Coming to The Musician in December 2016

After leaving a streak of rip-roaring, celebratory shows in 2016, road-testing his back catalogue of 12 albums, Nick Harper & The Wilderness Kids (aka Port Erin) are back with a new album Lies! Lies! Lies! and UK tour for 2017.

Amidst a backdrop of flags being changed and mottos applied, ‘’350 million reasons why, written on the side of the bus’’, sees Nick and The Kids nailing their colours to the mast and ready to roll.

The album was recorded in Studio La Fabrique, France (Radiohead- Moon Shaped Pool, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds-Push the Sky Away) with the legendary producer Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, Pearl Jam, T-Bone, Peter Gabriel). Blake brings his masterful touch to the unceasingly creative cauldron of Nick, his songs and now, his band.

‘The Wilderness Kids’ met up with the renowned solo acoustic singer-songwriter at a record store day event, where they jammed on some of Nick’s tracks from his ‘Best of’ triple LP set ‘The Wilderness Years’. Nick immediately realised the potential, promptly picked up a baritone electric guitar and the pace hasn’t let up since. The exciting energy and chemistry between the 4 has had Nick’s fans in rapture and the combination of the much-loved songwriter added to the zest present in this new gang, made capturing the zeitgeist in the words and music of the new album inevitable. Lies! Lies! Lies! is an intelligent, yet exuberant album rooted very much in the now.

Fans can grab first copies of the upcoming album at the gigs on CD or LP from November 24th, in the commercial hubris of Black Friday. Initial pressings can be snatched up on the Lies! Lies! Lies! tour with a general UK release on December 1st.

Danfest6 festival weekend tickets are £30 advance £35 door. Friday only £14 £16 door. Saturday only £20 £23 door. Saturday evening only £14 £16 door. Full details on www.wegottickets.com.
Danfest6 featuring on Friday, Credo, Red Bazar and Midnight Sun. The sixth Danfest festival welcomes back Credo which seems to be their only UK date this year. Having taken part in some European festivals, it will be nice to welcome them back on home turf. Red Bazar are gaining top reviews with their fine mixture of traditional prog mixed with the more heavier power riffs. Midnight Sun formed from the ashes of Also Eden and Unto Us bring their own breed of rock music mixed with prog. A great evening is in prospect with these fine acts.

Danfest6 festival weekend tickets are £30 advance £35 door. Friday only £14 £16 door. Saturday only £20 £23 door. Saturday evening only £14 £16 door. Full details on www.wegottickets.com. Saturday evening headline act Winter In Eden perform at the venue for the first time. This female fronted symphonic/metal band appear at many gigs and festivals all over the world. HekZ return with their powerful metal based prog sound, and gained a lot of new fans in a previous Danfest. Jump return again and close the afternoon session with their unique sound and with their new album already selling well a warm welcome back. This follows a fine support to Fish in April.Nth Ascension, who have strong vocals and nice power riffs. If Rush and Magnum are your faves, then these are your new friends.Opening the Saturday are I Am The Manic Whale. A new band with a fantastic debut album, influenced by Yes, Rush and It Bites.

Blackbeard's Tea Party ~ High Octane, Gutsy Folk Rock

Their bold and riotous modern folk rock is built for late nights and big stages. Hold on to your tricorn hats and be prepared to stamp your wooden legs – Blackbeard’s Tea Party are in town.

Sea-shanties will be given a bombastic rock edge, and folk instrumentals will become late-night floor-fillers when this raucous bunch of reprobates hit the stage. They have dirt under their fingernails and a twinkle in their eyes, and you can expect fantastic musicianship, playful choreography and an unstoppable urge to move your body.

Two drummers, electric guitars, fiddle, melodeon and 4-part harmonies combine to create music that is drenched in tradition, but filtered through a kaleidoscope of modern rock and pop.

The band believe a live show should be a spectacle for the eyes as well as the ears. Outlandish outfits, costume changes, DIY props, unhinged stage antics and chaotic choreography all add up to an engaging, high-octane show that inevitably leaves audiences cheering for more.

The band are currently back into the studio recording material for 'Coats Off' their first new album in 5 years. This will be released in the Autumn of 2024 & they will be out on tour from October to December performing this new material.

For up to date info and news please join The City Acoustic Club Facebook group!

"Josh Okeefe, a visible British singer/songwriter in Nashville for the past five years, has recently stepped into his own after finding a new voice and sound after immersing himself in music from the 50s and 60s.As the outlaw revival continues to grasp the ears and hearts of music fans everywhere, one can expect Okeefe’s presence to follow suit. He spent his early years touring across the UK in British rock bands and his affair with country music brought him to Nashville, TN.  Josh has since taken his place firmly as one-to-watch, and now we long to see him break through to fans and audiences of Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton to Mumford And Sons and Hozier. That is not to say fans of ballsy rock-n-roll won’t be interested too – just ask Audley Freed from ‘The Black Crowes or Dave Row the bass player from Johnny Cash’s band their thoughts on Josh. In fact, they make noteworthy contributions throughout his latest recordings".

"Support comes from Adam Bowler a Leicester UK based singer / songwriter, offering smooth vocals with songs of tangled up love felt lyrics and melodies".

The Burning Hell is the alter-ego of Canadian songwriter Mathias Kom, and the band has been on the road in one form or another since 2007, playing everywhere from festivals like Glastonbury and Dawson City to bars, living rooms, abandoned bunkers, and a mental asylum in rural France. Musically, The Burning Hell runs the gamut from introspective folk to hyperactive rock and roll, and so the band can adapt to its surroundings like a karma of anthropomorphic chameleons, taking the audience on a supermarket-cart ride through hooky, upbeat pop songs, dark ballads about pet euthanasia, and anthems for barbarians, economic conferences, and love.
"Canada's The Burning Hell write the kind of literate, funny, catchy songs that makes you want to learn all the words and shout them passionately back in their faces."
Drowned in Sound,

Dexeter have moved from strength to strength since first appearing at the Country 2 Country festival in London in 2014, going on to open tours for Brit Country favourites The Shires, Ward Thomas and Raintown as well as playing all over the UK with acts including Laura Oakes, Sasha McVeigh, Honey Ryder, Jess and The Bandits, and the Pistol Annies’ very own Angeleena Presley amongst others.

The Leicestershire act returned to the O2 for Country 2 Country in 2015, where hundreds of enthusiastic fans poured into the atrium to sing along to crowd favourites including songs from their crowdfunded debut album “Four Thousand Miles To Nashville” which reached number 14 in the iTunes country chart.

A world-class musician, Simon ‘Honeyboy’ Hickling is a blues harmonica ace with a hard earned and well-deserved international reputation.

His subtle and fabulously expressive playing is grounded firmly in the ‘50s and ‘60s heyday of the Chicago and Gulf Coast styles of playing.


With a tremendously experienced band backing him, Simon never fails to deliver anything less than a first-rate evenings entertainment and never lets good taste and soulfulness stifle a rockin’ night out.

Take this unique opportunity to see the new 8 piece Nine Below Zero on their SHADES OF BLUE TOUR to promote the album 13 Shades of Blue. Dennis, Mark, Ben and Mickey will be joined on stage by.

CHARLIE AUSTEN / VOCALS
CHRIS RAND / SAXOPHONE
PAUL JORDANOUS/ TRUMPET
ANDREW NOBLE / KEYBOARDS

On the Shades of Blue Tour they will be performing tracks from their new album as well as songs from their extensive back catalogue. Come see and support the best RnB band in the country cos they ain't gonna be around for ever.

Aynsley Lister has been at the top of the Blues scene for over two decades, billed as one of the most exciting contemporary Blues
guitarists around today. Known not only for his exceptional guitar playing, he is also a highly regarded songwriter whose passion for music crosses genres, effortlessly combining blues, soul, Americana, rock and sometimes even pop elements.


Aynsley Lister will be leading his band through a sensational set, performing songs from the highly acclaimed new release, along with
fan favourites from the past.

For fans of: Gary Clarke Jnr., Eric Clapton, The Black Keys, John Mayer, Tedeschi Trucks
“Superb” – The Times

“Masterful and measured songwriting” - R2 Magazine

“A quite marvellous guitarist of passion and strength, and with a fine distinctive voice” - Record Collector Magazine

“Aynsley really knows how to shape a solo, when to hold back and when to step on the gas… Fine songs, a top-notch band, powerful
production and a mix of great tones this is British blues at its finest, but with a catchy rock edge.” - Guitar Techniques Magazine

One of the UK's finest Rock 'n' Roll Bands. Every time vocalist Spike self-confidently informs his enthusiastic audience 'We're the Quireboys ... and this is Rock 'n' Roll", everyone present has a pretty clear idea where this musical journey is about to lead. For fifteen years, the Quireboys have been synonymous with hand-made rock music, spiced with edgy riffs, driving rhythms and their frontman's unique voice.

With a sound that harks back to the 70's heyday of The Faces, Stones, Slade and Mott The Hoople, the band have always remained true to their roots from the start. The boys' mission is simply to keep the spirit of good time rock ‘n’ roll alive and kicking into the 21st century.

Tonight sees a return to the Musician for a special intimate unplugged show and those that have seen the band in this format before will know that although the instruments may not be electric, the same certainly cannot be said of the performance. This is one not to miss.

Amy Rigby is a songwriter, musician and performer best known for her album Diary Of A Mod Housewife and Little Steven’s Underground Garage favorite track “Dancing With Joey Ramone”. She was part of the late 70’s downtown NYC no wave nightspot Tier 3 gang and formed bands the Stare Kits, Last Roundup and The Shams before beginning her solo career. For the last twenty years she has toured the US, Canada, UK and Europe, appearing on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, World Cafe, Whad’Ya Know, All Things Considered, BBC Radio 6 Music’s Marc Riley Show and Mountain Stage. She lives with her husband and sometime duet partner Wreckless Eric in the Hudson Valley.

Amy's new solo album The Old Guys will be released February 23 2018 and available at the gig.

Songs Of Wonder 4 sees the return of multi-instrumental wizard and space cadet Chris Conway, and magical harmonious Laura & Mary-Anne Ratcliffe's Mia and the Moon as they alternate sets and jam together.
Chris Conway's West Coast meets jazz & Celtic styles and features songs about outer space. He has worked with members of Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention and The Monkees.

Mia and the Moon will feature songs from their fantastic new album “Fall Awake” and have featured on ITV, BBC, Radio 1 and their songs and voices bewitch all who hear them.

A wondrous night indeed.

Formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s Dr. Feelgood remains one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the world. The raw and uncompromising style of their performance resulted in the album Stupidity that immediately went to the number one position in the U.K. charts.

Dr. Feelgood have also enjoyed global success with a string of hit singles including Roxette, Back in the Night, Milk and Alcohol, Down at the Doctors, She Does it Right, Going Back Home and See You Later Alligator - which gave the group their first gold record.

The last album to feature Lee Brilleaux - Down at the Doctors, was recorded live at the Dr. Feelgood Music Bar on Canvey Island, (now the site of the Oysterfleet Hotel) just two months before he died. The current line up features the rhythm section Kevin Morris on drums and Phil Mitchell on bass, approaching 27 years in the band and Steve Walwyn on guitar who has been with the band for 20 years. Vocalist Robert Kane (formerly of the Animals) is the most recent addition – joining in 1999.

In 2000 EMI records released Chess Masters, Dr. Feelgood’s tribute to the Chess Label, home to many of the finest blues artists of the 20th century and the first album to feature Robert on vocals and harmonica.

Recent releases include a DVD - Live in London and CD Repeat Prescription - a collection of some of the bands most enduring songs but with a fresh approach.

Julien Temple’s film Oil City Confidential released on 2nd February 2010 tells the story of the bands formative years featuring the Wilko Johnson era.

The band continues to tour extensively throughout the World.

“You won't hear another band like this anywhere between now and the the end of the millenium. The Lovely Eggs are just brilliant!”- Huw Stephens, Radio One

“They have the off the wall look that is perfect pop and the cutting stripped down dynamic of a cool art crew in love with underground rock n roll”- John Robb

“This my friends is fucking brilliant. it’s grunge – but not as you know it”- Everett True

The Lovely Eggs are an underground punk rock duo from northern England.

They have a fierce punk rock ethos that music should have no rules.

For Holly and David being in a band is a way of life. True to this, they live the way they play. Fiercely, constantly in search of the good times.

With observational and often surreal lyrics about life The Lovely Eggs have a powerful stripped down sound: one vintage guitar amp, one Big Muff distortion pedal, a guitar and a drum kit.

With releases in the UK, Europe, USA and Japan, The Lovely Eggs have played hundreds of gigs around the UK, USA and Europe supporting the likes of Half Japanese, Shonen Knife, The Slits, Young Marble Giants, The Television Personalities and Art Brut as well as a two month tour of America and a string of dates at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

The Lovely Eggs have recorded sessions for BBC Radio One, BBC 6 Music and XFM as well as being played by a host of UK DJs including Radio One's Huw Stephens and Rob da Bank and 6 Music's Marc Riley, Steve Lamacq, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe, Chris Hawkins, Tom Ravenscroft and XFM's John Kennedy.

Holly (guitar/vocs) and David (drums/vocs) have also worked with comedian Graham Fellows (aka John Shuttleworth) as well as Jad Fair from the seminal Texas band Half Japanese. Their songs appear in Canadian film Molly Maxwell and have been sampled by Zane Lowe for Scroobius Pip. The pair also feature on a Radio 4 Richard Brautigan documentary, presented and in discussion with Jarvis Cocker contemplating the influence of the American surreal author on their music.

They have produced four albums.

The Lovely Eggs have become well known for their live performances.

2015 saw The Lovely Eggs return with their fourth self-produced and self-recorded album 'This is Our Nowhere': a title which sums up their celebration and love of a scene which doesn’t exist in the eyes of the manufactured mainstream. Ironically the record received 8/10 in the NME.

The second single to be released from 'This is Our Nowhere' 'Goofin' Around in Lancashire' was released in November 2016 on ltd edition 7" "fried egg" vinyl. With an accompanying video by Casey Raymond, again it sold out immediately and gained much support from BBC 6 Music, with 6 Music's Marc Riley declaring it one of his top tracks of 2015.

AC/DC UK, one of Europe’s most electrifying tributes to AC/DC will continue to tirelessly tour the UK, Europe and beyond throughout 2023. One of the most popular and exciting tribute acts to rock legends AC/DC bring a level of authenticity to the 80’s era, whilst still delivering a unique and organic show night after night. AC/DC UK’s full production is a complete spectacle, featuring firing cannons and authentic full Marshall backline. The iconic Angus and Brian chemistry is organically delivered, as AC/DC UK churn out all of the biggest hits alongside a few fan favourites at every show.

For up to date info and news please join The City Acoustic Club Facebook group!

A night of Django Reinhardt style Gypsy Jazz featuring Keith Pell on guitar, Will Smith on Guitar, Kenny Wilson on accordion and clarinet, Michael Whittle on double bass.
Supported by veteran and superb singer songwriter Steve Cartwright

The Silver Threetles are more than a tribute to The Beatles, they are an in depth appreciation of Beatles music. A homage. The Silver Threetles came out of the desire to see The Beatles perform again. How would The Beatles deliver those songs after all this time?

There's millions of Beatles tributes, dressing up and recreating the records. The Silver Threetles decided that they wanted to focus solely on the music, noodling with the songs until they felt new and different.

"The challenge is to keep the essence of the song, whilst giving them a playful fresh coat of paint."

The Silver Threetles have created a unique series of shows that give the audience a breathtaking Beatles experience, paying tribute to music, but also adding a huge amount of energy to the perfoermcance. You can expect more than just a Beatles tribute band. This is an event.

WINNERS OF THE MOJO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
After more than 50 years of continuous service, The Pretty Things - still featuring original members Phil May and Dick Taylor- remain a significant, challenging force in Rock 'n' Roll. Despite their veteran status, their contemporary relevance, undiminished energy and inspirational commitment inspire emerging generations of new artists and young fans, whilst retaining their devoted, fanatical, core fan base.

The Pretty Things were responsible for the world's first ever Rock Opera. Recorded in 1967 alongside The Beatles and The Pink Floyd at Abbey Road, S. F. Sorrow was the acknowledged template for The Who's Tommy, and was, in 1998, another first, when it was recorded live at Abbey Road, with David Gilmour on guitar, for the world's first ever Global Broadband Netcast.

Diesel Park West are for many people the most enigmatic band from the late eighties still performing today. Back in those Thatcherite days the psychedelic guitar ground they occupied was often dismissed as a mere throwback to the mid-sixties with only an enlightened minority realising its real musical significance. The beating heart of rock ‘n’ roll is now far more aware of the Diesels' sound and maybe that’s why any live performance by the band is considered an event worth seeing. Drawing upon eight albums worth of material and the hippest cover versions imaginable, Diesel Park West continue to prove beyond a doubt that they really are the torchbearers for an entire genre.

The Paradimes play a brilliant mix of reggae and ska using the traditional styles of the 60's and 70's reggae and ska legends in todays era of music. The Paradimes play original reggae and ska, writing their own material which has spanned over more than 10 years of playing together, with the song writing abilities going from strength to strength. The catchy musical and singing melodies have made this band a winner in their field and are always a real crowd pleaser.

The Zeppelins capture the sound, energy and look of Led Zeppelin at the height of their fame. We love Led Zeppelin’s music, it’s as simple as that. The Zeppelins are four musicians with decades of experience across tribute and original bands. We finally found the right combination to play Led Zeppelin’s music and play it right from the soaring high range of a young Robert Plant, those unmistakeable and timeless Page riffs, JPJ’s solid but creative basslines and of course, Bonzo’s thunderous beats.

Kingsize play foot-stompin', house rocking Kingsized arrangements of the finest original Jamaican ska sounds. Their style draws heavily on the classic Studio One song catalogue and traditional big band sounds of '60s ska.

Sam Huber
“The first time you experience Helsinki-born Sam Huber’s music, you hear nostalgic references to legends like Bowie and Prince mixed with the contemporary beats of hip-hop, soul and funk—it’s a modern urban hybrid that refuses to fit neatly into any box.”
— VENTS MAGAZINE

Welcome to one of the longest running burlesque shows in town, over 8 years we have featured some of the biggest stars on the cabaret circuit.
Headlining we have steaming hot international burlesque sensation Cece Sinclair, along with more feathered follies to be announced!
Live music from the Hubcab - stunning psychedelic and groove based blues rock

Due to unforeseen circumstances we are sorry to say NYE with Nick Pride & The Pimptones is now cancelled. We will now be closed.
Wishing you a Happy New Year and thanks for your
support