April 2006 - archived

Saturday 1st April at 8pm
Tony Hadley
at The Albert Halls, Victoria Sq, Bolton. BL1 1RU
Spandau Ballet frontman & band, special request show
www.tony-hadley.com

Venue Website: www.alberthalls-bolton.co.uk

Tel: 01204 334400
Tickets: £17.50 advance

Saturday 1st April
The Other Smiths
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
The best tribute to Morrissey and The Smiths.

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £8 advance

Sunday 2nd April at 7pm
The Wholigans
at Academy 3, UMU Oxford Rd, Manchester. M13 9PR
Highly regarded tribute to the Leeds era Who
www.thewholigans.com
plus Ten Acre

Venue Website: www.manchesteracademy.net

www.ticketline.co.uk
or call 0161 832 1111
Tickets: £10 advance

Tuesday 4th April
The Wholigans
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
The Wholigans are an exact replica of The Who Live at Leeds era, complete with the smashing of the gear! In sight and sound you won't believe how close to the real thing they are, from the thrashing windmills to the mic swinging and all the original stage equipment and stage outfits. The set list contains everything recorded up until Keith's final days. The Wholigans capture the anger and the passion of the 'original' and only Who for many fans.
www.thewholigans.com

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £8 advance

Thursday 6th April
Ezio
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
Italian-born Ezio and Mark 'Booga' Fowell, hailing from Cambridge, have developed their own sensitive style, a mixture of rock and folk full of gorgeous acoustic melodies and intelligent lyrics.
www.ezio.de


Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £8 advance

Thursday 6th April
Feast Of Fiddles
at Pacific Rd Arts Centre, Birkenhead
The brainchild of Hugh Crabtree , The Feast of Fiddles consists of seven of the best fiddle players in the country playing with a rock based , backing band.
Band members are:
Dave Mattacks, Joe Broughton, Brian McNeill, Tom Leary, Ian Cutler, Phil Beer, Peter Knight,Chris Leslie Dave Harding, Martin Vincent, John Underwood, Hugh Crabtree
www.feastoffiddles.com

Venue Website: www.pacificroad.co.uk

Call: 0151 647 0752

Friday 7th April at 7.30pm
Killing Joke
at Academy 2, UMU Oxford Rd, Manchester. M13 9PR
Moved to Friday May 5th

Friday 7th April at 8pm
Hugh Cornwell
at Waterside Arts Centre, Sale. M33 7ZF
Former / Original Stranglers frontman &singer-songwriter. Acoustic set set + Q&A session with Hugh & his biographer Jim Drury.
www.hughcornwell.com

Venue Website: www.watersideartscentre.co.uk

www.ticketline.co.uk
or call 0161 832 1111
Tickets: £13 advance

Friday 7th April
Horse
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
Horse MacDonald is the kind of singer who can touch the coldest heart with one note - her songs are both devastating and uplifting and her voice is stunning.
www.horse-randan.com

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £15 advance

Saturday 8th April 2006
John Renbourn and Robin Williamson
at The Memorial Hall, Sheffield

Box Office: 0114 2789 789
£14 advance

Saturday 8th April
The Muffin Men
at The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park, Banbury
www.muffinmen.co.uk

Box Office: 01295 279002

Sunday 9th April
Ironically Maiden
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
'The UK's Number 1 Tribute to Iron Maiden' started out as a Cheshire-based rock covers band called Infamy. Rather than faithfully (blindly?) recreating Maiden note for note, what you get at an Ironically Maiden concert is 'a tribute to the band we all know and love, but played their way...'

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £7 advance

Tuesday 11th April at 7pm
Killing Joke
At The Corporation, Milton St. Sheffield. S1 4JU
Moved to Sunday May 7th

Tuesday 11th April
Blue Aeroplanes
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
"total poetic guitar-bejewelled rock'n'roll folk art let's dance godstar unalloyed alcoholic genius" -- Select
The Blue Aeroplanes burst out of Bristol in 1984, a pyrotechnic blur of dulcimers, bagpipes, turntables, dancing and lots of guitars, all bound together in tendrils of freeform poetry. Many came and were bewildered, but for a select few they were a revelation, and the debut LP Bop Art was a source of comfort in trying musical times. Bop Art - "angry, sad, beautiful, rewarding, and bursting with very real emotion" NME

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £10 advance

Wednesday 12th April at 7pm
Killing Joke
at The Wulfrun, North St, Wolverhampton WV1 1RQ
Moved to Saturday May 6th

Wednesday 12th April
Sam Brown
at Flavel, Dartmouth
Female singer songwriter, daughter of the famous Joe Brown, and co-performer with a range of artistes from Jools Holland to Fish, Sam has also reputation in her own right as a superb musician and down-to-earth entertainer. "Stop!" the hit single from 1988 was No.1 in 5 countries.
www.onecandle.co.uk

Call: 01803 839530

Thursday 13th April
Sam Brown
at Carnglaze Caverns, Liskeard
Female singer songwriter, daughter of the famous Joe Brown, and co-performer with a range of artistes from Jools Holland to Fish, Sam has also reputation in her own right as a superb musician and down-to-earth entertainer. "Stop!" the hit single from 1988 was No.1 in 5 countries.
www.onecandle.co.uk

Call: 01579 320251

Friday 14th April
Live AC/DC
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
Livewire AC/DC are a tribute act to Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, Angus Young and the music of AC/DC. They've been touring the national tribute circuit as the UK's foremost AC/DC tribute for five years. The band have developed a tremendous following and have two singers in the line up. A six man tribute to both eras of AC/DC, able to recreate authentically the look and sound of either Bon or Brian on vocals, with 'Angaz' as the frenzied schoolboy duckwalking and headbanging his way through all the classics old and new. The band have been commissioned to record two AC/DC tribute albums and have also tributed AC/DC on compilation albums worldwide. Livewire have a reputation as an act who entertain audiences but who obviously enjoy the show themselves.

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £8 advance

Saturday 15th April
Bob Catley
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
Magnum frontman building a solid reputation as a solo artist.

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £13 advance

Saturday 15th April
The Muffin Men
at Exeter Phoenix, Gandy St, Exeter
www.muffinmen.co.uk

Call 01392 667080

Tuesday 18th April
Hayseed Dixie
at Cardiff Coal Exchange
Bluegrass Rock tribute
www.hayseed-dixie.com

Call: 02920 230130

Wednesday 19 April at 7.30pm
Robin Trower
The Rescue Rooms, Masonic Pl, Goldsmith St, Nottingham. NG1 5GG
Highly rated world class Rock guitarist
www.trowerpower.com

Venue Website: www.rescuerooms.com

www.seeticket.com
Call: 0115 958 8484
Tickets: £15 advance

Thursday 20th April
The Muffin Men
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
Formed in 1990 to celebrate Frank Zappa's 50th birthday, the Muffin Men are considered to be 'the best Zappa band in operation' by Mike Keneally, former Zappa guitarist.. Zappa and Beefheart music performed with typical English humour and a touch of virtuosity.
www.muffinmen.co.uk

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £8 advance

Friday 21st April at 7pm
Gary Numan
at The Wulfrun, North St, Wolverhampton WV1 1RQ
Electro Industrial post punk pop
www.numan.co.uk

Venue Website: www.wolvescivic.co.uk

www.ticketline.co.uk
Call: 01902 552121
Tickets: £17 advance

Friday 21st April
Rollin' Stoned
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
A tribute to The Rolling Stones focusing on the early part of their career from 1964 - 1974. Expect a minimum two hour show with rockin' all the way and spectacular costume changes.

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £8 advance

Friday 21st April
Hayseed Dixie
at Pacific Rd Arts Centre Birkenhead
Bluegrass Rock tribute
www.hayseed-dixie.com

Venue Website: www.pacificroad.co.uk

Call: 0151 647 0752

Saturday 22nd April at 7pm
Gary Numan
at 53 Degrees, 1 Brooke St, Preston. PR1 2TQ
Electro Industrial post punk pop
www.numan.co.uk

Venue Website: www.53degrees.net

www.ticketline.co.uk
or call 0161 832 1111
Tickets: £17 advance

Saturday 22nd April at 7pm
Hayseed Dixie
The Platform, Station Buildings, Central Promenade, Morecambe LA4 4DB
Bluegrass Rock tribute
www.hayseed-dixie.com

Venue Website: www.lancaster.gov.uk/tourism

Call: 01524 582803
Tickets: £12 advance

Saturday 22nd April 2006
Arctic Monkeys
Magna Centre, Rotherham

Saturday 22nd April
Bert Jansch
at The Memorial Hall, Sheffield
Bert Jansch’s ground-breaking guitar playing, deeply affecting songwriting and dark, passionate voice have held audiences spellbound since the mid-sixties. Famously admired by Jimmy Page, Neil Young and Nick Drake, more recently young luminaries such as Noel Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, Bernard Butler and Johnny Marr have paid homage to this unassuming but intensely revered master.
www.bertjansch.com

Box Office: 0114 2789 789
£14 advance

Sunday 23rd April at 7pm
Hayseed Dixie
at Life Cafe, 23 Peter St, Manchester M25QR
Bluegrass Rock tribute
www.hayseed-dixie.com

Venue Website: www.lifecafe.info

www.ticketline.co.uk
or call 0161 832 1111
Tickets: £10 advance

Sunday 23rd April
Sinnerboy
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
A Manchester-based Rory Gallagher tribute band playing with passion and fire and spanning all of Rory's career.
www.sinnerboy.co.uk


Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £7 advance

Monday 24th April at 8pm
Hayseed Dixie
at The Limelight, Hightown, Crewe CW1 3BP
Bluegrass Rock tribute
www.hayseed-dixie.com

Venue Website: www.crewe-limelight.co.uk

Call: 01270 251929
Tickets: £12 advance

Monday 24th April
My Architects
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
'Influences ranging from The Smiths to Steve Reich, passed through a filter of elegant strumming and glacial undertones... the most wholesome emotions and nutritious, rollercoasting choruses'- Club Fandango.

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £5 advance

Tuesday 25th April
Ian McNabb
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
One of the great singer/songwriters to emerge from the 80s Liverpool music scene. Founder/lead singer with the chart toppers The Icicle Works, Ian has entered his third decade as a recording artist, and continues to write stunning songs with warmth, humour, cynicism and grandeur.

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £12 advance

Wednesday 26th April at 7.30pm
Saxon
Academy 2, UMU Oxford Rd, Manchester. M13 9PR
Classic New Wave of British Heavy Metal
www.saxon747.com

Venue Website: www.manchesteracademy.net

www.ticketline.co.uk
or call 0161 832 1111
Tickets: £15 advance

Wednesday 26th April
Belinda O'Hooley
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
Belinda O'Hooley is an Irish singer songwriter influenced by Joni Mitchell and PJ Harvey but sounding like neither of them. The Irish Gay Press called her debut album ("Music Is My Silence") "highly impressive.... gloriously commanding" and made it their Album Of The Month.

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £6 advance

Thursday 27th April
Midge Ure
at Margate Theatre Royal
An artist who has recieved Ivor Novello, Grammy, BASCAP awards along with a flotilla of gold and platinum records, really needs very little introduction.
www.midgeure.com

Call: 01843 293877

Thurs 27th April at 7.30pm
The Salford Jets
+ George Borowski
Life Cafe, 23 Peter St,Manchester. M2 5QR
Manchester ... correction Salford new wave icons, plus special guest, the legendary guitar George!
www.salfordjets.com
www.guitargeorge.co.uk

Venue Website: www.lifecafe.info

Tickets: www.ticketline.co.uk
or call 0161 832 1111 or
Tickets: £10 advance

Friday April 28th at 7.30pm
Robin Trower
at Academy 3, UMU Oxford Rd, Manchester. M13 9PR
Highly rated world class rock guitarist
www.trowerpower.com

Venue Website: www.manchesteracademy.net

www.ticketline.co.uk
or call 0161 832 1111
Tickets: £15 advance

Friday 28th April at 7pm
Tony Hadley
at Pacific Rd Arts Centre, Birenhead, Wirral. CH41 1LU
Spandau Ballet frontman & band, special request show
www.tony-hadley.com

Venue Website: www.pacificroad.co.uk

Call: 0151 647 0752
Tickets: £17.50 adv

Friday 28th April
Midge Ure
at Lyme Regis Marine Theatre
An artist who has recieved Ivor Novello, Grammy, BASCAP awards along with a flotilla of gold and platinum records, really needs very little introduction.
www.midgeure.com

Call: 01297 442138

Saturday 29th April at 7.30pm
Think Floyd
Academy 2, UMU Oxford Rd, Manchester. M13 9PR
Stunning Pink Floyd tribute show
www.thinkfloyd.net

Venue Website: www.manchesteracademy.net

www.ticketline.co.uk
or call 0161 832 1111
Tickets: £12.50 advance

Saturday 29th April
The Unforgettable Fire
at The Boardwalk, Snig Hill, Sheffield
Unforgettable Fire, or "UF", was born on New Years Day in 1995 as one of the very first U2 tribute bands to ever perform in America. After over ten years of playing in some of the most prestigious venues on the East Coast, UF has formed a reputation among many to be one of the closest experiences to being at an actual live U2 show. The members of UF are also very dedicated fans of U2, and will not settle for anything less than complete authenticity. In addition to performing a very impressive array of U2 material from pre-Boy to the most recent How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the band does everything in their power (from wardrobe to lighting) to recreate the live U2 concert setting for their audiences.

Call 0870 145 1207
Tickets £7 advance

Saturday 29th April @ 7.30pm
Little Man Tate
The Plug, Matilda St. Sheffield
Little Man Tate have tunes, tunes, tunes. Not just the latest new band from Sheffield but potentially the best. They ooze commercial indie-pop potential in a Kaiser Chiefs meets Carter USM stylee. Immensely hummable tunes reflecting everyday life with real humour.... you simply have to see them live to fully appreciate them.
www.littlemantate.co.uk

Venue Website www.the-plug.com

www.ticketweb.co.uk
or call 0870 145 1207
Tickets: £5 advance

Saturday 29th April
Midge Ure
at Cirencester Corn Hall
An artist who has recieved Ivor Novello, Grammy, BASCAP awards along with a flotilla of gold and platinum records, really needs very little introduction.
www.midgeure.com

Call: 01285 654180

Sunday 30th April
The Saw Doctors
at The Plug, Sheffield
www.sawdoctors.com

Box Office: 0114 2789 789
£18.50 advance