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Steve Harley Acoustic Trio – The Platform, Morecambe

Posted on April 5, 2019 by

You can get complacent when a venue announces ‘doors 7.30pm’, not least when your designated driver has to beat Saturday night football traffic before we can get anywhere near. We were locked in by circumstances to a just before eight … Continue reading →

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Fisherman’s Friends / Sunderland Crew – Morecambe, The Platform

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

There was a storm brewing in the Irish Sea last Friday as we parked on the blustery prom at Morecambe and headed across the road from the Midland Hotel to The Platform. It was the sort of night you thank … Continue reading →

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Sailing at Eight Bells with Fisherman’s Friends – in conversation with Jeremy Brown

Posted on March 8, 2019 by

As Fisherman’s Friends, the original sole men and Cornwall’s best-known occasionally off-shore musical export, head back out on tour, it was high time I hollered ‘Ahoy there’ to arguably their second most recognisable singer, Jeremy Brown. The so-called ‘nemesis of … Continue reading →

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Eggland expects – The Lovely Eggs interview

Posted on January 18, 2018 by

If you’re passing through Lancaster late at night, wondering where that glorious racket’s coming from, it could be Holly Ross (vocals/guitar, ex-Angelica) and David Blackwell working on new songs at their place, while their four-year-old lad sleeps through. Don’t get … Continue reading →

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Talking ’bout that Who generation – back in conversation with Richard Houghton

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

Did you happen to catch a band called The High Numbers in Greenford, West London, in 1963? They were regulars at the Oldfield Hotel around then, still playing there the following year, by which time they’d changed name to The … Continue reading →

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Rise and Shine – the return of Hugh Cornwell

Posted on November 12, 2015 by

A quarter of a century after he left The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell remains a regular on the live circuit – still in love with his back-catalogue, and still ticking off life ambitions. In the scheme of things, he’s been outside … Continue reading →

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Flying in the face of fashion – the Wayne Hemingway interview

Posted on March 27, 2015 by

This September, Vintage by the Sea returns to the Lancashire coast, aiming to build on last year’s successful event in Morecambe, one that attracted 40,000 visitors. The two-day festival will see the resort seafront and its landmark venues transformed, the … Continue reading →

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Weather or not you’re winning

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

Bring me sunshine, as a certain Lancashire comic said as he waved goodbye to the coastal resort which provided his stage name. And after a few years in Lancashire I think I realise what Eric was driving at. We may … Continue reading →

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