by a third single Panic Cord, scheduled for release on May 6th.
The Stranglers, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
The sweat and perspiration was still dripping off the audience’s clothes as they filed out of the Academy, Liverpool after yet another feast of relentless and pulsating music by one of the most potent and loved bands to come out of Britain in the last 40 years. For the Stranglers, nights such as they experience in Liverpool, are amongst the finest they can surely experience and for the fans that bounce and rock with them, the admiration is mutual. The tour is called Feel It Live and by the end of the night everyone had certainly felt that request.
The Hummingbirds, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
If 2012 was a year that for The Hummingbirds was unreal and full of exciting times then 2013 has surely already surpassed that and made the coming year so full of expectation and burgeoning exhilaration. Already tipped as one to watch by the Liverpool Music Awards, the band have recently performed at The Alarm’s famous Gathering in deepest North Wales and now they have kicked off March by opening for the Welsh Punk Rockers at the o2 Academy in their home town.
The Alarm, Gig Review. O2 Academy, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
There are homecomings for local heroes and then there are homecomings in which the performers on stage know that even they are from another town, another country, another place that they are so well thought of, so in tune with the indigenous psyche that they are welcome back time and time again. Such is that honour bestowed upon Mike Peters and The Alarm that to see the elder generation of fans who took the band to their hearts over 30 years ago, bouncing and enjoying the gig with a generation of fans young enough to be forgiven for following so called fashion rather decent quality is heart-warming and astounding.