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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,and,West Midlands,music,gallery,Black Sabbath,galleries,poster,frontman,rock,legend,heavy metal,iconic,icon,Prince of Darkness,history,records,heritage,solo,career,cultural,tourism,free,temporary,fan,attraction,album,artwork display,awards,retrospective,popular culture,Back to the Beginning,concert,death,2025,posthumous,sign,indoor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F511A6 - A freestanding promotional panel for Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero stands inside Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands. The poster features a large portrait of Ozzy Osbourne dressed in black beneath the distinctive Ozzy Osbourne logo and the words WORKING CLASS HERO. Visitors can be seen beyond the sign among illuminated display cases and exhibition galleries beneath the museum's high arched interior. The free exhibition opened on 25 June 2025 and was created to celebrate the solo achievements, global awards and career of Birmingham rock icon Ozzy Osbourne, together with album artwork connected with the original Black Sabbath line-up. It was timed to coincide with the historic Black Sabbath homecoming and Back to the Beginning concert at Villa Park on 5 July 2025, when Osbourne performed with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Ozzy Osbourne, born in Aston, Birmingham, in 1948, became internationally famous as the vocalist and frontman of Black Sabbath before establishing a hugely successful solo career. His career and the band's industrial Birmingham roots became central to the city's reputation as the birthplace of heavy metal. Osbourne died on 22 July 2025 aged 76, after which the exhibition also became an important place for fans to remember and celebrate his life and musical legacy. Birmingham Museums subsequently extended Working Class Hero because of public demand, with the exhibition scheduled to remain on display until 27 September 2026. The museum presentation includes awards, memorabilia and material reflecting Osbourne's solo career and the artwork of the original Black Sabbath era. The photograph records the prominent Working Class Hero publicity display within the museum, with members of the public moving through the gallery behind it. This is an indoor scene, so no sky or outdoor weather conditions are visible.
Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B3 3DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F1T9YM - Silent Disco marquee stands beneath mature trees at Disability Awareness Day 2026 in Walton Hall and Gardens, Warrington. A white banner bearing the words SILENT DISCO is attached to the black temporary structure, while plastic windows reveal wireless headphones hanging inside. No dancers or visitors are visible, giving the scene a quiet, faintly melancholy character: a disco without apparent sound, movement or people.
The stillness should not automatically be interpreted as failure or poor attendance. Silent discos operate in sessions, and a photograph records only a fraction of a second. The tent may have been awaiting its next group, pictured before opening, between performances or during a quiet period. Even so, the image offers a wry contrast between promised communal entertainment and the temporarily deserted enclosure.
Silent discos transmit music through wireless headphones rather than loudspeakers. Participants can listen and dance while nearby areas remain quieter, and different channels may offer a choice of music. At a disability event this format can support inclusion by allowing individuals to control volume, remove the headphones when necessary and participate without filling the wider site with amplified sound. The programme described it as a returning chill zone with sensory-friendly music.
Disability Awareness Day, commonly shortened to DAD, was held on Sunday 12 July 2026. Organised by Warrington Disability Partnership, it is promoted as the world's largest voluntary-led, pan-disability, free independent-living exhibition. More than 150 exhibitors were joined by accessible sport, performing arts, arena displays and family entertainment.
The photograph captures the infrastructure behind an inclusive event, but also an unintentionally comic and rather forlorn moment. The bold invitation to a Silent Disco faces an empty patch of grass, leaving the viewer to imagine the music and participants temporarily absent from view.
Walton Lea Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F1P47E - South Asian dhol drummers identified as Dhol Beats perform in bright summer sunshine during Stockton Heath Walking Day on Saturday 11 July 2026 in Warrington, Cheshire. Wearing pale green shirts and purple shoulder sashes, the musicians play large double-sided barrel drums with wooden sticks. Their movement and powerful percussion bring energy, rhythm and a multicultural character to the traditional village procession.
The group is pictured crossing Victoria Square beside Stockton Heath Police Station, the red-brick Arts and Crafts building behind them. Opened in 1912 as a combined police station, magistrates' court and constables' accommodation, it is now Grade II listed. Shaped gables, sandstone detailing, tall chimneys and a distinctive corner turret provide a historic backdrop to the performance. Traffic lights, direction signs, barriers and spectators place the musicians within the closed public highway.
The dhol is a double-headed drum associated particularly with Punjab and widely used in Punjabi folk music, bhangra, weddings, festivals and celebratory processions. Its loud carrying beat suits outdoor performance, where several players create interlocking rhythms and physical impact. Including South Asian musicians within Walking Day shows how a long-established custom can retain its faith and community roots while becoming more representative of modern Warrington.
Stockton Heath Walking Day is an annual walk of witness involving churches, schools, community organisations, musicians and residents. The 2026 event had faced possible cancellation because of rising costs, reduced official support and the need for volunteers, but community backing enabled it to proceed. Hundreds attended in hot sunny weather, supporting a tradition within the wider Walking Day culture of Warrington and Cheshire communities. The photograph captures celebration, cultural diversity, local heritage and the continuation of a public event through volunteer effort.
Grappenhall Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F12DBF - Ghostly monochrome portrait of Johnny Marr fills the stage screen as the Manchester guitarist, singer and songwriter performs below at Castlefield Bowl during Sounds of the City on Thursday 9 July 2026. Marr stands at the microphone playing electric guitar, with his drummer behind him. Stage haze, converging beams and the enlarged face create an atmospheric double image in which the live musician appears almost overshadowed by his projected likeness.
The sold-out homecoming concert was announced as Marr's biggest-ever solo headline show. Support came from Manchester band Everything Everything and Irish post-punk group The Clockworks. His career-spanning performance combined solo recordings, new material and songs associated with The Smiths, the influential Manchester group in which Marr established his reputation through distinctive melodic and jangling guitar arrangements.
The stark black-and-white treatment gives the scene a timeless, cinematic quality. Marr's smaller figure at the foot of the screen contrasts with the monumental, softly focused portrait above, suggesting memory, legacy and the passage of time. The composition can be read as a visual dialogue between the younger musician embedded in popular culture and the established solo artist still performing to his hometown audience.
Castlefield Bowl is an open-air amphitheatre surrounded by canals, railway viaducts and Manchester's former industrial landscape. It is closely associated with the annual Sounds of the City concert series and summer performances. Marr's appearance carried local resonance because his work with The Smiths helped place Manchester independent music on an international stage.
The photograph captures a distinctive concert performance. Its spectral projection, stage smoke and reduced tonal palette turn live music documentation into an evocative portrait of artistic identity, cultural memory and the enduring relationship between Johnny Marr, his songs and Manchester.
Castlefield Bowl, Rice Street, off Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, England, M3 4JN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F12E8A - Johnny Marr performs with his arms stretched wide at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester during the Sounds of the City concert series on Thursday 9 July 2026. The former Smiths guitarist and songwriter stands at the microphone with a black Fender Jaguar electric guitar, while the drummer plays behind him. Purple stage lighting, a large monochrome video screen and Marr's expressive pose give the photograph the scale and energy of a major outdoor headline show.
The sold-out concert was billed as the biggest solo headline performance of Marr's career. It was a significant Manchester homecoming for an artist whose distinctive melodic guitar work helped define The Smiths and influenced generations of alternative and independent musicians. The set combined Marr's solo catalogue, celebrated Smiths songs and new material linked to his forthcoming fifth solo album, The Age of Everything.
Songs reported from the evening included Generate! Generate!, New Town Velocity, Spirit Power and Soul, This Charming Man, Bigmouth Strikes Again, How Soon Is Now?, Panic and There Is a Light That Never Goes Out. The performance connected Marr's current work with the music that established his international reputation. His outstretched stance captures the relationship between performer and hometown audience at an important point in his solo career.
Support came from Manchester band Everything Everything and Irish post-punk group The Clockworks. Castlefield Bowl is an open-air amphitheatre set among canals, railway viaducts and former industrial buildings, giving Sounds of the City concerts a distinctive Manchester character.
The image records an influential British guitarist commanding the stage at his largest solo concert to date. It combines live performance, local music heritage, festival production and popular culture, while showing Marr not only as a former member of The Smiths but as an active recording artist introducing new work to a large multi-generational audience
Castlefield Bowl, Rice Street, off Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, England, M3 4JN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F12EAH - Johnny Marr performs at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester on Thursday 9 July 2026, headlining a Sounds of the City concert with support from Everything Everything and The Clockworks. The Manchester-born musician, songwriter and former guitarist of The Smiths is pictured in a close, front-facing performance portrait, singing into a microphone while playing a black and silver Fender Jaguar electric guitar. He wears a pale blue denim-style shirt with turned-back sleeves and a patterned guitar strap, contrasting with his concentrated expression.
Behind Marr, a large LED video screen fills the outdoor stage with a high-contrast monochrome image. Another band member appears partly silhouetted in the background, adding depth without distracting from the headliner. Stage equipment, microphone stands, guitar hardware and concert lighting reinforce the atmosphere of a major summer music event. The tight composition captures Marr's distinctive onstage presence, low-slung guitar stance and continuing association with Manchester's influential indie and alternative-rock tradition.
The Castlefield Bowl appearance was billed as Marr's biggest solo headline show to that point and formed part of the annual Sounds of the City series. The open-air amphitheatre, set among railway viaducts, canals, brickwork and modern city-centre buildings, is one of Manchester's most recognisable urban concert settings. The performance brought Marr back to his home city for a career-spanning set combining solo work, Electronic material and songs associated with The Smiths. The warm July evening, large audience and industrial surroundings gave the event the character of a major Manchester homecoming.
Everything Everything appeared as special guests, while Irish-formed indie-rock band The Clockworks opened the bill. The photograph documents a prominent British guitarist, singer and songwriter before a sold-out outdoor crowd during Manchester's 2026 summer concert season
Castlefield Bowl, Rice Street, off Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, England, M3 4JN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EX1RCC - Members of Rock Choir perform outdoors beneath The Kelpies at Helix Park in Falkirk, Scotland, on Saturday 27 June 2026. A blonde female choir leader stands in the foreground with one arm raised, conducting the large mixed group of singers arranged in rows across the paved plaza. The performers wear matching black T-shirts carrying Rock Choir's yellow star emblem, creating a strong visual contrast against the pale paving, green landscape and dramatic grey sky.
Behind the choir rise the two monumental steel horse heads known as The Kelpies. Designed by Scottish sculptor Andy Scott, the 30-metre-high structures were completed in 2014 and celebrate Scotland's horse-powered industrial and agricultural heritage, particularly the heavy working horses associated with canals, haulage and industry. The sculptures stand beside the Forth and Clyde Canal within The Helix, a large public park linking communities between Falkirk and Grangemouth.
The performance brings together community singing, public art and an internationally recognised Scottish landmark. Rock Choir is known for large, accessible contemporary choirs whose members perform popular songs without the need for formal auditions or musical notation. The image captures the energy and inclusiveness of group singing, with participants of different ages taking part in a public outdoor performance.
The broad plaza provides space for the singers, conductor and portable music equipment, while visitors and surrounding parkland remain visible around the group. Heavy cloud overhead adds drama to the scene and emphasises the scale of the metal sculptures. The photograph is relevant to editorial themes including community arts, amateur singing, live music, cultural participation, public performance, Scottish tourism, landmark architecture and events at The Kelpies
The Kelpies, The Helix, Falkirk, Scotland, FK2 7ZT, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ETN59X - Brass musicians in Grappenhall Walking Day procession in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. A close street-level view shows large tubas and other brass instruments being carried through a crowd of families and spectators in bright summer weather. Brass bands are a traditional feature of many northern English Walking Days, accompanying churches, schools and community groups through local streets. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of brass music, marching bands, community traditions, processions, village celebrations, family events, local heritage, musicians and Warrington culture.
Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNMG - Elton John tribute performer entertaining at Warrington Pride 2026 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The musician wears a vivid red sequinned jacket and tinted glasses while performing at a white piano on an outdoor stage, deliberately echoing the flamboyant stage style associated with Elton John. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of tribute acts, live music, Warrington Pride, LGBTQ+ events, festival entertainment, popular music, performers, piano acts, community celebrations, rainbow events and summer festivals. The colourful costume and recognisable tribute styling make this a strong image for illustrating the role of impersonators and tribute performers in local entertainment programmes while avoiding the implication that the real artist is shown.
Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ER9NK1 - Fire eater in rainbow costume performing at Warrington Pride 2026 in Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK. The red-haired performer stands with arms raised while holding flaming or performance props, wearing a vivid rainbow outfit that visually links the act with Pride colours and LGBTQ+ celebration. Warrington Pride 2026 was staged on Saturday 13 June and brought together music, entertainment, community organisations, businesses and allies across the town centre in support of equality, inclusion and LGBTQ+ visibility. This image is suitable for editorial coverage of Pride festivals, live performers, street entertainment, fire acts, rainbow symbolism, LGBTQ+ culture, diversity, inclusion, local events, community celebration, Warrington tourism and summer entertainment. The full-length composition records both the performer's theatrical costume and expressive pose, making it particularly useful for illustrating the spectacle and creative performance element of Pride rather than only crowds or parade participants. It also provides a strong visual representation of inclusive town-centre programming and the use of professional entertainers to broaden Pride festival attractions.
Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6HD - 6 June 2026, this live music photograph shows Black Desert performing on stage at Warrington Music Festival in Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England. The image captures the young North West alternative or grunge band in a full band set-up with vocalist and guitarist at centre stage, drummer behind, bassist to the right and another guitarist to the left, framed by amplifiers, monitors, lighting rigs and a large screen displaying the band's name. Festival branding for Warrington Music Fest is visible on both sides of the stage, placing the performance within a free public town-centre event designed to draw crowds into the local retail and leisure area. The stage appears to be a temporary outdoor festival installation, with surrounding buildings visible beyond the performance area, helping to root the image in an urban shopping and civic setting rather than a conventional indoor venue. The scene has value as a documentary image of emerging grassroots music culture in the North West, showing how local festivals give developing bands a platform in front of a broader public audience. It is also useful for editorial themes around youth culture, live entertainment, gig promotion, town-centre regeneration, community events, local identity and the role of arts programming in boosting footfall for shops, bars and hospitality businesses. Warrington Music Festival has become part of the town's wider seasonal events offer, using central public space to showcase local and regional acts and to strengthen the area's cultural profile. For picture buyers, the combination of a named band, readable stage screen, instruments, performance energy and clearly branded event context makes this suitable for stories about unsigned bands, North West music scenes, independent live performance, cultural tourism, festival listings, entertainment previews and reviews, and the changing relationship between retail destinations and public events in English town centres.
The Old Marketplace, Golden Square, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6JT - 6 June 2026, this live music photograph shows Black Desert performing on stage at Warrington Music Festival in Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England. The image captures the young North West alternative or grunge band in a full band set-up with vocalist and guitarist at centre stage, drummer behind, bassist to the right and another guitarist to the left, framed by amplifiers, monitors, lighting rigs and a large screen displaying the band's name. Festival branding for Warrington Music Fest is visible on both sides of the stage, placing the performance within a free public town-centre event designed to draw crowds into the local retail and leisure area. The stage appears to be a temporary outdoor festival installation, with surrounding buildings visible beyond the performance area, helping to root the image in an urban shopping and civic setting rather than a conventional indoor venue. The scene has value as a documentary image of emerging grassroots music culture in the North West, showing how local festivals give developing bands a platform in front of a broader public audience. It is also useful for editorial themes around youth culture, live entertainment, gig promotion, town-centre regeneration, community events, local identity and the role of arts programming in boosting footfall for shops, bars and hospitality businesses. Warrington Music Festival has become part of the town's wider seasonal events offer, using central public space to showcase local and regional acts and to strengthen the area's cultural profile. For picture buyers, the combination of a named band, readable stage screen, instruments, performance energy and clearly branded event context makes this suitable for stories about unsigned bands, North West music scenes, independent live performance, cultural tourism, festival listings, entertainment previews and reviews, and the changing relationship between retail destinations and public events in English town centres.
The Old Marketplace, Golden Square, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4JA - Record collectors and shoppers browse long rows of vinyl records at the Triple J Record Fair inside Golden Square shopping centre in Warrington, Cheshire, during June 2026. Clear plastic boxes hold LPs and singles arranged for browsing, while album sleeves are displayed vertically along the stall wall. The indoor mall setting, glazed roof, shopfronts and visible Golden Square branding place the event within Warrington's retail centre.
The fair was held on 6 June 2026 and formed part of a regular programme of first-Saturday record fairs at Golden Square. Traders offered vinyl, CDs and music memorabilia across many genres, giving collectors the opportunity to search for second-hand releases, rare pressings, deleted titles, imports, picture discs, promotional copies and unofficial or bootleg recordings. The familiar process of crate digging remains central to record collecting, with buyers examining sleeves, labels, catalogue numbers, condition and pressing details before purchasing.
Vinyl records have enjoyed a sustained revival despite the dominance of streaming and digital downloads. Record fairs provide a physical marketplace where enthusiasts can inspect stock directly, discuss music with knowledgeable dealers and discover recordings that may be difficult to find through retailers. They also bring specialist trading and additional footfall into shopping centres, supporting the wider town-centre economy while connecting established collectors with younger audiences discovering analogue music formats.
The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of vinyl collecting, independent music retail, record fairs, rare records, bootlegs, music memorabilia, second-hand culture, physical media, nostalgia, consumer trends, specialist markets and the continuing appeal of album artwork and tangible music ownership. It also documents how Golden Square uses events to broaden its retail offer and attract visitors beyond conventional high-street shopping
27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, WA1 1QB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4BGC - Festival-branded deckchair promoting Warrington Food & Drink Festival, photographed on the lawn at Bank Park in front of the famous Golden Gates and Warrington Town Hall on Sunday 17 May 2026. The image shows a large blue promotional deckchair printed with the festival logo, food and drink illustrations and the @WeAreWarrington branding, set against the ornate black-and-gold gates and bright spring sunshine. It is a strong editorial image for stories about Warrington events, town-centre festivals, local food and drink promotion, place marketing, civic spaces, community leisure, tourism, public realm activity and the use of heritage settings for modern visitor events.
The 2026 Warrington Food & Drink Festival took place across Bank Park and the grounds of Warrington Town Hall, bringing together around 80 traders, food stalls, drinks businesses and family entertainment over the weekend. This picture focuses on one of the event's visual branding features rather than the crowd itself, using the deckchair as a foreground prop that instantly conveys relaxation, hospitality and outdoor festival culture. The scene also captures the weather and season clearly, with green grass, leafy trees, blue sky and fair-weather cloud suggesting a pleasant sunny spring day in Cheshire, in the heart of the town centre.
Warrington Town Hall, originally built in 1750 as Bank Hall for merchant Thomas Patten and designed by James Gibbs, provides an important historical backdrop. The Golden Gates are one of Warrington's best-known landmarks and help root the image firmly in the town's civic identity. As a result, the photograph works well for editorial use covering Warrington, Cheshire tourism, food festivals, town-centre regeneration, cultural programming, local business promotion, hospitality, public events and civic pride. The combination of branded deckchair, heritage gates and seasonal sunshine gives the image a colourful, recognisable and commercially useful sense of place.
Sunny Warrington Town Hall scene with Food & Drink Festival deckchair, Golden Gates backdrop and bra
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFEG34 - Photograph showing volunteers serving real ale drinkers and visitors at Grappenhall Beer Festival in May 2026, held at The Bellhouse, home of the Grappenhall Youth and Community Association, on Bellhouse Lane in Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire. The image shows a long staffed bar with beer mats, pump clips, tasting sheets and festival paperwork in the foreground, while rows of cask beer barrels on stillage line the back of the hall, ready for pouring. Men and women are gathered at the counter and around the room, giving the scene a strong sense of a busy local beer event run by volunteers. According to the organisers and ticket listings, the 2026 Grappenhall Beer Festival took place on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 May 2026 at Grappenhall Community Centre, also known as The Bellhouse, and offered more than 30 real ales and ciders together with live music and hot food. This makes the photograph useful for editorial and commercial searches around real ale festivals, CAMRA style beer events, cask-conditioned beer, local brewing, community fundraising, volunteers, charity-run venues, beer tourism, Warrington social life and traditional British pub and brewing culture. The scene captures the practical side of a local beer festival, with volunteers staffing the serving counter, customers browsing choices, and casks arranged behind the bar in a straightforward temporary taproom setting rather than a permanent pub cellar. Strong concepts include Grappenhall Beer Festival, The Bellhouse, GYCA, Bellhouse Lane, real ale, cask ale, beer festival bar, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, community centre, charity fundraiser, local brewers, beer lovers, CAMRA supporters, festival volunteers and social gathering. The indoor lighting, casual dress and busy bar atmosphere suggest a welcoming neighbourhood event focused on beer appreciation, fundraising and community spirit.
Grappenhall Community Centre (GYCA), Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2SG.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E91E9P - Live music editorial photograph of Psychedelic Porn Crumpets performing at Albert Hall Manchester on 27 February 2026, showing guitarists on stage under dark concert lighting with drums, microphone stands, cables, pedals and spare electric guitars visible across the performance area. The Australian psychedelic rock band, originally formed in Perth, are strongly associated with colourful, high-energy psych rock, fuzz guitar, garage rock, progressive rock textures and fast, distorted live performances. The right-hand performer appears to be singing or playing lead guitar at the microphone, but the individual should only be named as Jack McEwan if confirmed by the photographer's own notes or venue accreditation, because person identity cannot be verified from this image alone.
The image is suitable for editorial coverage of contemporary Australian rock, UK touring, Manchester concerts, live music photography, independent venues, gig culture and psychedelic music. Albert Hall, a Grade II listed former Wesleyan chapel converted into a major Manchester music venue, gives the performance additional cultural context as part of the city's live music scene. The dark background, spotlight, red stage tones and visible instruments create a strong documentary atmosphere, useful for articles about touring bands, guitar music, alternative music, psych rock revival, music journalism, concert reviews, festival line-ups and the experience of live performance.
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets live at Albert Hall Manchester, Australian psych rock band on stage during
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6FJ - Clampdown Records is an independent record shop located at 9“11 Paton Street, Manchester M1 2BA, in Manchester city centre. The venue is part of the city's long-standing tradition of independent music retail, occupying a niche space away from mainstream high-street chains and reflecting Manchester's deep-rooted alternative music culture.
The shop's signage, prominently displaying the name Clampdown Records, references a confrontational, anti-establishment aesthetic closely associated with punk, post-punk and politically engaged music cultures. Such naming conventions have historically signalled alignment with underground scenes rather than commercial chart music, positioning shops like Clampdown as cultural hubs rather than purely retail outlets.
Independent record shops have played a crucial role in Manchester's music history, acting as meeting points for musicians, fans, collectors and promoters, and serving as informal distribution centres for local and international underground releases. In an era of digital streaming and declining physical retail, stores such as Clampdown Records are often cited as symbols of the vinyl revival and the persistence of analogue music formats valued for their tactile, collectible and cultural qualities.
Paton Street sits close to areas historically associated with Manchester's music and nightlife economy, and the presence of an independent record shop here contributes to wider discussions about urban regeneration, cultural survival and the future of independent high streets in UK cities. The image captures not only the physical storefront but also the broader cultural significance of independent music retail within Manchester's identity as a city shaped by sound, subculture and creative resistance.
Photographed in close-up with architectural details and signage clearly visible, the image offers strong editorial value for themes including music heritage, independent business, cultural economics and the continuing relevance
Signage and exterior detail of Clampdown Records, an independent record shop on Paton Street in Manc
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4DK - Editorial live music photograph of Rakel Mjöll Leifsdóttir, vocalist of Dream Wife, performing at Future Yard in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, on 2 November 2024 during the band's Social Lubrication Tour 2023/24. The singer is shown mid-stock-photo/gotonysmith-Performance.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>performance under vivid red and magenta stage lighting, holding a microphone close to her mouth, with bright LED bars, amplifier equipment and part of the drum kit visible behind her. Her expressive pose, colourful patterned stage outfit and direct engagement with the crowd capture the energy, attitude and theatrical presence associated with Dream Wife's live shows.
This image is suitable for editorial use covering Dream Wife, Rakel Mjöll Leifsdóttir, live music in Birkenhead, Future Yard gigs, Merseyside music culture, UK touring bands, women in rock, feminist punk, indie rock, alternative rock and contemporary guitar music. Dream Wife are widely described as an English-Icelandic, London-based band, and this performance fits their reputation for sharp, energetic, politically aware live sets. The photograph works well for concert reviews, music journalism, venue features, tour coverage, album promotion and wider articles about grassroots venues, independent music spaces and the Liverpool City Region live music scene.
The compact venue setting, saturated lighting and close stage perspective give the image a strong documentary feel, making it useful for newspapers, magazines, blogs and music press needing a clear, recognisable performance shot. It also has wider stock value for themes such as female fronted bands, vocalist on stage, microphone performance, stagecraft, modern punk pop aesthetics, intimate gigs, artist touring schedules and the continuing appeal of energetic live alternative music in smaller British venues. Future Yard's independent status also makes the picture useful for local culture and grassroots venue coverage.
Rakel Mjöll Leifsdóttir of Dream Wife performs live at Future Yard, Birkenhead, on the Social Lubric
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1R39 - In 2023 it is the 1100th anniversary of Thelwall being declared a ˜city'. There is to be an open meeting on Wednesday 30thNovember for local groups and individuals to gather interest and ideas, and set up an organising committee. The meeting will take place at the Royal British Legion, doors opening at 7pm for the meeting to start at 7.30. Representatives and individual members of all village organisations will be very welcome.
In 2023 it is the 1100th anniversary of Thelwall being declared a ˜city'. There is to be an open meeting on Wednesday 30thNovember for local groups and individuals to gather interest and ideas, and set up an organising committee. The meeting will take place at the Royal British Legion, doors opening at 7pm for the meeting to start at 7.30. Representatives and individual members of all village organisations will be very welcome.
We've been looking back at the way the village came together to celebrate 1000 years in 1923 and 1050 years in 1973. In 1923, Thelwall's celebrations helped to fund a new war memorial (Bell Lane), dedicated in 1925. So successful was the event that the pub was drunk dry and the caterers ran out of food and drinks. In May 1973, Thelwall Youth and Community Association organised Festival 1050 “ a four day event with a folk festival, a piano recital by Stephen Hough, an arts and crafts exhibition in the school and a procession that saw Miss Thelwall (Carol Moss) brought across the Manchester Ship Canal by the ferry boat where she was met by the Thelwall Rose Queen (Julie Lager) to a fanfare. They then joined a procession of vintage cars round the village.
If you have any memorabilia, photos, films or memories from these events, we would like to hear from you. You can email thelwallhistorygroup@gmail.com
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXHJ - BUXTON BREWERY'S FIRST EVER BREW WAS MASHED-IN ON A COLD, DARK, JANUARY 1ST, 2009. THE BREWHOUSE WAS THE FAMILY GARAGE AND THE BATCH SIZE WAS ABOUT 40 LITRES.
The resulting Pale Ale was a long way off what Geoff had in mind, but nevertheless, was consumed with relish after a tantalising wait for fermentation and bottle-conditioning to run their course. Over the following months, recipes were tweaked, altered, thrown away and revived as they searched out information online and in countless books and picked the brains of generous and far more experienced brewers.
Within 12 months, with positive feedback and enthusiasm, the decision to take brewing to the next level and go ˜commercial' was made and for a while Buxton ˜cuckoo-brewed' at another local microbrewery. In January 2010, with Geoff ˜going for it' full-time, brewing on a second-hand 800 litre plant began in earnest.
Fast-forward 9 years and the team, which has steadily grown to be 11 strong is now based in a 7000 square foot modern building on Staden Lane, Buxton. Its custom designed and (British) built brewhouse produces around 3500 litres per brew, 3 times per week.
The brewery makes upwards of 30 distinct brews of all kinds and has many other special editions both planned and in its back-catalogue. Innovation and super-high quality are the prime goals, along with a nod to tradition and an almost maniacal attention to detail.
All of the beers the brewery produces are designed to delight the senses and enthral the drinker. Not all beers are created equal, some are big and strong and full of powerful hops and malts, others are lighter, and have subtle nuances of flavour and aroma. All are intended to be enjoyed as a lovingly hand made product, nurtured by a small team of dedicated beer lovers.
Old Court House, Buxton Brewery Tap House & Cellar The, George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, En
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXHM - BUXTON BREWERY'S FIRST EVER BREW WAS MASHED-IN ON A COLD, DARK, JANUARY 1ST, 2009. THE BREWHOUSE WAS THE FAMILY GARAGE AND THE BATCH SIZE WAS ABOUT 40 LITRES.
The resulting Pale Ale was a long way off what Geoff had in mind, but nevertheless, was consumed with relish after a tantalising wait for fermentation and bottle-conditioning to run their course. Over the following months, recipes were tweaked, altered, thrown away and revived as they searched out information online and in countless books and picked the brains of generous and far more experienced brewers.
Within 12 months, with positive feedback and enthusiasm, the decision to take brewing to the next level and go ˜commercial' was made and for a while Buxton ˜cuckoo-brewed' at another local microbrewery. In January 2010, with Geoff ˜going for it' full-time, brewing on a second-hand 800 litre plant began in earnest.
Fast-forward 9 years and the team, which has steadily grown to be 11 strong is now based in a 7000 square foot modern building on Staden Lane, Buxton. Its custom designed and (British) built brewhouse produces around 3500 litres per brew, 3 times per week.
The brewery makes upwards of 30 distinct brews of all kinds and has many other special editions both planned and in its back-catalogue. Innovation and super-high quality are the prime goals, along with a nod to tradition and an almost maniacal attention to detail.
All of the beers the brewery produces are designed to delight the senses and enthral the drinker. Not all beers are created equal, some are big and strong and full of powerful hops and malts, others are lighter, and have subtle nuances of flavour and aroma. All are intended to be enjoyed as a lovingly hand made product, nurtured by a small team of dedicated beer lovers.
Old Court House, Buxton Brewery Tap House & Cellar The, George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, En
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAF8C - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Button Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6PS. The location is Button Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6PS. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains crowds, bar signs, brickwork, hanging street signs and the compact entertainment-street atmosphere of Liverpool's Cavern Quarter. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, sign, entrance, Button St, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services,town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history
Button Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6PS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAF8P - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Temple Court, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6PY. The location is Temple Court, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6PY. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains crowds, bar signs, brickwork, hanging street signs and the compact entertainment-street atmosphere of Liverpool's Cavern Quarter. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, Temple Court, Temple Ct, sign, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, Britis.
Temple Court, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6PY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6HP - Taken on 15 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Porters Ale House formally the Cross Keys, evening real ale at Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 2NN. The location is Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 2NN. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains public house signs, frontage, street activity or drinking culture details useful for hospitality and heritage features. The Warrington pub frontage links real ale, evening hospitality, town-centre leisure and the reuse of older commercial buildings in a changing high street. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Buttermarket St, Warrington, Porters, Ale House, Porters Ale House, town, centre, Victorian, building, architecture, WA1, Cheshire, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history
Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 2NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RGPNA3 - Large mural of Mark E Smith, frontman of The Fall, painted on the gable end of Chips at No8 on Clifton Road in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. The wider street view shows the famous portrait beside the blue frontage of the independent fish and chip shop, with visible signage for Chips@No.8, fish and chips, take away and eat in. Smith is shown in a white open neck shirt and dark jacket with a cigarette, a confrontational and instantly recognisable image that reflects the abrasive wit and cult presence of one of British post-punk's most uncompromising performers. The mural was created by street artist Akse P19 for Prestwich Arts Festival in 2018 after Smith's death, and was reported as a six metre painting on the side of the local chippy. Pitchfork also reported that the mural was based on a photograph by Alex Whitton. The Fall emerged from Prestwich and Greater Manchester in the late 1970s, building a fierce reputation through jagged repetition, literary bite, dry northern humour and Smith's unmistakable vocal delivery. The setting matters because this is not a formal monument in a gallery or civic square, but a music icon painted on a working chippy in a local high street environment. The image is useful for editorial stories about Manchester music heritage, The Fall, Mark E Smith, post-punk, fan pilgrimage, public art, grassroots culture, Prestwich identity, independent businesses and the role of murals in preserving local memory. Details such as the red brick shop, blue fascia, rendered side wall, flue pipe, overhead wires, drainpipe, clear blue sky and strong sunshine place the artwork firmly in an everyday northern street scene. The photograph also works for wider coverage of music tourism, urban art, cultural landmarks, British alternative rock, working class creativity and the way ordinary local businesses become points of pilgrimage for fans.
8 Clifton Road, Prestwich, Bury, Manchester, England, UK, M25 3HQ
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398 Bury New Rd, Prestwich, Manchester, England, UK, M25 1AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGJ40 - This image shows the exterior of Radio Northwich, a community radio station based in Northwich, Cheshire. The station operates as a local, non-commercial broadcaster, providing a mix of music, local news, interviews, and community-focused programming aimed at serving residents of Northwich and the surrounding area.
Radio Northwich broadcasts on FM locally and also streams online, reflecting the hybrid nature of modern community radio in the UK. Programming typically includes locally produced shows, specialist music output, and coverage of local events, charities, and voluntary groups, with a strong emphasis on community participation and volunteering.
The station is independently run and community-owned, operating on a not-for-profit basis rather than as part of a national commercial radio network. Community radio stations such as Radio Northwich play an important role in local media ecosystems, particularly as traditional local newspapers and commercial radio services have declined.
The photograph appears to have been taken in late-day light, with warm reflections visible in the glass frontage of the building. The modern exterior places the station firmly within Northwich town centre, highlighting the visibility and accessibility of community media within everyday urban life.
16A Leicester Street (Unit 24b), Northwich, Cheshire CW9 5LA, United Kingdom
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St George's Place, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39XXG - Lewis Floyd Henry has been out on the streets and stages of the world evolving as a one man band and gaining the reputation of being a great live act. Whilst developing his unique approach to performing, musical ideas have flourished in the form of his own compositions and recordings.
A One Man, Multi Genre, Traveling Sonic Medicine Show
Lewis Floyd Henry takes the rarified tradition of the one man band, street corner, blues music of Lone Cat Fuller to an almost burlesque stratospheric level “a one man, multi genre, sonic medicine show. Lewis devised a foot operated miniature toy drum kit set on it's side for his rhythm section with other pedals including loopers you can imagine the reanimated ghost cadavers of Son House, Jimi Hendrix and several bright orange dwarves dancing like voodoo puppets as he pounds out rhythms like an ancient, corroded 808 against a back drop of 60's psyche inspired grooves.
He sounds like Lone Cat Fuller jamming Captain Beefheart in Margate. What makes it so great is the loose one man band synthesis of Piedmont Country Blues, the occasional vocal flavours of Mick Jagger and the vintage ragtime jazz and skiffle leanings. You can even taste a bit of Hendrix, Son House and a slice of Hank III and Beck just to spice everything up a touch.
8 bit absinthe of authenticity
Look no further if you want to escape the relentless polish of 21st Century plastique overproduction and feed your ears something soaked in the 8 bit absinthe of authenticity “ it will probably kill your speakers, it's raw and gritty-it ain't perfect but that's what makes it so damn good.
One Man versus the World
Fresh from spending years busking the hard streets of London, let iconoclastic bluesman, and genuine, original, one man band Lewis Floyd Henry take you on a rickety old roller coaster ride. If you're looking for something fresh, inventive, and suitably low-fi Lewis is your man.
Brick Lane, London, GB, E1 6QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39XXN - Lewis Floyd Henry has been out on the streets and stages of the world evolving as a one man band and gaining the reputation of being a great live act. Whilst developing his unique approach to performing, musical ideas have flourished in the form of his own compositions and recordings.
A One Man, Multi Genre, Traveling Sonic Medicine Show
Lewis Floyd Henry takes the rarified tradition of the one man band, street corner, blues music of Lone Cat Fuller to an almost burlesque stratospheric level “a one man, multi genre, sonic medicine show. Lewis devised a foot operated miniature toy drum kit set on it's side for his rhythm section with other pedals including loopers you can imagine the reanimated ghost cadavers of Son House, Jimi Hendrix and several bright orange dwarves dancing like voodoo puppets as he pounds out rhythms like an ancient, corroded 808 against a back drop of 60's psyche inspired grooves.
He sounds like Lone Cat Fuller jamming Captain Beefheart in Margate. What makes it so great is the loose one man band synthesis of Piedmont Country Blues, the occasional vocal flavours of Mick Jagger and the vintage ragtime jazz and skiffle leanings. You can even taste a bit of Hendrix, Son House and a slice of Hank III and Beck just to spice everything up a touch.
8 bit absinthe of authenticity
Look no further if you want to escape the relentless polish of 21st Century plastique overproduction and feed your ears something soaked in the 8 bit absinthe of authenticity “ it will probably kill your speakers, it's raw and gritty-it ain't perfect but that's what makes it so damn good.
One Man versus the World
Fresh from spending years busking the hard streets of London, let iconoclastic bluesman, and genuine, original, one man band Lewis Floyd Henry take you on a rickety old roller coaster ride. If you're looking for something fresh, inventive, and suitably low-fi Lewis is your man.
Brick Lane, London, GB, E1 6QL
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London, England, Great Britain, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRMX - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery eastside, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1MF26 - Sounds of the underground - read more at https://www.creativemoment.co/this-eurovision-musicians-in-liverpool-donate-their-busking-spots-to-help-fellow-ukrainian-artists
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine buskers have been robbed of their spots, so their music has had to go underground.
But it's not just their music that has been taken, it is also their livelihoods. So this Eurovision, Ketchum UK has created a campaign for buskers from Liverpool to give up their usual spots along the Merseyrail network to Ukrainian musicians, giving them the chance to perform for audiences and keep the conversation alive about this unjust war.
Travellers going through the four biggest stations
Liverpool Central, Lime Street, Moorfields and James Street will be able to enjoy authentic Ukrainian busking music.
Each busking spot has a speaker streaming the artists music and a QR code for passers-by to scan to find out more about the musicians' story, videos about them and to donate to the cause.
All proceeds raised will go directly to Supplies for Ukraine C.I.C., who are working to provide essential, lifesaving equipment to civilians and volunteers on the front lines in Ukraine.
There is an accompanying outdoor poster campaign across the Merseyrail network and all tracks are streamed as a playlist on Spotify.
Liverpool Central Rail Station , Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, GB, L1 1JT
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Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF
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Grappenhall Youth & Community Centre, Bellhouse Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, Uk,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK7XBF - The organ was not completed until 1926 and finally dedicated on 18th October that year.
An 'Anniversary' recital is given by the Cathedral Organist each year on the nearest Saturday to 18th, in commemoration of its dedication.
The organ is situated in two chambers on opposite sides of the Choir. It currently comprises 10,268 pipes and 200 stops contained in nine divisions. The Great, Solo, and Bombarde organs occupy the South case
the Swell, Choir and Positif occupy the North case
the Corona Organ (installed 1997) is situated in a gallery high up under the tower vaulting
and the Central Organ (installed 2007) is located on the South Central Gallery
the Pedal organ being distributed between both North and South cases.
There are two five-manual consoles
the original one up in a dedicated gallery under the North Choir case and a mobile recital console at floor level, the generous gift, in 1989, of Victor Hutson CBE. The Choir and Positif Organs are played from the same keyboard, the Corona organ can be played from either the Choir or Bombarde keyboard, and the Central organ from either the Bombarde or Great.
The 'Trompette Militaire' and the 'Tuba Magna' stops are the loudest voices on the organ, with the 'Militaire' being located high up on the Corona Gallery beneath the Tower vaulting
manufactured and dedicated in 1997, it was the generous gift of Prof Alan Dronsfield. Conversely the 'Tuba Magna' is located high up in the South case of the organ and speaks into the Central Space of the Cathedral.
Both the recital console and the 'Militaire' were manufactured in the Liverpool workshops of David Wells Organ Builders, who are custodians of the organ and responsible for its tuning and current refurbishment.
When the organ was completed in 1926 it was the largest musical instrument ever conceived, and, since the installation of the Central division in 2007, it continues to be the largest pipe organ in the UK.
St James Mt, St James Road, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK7XBM - The organ was not completed until 1926 and finally dedicated on 18th October that year.
An 'Anniversary' recital is given by the Cathedral Organist each year on the nearest Saturday to 18th, in commemoration of its dedication.
The organ is situated in two chambers on opposite sides of the Choir. It currently comprises 10,268 pipes and 200 stops contained in nine divisions. The Great, Solo, and Bombarde organs occupy the South case
the Swell, Choir and Positif occupy the North case
the Corona Organ (installed 1997) is situated in a gallery high up under the tower vaulting
and the Central Organ (installed 2007) is located on the South Central Gallery
the Pedal organ being distributed between both North and South cases.
There are two five-manual consoles
the original one up in a dedicated gallery under the North Choir case and a mobile recital console at floor level, the generous gift, in 1989, of Victor Hutson CBE. The Choir and Positif Organs are played from the same keyboard, the Corona organ can be played from either the Choir or Bombarde keyboard, and the Central organ from either the Bombarde or Great.
The 'Trompette Militaire' and the 'Tuba Magna' stops are the loudest voices on the organ, with the 'Militaire' being located high up on the Corona Gallery beneath the Tower vaulting
manufactured and dedicated in 1997, it was the generous gift of Prof Alan Dronsfield. Conversely the 'Tuba Magna' is located high up in the South case of the organ and speaks into the Central Space of the Cathedral.
Both the recital console and the 'Militaire' were manufactured in the Liverpool workshops of David Wells Organ Builders, who are custodians of the organ and responsible for its tuning and current refurbishment.
When the organ was completed in 1926 it was the largest musical instrument ever conceived, and, since the installation of the Central division in 2007, it continues to be the largest pipe organ in the UK.
St James Mt, St James Road, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ
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Mainz city centre, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF77X - Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, and pop punk. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on Singles Going Steady, an acclaimed compilation album described by music journalist and critic, Ned Raggett, as a punk masterpiece.
Devoto and Shelley chose the name Buzzcocks after reading the headline, It's the Buzz, Cock!, in a review of the TV series Rock Follies in Time Out magazine. The buzz is the excitement of playing on stage
cock is northern English slang meaning friend. They thought it captured the excitement of the nascent punk scene, as well as having humorous sexual connotations following Pete Shelley's time working in a Bolton adult shop.
Devoto left the band in 1977, after which Pete Shelley became the principal singer-songwriter. After releasing three albums, as well as Singles Going Steady, the band broke up in 1981 following a dispute with their then-record label, but reunited in 1989, since releasing six more albums. Shelley died in 2018,[9] but the band has remained active. Steve Diggle, the guitarist and co-founder of the band, is now singer. They added a new guitarist Mani Perazzoli. They are still touring.
Their first UA Buzzcocks single, Orgasm Addict, was a playful examination of compulsive sexuality that was, and remains, uncommonly bold. The BBC refused to play the song, and the single did not sell well. Later, more ambiguous songs staked out a territory defined by Shelley's bisexuality and punk's aversion to serious examination of human sexuality. The next single, What Do I Get? reached the UK top 50 chart. Lipstick, the B-side to Promises, shared the same ascending progression of note
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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The Wiend, Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF8NX - Gerard Winstanley House which was formerly the towns magistrates court and police station but is now the home of a multi-arts thriving creative community.
It is a Grade II listed building dating back to around 1887 and of course, the first thing that hits you is the brickwork. The official records describe it as red brick in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings and a slate roof.
The buildings stand on Crawford Street opposite the small little garden that belongs to the Parish Church of All Saints and it really does cut a very imposing figure from a seat in that garden.
But the dramatic architecture doesn't stop there - not only do we have the amazing red brickwork and intricate dressings, but we have towers and turrets too! The spiked tower at the bottom end of Crawford Street rises high above the brickwork pointing right up to the often dark skies above.
This is where the main entrance to the courts was, its large welcoming doorway still a big feature of the facade. The symmetry and absolute craftsmanship of the building never fail to impress
These days the courts and police station have long gone, updated and replaced elsewhere in the town and everyone wondered what might happen to this magnificent building.
Would it go to rack and ruin like so many other buildings in the town, or would there be new life breathed into it, would it get a second chance?
The answer was firmly YES as the building was purchased and occupied by The Old Courts who have transformed the place and have refurbished the interior (still an ongoing project) to provide Art Galleries, a Theatre, a Live Music venue, a Cafe, a Record store, Band rehearsal rooms, Conference and Events space and even a bar.
Bailiff Bar is at the very bottom of the building around the corner from Crawford Street and on to King Street West.
The Old Courts, Crawford Street, Wigan, Lancashire, England,UK, WN1 1NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJB7 - Eric's Club was a music club in Liverpool, England. It opened on 1 October 1976 in the basement of The Fruit Exchange in Victoria Street, with performances by The Runaways and The Sex Pistols (their only Liverpool gig) before soon moving around the block to its long-term site on Mathew Street opposite The Cavern Club where The Beatles and other bands of the 1960s played, and became notable for hosting early performances by many punk and post-punk bands.[1]
The club was started by Roger Eagle and Ken Testi (manager of cult Liverpool band Deaf School) and joined later by Pete Fulwell (owner of a small record label Inevitable and later to become manager of Liverpool bands It's Immaterial and The Christians). The club was given the name 'Eric's' by Ken Testi as an antidote to disco clubs with names such as 'Tiffany's' and 'Samantha's'
The club played host to many local, national and international bands primarily within the music sub-cultures of the time, such as Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks, The Clash, Joy Division, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cardiacs, The Slits, Talking Heads, The Stranglers, Ultravox, Wire, XTC, X-Ray Spex and early gigs by New Order and Mick Hucknall (pre Simply Red).
The club acted as a catalyst for local musicians (often also from the Runcorn, Southport, Skelmersdale, Wirral areas) and saw many local artists later become successful acts, including Dead or Alive, Echo & the Bunnymen, Julian Cope, The Teardrop Explodes, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ellery Bop and Wah! Heat
9 Mathew Street, Cavern Walks, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJF6 - Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 “ 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician. He was commonly referred to as the Fifth Beatle because of his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums. AllMusic has described him as the world's most famous record producer. Martin's formal musical expertise and interest in novel recording practices complemented the Beatles' rudimentary musical education and relentless quest for new musical sounds to record. Most of the Beatles' orchestral arrangements and instrumentation were written or performed by Martin, and he played piano or keyboards on a number of their records. Martin's collaboration with the Beatles resulted in popular, highly acclaimed records with innovative sounds, such as the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”the first rock album to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Martin's career spanned more than six decades in music, film, television and live performance. Before working with the Beatles and other pop musicians, he produced comedy and novelty records in the 1950s and early 1960s as the head of EMI's Parlophone label, working with Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Bernard Cribbins, among others. His work with other Liverpool rock groups in the early“mid 1960s helped popularize the Merseybeat sound. In 1965, he left EMI and formed his own production company, Associated Independent Recording.
Mathew Street, Cavern Walks, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG7YAR - How does Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing work?
The dynamic-pricing system has been used in the United Kingdom for recent sales of tickets to Harry Styles, Coldplay, and Blackpink gigs.
A new Ticketmaster pricing system that alters the price of tickets based on demand is being criticised by fans and industry experts.
The dynamic-pricing system has been used in the United Kingdom for recent sales of tickets to Harry Styles, Coldplay, and Blackpink gigs.
It's regularly employed in the United States, where resale is a lot bigger, and touting is much more prevalent, reports the BBC.
Ticketmaster has now said that it is being used in order to try to stop touts, and to give more money back to artists.
Here's everything you need to know about the system, and how it works.
How does Ticketmaster's new demand-based pricing system work?
On the Ticketmaster page for Harry Styles's tour, a notice explains how its new demand-based system works.
It reads: These tickets vary in price driven by demand from fans, similar to airline tickets and hotel rooms.
We give fans an opportunity to safely buy official tickets for the events they love, right up to the date of the show.
This new pricing system means that Ticketmaster does not publicise ticket costs ahead of time, instead, they charge constantly, based on the demand for tickets
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEJC - Black and white live music photograph of Hugh Cornwell performing on guitar and vocals at The Live Rooms in Chester during the Moments of Madness UK tour on 20 November 2022. The image shows the former Stranglers frontman under strong stage lighting, framed against a brick wall with microphone stand, electric guitar, amplifier, drum kit and audience silhouettes visible in the foreground. The monochrome treatment gives the scene a documentary concert photography feel, with high contrast, grain, shadows and spotlighting emphasising the atmosphere of a small UK music venue. Cornwell was a founding member, singer, guitarist and songwriter with The Stranglers, one of the key British bands associated with punk, new wave and post punk, before developing a long solo career. The Chester date formed part of the November 2022 tour supporting the Moments of Madness album, with contemporary listings confirming The Live Rooms show on Sunday 20 November 2022. For stock photography buyers, this image offers strong editorial use around British rock music, veteran performers, independent venues, live gigs after the pandemic period, touring musicians, alternative music culture, nostalgia, punk heritage and regional nightlife. The Live Rooms, close to Chester railway station, is a compact independent venue rather than an arena, so the photograph has an intimate, close-quarters quality, showing the reality of touring life and audience connection rather than polished stadium spectacle. The visible stage equipment, dark clothing, guitar posture and concentrated facial expression all help communicate performance, craft, sound and mood. The picture could support editorial features about Hugh Cornwell, The Stranglers legacy, Moments of Madness, UK concert venues, Chester nightlife, music tourism, ageing rock artists, black and white music photography, grassroots entertainment spaces, and the continuing importance of medium and small venues in sustaining British live music.
Hugh Cornwell performs at The Live Rooms, Chester, during the Moments of Madness UK tour, 20 Novembe
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEJE - Black and white live music photograph of Hugh Cornwell and his band performing on stage at The Live Rooms in Chester, Cheshire, on 20 November 2022 during the Moments of Madness UK tour. The image shows Cornwell at the left of frame singing into a microphone and playing electric guitar, with a drummer positioned centrally behind the kit and a bassist or second guitarist standing to the right. Audience silhouettes fill the foreground, helping to convey the atmosphere of an intimate indoor gig in a busy independent venue. The brick wall backdrop, stage lights, amplifier, drum hardware and strong contrast all add to the gritty documentary feel of the picture. This image has clear editorial value for stories about Hugh Cornwell's solo career, the 2022 Moments of Madness album campaign, British punk and new wave history, the legacy of The Stranglers, veteran touring musicians, small venue concerts and the resilience of the UK live music circuit. Cornwell remains one of the defining figures of late twentieth century British alternative music, and photographs such as this work well for features on legacy artists still performing to loyal audiences in regional venues across England. The monochrome presentation reinforces a classic rock and punk aesthetic, while the full band lineup makes the image useful for music press, tour coverage, archive use, venue promotion and general editorial content about live performance. The Live Rooms is a well-known independent venue near Chester railway station, and this concert setting adds local relevance for searches around Chester nightlife, Cheshire arts venues, North West music culture and grassroots entertainment. Useful commercial and editorial concepts include live music, concert crowd, guitarist, singer, drummer, bassist, stage performance, black and white concert photography, British rock musician, post-punk icon, intimate venue and UK tour.
Hugh Cornwell and his band perform live on stage at The Live Rooms, Chester, during the Moments of M
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBKB - Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers in the United Kingdom. Outside of New York, buskers is not a term generally used in American English.
Performances are anything that people find entertaining, including acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, caricatures, clowning, comedy, contortions, escapology, dance, singing, fire skills, flea circus, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime, living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or reciting poetry or prose, street art such as sketching and painting, street theatre, sword swallowing, ventriloquism and washboarding.
The first recorded instances of laws affecting buskers were in ancient Rome in 462 BC. The Law of the Twelve Tables made it a crime to sing about or make parodies of the government or its officials in public places
the penalty was death. Louis the Pious excluded histriones and scurrae, which included all entertainers without noble protection, from the privilege of justice. In 1530 Henry VIII ordered the licensing of minstrels and players, fortune-tellers, pardoners and fencers, as well as beggars who could not work. If they did not obey they could be whipped on two consecutive days.
In the United States under constitutional law and most European common law, the protection of artistic free speech extends to busking. In the U.S. and many countries, the designated places for free speech behaviour are the public parks, streets, sidewalks, thoroughfares and town squares or plazas
City of York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 6GD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X6W - This image shows the exterior of the Stone Roses Bar, a well-known music-themed bar located on King Street in York. The venue is named after the influential British band The Stone Roses and reflects the continuing cultural legacy of late-1980s and early-1990s indie and Madchester music.
The red brick façade is decorated with distinctive signage, posters, and window graphics referencing British alternative music culture. The building's historic urban fabric contrasts with the modern graphic artwork and band imagery, linking York's traditional streetscape with contemporary nightlife and popular music heritage.
Bars such as this play an important role in city-centre evening economies, attracting locals, students, and visitors interested in alternative music scenes and themed venues. The Stone Roses Bar is particularly associated with indie, Britpop, and guitar-based music, often hosting DJs and events that celebrate British rock history.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents the venue as part of York's wider cultural and nightlife landscape. It is well suited to editorial use covering British music culture, urban leisure, themed bars, tourism, and the influence of iconic bands on local identity and commercial spaces.
Stone Roses Bar, King Street, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 9SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87G - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87M - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87W - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0PT03 - A Beatles mural being painted by Liverpool street artist Paul Curtis on Penny Lane, Liverpool, showing young John Lennon and Paul McCartney seated together with guitars in a black and white portrait scene. The work in progress view includes the scissor lift, ladder, camera tripod, painting equipment, orange barriers and the unfinished lower section of the gable wall, making it useful not only as a Beatles tourism image but also as a documentary photograph of public art being created. Paul Curtis described the mural as John and Paul hanging out on Penny Lane and linked it with Penny Lane Development Trust, while his own artist biography notes that the Penny Lane Development Trust mural depicted young McCartney and Lennon as they might have looked in the days they could have been found around Penny Lane. The image has strong editorial value for stories about Liverpool music heritage, Beatles fan pilgrimage, street art, community art, creative regeneration, public murals, local identity and the way the city continues to reinterpret its most famous cultural legacy. Penny Lane is one of the world's best-known Beatles locations, made internationally famous by the 1967 single and closely associated with Lennon and McCartney's South Liverpool childhood geography. The mural's early Beatles imagery, guitars, monochrome styling and Penny Lane Liverpool lettering connect the artwork to the pre-fame Hamburg and Merseybeat era rather than the later psychedelic Beatles image. The visible painting process adds interest for features on artists at work, mural commissions, tourism placemaking and the practical craft behind large scale street art. The scene appears to be photographed in cool daylight during active installation, with tools, access equipment and site barriers showing the temporary disruption behind a permanent visitor attraction. It works well for stock use around Liverpool tourism, Beatles trails, public art funding, local community trusts, fan culture and the comme
Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD2MX - Mural of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis painted over with advert
Rapper Aitch has vowed to remove advert for his new album and restore the painting of ˜local hero' in Manchester
A mural of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis on Port Street, Manchester, has been painted over with an advert for local rapper Aitch, prompting such an outcry that the rapper has promised to restore the original painting.
Aitch, an MC from Moston in north Manchester, said he had no control over which billboards were used to advertise his new album and would never have sanctioned such an act of disrespect against a local hero .
It's come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork. This is the first time I've heard of this, me and my team are getting this fixed pronto. No way on earth would I want to disrespect a local hero like Ian, he tweeted. I don't just choose locations for billboards, he added.
The monochrome mural by graffiti artist Akse P19 was created in October 2020 to commemorate World Mental Health Day. It depicts Curtis performing in Brussels in 1979, a year before he killed himself.
Port Street, NQ4, Northern Quarter,Manchester, England, UK, M1 2EQ
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Long Millgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1SB
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52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW
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52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR7P - Wham! (briefly known in the US as Wham! U.K.) were an English pop duo formed in Bushey in 1981. The duo consisted of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. They became one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 1980s, selling more than 30 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to 1986.
Influenced by funk and soul music and presenting themselves as disaffected youth, Wham!'s 1983 debut album Fantastic addressed the United Kingdom's unemployment problem and teen angst over adulthood. Their second studio album Make It Big in 1984 was a worldwide pop smash hit, charting at number one in both the UK and the United States. Associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US, the singles from the album”Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Everything She Wants and Careless Whisper”all topped the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1985, Wham! made a highly publicised 10-day visit to China, the first by a Western pop group. The event was seen as a major watershed moment in increasing friendly bilateral relations between China and the West.
In 1986, Wham! broke up. Michael was keen to create music targeted at a more sophisticated adult market rather than the duo's primarily teenage audience. Before going their separate ways, a farewell single The Edge of Heaven, and a greatest-hits album titled The Final would be forthcoming, along with a farewell concert entitled The Final.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW
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9 Rigby Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DE
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United Kingdom
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Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS
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Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS
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Quarry Farm, Banbury Rd, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX7 4BT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPDJJX - The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival held annually at the end of July, rotating among the cathedrals of the Three Counties (Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester) and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme. The large-scale choral repertoire is now performed by the Festival Chorus, but the festival also features other major ensembles and international soloists. The 2011 festival took place in Worcester from 6 to 13 August. The 2012 festival in Hereford took place earlier than usual, from 21 to 28 July, to avoid clashing with the 2012 Summer Olympics. The event is now established in the last week of July. The 300th anniversary of the original Three Choirs Festival was celebrated during the 2015 festival, which took place from 25 July to 1 August in Hereford (the landmark 300th meeting of the Three Choirs does not fall until after 2027 due to there being no Three Choirs Festivals for the duration of both World War I and World War II and COVID-19. The 2023 Festival will take place in Gloucester from 22 to 29 July.
The festival is closely identified with the musical careers of British composers Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The organists of the three cathedrals (who act as artistic director and festival conductor when it is their cathedral's turn to host the festival) are Geraint Bowen (Hereford), Adrian Partington (Gloucester) and Samuel Hudson (Worcester).
5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AGR - Established in 1990 The Hereford Big Band is now in its 27th year and going from strength to strength.
Hereford Big Band rehearses weekly throughout the year on a Thursday evening at the Lads Club on Widemarsh Common, Hereford HR4 9NA and are a committed group of musicians who enjoy what they do. - more info at http://www.herefordbigband.co.uk/about/
Hereford cathedral, summer 2022, City Centre, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2PR
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Soho, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJPKRF - Nocturnal penile tumescence is a spontaneous erection of the penis during sleep or when waking up. Along with nocturnal clitoral tumescence, it is also known as sleep-related erection, morning glory or morning wood. Men without physiological erectile dysfunction or severe depression experience nocturnal penile tumescence, usually three to five times during a period of sleep, typically during rapid eye movement sleep. Nocturnal penile tumescence is believed to contribute to penile health
The cause of nocturnal penile tumescence is not known with certainty. In a wakeful state, in the presence of mechanical stimulation with or without an arousal, erection is initiated by the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system with minimal input from the central nervous system. Parasympathetic branches extend from the sacral plexus of the spinal nerves into the arteries supplying the erectile tissue
upon stimulation, these nerve branches release acetylcholine, which in turn causes release of nitric oxide from endothelial cells in the trabecular arteries, that eventually causes tumescence. Bancroft (2005) hypothesizes that the noradrenergic neurons of the locus ceruleus in the brain are perpetually inhibitory to penile erection, and that the cessation of their discharge that occurs during rapid eye movement sleep may allow testosterone-related excitatory actions to manifest as nocturnal penile tumescence. Suh et al. (2003) recognizes that in particular the spinal regulation of the cervical cord is critical for nocturnal erectile activity.
The nerves that control one's ability to have a reflex erection are located in the sacral nerves (S2-S4) of the spinal cord. Evidence supporting the possibility that a full bladder can stimulate an erection has existed for some time and is characterized as a 'reflex erection'. A full bladder is known to mildly stimulate nerves in the same region. The possibility of a full bladder causing an erection, especially during sleep
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9 Carnaby St, Carnaby, SoHo, London, England, UK, W1F 9PE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8CF - The Grade II-listed Cambridge Hall was built in 1874 to designs by Maxwell & Tuke. It is a grandiose stone building on Southport's main shopping boulevard, with an imposing clock tower. Entrance is through the ornamented porte-cochère. Inside the foyer has a large stone fireplace inscribed with the date of the hall. A majestic staircase leads up to the old Cambridge Hall. A public hall created at first floor level, the Cambridge Hall was originally flat-floored with a platform stage, with a raised gallery on three sides and large French windows leading onto the balcony.
In 1875, William Atkinson offered Southport Corporation £6,000 to build an art gallery and library for the town.
William Atkinson was a cotton manufacturer from Knaresborough who frequently visited Southport with his sick wife looking for the refreshing sea air. He eventually moved to Southport and generously donated approximately £40,000 to the town during his lifetime and played an active part in its development. The architects Waddington & Son of Burnley designed the Atkinson Art Gallery and Library, which opened in 1878.
The portrait of William Atkinson, currently on display in the local history gallery you can see the plans for the art gallery being held in his hands.
In 1974, when the entire building was converted to Southport Arts Centre, the hall was transformed into the main auditorium. The gallery was removed, and stadium style seating provided in a single rake, facing the improved stage facilities. The smaller Victoria Hall was converted to a rehearsal room and then, in 1990, to a 300-seat studio theatre.
It had been suggested that retail development permitted in the 1980s to the side and rear of the building would limit the opportunity to improve facilities in the arts centre any further. However funding from Sefton Council, the North West Development Agency and the Government's Sea Change initiative from 2008 onwards led to a major redevelopment programme for the building.
Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England, UK, PR8 1DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG2209 - A high-octane rock and blues outfit that hit like a hurricane, Eddie and The Wolves have been carving out their own unique path for the last few years, dominating the independent scene with a visceral blend of bold, authentic sounds. After first surfacing in 2018 with the release of their titanic debut single ˜Love in the City', the band have been winning over fans and critics alike, and in March, they're set to embark on their most explosive tour to date.
Described by Where The Music Does The Talking as a band you must-see live , Eddie and The Wolves have built their sound on a caustic mix of flowing riffs, funky guitar solos, and thunderous percussion, crafting modern blues anthems that shine with a twist of dirty rock ˜n' roll brilliance.
Having opened for bands like Slade, Razorlight and Reef, and sharing stages with Arrielle, Adam Slack of The Struts, and Kelsey Karter, Eddie and The Wolves have proved their musical mettle time and time again, and their recently released debut album ˜War' has quickly become one of the year's most intoxicating releases. Delivering fourteen tracks that shine with grit, determination, and an undeniably heavy sound.
Described by Stargazer Music Magazine as If Fleetwood Mac had a baby with Biffy Clyro, and that baby was obsessed with Stevie Ray Vaughn , the album is a textured amalgamation of vintage and modern sounds, delivering a whirlwind of originality and colour that soothes the soul, frees the mind, and keeps your utterly entranced.
Silverstone Woodlands, Northamptonshire, England
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Golden Square, Old Market place, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA1 1QB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7NNM - Viola Beach will be etched in Warrington's history forever thanks to the bronze frieze of the band unveiled September 2021.
The sculpture added outside Warrington Parr Hall serves as a tribute to Jack Dakin, River Reeves, Kris Leonard, Tom Lowe and Craig Tarry “ the members and manager of the band.
The frieze, unveiled by the commissioned artist Tom Murphy, depicts the band alongside iconic elements of Warrington and serves as a permanent tribute in their memory.
Ben Dunne, dad of River Reeves, said: As a group of family and friends, seeing our son, step-son, brother, nephew, cousin, and good friend captured in bronze with his mates was both heart-breaking and strangely comforting.
River looked happy and at peace, and to think that people in hundreds of years time will be able to see him like that is almost hard to comprehend.
Thank you to all those people who gave so generously in 2016 and to the council for making it happen, he added.
Thank you also to Tom Murphy for creating something so beautiful now destined to keep River, the band and Craig close to the heart of the town forever.
Leader of the Council, Cllr Russ Bowden, said: The unveiling of the frieze is a celebration of Jack, River, Kris, Tom and Craig, their achievements, and their iconic music.
I am pleased that the council has been able to work with their families to create this fitting tribute, which serves as a humbling reminder of their story.
Palmyra Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL
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Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3CD - Viola Beach were an English indie rock group, formed in Warrington, Cheshire, in 2013. The band's final line-up consisted of Kris Leonard (guitar and vocals), River Reeves (guitar), Tomas Lowe (bass guitar), and Jack Dakin (drums). All four, along with their manager Craig Tarry, were killed when their car fell from a bridge in Södertälje, Sweden, on 13 February 2016. Founding members Frankie Coulson and Jonny Gibson are the last surviving members of the band as of 2023.
In the week following the crash, their single Boys That Sing entered the UK Singles Chart at number 80 and their previous single Swings & Waterslides entered at number 11, following a public campaign to boost sales. In the same week, Swings & Waterslides also entered at number three on the sales-only chart (which excludes streaming data) and Boys That Sing entered at number 27 on the same chart. On 29 July 2016, the self-titled album was posthumously released. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 5 August 2016
Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK
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Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK
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The Main Library Oxford Road Manchester,North West,England,UK, M13 9PP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGKB - We're All Aliens
Genre : Hard Rock
Band Members : Jimmy Jay (vocals), Rik Loughran (guitar), Adi Billinge (Drums)
Hometown : Northwich
About
...men who just love playing rock and roll. - MCR LIVE
...widescreen rock... - Fourculture
Hard rock band from the England's North West. Debut LP ˜Get A Life' available for pre-order from 15th November.
Founding Date : 2019
Influences
Anything that has loud guitars
The BANNED! Network ------------
Set up in 1993 to help bands in and around the Vale Royal area, The Banned! Network developed into one of the biggest and most successful music promotion and tutorial services Northwich side of Manchester.
The network organised gigs every Friday night, usually held at Winnington Recreation Club or Barnton British Legion in Northwich. There were jam sessions held every other Wednesday at Winnington Recreation Club and DJ / Rock Disco nights alternate Wednesdays at Northwich Victoria Club.
If you are a band and want to get involved or if you would like to come along and watch the bands perform then please call 01606 41597 or email: banned@danarts.demon.co.uk.
DAN - Development of the Arts in Northwich run a range of workshops which include photography, drama, school of rock, writing, art and craft and radio workshops (with Cheshire FM), as well as performances, tours, trips, lectures and much, much more. For full details please visit the DAN website.
Winnington Park Recreation Club, Park Rd, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 4EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGKE - Genre : Reggae, Techno
Band Members :
CARL GLEAVEY, GARY GLEAVEY, JORDAN DONALSON,
JANE ANDERSON, COLIN MACKAY, MIKE WILKINSON, JOGGA
Hometown :
WIDNES, WARRINGTON
Record Label
KLEE Records
About:
Zen baseballbat are the Gleavey twins, Jordan Donaldson, Mike Wilkinson, jogga, Anoushka Gleavey, Jane anderson, Clolin Mackay
The BANNED! Network ------------
Set up in 1993 to help bands in and around the Vale Royal area, The Banned! Network developed into one of the biggest and most successful music promotion and tutorial services Northwich side of Manchester.
The network organised gigs every Friday night, usually held at Winnington Recreation Club or Barnton British Legion in Northwich. There were jam sessions held every other Wednesday at Winnington Recreation Club and DJ / Rock Disco nights alternate Wednesdays at Northwich Victoria Club.
If you are a band and want to get involved or if you would like to come along and watch the bands perform then please call 01606 41597 or email: banned@danarts.demon.co.uk.
DAN - Development of the Arts in Northwich run a range of workshops which include photography, drama, school of rock, writing, art and craft and radio workshops (with Cheshire FM), as well as performances, tours, trips, lectures and much, much more. For full details please visit the DAN website.
Winnington Park Recreation Club, Park Rd, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 4EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGC0 - The Barras is a major street and indoor weekend market in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. The term barra is Glaswegian dialect for barrow, relating to the market's early years, where traders sold their wares from handcarts. Barrowland is sometimes used to describe the district itself where the market is located, which is actually officially known as Calton.
Because of its location on Gallowgate “ the main thoroughfare from the city centre to Parkhead and Celtic Park, Barrowlands is also notable for its large concentration of public houses and shops devoted to fans of Celtic Football Club. Baird's Bar was one of the best known Celtic-oriented pubs next door to the Barrowland Ballroom building, the bar has since closed down due to violent incidents that have occurred in the premises. The bar is to be reopened as a furniture store.
Glasgow Antiques and Randalls Antique and vintage Center, the Cartwheel and the Square Yard can all be found next to the Squirrel Bar.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 5DX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KAP - Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It is promoted as Dublin's 'cultural quarter' and, as a centre of Dublin's city centre's nightlife, is a tourist destination. Temple Bar is in the Dublin 2 postal district.
Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8DJJM - Molly Malone is the enigmatic heroine of the famous song of the same name, widely recognised as Dublin's unofficial anthem. Immortalised in bronze during the 1988 Dublin Millennium celebrations, the Molly Malone statue stands in the heart of the city's historic Georgian Quarter. Though regularly upheld as a traditional Irish ballad, it's not known where the song originated or if Molly Malone ever existed
According to the lyrics of the undeniably catchy tune “ also known as Cockles and Mussels “ Molly was a young and beautiful fishmonger who sold her yield from a cart on the streets of Dublin. The song's final verse states that after she died of a fever, she began haunting the city.
Although set in Ireland's capital and beloved by many Dubliners, the song was originally published in the USA in 1876. While this version might be based on an older Irish folk ballad, cultural academics have argued that the melody and tragicomic lyrics are more akin to the music-hall style that was popular in Britain during the Victorian era. Indeed, in 1884, a version attributed to the Scottish composer James Yorkston was published in London.
To complicate matters further, in 2010, an earlier mention of Molly Malone was found in an 18th-century book of songs called Apollo's Medley, printed in England in 1790. This more risqué version describes Molly as living in Howth, a fishing village northeast of Dublin. It recounts the singer's yearning to share her bed, contributing to widespread speculation that the song's leading lady worked as both a street vendor and a prostitute.
Created by the Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart, the statue depicts Molly in traditional but revealing 17th-century dress, hinting at her supposed job as a part-time prostitute and leading the bronze figure to be colloquially christened The Tart with the Cart.
Suffolk St, Dublin 2, D02 KX03, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8DJJX - Molly Malone is the enigmatic heroine of the famous song of the same name, widely recognised as Dublin's unofficial anthem. Immortalised in bronze during the 1988 Dublin Millennium celebrations, the Molly Malone statue stands in the heart of the city's historic Georgian Quarter. Though regularly upheld as a traditional Irish ballad, it's not known where the song originated or if Molly Malone ever existed
According to the lyrics of the undeniably catchy tune “ also known as Cockles and Mussels “ Molly was a young and beautiful fishmonger who sold her yield from a cart on the streets of Dublin. The song's final verse states that after she died of a fever, she began haunting the city.
Although set in Ireland's capital and beloved by many Dubliners, the song was originally published in the USA in 1876. While this version might be based on an older Irish folk ballad, cultural academics have argued that the melody and tragicomic lyrics are more akin to the music-hall style that was popular in Britain during the Victorian era. Indeed, in 1884, a version attributed to the Scottish composer James Yorkston was published in London.
To complicate matters further, in 2010, an earlier mention of Molly Malone was found in an 18th-century book of songs called Apollo's Medley, printed in England in 1790. This more risqué version describes Molly as living in Howth, a fishing village northeast of Dublin. It recounts the singer's yearning to share her bed, contributing to widespread speculation that the song's leading lady worked as both a street vendor and a prostitute.
Created by the Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart, the statue depicts Molly in traditional but revealing 17th-century dress, hinting at her supposed job as a part-time prostitute and leading the bronze figure to be colloquially christened The Tart with the Cart.
Suffolk St, Dublin 2, D02 KX03, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGB9X - Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 “ 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist. He was known for his distinctive plectrum-based style on the bass, and for his imaginative lyrical contributions including working class tales and numerous characters drawn from personal influences and Celtic culture.
Lynott was born in the West Midlands of England, but grew up in Dublin with his grandparents. He remained close to his mother, Philomena, throughout his life. He fronted several bands as a lead vocalist, including Skid Row alongside Gary Moore, before learning the bass guitar and forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. After initial success with Whiskey in the Jar, the band had several hits in the mid-1970s such as The Boys Are Back in Town, Jailbreak and Waiting for an Alibi, and became a popular live attraction combining Lynott's vocal and songwriting skills with dual lead guitars. Towards the end of the 1970s, Lynott embarked upon a solo career, published two books of poetry, and after Thin Lizzy disbanded, he assembled and fronted the band Grand Slam.
In 2005, a life-size bronze statue of Lynott by Dublin sculptor Paul Daly was unveiled on Harry Street, off Grafton Street in Dublin. The ceremony was attended by Lynott's mother Philomena, and former band members Moore, Bell, Robertson, Downey, Gorham and Darren Wharton, who performed live
In the 1980s, Lynott increasingly suffered drug-related problems, particularly an addiction to heroin. In 1985, he had a final chart success with Moore, Out in the Fields, followed by the minor hit Nineteen, before his death in 1986. He remains a popular figure in the rock world
Harry Street, (off Grafton Street), Dublin 2, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0R - Plans have been submitted for a major conversion of the former Dawson's Music store in Sankey Street, Warrington.
The proposals are to convert the building into four apartments, offices and two smaller retail shops.
Dawson's closed the store in 2019 after trading in Warrington for 121-years.
At the time, it was claimed the store was a victim of online shopping.It has stood empty ever since.
Developers say the proposal will make little difference to the exterior appearance of the three-storey building.
Dawson's was founded in 1898 by piano tuner John Dawson and has had a major presence from its Sankey Street HQ, since 1914.
During the 1970s and 1980s it was the go to store for youngsters buying their first records in Warrington. But later it changed to concentrate on the sale of musical instruments and running a music school.
65 Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1SU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DFF0CD - Robert Leo Gretton (15 January 1953 “ 15 May 1999) was the manager of Joy Division and New Order. He was partner in and co-director of Factory Records and a founding partner of The Haçienda. . Southern Cemetery is a large municipal cemetery in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the city centre. It opened in 1879 and is owned and administered by Manchester City Council. It is the largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Europe.
Manchester Southern Cemetery originally occupied a 100-acre (40 ha) plot of land, in what was then Withington, that cost Manchester Corporation £38,340 in 1872. Its cemetery buildings were designed by architect H. J. Paull and its layout attributed to the city surveyor, James Gascoigne Lynde.
212 Barlow Moor Rd, Manchester,England,UK, M21 7GL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475F4 -
London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN98 - The Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company of Swindon, Wiltshire, was a British company that was famous for producing high-quality gramophone turntables. It was formed by the jewellers Garrard & Co in 1915. The company was sold to Plessey, an electronics conglomerate, in 1960. During the period 1976-1978, Garrard developed demonstrators of the novel video disc technology. Although the team recognised the future potential of this data storage technology, Plessey chose not to invest. After several years in decline, Garrard was sold by Plessey to Gradiente Electronics of Brazil in 1979 and series production was moved to Brazil (Manaus). The remaining Garrard research and development operation in Swindon was reduced to a skeleton operation until completely shut down in 1992. Then, Gradiente licensed the Garrard name to Terence O'Sullivan, who operated as Loricraft Audio, in 1997.
Between 1992 and 1997, the Garrard brand name was licensed to other companies in the US, which imported electronic items built by different, unrelated Far Eastern manufacturers. These included Garrard branded cassette decks, CD players, stereo receivers, portable radio/cassette players, portable Walkman type cassette players, serial-port printer cables, universal TV/audio remote controls, and other miscellany, including turntables that had no connection with any original Garrard design.
In 2018, Cadence Audio SA, who also own the British turntable and tonearm manufacturer SME Limited, took ownership of the Garrard brand and registered trademarks when they purchased Loricraft Audio Ltd. The business was restructured to run under the name of Garrard Turntables UK Ltd.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEJB - The hidden tribute to Mark E Smith of The Fall worth seeking out on a Manchester back street
A mosaic tribute to The Fall's Mark E. Smith has been unveiled - and purposefully hidden away on a back street for fans to discover in the Northern Quarter
There is a new tribute to The Fall frontman Mark E Smith in Manchester city centre - but you'll have to head off the beaten track to find it.
The maverick mastermind of the Manc band died in January, aged 60, after battling cancer, with tributes paid from rock and cultural icons from across the globe.
Now there's a permanent tribute, hidden in the Northern Quarter, to his lyrical genius.
Venture to the far (and dead) end of Short Street and you will find two striking mosaics - one in Mark's image and the other featuring lyrics from The Fall song Ten Houses of Eve, framed by the brickwork of the far wall of the Affleck's building.
The artworks have been commissioned by renowned mosaic artist Mark Kennedy, and were created by artist Mary Goodwin.
Kennedy had been friends with Smith for 15 years, and hopes to add to artworks in the secluded end of Short Street as an ongoing tribute to Smith and The Fall.
He says: I want to call this Fall corner, and over the years I'd like to add little bits every time there's a celebratory element to the group.
I like the corner because it's hidden and to an extent The Fall were quite a hidden band and Mark's lyrics have many hidden meanings too.
It's hard to find, and like The Fall in many respects, you have to look for it and that works for me.
The lyrics on the artwork read: Identity art.. if only the shards you'd relocate back in place , ending with the dates of Smith's life - 1957-2018.
Kennedy was keen for a female artist to create the works, as a testament to the female musicians in The Fall, and commissioned Leeds-based Mary Goodwin
52 Church St, Manchester M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEJF - The hidden tribute to Mark E Smith of The Fall worth seeking out on a Manchester back street
A mosaic tribute to The Fall's Mark E. Smith has been unveiled - and purposefully hidden away on a back street for fans to discover in the Northern Quarter
There is a new tribute to The Fall frontman Mark E Smith in Manchester city centre - but you'll have to head off the beaten track to find it.
The maverick mastermind of the Manc band died in January, aged 60, after battling cancer, with tributes paid from rock and cultural icons from across the globe.
Now there's a permanent tribute, hidden in the Northern Quarter, to his lyrical genius.
Venture to the far (and dead) end of Short Street and you will find two striking mosaics - one in Mark's image and the other featuring lyrics from The Fall song Ten Houses of Eve, framed by the brickwork of the far wall of the Affleck's building.
The artworks have been commissioned by renowned mosaic artist Mark Kennedy, and were created by artist Mary Goodwin.
Kennedy had been friends with Smith for 15 years, and hopes to add to artworks in the secluded end of Short Street as an ongoing tribute to Smith and The Fall.
He says: I want to call this Fall corner, and over the years I'd like to add little bits every time there's a celebratory element to the group.
I like the corner because it's hidden and to an extent The Fall were quite a hidden band and Mark's lyrics have many hidden meanings too.
It's hard to find, and like The Fall in many respects, you have to look for it and that works for me.
The lyrics on the artwork read: Identity art.. if only the shards you'd relocate back in place , ending with the dates of Smith's life - 1957-2018.
Kennedy was keen for a female artist to create the works, as a testament to the female musicians in The Fall, and commissioned Leeds-based Mary Goodwin
52 Church St, Manchester M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNM7 -
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7M2E -
Paton Street, Northern Quarter, Piccadilly Manchester,UK, M1 2BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7M55 -
Paton Street, Northern Quarter, Piccadilly Manchester,UK, M1 2BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BB - Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London. Close to Oxford Street and Regent Street, it is home to fashion and lifestyle retailers, including a large number of independent fashion boutiques.
Streets crossing, or meeting with, Carnaby Street are, from south to north, Beak Street, Broadwick Street, Kingly Court, Ganton Street, Marlborough Court, Lowndes Court, Fouberts Place, Little Marlborough Street and Great Marlborough Street. The nearest London Underground station is Oxford Circus (on the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines).
Carnaby Street derives its name from Karnaby House, which was built in 1683 to the east. The origin of the name is unknown. The street was probably laid out in 1685 or 1686. First appearing in the ratebooks in 1687, it was almost completely built up by 1690 with small houses. A market was developed in the 1820s. In his novel, Sybil (1845), Benjamin Disraeli refers to a carcase-butcher famous in Carnaby-market.
This area is notable for a cholera outbreak in 1854 leading to an early application of fundamental epidemiological principles to resolve the crisis. John Snow, the physician who recognised the cases were concentrated near a pump on Broad Street communicated the finding on a map-based graphic. It led to the pump being locked and the reduction in cases of cholera was rapid.
Carnaby Street, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, W1F 9PS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BF - Neon window sign for Bargain Books & Adult Licensed Dept. Downstairs in Soho, London, photographed through glass with strong red and green neon reflections and a mannequin torso display beneath the lettering. The image captures a surviving fragment of old Soho visual culture: adult bookshops, licenced basement departments, erotic signage, sex shop windows, late night retail and the bright neon glow that once helped define the area's entertainment economy. The display includes stacked books, shelves, a mannequin showing breasts, red neon text, green Bargain Books lettering and reflections in the shopfront glass, giving the photograph a layered documentary feel. It is useful for editorial coverage of Soho history, London nightlife, adult entertainment, censorship, changing high streets, gentrification, neon design, sexual culture, retail decline, urban heritage and the shifting identity of central London. Soho's neon signs have long been associated with a mix of bars, clubs, adult shops, theatres, restaurants and late night venues, although redevelopment and rising rents have steadily altered the character of the district. This picture has value as social documentary stock photography because it records the kind of adult retail window that has become less common in the West End. The image is not explicit pornography, but it clearly references erotic commerce, adult licensed premises and the selling of sexual material within a bookshop setting. The warm interior glow, black window frame, red neon wording, green sign, reflections and mannequin create a striking night-time or low-light urban atmosphere. It can illustrate features on Soho's past and present, sex shops, neon streetscapes, moral panics, licensing, adult retail, city centre leisure, cultural memory, independent shops, visual clutter, shopfront design and the tension between sanitised redevelopment and the older, seedier, more colourful character of London's entertainment quarter.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BG -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BK -
Soho, London, England, UK, W1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BM - International chain of boutiques with special-occasion lingerie, sleepwear, swimwear & accessories.
6 Broadwick St, Soho, London, England, UK, W1F 8HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9T6 - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P110DR - The River Reeves Foundation has the ambition to help young people realise their dreams as actors, writers, artists, directors and musicians through grants, donations and other payments. We aim to provide the financial support that ensures passionate, talented young men and women can dare to dream about their futures within the arts.
The River Reeves Foundation will also be working closely with schools across Warrington to support the town's most talented pupils. The River Reeves Foundation will be providing the funding for talented pupils selected by their schools to receive musical tuition across a range of instruments.
The River Reeves Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and our Charity Objectives are:
For the benefit of the public, to promote the education of people under the age of 25 years in Warrington in such ways as the charity trustees think fit
The Gateway, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1SR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM1A - Kenneth Arthur Ken Dodd, OBE (born 8 November 1927) is an English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, identified by his trademark unruly hair and protruding teeth, his red, white and blue tickling stick and his famous, upbeat greeting of How tickled I am!. He also created the world and characters of the Diddy Men, with 'diddy' being Liverpudlian slang for small.
He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971
on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen
and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996. In the 1960s his fame in the UK was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name, with his recording of Tears being the UK's third-best-selling single of the 1960s. His records have sold millions worldwide. As of 2016 he continues to tour with his comedy and music show.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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49 Horsemarket Street Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK WA1 1TS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DMW - Sir John Barbirolli, CH (2 December 1899 “ 29 July 1970), né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings.
Albert Square , Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6HY55 - Misty Miller (born May 10, 1994) is a musician from Wimbledon, England. The young songstress has grown enormously since emerging as a sweet-singing ukulele player when her debut album was released in 2011. But having left college and discovered her own path, Misty has now returned with her own band (guitarist Jak Payne, drummer Dan Lyons and bassist Jack Everett) and two EPs released in 2013 - Next to You and Girlfriend. Her third EP, Sweet Nothing was released through Relentless/Sony in March 2015.
Influenced by the local South London music scene in Brixton, she has matured her sound into something she is far more comfortable in. A strong 60s influence is also evident in the raw vocals, edgy guitar licks and varied verse progressions. Citing the likes of Patti Smith, The Stooges and The Velvet Underground in her ˜eclectic' music taste, this girl goes a long way in capturing the essence of an era of music she adores so much. And, with her debut album set for a July 2015 release, she is just getting started.
Manchester Academy, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: the,Uni,University,NW,Northwest,North,west,Music,12/10/2013,stage,playing,fender,guitar,England,UK,2013,12-10-2013,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Gotonysmith Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher,31 October 1963) is an English musician,singer,and,songwriter.,He,was,co-songwriter,""“,with,Morrissey,""“,and,guitarist,of,The,Smiths,between,1982""“87.,Marr,has,also,been,a,member,of,Electronic,The The,Modest Mouse and The Cribs,as well as a prolific session musician. In 2013,he,released,a,solo,album,titled,The,Messenger,(2013).,In,2013,the NME honoured Marr with its Godlike Genius award,hailing Marr as,He,was,voted,the,fourth,best,guitarist,of,the,last,30,years,in,a,poll,conducted,by,the,BBC,in,2010.,Phil,Alexander,Editor-in-Chief of Mojo,has descr,not,content,with,rewriting,the,history,of,music,with,one,of,the,worlds,greatest,ever,bands,,The,Smiths,,hes,continued,to,push,boundaries,and,evolve,throughout,his,career,,working,with,some,of,the,best,and,most,exciting,artists,on,the,planet.
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8A5 - Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher
31 October 1963) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was co-songwriter “ with Morrissey “ and guitarist of The Smiths between 1982“87. Marr has also been a member of Electronic, The The, Modest Mouse and The Cribs, as well as a prolific session musician. In 2013, he released a solo album titled The Messenger (2013).
In 2013, the NME honoured Marr with its Godlike Genius award, hailing Marr as not content with rewriting the history of music with one of the world's greatest ever bands, The Smiths, he's continued to push boundaries and evolve throughout his career, working with some of the best and most exciting artists on the planet. He was voted the fourth best guitarist of the last 30 years in a poll conducted by the BBC in 2010. Phil Alexander, Editor-in-Chief of Mojo, has described Marr as arguably Britain's last great guitar stylist
Manchester Academy, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8C2 - The Bridgewater Hall is an international concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build and currently hosts over 250 performances a year.
The hall is home to the The Hallé orchestra, the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra, and is the primary concert venue for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The building sits on a bed of 280 springs, which help reduce external noise.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, England, UK M2 3WS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6MTH - The Bridgewater Hall is an international concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build and currently hosts over 250 performances a year.
The hall is home to the The Hallé orchestra, the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra, and is the primary concert venue for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The building sits on a bed of 280 springs, which help reduce external noise.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, England, UK M2 3WS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6MXF - The Bridgewater Hall is an international concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build and currently hosts over 250 performances a year.
The hall is home to the The Hallé orchestra, the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra, and is the primary concert venue for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The building sits on a bed of 280 springs, which help reduce external noise.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, England, UK M2 3WS
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Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECYT0 - Mason & Hamlin is a piano manufacturer based in Haverhill, Massachusetts. They also manufactured a large number of pump organs during the 19th century.
Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Silverstone Woodlands, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XDX3 - Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Sauer (March 23, 1831 “ April 9, 1916) was a Prussian pipe organ builder. One of the famous organ builders, Sauer and his firm built over 1,100 organs during his lifetime, amongst them the organs at Bremen Cathedral, Jerusalem's Church, and Berlin Cathedral, which is considered to be his final great masterpiece
Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XDX6 - Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Sauer (March 23, 1831 “ April 9, 1916) was a Prussian pipe organ builder. One of the famous organ builders, Sauer and his firm built over 1,100 organs during his lifetime, amongst them the organs at Bremen Cathedral, Jerusalem's Church, and Berlin Cathedral, which is considered to be his final great masterpiece
Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin, Germany
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Golden Square Warrington Cheshire England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7478907948 - 'A shot from an excellent night at Warringtons Parr Hall (I am glad to say my local venue is upping its game) with Robert Cray and his band. I must say I had pretty much the worst seat in the place and only by blagging an empty seat in the row behind, managed to get a decent view.
The brilliant set played on the night which is apparently not aranged in advance with the band included: I shiver, Worry, The Things You Do To Me, Bad Influence, Dont You Even Care, It Doesn't Show, On The Road Down, I'll always Remember You, Phone Booth, Poor Johnny, I Can't Fail, Smoking Gun, Chicken In The Kitchen and Still A Man.
The Robert Cray UK June Tour takes in The London BluesFest 2012 at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, The Glasgow O2 ABC, Birmingham Town Hall, The Holmfirth Picturedrome, Reading Sub89 and The Brighton Concorde2 (July 2012).
Robert Cray (born August 1, 1953, Columbus, Georgia, United States) is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, as well as an acclaimed solo career.
Cray was signed to Mercury Records in 1982. His third album release, Strong Persuader, produced by Dennis Walker, received a Grammy Award, while the crossover single 'Smokin' Gun' gave him wider appeal and name recognition.
By now, Cray was an opening act for such major stars as Eric Clapton (who remains a friend to this day), and sold out larger venues as a solo artist. Cray has generally played Fender guitars (Telecasters and Stratocasters) and there are two signature Robert Cray Stratocasters models available from Fender. The Robert Cray Custom Shop Stratocaster is made in the United States in the Fender custom shop and is identical to the guitars that Cray currently plays, while the Robert Cray Standard Stratocaster is a less-expensive model made in Fender's Ensenada, Mexico plant.
Cray had the opportunity to play alongside John Lee Hooker on his album Boom Boom, playing the guitar solo in the song 'Same Old Blues Again'. He is also featured on the Hooker album, The Healer
he plays a guitar solo on the song 'Baby Lee'. The entire Robert Cray Band backs Hooker on the title track of Hooker's 1992 album 'Mr. Lucky', where Cray plays lead guitar, sings, and banters with Hooker throughout the song.
Cray was invited to play at the 'Guitar Legends' concerts in Seville, Spain at the 1992 Expo, where he played a signature track, 'Phone Booth'. Albert Collins was also on the bill on this blues night of the 'Legends' gigs.
Cray continues to record and tour. He appeared at the Crossroads Guitar Festival, and supported Eric Clapton on his 2006-2007 world tour. In Fargo, North Dakota, he joined Clapton on backup guitar for the Cream song 'Crossroads'. In 2011, Cray was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6703133815 - 'The Runaways - 'Cherry Bomb' - feature=list_related&
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'Cherry Bomb' is a 1976 punk-influenced hard rock song by the all-girl band The Runaways off of their self-titled debut album. It is widely regarded by many as the band's signature song. 'Cherry Bomb' was also ranked 52nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.
Singer/guitarist Joan Jett composed the song with the band's then-manager, Kim Fowley, and would later go on to re-record it with her band the Blackhearts for the 1984 album Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth.
The Runaways' version of the song was used in the cult classic film Dazed and Confused, and was featured on its soundtrack album. It can also be heard as a partial cover song by JoJo in the movie RV and was covered by Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart, who played Runaways frontwoman Cherie Currie and Joan Jett, for the 2010 biopic film The Runaways.
The song has been re-recorded by Jett and Currie to be featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock as a playable song.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6280475123 - 'John Foxx was born in Chorley, Lancashire, England and probably best known for his early days as lead singer of late 1970's band Ultravox!
The group's style fused punk, glam, electronic, reggae and new wave music. At this early time they were defined by the album 'Systems Of Romance', an album produced by Kraftwerk associate Connie Plank. Its justly regarded as the first synthpop album.
Foxx left Ultravox after a 1980 US tour and was signed to Virgin.He was way ahead of his time with the Metamatic and Garden albums, the singles 'Burning Car' &
'Underpass'. In 1985 he gave up his music career to become a graphic artist. In the 1990's he did re-emerge with a synth-pop sound. A trickle of releases and remixes have followed.
John Foxx And The Maths are touring the UK during October 2011. They will be performing material from their new album Interplay as well as classic songs from early Ultravox and John\u2019s solo career. This includes material from his pioneering debut album, 1980\u2032s Metamatic.
The tour started in Leamington Spa, then Bristol Thekla, I saw them Friday the 21st of October, 2011 at the Manchester Academy 4. Special guest was Tara Busch.
The last album Interplay is a collaboration between Foxx and electronic composer and synthesizer collector, Benge (Ben Edwards). The latter is best known for his 2008 album Twenty Systems, which was described by Brian Eno as a \u2018Brilliant contribution to the archaeology of electronic music.\u2019
The band are from left to right, Hannah Peel (Keyboards / Violin), John Foxx, Benge (Ben Edwards on drums) and Serafina Steer (on Keyboards, Bass).
The Shape Of Things limited edition double CD will also be available at the John Foxx And The Maths shows and then after via the Official John Foxx Store
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5763278682 - 'Yes you say, I've had a day like that!
This lady does it every day and has to get it just right every time!
Oh and you may need this link too - www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3qQE1rTMbI (still wearing well after 40 years, better turn up those speakers).
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5136938409 - 'Crash Site are a Ska/Swing/Jazz band, influenced by Madness.
The band are Adam Williams (trumpet, vocals), Richard Hormbrey (Tenor Saxophone), Christopher Tavener (Guitar/Vox),
Grace Monson (Alto Saxophone), Michael Carter (Bass Guitar) and Jack Mountney (Drums).
It was a good gig for Crash Site on Halloween band night at the Winnington Rec. The set was as follows:
Beer
Take on me
One Week
Grand Attraction
Fashion Zombies (Aquabats cover)
Mr Pinstripe Suit
Sell Out
Good on Nick Hughes and The Banned Network for keeping these gigs on in these dire ConDem times of recession.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5147195072 - ''No Signal' are a young mid-Cheshire based band. They are shown here playing at the Winnington Park Halloween special fancy dress gig. Also on the night were 'Crash Site', 'Allerjen' and 'Solitary'.
Good on Nick Hughes and The Banned Network for keeping these gigs on in these dire ConDem times of recession.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5122633893 - 'For the first time in about five years, the Psychedelic Furs are back in the UK for a mini-tour . They are playing the classic second album 'Talk Talk' in it sentirity followed by classic favourites, like Heartbreak Beat. The band had a wide influence on many artists and the album was their commercial breakthrough.
This is a shot of Richard Butler from the 27th October 2010 gig at The HMV Institute in Birmingham, performing 'High wire days'. The five date tour covered:
Frome (Somerset) 24 Oct Cheese &
Grain
Manchester 26 Oct Manchester Ritz
Birmingham 27 Oct Birmingham Institute
London 28 Oct HMV Forum, London
Glasgow 29 Oct Glasgow ABC 02
...then on to the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belguim 31st Oct (Sinner\u2019s Day Festival).
Only two other TalkTalk shows were scheduled. StageOne in Fairfield, CT USA on October 14th, and at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY on October 15th.
The set at The Temple at the HMV (Digbeth) Institute was as follows:
1. Dumb Waiters
2. Pretty In Pink
3. I Wanna Sleep With You
4. No Tears
5. Mr Jones
6. Into You Like A Train
7. It Goes On
8. So Run Down
9. All Of This And Nothing
10. She Is Mine
...After a short break they continued with
11. Sister Europe
12. Heartbeat
13. Love My way
14. The Ghost in You
15. In My Head
16. Highwire Days
17. Heaven
...Encore
18. India
There were no band introductions, although the current line up is Richard Butler (vox), Tim Butler (bass), Rich Good (guitar), Mars Williams (sax), Amanda Kramer (keyboards), and Paul Garisto (drums).
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5015546331 - 'Blind - 'Hercules &
Love Affair' - Play this track here.
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New York based DJ Andy Butler (assisted by Kim Ann Foxman) is behind 'Hercules &
Love Affair'. This single 'Blind' featuring guest Antony Hegarty (lead vocalist in Antony &
The Johnsons) and was released March 2008.
Andrew Butler, began his musical career at 15, DJing in a Denver leather bar run by a hostess called Chocolate Thunder Pussy. He then moved to Brooklyn, in order to attend Sarah Lawrence College. According to Butler: 'I\u2019ve been writing songs since childhood. I made music for dance performances in college (where he studied under Corky St. Clair), like a remake of Gino Soccio\u2019s \u2018Runaway\u2019 done in the style of Kraftwerk.
I am so glad thats cleared up then!
A new album is apparently immenent, which explains why I have been playing this track recently.
Almost made me go out and buy a triangle, that lead out.
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The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) was founded by Thomas Rhodes Armitage, a successful doctor who suffered from eyesight problems.
In 1868 Dr Armitage founded an organisation known as the British and Foreign Society for Improving Embossed Literature for the Blind. This later became the British and Foreign Blind Association. In 1875 Her Majesty Queen Victoria became the organisation's first patron.
The organisation received a Royal Charter in 1948, and changed its name to Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1953. RNIB's vision is of a world in which blind and partially sighted people enjoy the same rights, freedom, responsibilities and quality of life as people who are fully sighted.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5009320652 - 'A live gig shot here of the bass player from Birmingham based Hardcore / Metal / Thrash outfit Adrenaline. Good of him to put on a nice bass guitar face for me!
They played a cracking set and kept the crowd moving. I saw one mobile phone smashed to pieces on the floor after one wall of death, the head bangers were having fun :-)
The full set covered recent and older tracks, no covers.
Provoking
Bereaved
Smile
Kill It
Relentless
No ones promised
Sins
Playing the role
While you sleep
Inertia
For more info, checkout their myspace pages.
Good on Nick and The Banned Network for keeping these gigs on in these times of recession.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5021144129 - 'Hey Enemy are suporting Helsinki Seven on their forthcoming european tour.
Read more about them and where you might catch them touring all over europe this autumn on their MySpace page.
Good on Nick Hughes and The Banned Network for keeping these gigs on in these dire ConDem times of recession.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4925460775 - 'Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - 'The Dandy Warhols' - Play this track here.
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I was a late convert to the Dandy's and their friends/enemies The BJM who I saw live recently.
The band's name is a pun on the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol and originate from Portland, Oregon in 1993. Influences include The Velvet Underground, the Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones.
The band first achieved success in the UK after the release of their second Album 'The Dandy Warhols Come Down' in 1997. The promotional video for this single 'Not If You Were The Last Junkie on Earth' was directed by celebrity fashion photographer David LaChapelle, and it earned them acclaim outside the US.
Along with The Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM), The Dandy Warhols were the subjects of the 2004 documentary DiG! This film captured a love-hate relationship between both bands, highlighting the interaction of BJM frontman Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor. It was recorded over the course of seven years by Ondi Timoner, and won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
To get a bit of background to both bands you could do worse than grab this DVD. tell 'em I sent you!
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The illegal drug trade is a global black market, competing with legal drug trade, dedicated to cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs by drug prohibition laws.
A UN report said the global drug trade generated an estimated US$321.6 billion in 2003. With a world GDP of US$36 trillion in the same year, the illegal drug trade may be estimated as slightly less than 1% of total global commerce. Consumption of illegal drugs is widespread globally.
Cocaine (benzoylmethylecgonine) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from 'coca' in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic.
For over a thousand years South American indigenous peoples have chewed the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, a plant that contains vital nutrients as well as numerous alkaloids, including cocaine. The coca leaf was, and still is, chewed almost universally by some indigenous communities.
The remains of coca leaves have been found with ancient Peruvian mummies, and pottery from the time period depicts humans with bulged cheeks, indicating the presence of something on which they are chewing. There is also evidence that these cultures used a mixture of coca leaves and saliva as an anesthetic for the performance of trepanation.
When the Spanish arrived in South America, most at first ignored aboriginal claims that the leaf gave them strength and energy, and declared the practice of chewing it the work of the Devil. But after discovering that these claims were true, they legalized and taxed the leaf, taking 10% off the value of each crop.
In 1569, Nicol\u00e1s Monardes described the practice of the natives of chewing a mixture of tobacco and coca leaves to induce 'great contentment'.
Crack is a lower purity form of free-base cocaine and contains sodium bicarbonate as impurity. Freebase and crack are often administered by smoking. The origin of the name is from the crackling sound (hence the onomatopoeic \u201ccrack\u201d) produced when cocaine containing impurities are heated.
The trade north of drugs and south of cash and weapons continues in the Americas regardless of prohibition, cival and military enforcement. As I type this I am listening to the story of dead bodies found near San Fernando in Mexico,Tamaulipas state, the corpses are reportedly those of 58 men and 14 women. It appears to be among the biggest mass graves linked to drug cartel violence to be uncovered in Mexico.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4927941826 - 'All Along The Watchtower - 'Jimi Hendrix' - Play this track here.
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One of my favourite guitarists and cool too. Once when asked by an activist in 1970 'What would you change in America today'? He replied 'They should wear more colourful gear'. He also said 'Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music'. Indeed!
Born in Seattle James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix worked as a jobbing guitarist until being introduced to London in 1966/7. Hendrix learned to play by practicing almost constantly, watching others play, getting tips from more experienced players, and listening to records. In mid-1959, his father bought Hendrix a white 'Supro Ozark'.
Chas Chandler who was ending his tenure as bassist in The Animals and looking for talent to manage and produce. Chandler liked the song 'Hey Joe' and was convinced he could create a hit single with the right artist. It was Hendrix who he brought to London for that very reason. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was born.
'All Along the Watchtower' was an original Bob Dylan track and was included on the classic double 'Electric Ladyland' album. Several reviewers have pointed out that the lyrics in 'All Along the Watchtower' echo lines in the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9. The single reached number five in the British charts.
Dylan has described his reaction to hearing Hendrix's version: 'It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day.' In the booklet accompanying his Biograph album, Dylan said: 'I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way.'
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The Lewis War Memorial is a war memorial dedicated to the men who lost their lives in World War I from the Lewis area (Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Completed in 1924, it is situated at the highest point of the town of Stornoway, and is visible for miles around.
It can no longer be climbed. Iron plaques containing the names of the fallen, many hundred (1151) are now presented on a faux stone circle at its foot.
From January to July 1920, the pages of the Stornoway Gazette carried advertisements appealing for subscriptions towards the building costs of a suitable memorial that would cost at least \u00a310,000 and more probably \u00a320,000. The response was overwhelming. As a spur to generous donations, it was announced that an anonymous resident was willing to double the amount subscribed to \u00a35,000 - this resident was later discovered to be Lord Leverhulme himself.
For more historical details, consult the excellent Stornoway Historical Society website. Better still consider a trip right up there to the top left edge of Britain, its cool.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4975207086 - 'History - 'Cast' - Play this track here.
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Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power (vocals, guitar) and Peter Wilkinson (backing vocals, bass) after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split. Following early line-ups with different guitarists and drummers, Liam 'Skin' Tyson (guitar) and Keith O'Neill (drums) joined Cast in 1993.
Emerging from the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s, Cast signed to Polydor Records and their debut album All Change (1995) became the highest selling album for the label. Further commercial success continued with the albums Mother Nature Calls (1997) and Magic Hour (1999), however the band's fourth album Beetroot (2001) was far less successful which led to the band's split soon after.
Cast are set to reunite for a UK tour in November 2010, although I haven't got a ticket yet. The last time I saw them was at a V festival in warrington on a bill with Pulp and the excellent Elastica.
The 1995 album 'All Change' is probably the one to track down if you fancy hearing some more of this stuff.
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Melrose Abbey is a Gothic-style abbey in Melrose, Scotland. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks, on the request of King David I of Scotland. It was headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Melrose. Today the abbey is maintained by Historic Scotland (open all year
entrance charge). The ruins of Melrose are widely considered among the most beautiful of religious houses in the United Kingdom, being especially notable for a wealth of well-preserved figure-sculpture, and its architecture is considered to be some of the finest in Scotland.
The east end of the abbey was completed in 1146. Other buildings in the complex were added over the next 50 years. The abbey was built in the form of a St. John's cross. A considerable portion of the abbey is now in ruins, though a structure dating from 1590 is maintained as a museum open to the public.
Alexander II and other Scottish kings and nobles are buried at the abbey. The embalmed heart of Robert the Bruce is also said to rest on the abbey's grounds, while the rest of his body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey. In 1812, a stone coffin that some speculated was that of Michael Scot the philosopher and 'wizard', was found in an aisle in the abbey's south chancel.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4850651734 - 'Furniture Music - 'Bill Nelsons Red Noise' - Play this track here.
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This is one of my favourite singles and another that I was introduced to via the late great John Peel on his 10 to midnight radio show in the late 1970's.
I still have my red vinyl version of the 'Furniture Music' 7'. It was backed by 'Acquitted By Mirrors' and 'Wonder Toys That Last Forever'. The A side appeared on their debut album, Sound On Sound. The two supporting tracks did not but were added as bonuses when the album was re-released on CD.
Bill Nelson's Red Noise, or called simply Red Noise, was a 'synthpop/new-wave' band, formed by Bill Nelson (lead vocals, guitar), his brother Ian (saxophone), Andy Clark (keyboards), Rick Ford (bass) and Steve Peer (drums), around 1978.
Nelson is one of England's under-rated genius musicians (maybe Yorkshires Peter Gabriel, if things had been different), and formed the band after dissolving Be-Bop Deluxe, while he was metamorphosing from blues, progressive and glam rock to more New Wave and electronic sounds. This was after the last Be-Bop Deluxe album, Drastic Plastic, released early 1978. This is certainley worth seeking out.
Clark also was a member of Nelson's previous band, and Ian Nelson collaborated with that group on the song 'Ships In The Night', from the Sunburst Finish album (1976). Peer was previously in TV Toy.
Red Noise released only one album, the seminal Sound On Sound, plus a two singles, Furniture Music and Revolt Into Style, in 1979. After that, Bill Nelson continued as a solo artist, with the collaboration of Clark and his brother Ian.
Furniture music has been described as the perfect single, clocking in at a little over three and a half minutes. John Aizlewood in 1999had it to a tee, when he wrote 'He would never better Sound-on-Sound, musically or lyrically. Tight songs, sharp lyrics and, in Furniture Music and Revolt Into Style, two should-have-been hit singles which reached numbers 59 and 69 in the UK charts respectively. The follow up never happened. What a mess'.
Now turned fifty, Nelson continues to make albums, recently signing to Robert Fripp's DGM label. Since the late-eighties he has become increasingly infatuated with capturing the creative spark at work, improvising material direct to tape and describing it as 'sonic snapshots', sketches rather than finished pieces. This resulted in many of his innumerable CD releases sounding like a collection of half-baked ideas haphazardly flung together as opposed to the fully-rounded soundscapes he used to construct. Although his latest, 'Atom Shop', is something of a return to form, 'Sound-on-Sound' captures Nelson at his creative and artistic peak. Get it, enjoy it, stay young (and keep in touch).
More on Bill Nelson here.
Each year he hosts Nelsonica in York. One day I will get to one of these.
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Bl\u00fcthner, formally Julius Bl\u00fcthner Pianofortefabrik GmbH, is a piano-manufacturing company founded by Julius Bl\u00fcthner in 1853 in Leipzig Germany.
By 1900 Bl\u00fcthner had become the largest piano maker in Germany producing some 5,000 instruments annually. Innovations such as the Aliquot string, a fourth string that vibrated sympathetically and that is tuned in unison as well as the cylindrical soundboard and angle cut hammers created a unique voice for the Bl\u00fcthner instrument.
This fine example is from Wimpole Hall near Cambridge.
Apparently, One Bl\u00fcthner piano owned by the EMI Abbey Road Studios in London was used on some tracks of The Beatles' Let It Be album, most notably, in the hits 'Let It Be' and 'The Long and Winding Road'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4838927608 - 'Porcelain Gods - 'Paul Weller' - Play this track here.
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I remember discovering this on the Stanley Road album when Weller was being confirmed in Q etc as 'The Guvnor'. His Style Council days were thankfully by then behind him. This is pretty much a perfect album. Collaborations from Steve Winwood, Noel Gallagher and Steve Cradock of OCS (that's Ocean Colour Scene, not Office Cleaning Services in case you were wondering) pepper the album and (hope you like the link), the classic cover was designed by Peter Blake, designer of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album.
Paul Weller was actually born 'John William Weller' 25th May 1958, in Sheerwater, near Woking, Surrey. Weller was born into a working-class family. His father worked in the building trade as a scaffolder and a bricklayer, and his mother worked as a cleaner. Weller was brought up in Stanley Road, Woking in a Victorian council house, which had an outside toilet but neither hot running water nor central heating.
Woking is the town in which the Martians first land in H. G. Wells' science fiction novel The War of the Worlds. If you have ever been there you will realise why.
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The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool, England is situated on the junction of Hope Street and Hardman Street, diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Locally it is referred to as the Philharmonic Pub or simply the Phil. Designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas for the brewers Robert Cain &
Company, it opened in 1898. The exterior is in the Art Nouveau style.
As requested here is a shot of the famous Adament urinals. These can be visited by women by request. No trip to Liverpool is complete without a visit here. The architect of the Phil, and other pubs was Walter Thomas.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4921444378 - 'The Bottle - 'Gil Scott-Heron' - Play this track here.
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'The Bottle' is a song by American soul artist Gil Scott-Heron and musician Brian Jackson, released in 1974 on Strata-East Records in the United States.
The song was issued as the first and only single for Scott-Heron's and Jackson's album Winter in America (1974). It became an underground and cult hit upon its release, and the single peaked at number 15 on the R&
B Singles Chart. Cited by music critics as the album's best recording, the commercial success of 'The Bottle' helped lead to Jackson's and Scott-Heron's next recording contract with Arista Records. Similar to other compositions by Scott-Heron, the song has been sampled extensively by hip hop artists.
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The Liverpool Cains brewery was founded by Irish immigrant Robert Cain in 1858 when he was able to buy an established brewery. Cain had begun his brewing career aged 24 when he purchased a pub and brewed his own ales.
Within 25 years of founding his brewery, Cain had established 200 pubs, including The Philharmonic Dining Rooms, The Vines and the Central Commercial Hotel, which are currently listed as being of architectural merit. His personal mansion had each window arch inscribed with his monogram. In 1887 construction began on a second brewery.
In 1921, 14 years after Cain's death, the Cains brewery merged with Walkers of Warrington becoming Walker Cains. Then in 1923 the original Stanhope Street Brewery was sold to Higsons, who continued to brew Cains ales.
In 1985, Higsons was bought by Boddingtons of Manchester. Five years later Boddingtons opted to concentrate on pub ownership and sold all its breweries to Whitbread, at which point the Stanhope Street site was closed.
Since that time, the site has been re-opened by Danes, rescued by the Asian Dusanj brothers and neared administration again. Today it still brews a nice range of real ales and lager. The Brewery Tap (or The Grapes Inn as was), pictured here is an interesting place for a few pints of Cains or Cains. It is about a 15min walk from Liverpool Lime street.
Cains was the official beer of Liverpool's 2008 European Capital of Culture celebrations. For a full story of the Cains history checkout 'Chris Routledge's fine tome 'The Story of Liverpool in a Pint'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4868172747 - 'Down In The Park - 'Gary Numan' - Play this track here.
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I remember Gary Numan coming out of the left field in 1979 with heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals. At the time the likes of the Silicon Teens and The Normal (Warm Leatherette seemed to have the post punk synth sound licked.
Hammersmith boy, Gary Webb was original front man for Tubeway Army. 'Down In The Park' was Tubeway Armys third single and appeared on the Replicas album.
Replicas was based on a book Numan hoped to complete someday as a type of concept album. It was set in a not-too-distant future metropolis where Machmen (androids with cloned human skin) and other machines keep the general public cowed on orders from the Grey Men (shadowy officials).
Numan was directly inspired by the science fiction of Philip K. Dick, particularly the book 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'.
Numan has become acknowledged and respected by his peers, with such musicians as Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters and Nirvana), Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails), and Marilyn Manson proclaiming his work an influence and recording cover versions of old Numan hits. If you have chance and inclination, checkout the 'Premier Hits' compilation for a good into to this forgotten pioneer.
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Dunham Park covers an area of over 190 acres and is part of the Dunham Park Estate, run by the National Trust (NT). The park is mostly \u201cpasture-woodland or park-woodland\u201d and has been since the Middle Ages. Many of the oak trees, which make up the larger part of the woodland, date back to the 17th century. Dunham Park is the only place in the northwest of England with such a concentration of old trees, and one of only a few remaining in England, making it a site of national importance. The park supports a range of animals, including fallow deer. The old water mill is pictured here. This image has been take using a Hoya R72 filter for infra red.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4734798535 - ''This Is Turin' has been described as a 'UK extreme metal band' from Cheshire. They announced they were signing to Rising Records late last year with an album in the pipeline.
Stalwarts may remember Daz from his early seminal hard/grind-core band Fall-out. Daz and the new line up have gone from strength to strength and while his hair has become less, the quality material (and the tat2's) have become more.
The band were on top form tonight. The set included 23:1, (the) Nameless, Carpe Diem, The Flood, Mothers Milk (a love song? LOL?), To Your Knees, Lilly and Eradicated. Castro finished off the set and it was good to see that the 'Winnington wall of death' is not dead.
The line up was Daz on Vox, Hayden &
Davey on Guitars, Danni on Bass and Ed on percussion.
Keep it up Daz, Cheshire music needs you lads :-)
There are song samples and all kinds on their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/thisisturinuk including some demo trax to check out. Upcoming gigs take them to Birmingham, Colwyn Bay, wakefield, Manchester and Bridgend. So no excuse not to catch them if death metal (with 'with 50% added extra Tech with libberal smatterings of ambient and a sprinkling of pure unconcentrated blackened epic death... Hmm, there might be some grind and classical in there!'
(unquote) is your bag.
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Park Rd, Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 4EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDR7 - The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro is an Anglican cathedral located in the city of Truro, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It was built in the Gothic Revival architectural style fashionable during much of the nineteenth century, and is one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires.
The See (or Diocese) of Truro was established in 1876, and the first bishop, Edward White Benson, was consecrated in 1877. Truro was the first cathedral to be built on a new site in England since Salisbury Cathedral in 1220.
A stained glass window depicting the founding of the cathedral.
Construction began in 1880 on the site of the sixteenth century parish church of St Mary the Virgin to a design by the leading Gothic Revival architect John Loughborough Pearson. St Mary's, a building in the Perpendicular style with a spire 128 feet tall was demolished in October 1880, leaving only the early sixteenth-century south aisle, which was retained to serve as the parish church. From 1880 until 1887 a temporary wooden cathedral was built on an adjacent site. This accommodated fewer than 400 people and was extremely hot in summer and cold in winter. It was in this building that the Bishop introduced the new evening service of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve, 1880.
Pearson's design combines the Early English style with certain French characteristics, chiefly spires and rose windows. Truro's resemblance to Lincoln Cathedral is not coincidental: Pearson had been appointed as Lincoln's Cathedral architect and the first Bishop of Truro, Edward Benson, had previously been Canon Chancellor at Lincoln. The central tower and spire stands 250 feet (76 m) tall, while the western towers reach to 200 feet (61 m). Four kinds of stone were used: Mabe granite for the exterior, and St Stephen's granite for the interior, with dressings and shafts of Bath and Polyphant stone. The spires and turret roofs are of stone, except for a copper spire over the bell tower
The Cathedral Office,. 14 St Mary's Street, Truro, TR1 2AF , England, United Kingdom
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Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK, SK10 3BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4642808695 - 'On monday I had the pleasure of seeing Anton and the rest of the BJM at the Manchester Academy. I must admit that they had slipped pretty much completely under my radar until the adorable Lisa Jackson put me on track with them and I was instantly hooked. Deadly rivals with the Dandy Warhols, the band are a brilliant enigma. I didn't really know what to expect as some gigs I have heard as live tapes often just feature Anton swearing at the band for 90 minutes. Monday (thankfully) was not like that :-)
The best introduction to the BJM is 'Tepid Peppermint Wonderland - A Retrospective'. well worth a download or \u00a34 from ebay. The BJM and former friends/rivals The Dandy Warhols were the subject of the acclaimed documentary DiG!, which Lisa let me borrow. This is part myth, part fact, but an entertaining 70 minutes of stalking, rivalry and attempted murder &
kidnap. i would also highly recommend this.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM) is a neo-psychedelic rock band, led by Anton Newcombe. The group was founded by Newcombe, Matt Hollywood, Ricky Rene Maymi, Patrick Straczek and Travis Threlkel in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The current members are Anton Newcombe, Matt Hollywood, Frankie 'Teardrop' Emerson, Ricky Rene Maymi, Collin Hegna, Dan Allaire, Rob Campanella, Will Carruthers and Joel Gion. The name 'Brian Jonestown Massacre' is a mash-up of The Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones and the infamous mass cult suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.
The band have recorded albums that could fit into a variety of musical genres across their history. 1995's Methodrone approximates the UK shoegazing 'Verve' / 'Supergrass' sound of the time, a sound they would return to with the band's 2008 album, My Bloody Underground.
Their music has been extensively used in films and TV, particularly the track 'Going To Hell' ('Dead Mans Curve' , 'Buffy The Vanpire Slayer') and 'You Look Great When I'm Fucked Up' fron C4's Skins.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4487172291 - 'Work the bass Tom...
Grind Core from Crewe south Cheshire.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF13BM - AQOE Matty Awbery, live at Winnington Rec 26-03-2010
Park Rd, Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 4EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5843068423 - 'The Kinks 'The Village green Preservation society' - Play this track here.
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'The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society' is the brilliant sixth studio album by the English rock group The Kinks, released in November 1968. It was the last album by the original quartet, as bassist Pete Quaife left the group in early 1969. A collection of thematic vignettes of English town and hamlet life, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was assembled from songs written and recorded over the previous two years. Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Village Green as a 'concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions.'
The record is widely considered one of the most influential and important works by The Kinks, and of the period as a whole. Although it failed to chart upon release, with estimated worldwide sales at 100,000 copies, The Village Green Preservation Society has become one of the band's best selling and most popular records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 255 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
This in my opinion is one of the all time classic English villages. Its got a village green, a village cross etc. If you know or can guess where this place is, please comment and let me know. If you can guess correctly within the first 30 comments left I will send you a small prize. Come on, bring it on!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23PH - Circus Tavern, Manchester, United Kingdom. The smallest pub in the city.
Manchesters second smallest boozer, with room for approximately twenty people including the feisty bar maid. The kind of venue where the music would stop when you walked in - that's if they had room for speakers - but within half an hour you'd be on first name terms with the regulars.
Not exactly a vast array of cocktails (This is more for the beer drinkers and G&T lovers) this is a bar that you hope will stay in Manchester for ever. In fact it's central location, on the busy Portland Street near Manchesters china town, makes it even more surprising that this hasn't been turned into apartments.
The Circus Tavern, Portland Street, Manchester, Lancashire, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4890787386 - 'Shipbuilding - 'Elvis Costello / Robert Wyatt' - Play this track here or here.
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This image reminded me of a track from the early 1980's. These machines would be used when anyone at factories or yards were coming in or out. To record their time. Now almost all of these have gone as has most of the industry too, shipped, off-shore.
'Shipbuilding' is a song written by singer/songwriter Elvis Costello and producer Clive Langer. Written during the Falklands War of 1982, Costello's lyrics discuss the contradiction of the war bringing back prosperity to traditional shipbuilding areas of Merseyside (Cammell Laird), North East England (Swan Hunter) and Belfast (Harland and Wolff)[1] to build new ships to replace those being sunk in the war, whilst also sending off the sons of these areas to fight and, potentially, lose their lives in those same ships.
According to Clive Langer, he'd written the tune for Robert Wyatt but wasn't happy with the lyrics that he had written himself. Langer played the tune to Costello at a party hosted by Nick Lowe, and within days Costello had written lyrics he described as 'the best lyrics I've ever written.
Robert Wyatt was a founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. In June 1973, during an alcohol-fueled party for Gong's Gilli Smyth and June Campbell Cramer an inebriated Wyatt fell from a fourth floor window. He was paralysed from the waist down and consequently uses a wheelchair.
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A time clock, sometimes known as a clock card machine, clocking in machine, punch clock or time recorder, is a mechanical (or electronic) timepiece used to assist in tracking the hours an employee of a company worked.
In regards to mechanical time clocks this was accomplished by inserting a heavy paper card, called a time card, into a slot on the time clock. When the time card hit a contact at the rear of the slot, the machine would print day and time information on the card. This allowed a timekeeper to have an official record of the hours an employee worked to calculate and pay an employee. I used one of these for about a year in my first employment. A long queue would form at about 4:59 ready to stamp your card right on the turn of five PM!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4393545884 - 'Chad and Shez, punk philosophers, keeping the feeling of 1977 alive in Stockport.
Manchester was the biggest place outside London on the Punk music scene. The Buzzcocks (I still have my Spiral Scratch EP somewhere in the loft) , Magazine, Joy Division, The Frantic Elevators, Slaughter &
The Dogs, Ed Banger &
The Nosebleeds(whose lineup included Vini Reilly of DC), The Fall and The Drones all characters on the scene, The biggest was not even a musician, the late Tony Wilson. (RIP 10th August 2007, aged 57, Withington, Manchester, England). As with everything else in the Manchester Factory empire, Tony Wilson's coffin was also given a Factory catalogue number - FAC 501.
I have memories of my old mum, coming home from catholic church on Sunday talking about that scruffy 'Tony Wilson' turning with 'dodgy shoes'. This was when he lived in Charlesworth with Lindsay Reade. In his youth he lived in affluent Marple, Stockport Cheshire.
I was lucky enought to photograph Chad &
Shez at their punk wedding. One of my most enjoyable days out ever. Brilliant people and family.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4819024362 - 'Play a track from this album here.
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Physical Graffiti is the 6th album by Led Zeppelin. I find it difficult to pick just one track from this spectacular double album.
It was released on 24 February 1975. Recording sessions for the album were initially disrupted when John Paul Jones considered leaving the band. After reuniting at Headley Grange, the band wrote and recorded eight songs, the combined length of which stretched the album beyond the typical length of an LP. This prompted the band to make Physical Graffiti a double album by including previously unreleased tracks from earlier recording sessions.
Physical Graffiti was commercially and critically successful
the album is 16 times platinum (though this signifies sales of 8 million copies, as it is a double album) in the United States alone, and has come to be regarded as one of Led Zeppelin's defining works. The album is ranked highly on several prominent best album or best rock album lists of all time.
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Fleetsbridge Underpass Grafitti, Poole, Dorset UK
This brilliant piece of colourfull grafitti and tagging stretches ten slabs of concrete in an underpass adjacent to a skatepark. It is a joiner of five wide images.
This was a youth arts project to design a new mural for the Fleetsbridge Skate Park, Creekmoor. west of Poole, under the A35
The final design was painted at the skate park around Easter 2007, followed by a celebration event on the final day to launch the new mural. The Mayor of Poole, Cllr Mrs Judy Butt turned out with other supporters of this project to see the finished mural and congratulate everyone involved for their hard work.
This great project was funded by the Community Foundation , Borough of Poole and Wave Arts Education Agency, and in partnership with the Creekmoor Community Association and Millennium Volunteers. The project brought in professional artist Felix Braun to conduct workshops for 120 young people from various schools and youth clubs across Poole.
Three young people gained a Youth Arts Award qualification whilst working on their project, which they can use towards future youth arts careers. Good for them !
Amazingly on the end of the bypass wall is a council sign stating 'No Grafitti'.
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Keywords: allstaints,all,saint's,church,cheshire,drive,thelwall,cit allstaints,city,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,hotpics,hotpicks,hot,pix,pics,picks,green,emerald,village,please tag 'village' for English villages,ipod,music,#tonysmithhotpix,#tonysmithotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4879393657 - 'Everything's Gone Green - 'New Order' - Play this track here.
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Everything's Gone Green' is a single released by Manchester's New Order in December 1981. It was only released in Belgium on the late Factory's Benelux sub-label and bears the catalogue number FBNL 8.
It is supposedly the first song by the group to contain computer-generated sounds. The song had already been released in an edited form, as a B-side on the vinyl single 'Procession' in September of the same year.
Two original songs, 'Cries and Whispers' and 'Mesh' are included as B-sides. The track names of the B-sides are correctly identified on the label, but are in the wrong order on the sleeve. This led to their being misidentified on subsequent releases
for example, the track identified as 'Mesh' on the CD version of the Substance compilation is actually 'Cries and Whispers'. All three tracks appear together on the cassette version of Substance.
All tracks were produced by the late, great tortured genius Martin Hannett (another cut here), this being the last work he did with New Order. This cut made a peak position of 3 in the UK indie charts. For an appreciation of New Order, track down 'Substance'. As usual tell 'em I sent you 8-)
For the origins of New Order, seek out Joy Division at www.joydiv.org/
An image of Ian Curtis's last resting place can be seen in my photostream here, 30 years ago this last May.
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The origins of a church or chapel at All Saints, Thelwall, near Warrington Cheshire, UK are unclear. It has been thought that a chapel was built by Richard Brooke of Norton Priory but a legal suit in 1663 suggests that there was a chapel on the site before this date. At this time Thelwall was in the parish of Runcorn. In 1663 the chapel on the site was restored by Robert Pickering. After this the chapel fell into disrepair. It was restored again and re-opened in 1782. By the following century the church was too small for its congregation and in 1843 a new church was built and consecrated. This consisted of a nave which was designed by J. Mountford Allen. In 1856 the chancel was built at the expense of James Nicholson and the nave was extended by one bay. In 1890 Henry Stanton commissioned a new north aisle, a new baptistry with a new font, and a new vestry. The aisle and vestry, together with a north porch, were designed by William Owen.
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Keywords: Manchester,Academy,December,2009,Porcupine,Tree,countdown,count,down,clock,digital,incident,second,half,prog,rock,stage,gig,live,performance,vintage,electronics,electronic,counter,watch,time,hands,digits,numbers,mecanism,move,movement,uni,univ,university,academy1,academy2,music,musician,city,night,nighttime,light,lighting,roll,indie,tour,touring,UK,GB,britain,england,clocks,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4181754581 - 'In true Porcupine Tree fashion they leave a countdown clock so you have time to get to the bar and back before the second half starts. Eight mins, ten seconds on the digital readout here.
Prog Rock for the 21st Century at the Manchester Academy 10th December 2009.
Before starting a US west coast style 'No camers, no recorders in the auditorium, grass up your neighbour' script was played. Shame on you Porcupine Tree.
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Keywords: Skin,SA,Skunk,Anansie,Anansi,Wolverhampton,Civic,Hall,West,Midlands,body,surf,surfing,head,gig,live,compilation,tour,Smashes,Trashes,crowd,365days,photo,photos,photography,photographer,hotpix.org.uk,www.hotpix.org.uk,music,musician,stage,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,cool,person,people,portrait,image,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,s1500,bands,concert,concerts,musicians,hotpicks,gigs,performing,playing,hotpix!,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4140925063 - 'Skin of the late 1990's rock band Skunk Anansie, back together to plug their latest 15 cut compilation 'Smashes and Trashes'.
Skin has done some solo stuff but not really hit the peaks of Stoosh and Paranoid and Sunburnt.
SA were on top form tonight at the Wolverhampton Civic. Coincidentally the city xmas lights were switched on this night too, with fireworks.
However the best show was in the Civic with Skin body surfing down to the bottom of the hall &
back, then doing a lap of the circle. A brilliant performance and two new tracks chucked in to boot!
Another shot from the gig here together with full setlist www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4141033347/in/photostream/
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Keywords: 2009-11-25,25-11-2009,11/25/2009,Wolverhampton,Civic,Hall,Skunk,anansie,greatest,hits,tour,2009,November,Skin,Smashes,trashes,england,UK,West,Midlands,Staffordshire,GB,live,gig,gigs,band,rock,metal,heavy,heavy Metal,hotpix.org.uk,www.hotpix.org.uk,music,musician,stage,performer,player,event,signed,group,lighting,anbiant,britain,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,s1500,bands,concert,concerts,musicians,performing,playing,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4141033347 - 'The set on the night was as follows:
Selling Jesus
Big Charlie potato
Because of you
Charity
100 ways
I can dream
I dont wanna kill you
weak
Brazen
Twisted
Cheap Honesty
Hotel TV
Tear the place up
Skankheads
Hedonism
Squander
Little Baby Swastika
Another shot from the gig here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4140925063/in/photostream/
More gigs www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3356675262/in/set-72157617...
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Keywords: 25th,Nov,November,2009,held,aloft,by,fans,hand,hands,girls,in,crowd,live,gig,on,stage,playing,a,tour,touring,at,Wolverhampton,Civic,Hall,West Midlands,England,UK,25/11/2009,Paranoid,&,Sunburnt,Stoosh,CD,album,albums,music,musical,musician,rock,punk,star,ethnic,black,mixed,race,WV1,1RQ,WV11RQ,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCR2 -
Wolverhampton Civic Hall, North St, Wolverhampton, UK WV1 1RQ
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Keywords: Comsat,angels,comsatangels,Sheffield,Manchester,academy,uni,university,live,band,stage,UK,england,indie,veteran,rock,rockers,post,punk,postpunk,steve,fellows,stephen,365days,music,musician,gig,performer,player,event,signed,group,lighting,anbiant,univ,academy1,academy2,city,night,nighttime,time,light,roll,tour,touring,GB,britain,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,s1500,bands,concert,concerts,musicians,gigs,performing,playing,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4051548558 - 'Stephen (steve) Fellows leading the Comsat Angels at the Manchester Academy 3, during the 'Last weekend' mini tour taking in Glasgow and London Academy too. Support was Faker Junior.
Thats the same shirt you wore at the original Sheffield gig back in April 2009. www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3480530159/
The Comsats were named after the J. G. Ballard short story. Their single 'Eye of the Lens' should be essentiual listening for all photographers.
'Something's coming closer, I can only stare.
The scream of silence fills the air
I was not a victim of the games of all my friends
Now I find myself behind the eye of the lens...'
Yep, we are the watcher, the voyeur, living life through that shutter.......
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Zoomtang,Lead,singer,Banned,network,gig,Northwich,Winnington,cheshire,UK,England,unsigned,Rossendale,Lancs,Lancashire,music,bands,gigs,stage,musician,performer,rock,indie,player,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,tonysmith,tony,smith,hot pix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3812466803 - 'Here in a loud sisters (Be loud , be proud) tee shirt.
Lead female vocal of zoomtang, Rossendale based north west UK indie band. Taken here at a DAN (Development of the arts in Northwich Cheshire) BANNED! Network gig at Winnington Rec. this was used in the cover of the Banned fanzine produced by Nick Hughes and Paul.
More female vocal here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3827402423/in/set-72157621...
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Keywords: Maria,Jordan,Vocalist,Song,writer,songwriter,music,bands,gigs,gig,stage,musician,performer,unsigned,rock,indie,player,manchester,bar,pub,singer,female,lady,girl,talanted,sex,sexy,porn,porno,woman,girlie,erotic,pretty,fetish,fetishist,tonysmith,tony,smith,hot pix,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827402423 - 'Manchester based singer, songwriter Maria Jordan with guitar.
More Manchester indie here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3828200958/in/set-72157621...
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Keywords: Earthwood,Heavy,Metal,Rock,Band,Warrington,UK,North,west,Northwest,music,bands,gigs,gig,stage,musician,performer,unsigned,indie,player,this photo rocks,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,tatoo,tonysmith,tony,smith,Tatuada,tat2,tatto,tats,tattoo,ink,bodyart,body,art,hot pix,rickhagen,rick,hagan,richard,hagen
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827403203 - '100% musician, Rick or Ian as lead singer of warrington based British heavy metal band Earthwood.
Rick is now lead vocalist in a brilliant tribute to Billy Idol called Rebel Yell.
More Rock www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3712678726/
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Keywords: Drummer,Lee,Alone,Maine,Road,Manchester,manchestercity,city,music,bands,gigs,gig,stage,musician,performer,unsigned,rock,indie,player,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,oldham,failsworth,band,failsworth band,musicians,musos,rockers,banned!,north,west,moss,side,man,tonysmith,tony,smith,hot pix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827403523 - 'A great gig at Manchester City's old ground.
More live music and musicians here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4409614624/
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Keywords: Geoff,Ugli,Fruit,Uglifruit,live,stage,Northwich,banned,network,vocal,vovcalist,vocals,DAN,development,arts,music,bands,gigs,gig,musician,performer,unsigned,rock,indie,player,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,kodak,tmax,400,tmax400,tonysmith,tony,smith,hot pix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3828200198 - 'Banned! rock and indie band gig at Winnington rec, Northwich, Cheshire UK.
Here lead singer Geoff captivates the audience in a sea of fogger smoke on stage. A nice atmospheric grainy monochrome (Black &
White Kodak Tmax 400 ) shot.
Depon Eye live at Winnington www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3710771999/
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Keywords: Andrew,Andy,Earnshaw,Drummer,Earthwood,Rick,Hagan,Rock,band,Metal,music,musician,bands,gigs,gig,stage,performer,unsigned,indie,player,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,tonysmith,tony,smith,hot pix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3828200538 - 'More rock gigs here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3809817434/
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Keywords: Band,Baby,Suicide,BabySuicide,music,bands,gigs,gig,stage,musician,performer,unsigned,rock,indie,player,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,live,manchester,manc,guitarist,sunglasses,portrait,sexy,lady,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot pix,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3828201110 - 'Manchester indie band, Baby Suicide- outdoor photo shoot with sunglasses. Shot near Deansgate railway station. Fake polaroid edge.
More Rock musicians, this time originating in New York USA - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3710708657/
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Keywords: Hotpix,tony,smith,tonysmith,tonysmithhotpix,guitarist,guitars,stage,live,concert,film,grain,black,white,noise,sepia,mono,monochrome,B/W,gig,gigs,music,band,bands,musicians,musician,performing,playing,#tonysmithotpix,MIS,@hotpixUK,ActiveH,housingtechnology
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5164712933 - 'The Rocker - 'Thin Lizzy' - Play this track here.
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A track from the late great Phil Lynott. I heard this live finishing up a set at the Manchester Apollo in 1979 I think, December time.
The band often used to finish up with this track in celebration of a guy called Ted Carroll. He had brought the band to London from Dublin in the early 70's and he ran a Saturday record stall called 'Rock On' on Golborne Road, Off Ladbroke Grove market.
Carroll was involved with early Chiswick label artists and the founders of Stiff records (motto 'If it aint Stiff, it aint worth a f**k). Thus was instrumental in producing and pressing a great many of the 70's vinyls in my loft. He never was involved in a Thin Lizzy release however, Decca and Phongram were the bands labels, with the former involved with the band releasing an album of Deep Purple covers.
Thin Lizzy's leader, Lynott was composer or co-composer of almost all their songs. He was one of the few black men to achieve commercial success in hard rock, and was certainly the first black Irishman to do so. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities.
For a great introduction to Thin Lizzy, the live album 'Live and Dangerous' is your only option. There is some disagreement over just how much of the album is actually recorded live. Producer Tony Visconti claimed that the only parts that weren't overdubbed were the drums and the audience. However Brian Robertson has refuted this, saying that he had refused Lynott's request to re-record a guitar solo, and that the only overdubs were backing vocals and some guitar parts by Gorham. He added, 'It's just not true. The only reason we said that it was recorded all over was obviously for tax reasons... so everything that Visconti claims is boll**ks.
Listen for yourself and make your own mind up :-)
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The Fender Cyclone was a series of electric guitars made by Fender. Introduced in late 1997, the Cyclone body is similarly styled to the Mustang but with a significantly different specification. The body of the Cyclone is a quarter of an inch thicker than the body of a Mustang and is made of poplar, whereas contemporary Mustang reissues were made of basswood.
The Fender Cyclone was discontinued in 2007.
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Keywords: female,giuitarist,live,stage,vocalist,northwich,cheshire,UK,unsigned,rock,metal,tattoo,BANNED!,DAN,Bannednetwork,network,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,tatoo,tatto,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,ink,skin,tat2,tattwo,music,bands,gigs,gig,musician,performer,indie,player,tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,cool,person,people,portrait,image,Tatuada,tats,bodyart,body,art,hotpicks,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3711773981 - 'Gothic tattoo'ed lady bass player Grog, Northwich, Cheshire 8th July 2005 from the band Die So Fluid.
More bands here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3356675262/in/set-72157617...
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Dan Auerbach,Manchester Club Academy 12/05/2009 UK England Black Keys,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,manchester,uni,univ,university,academy,academy1,academy2,city,night,nighttime,time,light,rock,roll,indie,tour,touring,UK,GB,britain,england,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,s1500,bands,concert,concerts,musicians,gigs,performing,playing,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3538247841 - 'Dan Auerbach and his band. Black Keys founder and his band at club academy, Oxford Road, Manchester University.
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Keywords: OMD,red,filter,hoya,infra,ir,infra-red,B&W,wales,we pix,picks,hotpicks,tower,ivy OMD,welsh,NT,property,houses,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix,hotpixtonysmith,hot,pic,ipod,music,#tonysmithotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4948604819 - 'Red Frame White Light - 'Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark' - Play this track here.
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'Red Frame/White Light' is the second single of the synthpop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The song quite boringly is about the red telephone box in Meols that was used by the band to make calls to organise their gigs.
The telephone box that inspired 'Red Frame/White Light' is located at the crossing of Birkenhead Road and Greenwood Road countryCode=GB#map=53.4011,-3.15818|17|4&
bd=useful_information&
loc=GB:53.4011:-3.15818:17|4 Greenwood Road, meols|4 Greenwood Road, Meols, Wirral, Merseyside, England, CH47 6\' rel=\'nofollow\'>in Meols. In the nearby pub 'The Railway Inn' the band would meet and used the telephone box to organise their gigs and transportation.
In the songs lyrics the phone number is mentioned: 6323003. Fans would ring the number expecting to get one of the band members, but got a confused home owner in their own area code. Over the years it has become a kind of sacred place for OMD fans. In 2004 OMD fan Stephen Cork started a successful campaign to get the telephone box repainted in time for a fan tour on April 10, 2005.
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Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandegai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, in the form of a Norman castle. It was originally a medieval fortified manor house, founded by Ednyfed Fychan. In 1438, Ioan ap Gruffudd was granted a licence to crenellate and he founded the stone castle and added a tower house. Samuel Wyatt reconstructed the property in the 1780s.
The present building was created between 1820 and 1845 to designs by Thomas Hopper, who expanded and transformed the building beyond recognition. However a spiral staircase from the original property can still be seen, and a vaulted basement and other masonry were incorporated into the new structure. Hopper's clients were the Dawkins-Pennant family, who had made their fortune from Jamaican sugar and local slate quarries.
This image was shot using a Hoya R72 infra red filter. Vegetation appears very white and blue skies deep black.
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Keywords: The Comsat Angels,Sheffield Reunion gig 26/04/2009,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3481430148 - 'April 2009
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
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Keywords: The Comsat Angels,Sheffield Reunion gig 26/04/2009,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix!,sandwich,sarnie,bap,roll
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3481430348 - 'These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
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Keywords: The Doves,Warrington Parr Hall UK Tour March 12th 2009 2009-03-12 20090312 live on stage,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3355857969 - 'The Doves, live on stage at the Parr Hall, Warrington cheshire UK 12th March 2009
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Keywords: The Doves,Warrington Parr Hall UK Tour March 12th 2009 2009-03-12 20090312 live on stage,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3356675968 - 'The Doves, live on stage at the Parr Hall, Warrington cheshire UK 12th March 2009. Jimi Goodwin. Prior to Kingdom of Rust release mini tour.
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Keywords: Magazine reunion gig Manchester academy 1,20090214 14-03-2009,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,lighting,anbiant,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,couples,pairs,two,persons,buzzcocks,magazine,Luxuria,HD,Devoto,Howard,light,pours,out,me,manchester,academy,night,city,punk,rock,legend,legendary,playing,play,tour,reunion,shot,by,both,sides,tonysmith,tony,smith,HOT PIX,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3355914373 - 'Howard Devoto formed Magazine in the city of Manchester right after he left Buzzcocks. In early 1977 he met guitarist John McGeoch, then an art student, and they began writing songs, some of which would appear on the critically acclaimed 'Real Life' album. John McGeoch was the only original member to miss the reunion. He died in 2004 and was replaced by Noko on the tour, who had played with Devoto in the band Luxuria.
the fabulous Barry Adamson was on bass guitar. I have enjoyed his solo stuff for many years, including his 'Moss Side Story' and his soundtrack for David Lynch's 'Lost Highway'. The compilation 'The Murky World of Barry Adamson' is a good introduction to his music post mid-1980's.
Another reunion here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3481341434/
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Keywords: Magazine reunion gig Manchester academy 1,20090214 14-03-2009,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,Magazine,Buzzcocks,Luxuria,HD,Devoto,Howard,light,pours,out,me,manchester,academy,night,city,punk,rock,legend,legendary,playing,play,tour,reunion,shot,by,both,sides,manc,mancunion,mancunian,northwest,north,west,scene,gigs,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,concert,bands,musicians,performing,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3356735418 - 'Manchester musician Howard Devoto, ex Buzzcocks, ex Magazine and ex Luxuria (et Noko ). Here shown at the UK reunion tour 2009.
Howard Devoto was born Howard Trafford 15/03/1952 in Scunthorpe. He began his career as the front man for the Manchester punk band Buzzcocks. He left early on to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands and who influenced the whole post 1977 scene. After Magazine, he went solo. After Magazine split in 1981 Devoto spent two years putting together a solo album with former Magazine keyboard player Dave Formula (the guy who precipitated the 2009 reunion). Though reception of Jerky Versions of the Dream was mixed, the single 'Rainy Season' was consistently picked as a stand-out track. Later, formed indie band Luxuria with Noko.
For most of the 1990s, Devoto was little involved in music, earning his living by working for a photo agency.
In 2001, Devoto teamed up for the first time in twenty-five years with Buzzcocks Pete Shelley and released the much-anticipated Buzzkunst under the name ShelleyDevoto.
In 2002, Devoto had a small part in the movie 24 Hour Party People, a film about Manchester's Factory Records. In his brief cameo appearance, Devoto appears as a janitor cleaning a men's toilet while actor Martin Hancock (who bears no major resemblance to Devoto) portrays Devoto having a tryst with the wife of promoter/journalist Tony Wilson. The real-life Devoto breaks the fourth wall by addressing the camera and stating in dead pan, 'I definitely don't remember this happening'.
In February 2009 Magazine reformed as shown, with former Luxuria guitarist Noko replacing the deceased John McGeoch on guitar.
On July 9, 2009, Devoto was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bolton for his contribution to music.
Another reunion in 2009, the Comsat Angels (the Yorkshire Joy Division) www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4051548558/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3119042500 - 'Primal Scream, live on stage at Manchester Apollo 12/12/2008 2008 Beautiful Future tour.
Primal Scream are the definitive Scottish alternative rock group. They formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vocals) and Jim Beattie. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar), Martin Duffy (keyboards), Gary 'Mani' Mounfield (bass), and Darrin Mooney (drums). Barrie Cadogan toured with the band in 2006 as a temporary replacement after the departure of guitarist Robert 'Throb' Young. Young's permanent replacement has not yet been announced.
The band performed throughout 1982-1984, but their career didn't especially take off until Gillespie left his position as drummer of The Jesus and Mary Chain. The band were a key part of the mid-1980s indie pop scene, but eventually moved away from their more jangly sound, taking on more psychedelic and then garage rock influences, before incorporating a dance music element to their sound. Their 1991 album Screamadelica broke the band into the mainstream.
On July 21, 2008, Primal Scream released a new album called Beautiful Future described by new producer Bjorn Yttling as sounding 'much more pop and Krautrock than before.
Critics suggested it sounds a bit like Alan Vega and Suicide. In July 2008, the first single from the album, entitled 'Can't Go Back', was released. The track was produced by Paul Epworth who also produced the album's title track. The tour followed and hence these shots.
Bobby Gillespie www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3118216145/in/set-72157617...
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3078638898 - 'Goldfrapp live at the Mountford Hall, Liverpool 31/10/2008 Halloween.
Another shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3077807669/in/set-72157617...
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3077851821 - 'Mark E Smith &
The Fall, Liverpool live at The Nation Courtyard 30/10/2008. Imperial Wax Solvent tour.
I'm a 50 year old man......
www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3077852217/
www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3078683718/
Another shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3078683718/in/photostream/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3077852217 - 'Mark e Smith &
The Fall, Liverpool live at The Nation Courtyard 30/10/2008. Imperial Wax Solvent tour.
More Fall Shots:
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www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3078683718/
Audioweb live in Oldham www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4140004999/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3077779605 - 'The Datsuns, setlist from live gig at the Night and Day, Manchester 26/10/2008
A shot from the gig here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3078611270/in/set-72157617...
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Keywords: koopa,gig,live,band,stage,winnington,rec,northwich,cheshire,uk,england,music,bands,gigs,musician,performer,unsigned,rock,indie,player,tonysmith,tony,smith,hot pix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3711505940 - 'Unsigned three piece indie band Koopa from Colchester, Essex live gig live in Cheshire, ( Banned! Network gig ).
Check out their album 'Lies Sell stories'
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5023205533 - 'Spanish Sahara - 'Foals' - Play this track ob=av2e\' rel=\'nofollow\'>here.
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This is a track from 'Total Life Forever', the second studio album, released May 2010 by British band 'Foals'. They are a 5-piece band from Oxford, England. They are currently signed to Transgressive Records in the UK (and Sub Pop in the USA). Its been featured in the UK TV series Skins.
Wanting to push the envelope, On March 6 2010, the 'Total Life Forever' site was officially launched. Puzzles revealed images, lyrics and sound clips of songs from the album. The last clip appeared on Friday, March 12, and resulted with a password entry for the Foals' new website. The site presented the whole new art concept and media including samples of songs, photos and videos. The album was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Music Prize.
Foals are Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith, Edwin Congreave and Walter Gervers. There is a debut album too, 'Antidotes'. From that album the track 'Cassius' has probably been the bands greatest single chart success and is one of those 'roadie and sound-guy favourites'.
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Camel comes from the Arabic \u062c\u0645\u0644, \u01e7ml, (derived from the triconsonantal root signifying 'beauty'), is also used more broadly to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: the llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicu\u00f1a.
Remarkable for their ability to survive the desert extremes they can live for 40 - 55 years. Fossil evidence indicates that the ancestors of modern camels evolved in North America during the Palaeogene period (see also Camelops), and later spread to most parts of Asia. Humans first domesticated camels well before 2000 BC.
Camels do not store water in their humps as is commonly believed. The humps are actually a reservoir of fatty tissue. Concentrating body fat in their humps minimizes heat-trapping insulation throughout the rest of their body, which may be an adaptation to living in hot climates. When this tissue is metabolized, it acts as a source of energy, and yields more than 1 g of water for each 1 g of fat converted through reaction with oxygen from air. This process of fat metabolization generates a net loss of water through respiration for the oxygen required to convert the fat.
Their ability to withstand long periods without water is due to a series of physiological adaptations. Their red blood cells have an oval shape, unlike those of other mammals, which are circular. This facilitates their flow in a dehydrated state.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFER1P - Vintage dance and concert poster from Abergavenny Town Hall Ballroom in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, advertising a run of events in May and June 1963. The brightly coloured printed bill uses bold red lettering on a yellow ground with green decorative border detail and promotes the venue as The Ballroom of the Stars . Presented by Eddie Tattersall, the poster lists several dates and performers, including the 8th May A Girl of the Month Dance featuring Vince White and the Hunters from Newport, the 15th June Music for Dancing and Romancing with The Hurricanes from Newport, the 22nd June appearance by The Beatles with The Fabulous Fortunes, and the 29th June event Keep Alive with Rock, Twist and Jive featuring Ricky Ford and the Crossfires.
The design is a strong example of early 1960s provincial music promotion, when town halls and ballrooms across Britain and Wales played an important role in live entertainment, youth culture and social dancing. Its mixture of large headline typography, admission details, late transport information and multiple artist bills reflects the practical style of the period, when posters had to grab attention quickly from passing audiences. The central Beatles billing is especially notable, placing the poster within the rapid rise of the group during 1963, while still showing them in the context of a mixed live dance programme rather than a later arena-scale event.
The image has clear value for editorial and historical use covering British pop history, Welsh cultural heritage, live music venues, dance-hall culture, concert memorabilia and printed ephemera. It documents not only an appearance by The Beatles in Abergavenny but also the wider entertainment scene of the time, when local promoters, support acts and regional audiences were central to the spread of beat music and popular dance culture in the UK. The poster survives as an evocative paper artefact of a specific place, date and social atmosphere.
Town Hall, Cross Street, Abergavenny, South Wales, Wales, UK, NP7 5HD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BE - A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink, which is either a combination of spirits, or one or more spirits mixed with other ingredients such as fruit juice, lemonade, flavored syrup, or cream. There are various types of cocktails, based on the number and kind of ingredients added. The origins of the cocktail are debated.
The Oxford Dictionaries define cocktail as An alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream. A cocktail can contain alcohol, a sugar, and a bitter/citrus. When a mixed drink contains only a distilled spirit and a mixer, such as soda or fruit juice, it is a highball. Many of the International Bartenders Association Official Cocktails are highballs. When a mixed drink contains only a distilled spirit and a liqueur, it is a duo, and when it adds a mixer, it is a trio. Additional ingredients may be sugar, honey, milk, cream, and various herbs.
Mixed drinks without alcohol that resemble cocktails are known as mocktails or virgin cocktails.
Traditionally cocktails were a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The term highball appears during the 1890s to distinguish a drink composed only of a distilled spirit and a mixer. During Prohibition in the United States (1919“1933), when alcoholic beverages were illegal, cocktails were still consumed illegally in establishments known as speakeasies.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0GA - Fontaines D.C. are a post-punk rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band released their debut studio album, Dogrel, on April 12, 2019. Winners of Album of the Year 2019 from both Rough Trade and BBC 6Music.
Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met in Dublin while attending music college at British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Liberties, Dublin. They bonded over a common love of poetry and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). None of the published poems were translated into songs, but the track Television Screens off their debut Dogrel started out as a poem and was turned into a song.
Lead singer Grian Chatten is half-British (his mother is English and his father is Irish) and was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England but grew up in the County Dublin town of Skerries, Dublin.[10] Coll, Curley, and Deegan are from Ireland “ Mayo, County Mayo, Emyvale in County Monaghan, and Mayo, County Mayo, respectively, and O'Connell grew up in Madrid, Spain.
The band got their name from a character in the movie The Godfather called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino. Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. They added the initials D.C. when a band in Los Angeles had the same name. The initials D.C. stand for Dublin City.
Fontaines started out self-releasing singles. In May 2017, Fontaines released the single Liberty Belle followed by the split Hurricane Laughter / Winter In the Sun. Liberty Belle is in homage to the Liberties, a neighborhood in Dublin where many band members lived.
78 Digbeth, Birmingham, England, UK, B5 6DY
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St George's Place, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMRG - The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label
118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN
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Soho, London, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PKA5M9 - The Liverpool Passion Plays tell the story of the Passion of Christ, including Jesus' arrest, trial and crucifixion.
Using the Cathedral's architecture and artwork as a backdrop, the audience watch the story of Jesus unfold, starting as a young boy, and witnessing his entry into Jerusalem, his betrayal by Judas, and his trial and crucifixion.
The performance will use the vast central space of Liverpool Cathedral as a backdrop with the crucifixion scene taking place on our very own Calvary, high above the audience, on the Dulverton Bridge.
The performance combines music, script and liturgy to demonstrate what Christ's suffering and resurrection means for us today. The performance has been put together by cast, crew and musicians who are volunteers from the cathedral's congregations, choirs and young peoples' groups, and the public.'
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, St James Mt, Church of England Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KXC8 - Penny Lane is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with Strawberry Fields Forever. It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon“McCartney songwriting partnership. The lyrics refer to Penny Lane, a street in Liverpool, and make mention of the sights and characters that McCartney recalled from his upbringing in the city.
The Beatles began recording Penny Lane in December 1966, intending it as a song for their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Instead, after it was issued as a single to satisfy record company demand for a new release, the band adhered to their policy of omitting previously released singles from their albums. The song features numerous modulations that occur mid-verse and between its choruses. Session musician David Mason played a piccolo trumpet solo for its bridge section
Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon“McCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected:
Penny Lane was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story
Penny Lane Development Trust, 70 Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1BW
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Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7M6 - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF77W - The Verve was an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in August 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong later became a member in their first reunion only.
Beginning with a psychedelic sound with their debut LP A Storm in Heaven, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and four albums. They also endured name and line-up changes, break-ups, health problems, drug abuse and various lawsuits. The band's commercial breakthrough was the 1997 album Urban Hymns, one of the best-selling albums in UK history. It features the hit singles Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Drugs Don't Work, Sonnet and Lucky Man. In 1998, the band won two Brit Awards, winning Best British Group, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in March, and in February 1999, Bitter Sweet Symphony was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.
Soon after their commercial peak, The Verve disbanded in April 1999, citing internal conflicts. According to Billboard magazine.
On 24 May 1998, The Verve played a homecoming concert in front of 33,000 fans in the grounds of Haigh Hall & Country Park, Aspull, supported by Beck and John Martyn. The band then played gigs in mainland Europe, but, on 7 June, a post-show fight at Düsseldorf-Philipshalle left McCabe with a broken hand and Ashcroft with a sore jaw. After this, McCabe decided he could not tolerate the pressures of life on the road any longer and pulled out of the tour, leaving the band's future in jeopardy, with rumours of a split circulating in the press. The band continued with session musician B. J. Cole replacing McCabe, whose guitar work was also sampled and triggered on stage.
Haigh Hall , Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN2 1PE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880EP - Ian Curtis mural unveiled in the Northern Quarter ahead of mental health music festival.
A mural paying tribute to the late Ian Curtis has been unveiled in the Northern Quarter just in time for World Mental Health Day (today, Saturday 10 October)
The legendary musician, who was the lead singer and lyricist of post-punk band Joy Division, took his own life aged just 23 during a long struggle with depression.
The artwork was heartfully revealed by the late singer's former Joy Division bandmate Peter Hook (also The Light). The artist, Manchester-based Akse P19, says Ian Curtis was the perfect subject to try to create a conversation around mental health:
It was a pleasure meeting Peter Hook this week at the mural of Ian Curtis, says Akse. It's based on a photo by [photographer] Philip Pecarly.
It's hoped this striking homage to a Manchester music legend will encourage people to continue to speak out and seek help if they need it.
The brief was commissioned to launch Headstock Weekender festival “ a music and wellbeing festival taking place online this weekend “ which was originally scheduled for May.
Throughout today (Saturday) and Sunday, a programme of live performances, DJ sets, talks and wellbeing workshops are being streamed for free on the United We Stream platform.
The festival founder, Atheer Al-Salim, hopes it will help bring people together during a worrying and stressful time for those both in and out of the music industry.
More at https://ilovemanchester.com/ian-curtis-mural-manchester-mental-health
75 Port St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2EG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2TE - The Parr Hall is the only surviving professional concert hall venue in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building
The Parr Hall and Pyramid Arts Centre are located in the Cultural quarter of Warrington town centre, in Palmyra Square.
Parr Hall was designed by the local architect William Owen in 1895.
Originally it was built for the people of Warrington by Joseph Parr. Warrington Musical Society gave the first concert.
The hall has hosted concerts and organ recitals from leading orchestras and cathedral organists over the years.
The Rolling Stones performed at the venue on 25 November 1963, The Moody Blues on 1 March 1965 and The Who on 22 March and 11 October 1965 and on 14 June 1965 The Yardbirds. The band James - having sold out concerts at much larger venues - played the Parr Hall on 20 December 1991 to record a promotional video. Other notable artist such as Feeder, The Courteeners, Beady Eye, Arctic Monkeys, and Shane Filan of Westlife have played at the venue, and Jools Holland is a regular performer.
Parr Hall Palmyra Square South Warrington,Cheshire,England, WA1 1BL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DMT - Sir John Barbirolli, CH (2 December 1899 “ 29 July 1970), né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings.
Albert Square , Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM99XJ - Bulls Head pub at night, 19 St Mary's Row, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HW, UK works as a grounded stock photograph because the subject is specific, legible and connected to wider social, economic or cultural themes. The scene records a specific piece of everyday place-based detail, the sort of subject that often says more about local identity, work, leisure, transport or consumption than a polished landmark view would. Its value is in the recognisable setting, readable clues and documentary directness, making it useful for editorial coverage of changing streets, public services, heritage, retail habits and ordinary life in Britain and beyond. Low light, dusk or night conditions add atmosphere and make the subject useful for evening economy, safety and seasonal weather contexts. The location detail, Birmingham, Moseley, B13 8HW, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include traditional pub, public house, beer culture and real ale, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. The scene has practical value for features needing authentic British or international street-level evidence, especially where policy, culture, business, tourism or social change is easier to explain through one clear example.
19 St Mary's Row, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HW, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6MX8 - The Bridgewater Hall is an international concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build and currently hosts over 250 performances a year.
The hall is home to the The Hallé orchestra, the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra, and is the primary concert venue for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The building sits on a bed of 280 springs, which help reduce external noise.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, England, UK M2 3WS
