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Review: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis live at the Blackpool Opera House

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsMusic & Gigslive music, Music, Music Venues, Opera House, review, Reviews, rock, soul, Winter Gardens

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 10/09/2021 PEACE WILL COME An odd choice of venue for Nick Cave and Warren Ellis? Perhaps. This, however, did not deter a large audience in the grand auditorium of Blackpool Opera House with its 2,813-seat capacity. They were dressed to the nines, with some resembling Cave himself! This being the first joint bill tour, Cave and Ellis may have felt they had something to prove, and prove it they did. Pre-show, the stage was impressive even with the house lights up, with its array of musical instruments including a grand piano, guitar, drums, violin and something mysterious in a…

Small corners brings music to you – Buzz Bury

Buzz Bury0 CommentsMusic & GigsMusic, review

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Navigating the start of 2021 Maybe a Dry January became a Ginuary or your Veganuary struggled to become reality in Lockdown 3? So this Small Corner offers a more upbeat review with new tunes that are guaranteed to put a spring in your step. It’s a foot-tapping, hip-swinging, belly-wobbling collection of new music that is your invitation to dance in your front room, wiggle in the kitchen, or shimmy in the bedroom. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Everybody Get Agenda is the much-anticipated album by Bantu released in September 2020. When a band is hot and on a roll, it seems the album just never tires and…

Seaside Towns Out Of Season Reflections.

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsHeritage, Local News, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsExhibition, photography, review

Last week Photographer and renaissance woman, Jill Reidy, exhibited her photographs at Abingdon Studios in Blackpool. I caught up with Jill to find out more about her experience and how the exhibition was put together. A short video tour with soundtrack. Jill, How did you decide on the format of the exhibition? I knew I wanted the exhibition in Blackpool, and I knew it had to be out of Season. Once I'd secured the space in Abingdon Studios I was lucky enough to be offered curator help. Jayne Simpson, who is an experienced artist and tutor, had a huge input. …