Win: Guns N’ Roses tickets, Liverpool Echo Arena

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Win: Guns N’ Roses tickets, Liverpool Echo Arena

If you’ve not had at least one evening of your life wailing along to ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ in a dingy karaoke bar after 5 tequilas on a work night out, you’ve just not lived properly. Sorry. Guns N’ Roses were one of the most important – and iconic – rock bands of the 80s [...]

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Review: Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Liverpool Empire

You can have it all in music. Being great and successful are not mutually exclusive. Elvis Costello & The Imposters proved this and more at a packed Liverpool Empire last night. The Birkenhead bard brought his Spectacular Spinning Songbook across the Atlantic and treated his adopted hometown to a night of hits, horsing around and [...]

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Liverpool Sound City Survival Guide: Friday

Day two of Sound City sees some of the big guns, and some of the most talked about new acts hit town. This is how we’re planning our excursions. You’d do well to follow us.

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Liverpool Sound City Survival Guide: Thursday

Sound City is here, almost. So here’s a day by day round up of the stuff you can expect. And the stuff you really shouldn’t miss.

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Now Playing: Battleships

We love a good session of battleships. We think, after hearing this new Liverpool band’s EP, you will too. Allow them into your lives. Let them sink your frigate.

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Seven Beatles Covers We Shouldn’t Like…But Do

It’s a year full of Beatles 50th anniversary stuff. So let’s celebrate the only way how – by not playing The Beatles: but playing seven covers good, bad and ugly. Which is which? You decide…

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Radar: New Season at the Phil

A thrilling year of recitals, concerts, visiting superstars, chamber music and new compositions: the breadth of music at the Phil this season is, quite simply, electrifying. Don’t let it pass you by.

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Radar: Howler at Kazimier

One of the best US imports of the year, Howler bring their supercharged indie rock to the Kazimier this week. And we’ve got tickets to win…

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Delve into John Peel’s record collection as it goes online

We reported this late last year and it was officially THE MOST EXCITING NEWS EVER for anyone who’s listened to, spent time with, or grew up with John Peel’s glorious taste. Now today (1st May) the first section of John Peel’s record collection has been digitised, sorted, and put online. It’s a huge undertaking – [...]

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