Author Topic: Liverpool Gig Guide (Read 93051 times)

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **on:** October 5, 2006, 11:56:44 pm »

Right. I love live music and in an effort to get you all out to gigs a bit more I'm going to try and keep this beast updated. So please post on here info on any upcoming gigs in Liverpool, early email newsletter/fanclub only links to tickets would obviously be welcome too

. In order to try and keep this thing manageable I've limited it to national bands, so there are no DJ shows listed and no local bands playing at the "rat and ferret", although if someone wants to start a "Local bands to watch out for" thread I'd be an avid reader.

Liverpool Music Week - Nov 4th to 13th. The big name gigs are in the listing but for all the free gigs in bars around town look for the special Liverpool Music Week posting further down the thread.

November 2006

Fri 24	Good Shoes	Korova	£4

Sat 25	Dirty Pretty Things	Mountford Hall	Sold Out

Sat 25	Peeping Tom	Carling Academy	£16.50
	Rahzel
	Dan the Automator

Sat 25	White Trash Ana Half Cast	Carling Academy 2	£6
	Pups
	Killaflaw

Sun 26	The Bluetones	Carling Academy 2	£13

Sun 26	Beverley Knight	Empire Theatre	Sold Out

Mon 27	The Blood Arm	Carling Academy 2	£7

Tue 28	Asia	Carling Academy	£20

Tue 28	Spear of Destiny	Carling Academy 2	£10

Tue 28	Beverley Knight	Philharmonic	£24

Wed 29	Azriel	Carling Academy 2	£6

December 2006

Fri 01	The Christians	Carling Academy	£20

Fri 01	The Wombats	Carling Academy 2	£5
	Assembly Now
	WHIP
	Cuckolds

Fri 01	The Saw Doctors	Philharmonic	£19.50

Sat 02	Goldie Lookin Chain	Carling Academy	£15

Sun 03	DJ Shadow	Mountford Hall	£18.50

Sun 03	Capdown	Barfly Loft	£7.50

Mon 04	Michael Franti & Spearhead	Carling Academy	£15

Mon 04	Ojos De Brujo	Philharmonic	£16.50

Tue 05	Babyshambles	Carling Academy	£17		Rescheduled show - original tickets valid
	The Holloways

Wed 06	White Rose Movement	Carling Academy 2	£8
	Rubicks

Fri 08	Northside	Carling Academy 2	£10

Fri 08	The Farm	Carling Academy	£17.50

Fri 08	Smile: The Re-Union	Carling Academy 2	£10	Farm aftershow party
	Terry Farley
	Dean Thatcher
	Paul Myers
	Partizan DJs

Fri 08	Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel	Philharmonic	£18.50

Sat 09	Ian McNabb	Carling Academy 2	£15

Sat 09	Shack	Carling Academy	£15

Sun 10	Ezio	Carling Academy 2	£10

Sun 10	The Zutons	Mountford Hall	£17.50	Sold Out

Mon 11	The Zutons	Mountford Hall	£17.50	Sold Out

Mon 11	Madeleine Peyroux	Philharmonic	£19

Tue 12	Seth Lakeman	Carling Academy 2	£12

Wed 13	Tony Hadley	Philharmonic	£19.50

Wed 13	White Lion	Barfly Theatre	£12

Thu 14	The Damned	Carling Academy	£12.50

Fri 15	Echo & The Bunnymen	Carling Academy	£17.50

Sat 16	Deltasonic Christmas Party	Carling Academy	£20
	The Coral
	The Dead 60s
	The Little Flames
	The Suzukis
	The Tigerpicks

Mon 18	James Morrison	Carling Academy	£12.50	Sold Out

Fri 22	Western Promise / Amsterdam	Carling Academy 2	£8	all proceeds to Strummerville charity
	The Real Kicks
	The Crescent
	Man From Michael

January 2007

Fri 19	Soil	Carling Academy 2	£10
	Brand New Sin
	Lennon

Wed 24	Biffy Clyro	Carling Academy	£14
	The Bronx

Fri 26	Ray LaMontagne	Philharmonic	£17.50

Sat 27	The Wombats	Carling Academy 2	£5

Wed 31	Supersuckers	Carling Academy 2	£10
	The Idiot Rate

February 2007

Mon 05	The Enemy	Carling Academy 2	£7.50

Tue 06	Thirteen Senses	Carling Academy 2	£11

Wed 07	The Haunted	Carling Academy 2	£10

Fri 09	Europe	Carling Academy	£17.50

Tue 13	Plan B	Carling Academy 2	£8.50	moved from Friday 6th Oct. Original tickets remain valid.

Thu 15	Forward Russia	Carling Academy	£8.50

Fri 16	The Hussys	Barfly Loft	£5

Fri 23	Amy Winehouse	Carling Academy	£16

Sat 24	The Walter Trout Power Trio	Carling Academy 2	£15

March 2007

Sat 31	The Beat	Carling Academy 2	£15
	Neville Staple's Specials

Disclaimer: A modicum of effort has been made to ensure this is accurate but you never know so don't come running to me if the dates are wrong, the bands are shite or the beer is overpriced piss in a plastic glass.

Venue Guide

Barfly
The Barfly specialises in small bands still making their mark, catch the right band at the right time and it'll be one of those gigs you always remember. Arctic Monkeys anyone?There are two main rooms where they put gigs on. The Loft is the most used and is fine as long as the gig is not a sell out, if it is then areas from which you can actually see the band will be rammed. If your listening Barfly, do us all a favour and knock that wall down

. The Theatre is a bit bigger with tiered standing making it one of the best places in Liverpool to see a band. Bands also sometimes play in the downstairs bar, usually as part of club nights.
Carling Academy
The old L2 is Liverpool's premier gig venue, in terms of the number of gigs they put on, if not in lovability. It too has two main rooms, access to the bar is usually pretty good, partly as a result of the piss-take bar prices. The main room is a fairly characterless rectangle with a small balcony area at one end, the view and sound is normally OK though. The smaller room, normally listed as Carling Academy 2 is long and narrow and suffers from a low stage with a slightly raised dance floor in front of it which means your unlikely to Phil Collins, or any drummers at all for that matter.
Empire Theatre
Any band playing here as basically made it onto the post-rock cabaret circuit. It's a big Victorian theatre with good views, the Upper Circle is great for observing the hairloss of whichever ageing rocker is playing.
Korova
Tiny venue through the back of the Korova bar, would probably not merit a mention if it were not for the association with the EVOL guys from Ladytron who have managed to book some fine acts to play there in the last year or so. The ceiling is low and the stage non-existent though so don't expect to see anything.
Philharmonic Hall
Art Deco concert hall with great acoustics puts on a reasonably interesting list of acts with a slight emphasis on World Music.
University
Or the Guild, or the Academy... it's been rebranded so many times in the last few years that nobody is sure what it's called any more. Consists of three venues. The biggest is the Mountford Hall (Acad/Guild 1) which looks kinda like a school gym and usually has nightmarish scrums of students trying to pay by Switch around the bar. The best is the Stanley Theatre (Acad/Guild 2) which is a cracking little place to see a gig. There are occasionally gigs in smaller back rooms (Guid/Acad 3 or 4) but these are normally as part of club nights.
Zanzibar
Club venue that mainly puts on local bands, often as part of club nights. You normally get a pretty good view and you can watch the bands while getting served at the bar, which is always a bonus.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #1 on:** October 5, 2006, 11:58:28 pm »

Lest we forget.... RAWK threads on past gigs. Good? Shit? Never turned up...

2006

Tue 24 October	Fratellis

Thu 12 October	Sparklehorse

Fri 06 October	Babyshambles

Jonathan Hall ☆☆☆☆☆☆ · « **Reply #2 on:** October 6, 2006, 12:01:04 am »

Off to see Amsterdam a week saturday, hopefully if as good as the hour they did at Mathew st fest, should be good.

Sub · « **Reply #3 on:** October 6, 2006, 03:45:38 pm »

Babyshambles tonight £6?? I paid £18 odd last year to see the bastards.

kesey · « **Reply #4 on:** October 6, 2006, 03:53:24 pm »

Quote from: Sub on October 6, 2006, 03:45:38 pm

Babyshambles tonight £6?? I paid £18 odd last year to see the bastards.

He's found a better dealer.......

kitster · « **Reply #5 on:** October 6, 2006, 04:04:11 pm »

Carling Academy 25th - tempting.

The Cappuccino Kid · « **Reply #6 on:** October 6, 2006, 05:29:14 pm »

Thinking of going to see The Long Blondes next week.

Tough choice between The Raconteurs and New York Dolls though.

mikek1984 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 6, 2006, 05:32:02 pm »

dates for your calendar

sat october 14th at nation - pendulum mister scruff, radio soulwax (fucking amazing)

sat october 28th at nation - goodgreef 6th birthday

sat nov 4th at nation - erol alkan, annie mac, andy c, roni size, dynamite, sub focus, futurebound

sat november 18th - at nation - tiesto axwell, ingrosso, angello cream 14th birthday

sat november 25th - boddington brewery warehouse project mylo

boooooooom

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #8 on:** October 6, 2006, 07:41:56 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Brightside on October 6, 2006, 05:29:14 pm

Thinking of going to see The Long Blondes next week.

Tough choice between The Raconteurs and New York Dolls though.

Seen the Long Blondes a couple of times, I'd recommend taking a gander. They're easy on the eye too. Where they playing?

Rushian · « **Reply #9 on:** October 6, 2006, 08:30:55 pm »

VdM - can we incorporate this into the RAWK Guide to Liverpool for Visitors? The gig section there needs updating (as do the theatre and a couple of other sections) and I was going to ask for volunteers for the various sections this week as I launch into the overhaul ... just needs a copy and paste - I'll do the requisite if you give the nod.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #10 on:** October 15, 2006, 02:39:44 pm »

Quote from: Rushian on October 6, 2006, 08:30:55 pm

VdM - can we incorporate this into the RAWK Guide to Liverpool for Visitors? The gig section there needs updating (as do the theatre and a couple of other sections) and I was going to ask for volunteers for the various sections this week as I launch into the overhaul ... just needs a copy and paste - I'll do the requisite if you give the nod.

I think the list is now up-to-date so feel free to link it up. I'll try and keep posting updates.

wadey-LFC · « **Reply #11 on:** October 15, 2006, 03:19:56 pm »

Zutons sold out, phoned up the number on there website

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #12 on:** October 15, 2006, 03:26:41 pm »

Quote from: wadey-LFC on October 15, 2006, 03:19:56 pm

Zutons sold out, phoned up the number on there website

Cheers - updated on the list now.

Des Lynam · « **Reply #13 on:** October 15, 2006, 06:46:08 pm »

Goin to see the Raconteurs next week, should be cool.

Also, add these to your gig list:

Fridge Mountain Fires

Zanzibar, 26th October...

www.fridgemountainfires.com

great live local band

Cheers,

The Cappuccino Kid · « **Reply #14 on:** October 15, 2006, 07:32:47 pm »

Gutted that the New York Dolls gig falls on the Carling Cup game V Reading. In cases like this, the reds triumph over all.

So going to see The Complete Stone Roses at the Academy.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2006, 01:21:03 pm »

Quote from: Des Lynam on October 15, 2006, 06:46:08 pm

Goin to see the Raconteurs next week, should be cool.

Also, add these to your gig list:

Fridge Mountain Fires

Zanzibar, 26th October...

www.fridgemountainfires.com

great live local band

Cheers,

Added today.

Filler. · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2006, 05:30:45 pm »

Great stuff VdM!. Heads up for that Gossip gig at the Carling Academy on Oct 29. Support comes from Comanechi... a band worth going to see on their own. Don't miss them - a great messy racket.

http://www.myspace.com/comanechi

(the 'fueena' tune gives a glimpse of what it might sound like - plus the drummer is fit as fuck.)

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #17 on:** October 18, 2006, 01:09:46 pm »

Guillemots now Sold Out

Babyshambles gig rescheduled for Tuesday December 5th

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #18 on:** October 18, 2006, 04:08:22 pm »

Venue guide added. Comments welcome.

Venue Guide

Barfly
The Barfly specialises in small bands still making their mark, catch the right band at the right time and it'll be one of those gigs you always remember. Arctic Monkeys anyone?There are two main rooms where they put gigs on. The Loft is the most used and is fine as long as the gig is not a sell out, if it is then areas from which you can actually see the band will be rammed. If your listening Barfly, do us all a favour and knock that wall down

. The Theatre is a bit bigger with tiered standing making it one of the best places in Liverpool to see a band. Bands also sometimes play in the downstairs bar, usually as part of club nights.
Carling Academy
The old L2 is Liverpool's premier gig venue, in terms of the number of gigs they put on, if not in lovability. It too has two main rooms, access to the bar is usually pretty good, partly as a result of the piss-take bar prices. The main room is a fairly characterless rectangle with a small balcony area at one end, the view and sound is normally OK though. The smaller room, normally listed as Carling Academy 2 is long and narrow and suffers from a low stage with a slightly raised dance floor in front of it which means your unlikely to Phil Collins, or any drummers at all for that matter.
Empire Theatre
Any band playing here as basically made it onto the post-rock cabaret circuit. It's a big Victorian theatre with good views, the Upper Circle is great for observing the hairloss of whichever ageing rocker is playing.
Korova
Tiny venue through the back of the Korova bar, would probably not merit a mention if it were not for the association with the EVOL guys from Ladytron who have managed to book some fine acts to play there in the last year or so. The celing is low and the stage non-existent though so don't expect to see anything.
Philharmonic Hall
Art Deco concert hall with great acoustics puts on a reasonably interesting list of acts with a slight emphasis on World Music.
University
Or the Guild, or the Academy... it's been rebranded so many times in the last few years that nobody is sure what it's called any more. Consists of three venues. The biggest is the Mountford Hall (Acad/Guild 1) which looks kinda like a school gym and usually has nightmarish scrums of students trying to pay by Switch around the bar. The best is the Stanley Theatre (Acad/Guild 2) which is a cracking little place to see a gig. There are occasionally gigs in smaller back rooms (Guid/Acad 3 or 4) but these are normally as part of club nights.
Zanzibar
Club venue that mainly puts on local bands, often as part of club nights. You normally get a pretty good view and you can watch the bands while getting served at the bar, which is always a bonus.

kesey · « **Reply #19 on:** October 18, 2006, 04:36:44 pm »

I know Ive posted this on different threads here but fuck it.....

www.liverpoolirishfestival.com

bellinter · « **Reply #20 on:** October 18, 2006, 04:47:56 pm »

Quote from: Veinticinco de Mayo on October 18, 2006, 01:09:46 pm

Guillemots now Sold Out

saw them in Dublin last thursday, decent enough but they did fuck all to get the crowd involved

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #21 on:** October 18, 2006, 04:49:56 pm »

Quote from: bellinter on October 18, 2006, 04:47:56 pm

saw them in Dublin last thursday, decent enough but they did fuck all to get the crowd involved

Strange, saw them in Liverpool a few months back and it was a stroming gig with plenty of interaction starting with them parading, marching band stylee, through the crowd to get to the stage.

bellinter · « **Reply #22 on:** October 18, 2006, 05:52:31 pm »

Quote from: Veinticinco de Mayo on October 18, 2006, 04:49:56 pm

Strange, saw them in Liverpool a few months back and it was a stroming gig with plenty of interaction starting with them parading, marching band stylee, through the crowd to get to the stage.

there was none of that last week, although the performace of If The World Ends was amazing

7777 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 18, 2006, 06:31:27 pm »

James Morrison Carling Academy 18th December

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #24 on:** October 25, 2006, 01:48:20 pm »

New gig added....

Mon 13 Nov	Grace	Carling Academy 2	£5

Tipped to be huge. See them before you have to pay ten times the price to stand ten times as far away.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #25 on:** October 27, 2006, 09:29:56 am »

First off, a recommendation. I went to see, the excellent, Howling Bells last night and the first support were a duo from Sheffield called Slow Club playing what I have, probably rather irritatingly, dubbed alt.skiffle. Anyway they had tunes to burn and had a kind of off-kilter charm. I got talking to one of them at the bar and he said they had two more gigs coming up in Liverpool.

Nov 15th Supporting Tiny Dancers at the Barfly
Nov 11th At the Zanzibar as part of Liverpool Music Week

Get down there and say hello, after all it's not every week that you'll see a woman playing a kitchen chair.

I'll add the LMW gigs to the guide this weekend.

timiano · « **Reply #26 on:** October 27, 2006, 11:40:40 am »

Great thread....thank-you!

Filler. · « **Reply #27 on:** October 27, 2006, 04:57:53 pm »

Tomorrow night (Saturday 28th Oct), none other than the legendary guitarist and Sun City Girls frontman, Sir Richard Bishop is playing at The Pilgrim on 34 Pilgrim Street, L1 9HB.

I am jealous as fuck. Do yourselves a favour and pop along. A rendition of 'Torch of the Mystics' can be heard here.

The Cappuccino Kid · « **Reply #28 on:** October 27, 2006, 06:08:07 pm »

Echo and The Bunnymen just before Christmas looks very tempting.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #29 on:** November 2, 2006, 01:51:24 pm »

OK folks Liverpool Music Week starts this Saturday on the big screen in town and then a series of gigs from Sunday. Line-ups etc are as follows:

Sunday 5th November
Venue: Bumper, Hardman Street
From: 5pm (Bands from 6pm)
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Alterkicks, Kuki, Fayze Two, Greenwich Resident, Mark Wilson, Mirrorball, The Drellas, Paul Wilkes & The Drunken Boat, The Prelude, Tom Cartledge, 4ft Soldiers

Monday 6th November
Venue: Bumper, Hardman Street
From: 7pm (Bands from 8pm)
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Son of Dave, Dom Newton, Esther O'Connor, Freemaker, Former Miss America, Santa Carla, The Mojave Collective, The Silhouettes

Tuesday 7th November
Venue: Bumper, Hardman Street
From: 7pm (Bands from 8pm)
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Hot Club de Paris, Dartz!, Do Idea, Go Faster, Red Panda, SSS, Voo

Tuesday 7th November
Venue: Zanzibar Club
From: 8pm
Readies: Free
Line-Up: The Idiot Rate, Fevercaine, Ji, Metro Manilla Aide, The Negatives

Tuesday 7th November
Venue: 3345 Parr Street
From: 8pm
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Ice King of California, Ragz, Jonny Sands, Sam Kearney, Colonel Dave Owen, Jo Bywater, Joe Keelan, Arne Vatnoy

Wednesday 8th November
Venue: Bumper, Hardman Street
From: 7pm (Bands from 8pm)
Readies: Free
Line-Up: The Aeroplanes, Tramp Attack, Cuckolds, Dirty Circus, The Bo Weevils, The Jackals, The Pedantics, The Sums

Wednesday 8th November
Venue: Barfly
From: 8pm
Readies: Free
Line-Up: The Most Terrifying Thing, Day with Mary, Fridge Mountain Fires, Multi Purpose Chemical, Soviet Underdog, Stoneguard

Wednesday 8th November
Venue: Bar Hannah, Hardman Street
From: 8pm
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Loca, Orgatronics, 6ix Toys, Beats & Pieces

Thursday 9th November
Venue: Bumper, Hardman Street
From: 7pm (Bands from 8pm)
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family, John Smith, Whiskycats, Club Pilot, Francesca Hughes, Isobelle Heyworth, Kaya, Lucy Styles, Rachel Wright, Something Sally

Thursday 9th November
Venue: Bar Hannah, Hardman Street
From: 8pm
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Testcard, DNA Orchestra, Radio Plastic, Duke Dumont

Thursday 9th November
Venue: Metropolitan
From: 8pm
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Sound Movement, The Affection, The Great Northwestern Hoboes, The CBs, The Laze, The Regimental, We See Foxes

Thursday 9th November
Venue: Magnet, Hardman Street
From: 9pm
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Broke 'n' English, Jambon, Souls Rest, Systems D

Friday 10th November
Venue: Bumper, Hardman Street
From: 7pm (Bands from 8pm)
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Sasha, Foe, Talib, Liverpool Batala Samba Band, Pilar de Santos, Mamadou & The Libador Super Band, River Niger

Friday 10th November
Venue: Magnet, Hardman Street
From: 7pm (Bands 8pm)
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Tom Lang, Jennifer John, Sense of Sound, Juliet Russell, Jade Gallagher, Stella 66, Ogo, Ben Blance, Sarah Bridston

Friday 10th November
Venue: Korova
From: 10pm
Readies: £4
Line-Up: Van She, Tetine, Tiger Picks

Friday 10th November
Venue: Metropolitan
From: 8pm
Readies: Free
Line-Up: Edgar Jones & The Joneses, Asbos, Stealer, The Fahrenheits, The Hot Melts

Friday 10th November
Venue: Static Gallery
From: 8.30pm
Readies: £5
Line-Up: Howie Payne

I'll try and flesh this out a bit and add the final weekends gigs soon.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #30 on:** November 23, 2006, 11:13:32 pm »

New gigs added:

December

Fri 08	Northside	Carling Academy 2	£10

Sat 16	Deltasonic Christmas Party	Carling Academy	£20
	The Coral
	The Dead 60s
	The Little Flames
	The Suzukis
	The Tigerpicks

January

Fri 19	Soil	Carling Academy 2	£10
	Brand New Sin
	Lennon

Wed 24	Biffy Clyro	Carling Academy	£14
	The Bronx

Sat 27	The Wombats	Carling Academy 2	£5

Wed 31	Supersuckers	Carling Academy 2	£10
	The Idiot Rate

February

Mon 05	The Enemy	Carling Academy 2	£7.50

Tue 06	Thirteen Senses	Carling Academy 2	£11

Wed 07	The Haunted	Carling Academy 2	£10

Fri 09	Europe	Carling Academy	£17.50

Thu 15	Forward Russia	Carling Academy	£8.50

Fri 23	Amy Winehouse	Carling Academy	£16

Sat 24	The Walter Trout Power Trio	Carling Academy 2	£15

only6times · « **Reply #31 on:** March 23, 2007, 02:15:10 pm »

walter trout is defo worth a listen, seen him a few times in pacific road, top, top blues guitarist who loves to rock it.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #32 on:** March 23, 2007, 02:36:23 pm »

hmmm. big update needed. it might just happen if it's a rainy Sunday

mintyfresh · « **Reply #33 on:** June 16, 2007, 01:44:28 am »

Hi, biased I know, but mates of mine are playing the Zanzibar tomorrow night. They've been playing under various guises in Liverpool for a couple of years now and soon expect to feature on BBC NI on ATL TV so they are eventually making headway. You can get a preview here on their myspace site.

http://www.myspace.com/thefoolsenjoyit

Zanzibar
Saturday 16th June

“THE PRELUDE “ host band present

The Fools / The Franco’s / Eugene McGuiness / Tom Snowball

bradigor · « **Reply #34 on:** July 13, 2007, 05:22:15 pm »

Uber Room:

Jonathan Hall ☆☆☆☆☆☆ · « **Reply #35 on:** August 6, 2007, 11:27:11 pm »

For anyone who likes Amsterdam, on at Carling Academy Sept 15th.