Words: Laura Mills March was such a harrowing time for anyone in the entertainment industry, having to shut our venues..
Madness announce Sheffield date in 2021
‘DIY or DIE’: Lost Sheffield music venue plots return
Historic Sheffield venue nominated as ‘asset of community value’
For the Record: 6 Underrated Sheffield Albums
Exposed meets Pattern + Push winner Rumbi Tauro
Ed Cosens on his favourite Sheffield gigs
Interview & Review: Bobby Lee – Origin Myths
Sheffield’s No Bounds Festival reveals 2021 line-up
Sister Wives: “We see our record as protest music”
“I had to speak on it all” – Matic Mouth on lockdown life, the need for change and his cathartic new album
Tramlines 2021 Lineup Announced
Get Together Festival announces new dates and acts for 2021 event
Sheffield Official Music Box Company launch new range
Sidney&Matilda: Weekend festival and new gigs announced at Sheffield music venue
Lostboy in Lockdown: Sheffield band on their upcoming EP and tour
Sheffield Band Caroline & The Lights Reach #5 in iTunes Chart
Is TikTok changing the music industry?
Tramlines 2021 response to roadmap announcement
My favourite Sheffield music venues
ELEPHANT ARCH RECORDS AND LAUNCHPAD TO LAUNCH SEARCH FOR UNDERREPRESENTED SHEFFIELD ARTISTS
Steel City Sounds: Pulp – His ‘n’ Hers
ED COSENS RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘MADELEINE’
Upcoming releases: albums we’re looking forward to in 2021
LBGT+ Sheffield: January 2021
Listen Up: Artists to look out for in 2021
Pattern and Push: New competition looks for South Yorkshire rappers and singers
“Let the Music Play”: Why I Miss Live Gigs in Sheffield
Back in t’day: Sheffield bands remembered
Interview: Ed Cosens on new single and upcoming album release
Get Together Festival Announce Lineup
5 things you only know if…
Jazz Season Returns (Hopefully)
‘Seat Out to Help Out’ scheme in the works to help save live event industry
Lost at Sea with the Sea Girls
Getting personal with Glass Animals
Jackie Moonbather: “I like artists, myself included, to always be reinventing”
Arctic Monkeys launch crowdfunder campaign for the Leadmill
Synth Sisters: Exposed’s Mark Perkins interviews Sisters With Transistors director Lisa Rovner
Jarvis Cocker: “We live in a world of apparent colour and texture and nuance on our screens, but increasingly we think like a binary code”
John Grant show announced at Sheffield’s Octagon Centre
“I’m sure I’m not alone in not realising how important these early experimentations were” – Director Lisa Rovner on Sisters With Transistors
Review: Jarv Is… – Beyond the Pale
Live after Lockdown: Leadmill promoter Sam Feeley on the iconic venue’s future
The Pound Of Music
Interview with Sheffield’s Otis Mensah on new project #OtisMensahExists: “We’re all linked to our integration with the virtual world, especially in quarantine”
Ghostpoet: “I’m constantly questioning what it is to be human and what makes us tick”
The Big Sheffield Raffle: Help independent businesses
My Jukebox: Tom J Newell
Rebecca Lucy Taylor on new Self Esteem EP: “I’m just trying to trade on goosebumps here”
Sheffield musicians set up DIY Saturday morning TV show
Listen Up: New community radio station launched by the Foodhall Project
Billy Bragg to stream free gig in aid of Leadmill campaign
Tramlines 2020 cancelled: Full statement from festival bosses
Little Man Tate to reform for huge homecoming gig
My First Gig: “There are two songs inspired by the events of that legendary night”
An interview from quarantine with Rosey PM
The Blinders’ Thomas Haywood on Bob Dylan, his creative process and self isolation
Hinds on Brexit: “There’ll be a less interesting scene. It sucks!”
Coronavirus Sheffield live blog: Support our independents!
Review and interview: The K’s @ The Leadmill
The Leadmill to auction off Arctic Monkeys-signed guitar made from old dancefloor
Enter Shikari: “We wanted a rowdy one to start the tour and the Leadmill seemed like the perfect place.”
Live review: Blossoms @ O2 Academy Sheffield 2020
Future Jazz returns to Yellow Arch this weekend
Exposed Awards 2020: Vote NOW!
SHEAFS make their debut
The Rosadocs @ The Leadmill
Interview: The Lughole on new venue, building community and how you can help
Children of the State: “We just wanted to let the dust settle for a while and ensure we had something to say when we returned…”
Stereophonics @ FlyDSA Arena
Album Review: Helen McCookerybook – PEA SOUP
Café Totem to open new gig venue and launch record label
Review: APRE @ Record Junkee
Review: Animal House / Alpaca Factory / The Senates @ Cafe Totem
Tramlines 2020: First Lineup Announcement
Interview: Women of the Seven Hills returns next month
Synth and Sleaze: A tour of Flanagan’s Attercliffe
Review: Slipknot @ FlyDSA Arena
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT: “It was important to do something a bit cerebral, but also slightly more menacing and something you can dance to”
Tsarzi: ”I’m essentially a people watcher masquerading as an artist.”
Bombay Bicycle Club: ‘You’ve got to find the good things amongst the bad.’
The Sundowns live @ Network
Bleep and Bass: How Sheffield helped shape British dance music
2019: Best of Exposed In Sesh!
Interview: Dan Hawkins
Album review: Fred Deakin – The Lasters
Album review: AM Jazz – Jim Noir
EPB’s Big Shaun: “Sheffield is the hidden jewel in the crown of the north, once discovered, always loved.”
Oh Papa and Before Breakfast come together on ‘Magnetic’
It’s CHRIStmas: Kammy on his festive new album
“The only issue is that I have to try and better each show every year. Anyone got McCartney’s number?” – Joe Carnall on his upcoming Christmas bash
Band of Skulls @ The Leadmill
Inside Sheffield’s vintage guitar haven
Gig preview: Christmas with Kate Rusby
Fly DSA Arena announce two huge shows for 2020
Review & Interview: The Clause @ Café Totem
Liam Gallagher @ Sheffield’s Fly DSA Arena
Interview and Review: Glass Caves @ Leadmill
Jetski: “Fuck it, I would love to be on a massive stage.”
Win 2x tickets to see Happy Mondays and a tour t-shirt
REVIEW: Greta Van Fleet @ O2 Academy Leeds
Review and Q&A with Only Sun
LIO: “My songwriting always comes from a place of honesty”
My Life in Music: Catherine Carr (Rafiki Jazz)
Courteeners to play intimate Sheffield gig this month
Music Top Picks
Legendary Beatles Gig restaged in Sheffield
Kate Tempest interview: “What I’m trying to express is something bigger, something more universal”
The Reytons @ O2 Academy Sheffield
Ayusp album review
Richard Hawley @ The Octagon
In interview with Floodhounds
Spotlight on: Cafe Totem
Billy Bragg to play three night residency at the Leadmill
The Full Monty: Some of the best experiences in Sheffield
Black Madonna: “The world is crazy; it feels like it’s on fire at the moment.”
Interview: Kid Acne talks recent solo exhibition and upcoming EP, HAVE A WORD
Review: All Is Lost (soundtrack by Animat)
Shannon Avenue @ Thrifty Store Launch Party
Richard Hawley covers Bob Dylan for finale of Peaky Blinders
Exposed nipped down to the Sherlocks’ secret gig at the arena
Sheffield music through the decades
The Leadmill to host Freshers’ Week road closure party
Sheffield artists to talk at music talent conference
Dimitri: “I want to make music that takes you elsewhere.”
New Derbyshire venue is bringing jazz to the village
Foo Fighters @ Leeds Festival 2019
Another side to Helena Hauff
Hobo Johnson to play Sheffield’s O2 Academy
Pet Deaths: “We have the same dark, pessimistic, twisted sense of humour”
Exposed’s guide to August bank holiday in Sheffield
Gary Numan to celebrate 40 years of music with Sheffield show
Album review: In The Nursery – The Seashell and the Clergyman
Slipknot announce huge Sheffield gig
Steel City super group set for BBC’s Sheffield Makes Music day
GOLDTEETH releases new music video for ‘The Thunder’
Wordplay: Raluca de Soleil
Memorial show at The Leadmill announced in honour of Clear Vinyl drummer
Red Rum Club to play Sheffield’s O2 Academy
Aussie rock band to play Sheffield in winter
Tramlines Saturday 2019: Johnny Marr @ Nulty’s Main Stage
Tramlines Saturday 2019: Everly Pregnant Brothers @ Nulty’s Main Stage
Tramlines Friday 2019: Planet @ The Library Stage
Tramlines Friday 2019: Easy Life @ The Leadmill Stage
Tramlines Friday 2019: Manic Street Preachers @ Nulty’s Main Stage
Tramlines Friday 2019: The Seamonsters @ The Leadmill Stage
Tramlines Friday 2019: Estevans @ The Library Stage
Tramlines Friday 2019: Two Door Cinema Club @ Nulty’s Main Stage
Tramlines 2019: The Seamonsters on their big homecoming gig
Tramlines 2019: A quickie with Circa Waves…
REVIEW: The Sheffield Beatles Project @ The Folk Forest
Review: Shangralas @ Café Totem
Blackwaters
11 live shows to check out in Sheffield in July
Tramlines 2019: Tom Grennan on Sheffield, getting lucky and living with mum and dad
Joe Carnall on Good Cop Bad Cop, Matt Helders and Tramlines
Wordplay: The1Devotion
Catfish and the Bottlemen announce intimate Sheffield gig
Mathew J. Hall: “Writing music is just me opening my mind”
6 reasons to head to the Folk Forest Festival this weekend
The Sherlocks announce new album and homecoming gig
Liam Gallagher to play huge Sheffield gig in November
10 years of Gottwood Festival
Jon McClure takes us through Reverend and the Makers’ Best Of album
Everly Pregnant Brothers to play Woodseats Working Men’s Club
Acclaimed Queen tribute band to play Sheffield’s O2 Academy
Our Most Brilliant Friends: Slow Club documentary adds extra date & Rebecca Taylor Q+A
Gomez to celebrate 20 years of Liquid Skin at the Leadmill
Album review: Richard Hawley – Further
Honeyblood’s Stina Tweeddale on her new album, nightmares and witches
Fake Festival at Endcliffe Park, May 18, 2019
Richard Hawley to play tiny Sheffield gig at The Greystones
Listen: Jarvis Cocker’s new single ‘Must I Evolve?’
Richard Hawley announces first Sheffield gig in three years
Live Review: Catfish and the Bottlemen at Sheffield’s Fly DSA Arena
Come What May: 7 live shows to check out in Sheffield this month
Pump up the Jam: Rhythm Theory launches next Wednesday!
Live Review: Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes @ Record Junkee
Exposed meets Mini Mansions
Finding Sanctuary with Fat White Family
Jackie Moonbather
Live Review: The Sundowns @ Plug
5 minutes with: Ishmael Ensemble
Live Review: Idlewild @ Leeds Beckett University
Alex Turner nominated for an Ivor Novello award
Album Review: K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade – Wahala Wahala
SHEAFS are back and raring to go
Gig Preview – Maisha
Sundara Karma – Gig Review
The Lescar announces Spring Jazz line-up
Sensoria Festival announce first headline act + ‘myths and legends’ theme
Before Breakfast
K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade launching album at Yellow Arch on Saturday
YNOT Festival returns with biggest UK indie-rock lineup of the year
Jarvis Cocker pens letter to BBC after radio cuts
Review: Bring me the Horizon Acoustic Set
6 Sheffield bangers from the Myspace era
Interview: Woman’s Hour
Johnny Marr, Annie Mac and Drenge join Tramlines 2019 line-up
Yellow Arch Studios launch new Future Jazz Festival
TYNI
Gig Preview – Gentleman’s Dub Club
K.O.G: “That’s the number one reason I got into music: the love, affection and connection”
Win tickets to see Wille and the Bandits in Sheffield!
Album Review: Sleaford Mods – Eton Alive
REVIEW: BAD LUV @ Café Totem
Richard Hawley announces new album ‘Further’ and UK gigs
“I always was more of a pop enthusiast” – Rebecca Lucy Taylor on Self Esteem
Leopold Square launches busking initiative
The Leadmill to host Keith Flint tribute this weekend
Album review: Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1
Sleaford Mods on Eton Alive: “It’s about getting stuff out there that connects with people”
Tunes at the Toolmakers
“This one’s for the connoisseurs” – Rotation boss on label’s new release
Drenge: “There’s a lot of spookiness out there at the moment”
Matt Helders and Joe Carnall drop video for Good Cop Bad Cop project
Get yer maracas, Happy Mondays are coming to Sheffield
Album Review: International Teachers of Pop
Mini Mansions to play Picture House Social
Album Review: Drenge – Strange Creatures
Album Review: Blood Red Shoes – Get Tragic
HMV Sheffield to close with immediate effect
“Bruce Springsteen does jangle pop”: Interview with Her’s
All Points East 2019 line-up
Chic, Courteeners and Two Door Cinema Club to headline Tramlines
Mixposed #2: WheresNorth? at Yellow Arch Studios
Fat White Family announce Leadmill show
Tickets on sale for Ryan Adams’ gig at Sheffield O2 Academy
Catfish and the Bottlemen to play huge gig in Sheffield
An orchestral rendition of Dr Dre’s 2001 is coming to Sheffield
Bring Me The Horizon to play acoustic set at Church
Independent Venue Week 2019: Sheffield gig round-up
Habibi Funk: “I just pack a load of records and see what feels right on the night!”
The Album That Changed My Life: Quantic “The 5th Exotic”
Fat White Family are back with a new album
Indie pick: The Library Café
Listen: Matt Helders and Joe Carnall release preview of Good Cop Bad Cop
Just for the Record: Albums we’re looking forward to in 2019
Limit Break
“People don’t view us in the way we view ourselves” – Bring Me The Horizon on new album, amo
Life Aquatic Band
Interview: DMA’s
Live review: Blossoms @ O2 Academy Sheffield
Hinds @ Leadmill
Light Tide – Highway single review
Liberty Ship release new single for Weston Park Cancer Trust
Joe Carnall Jnr on his upcoming Christmas show and a big announcement for 2019
New Year’s Eve: 7 club nights in Sheffield
Paul Smith @ Picture House Social
Rock of Ages 2018 Review
Interview with Sheffield’s Mathew J. Hall
From Amsterdam to Sheffield: We meet Nathan Surreal
Oh Papa
Orbital: “I love Sheffield, it’s got a special place in my heart”
In interview with Sheffield band Cellar Door Moon Crow
What’s on: November at Picture House Social
GoGo Penguin: “This is finally the right combination of people”
Music board launched to aid Sheffield’s ‘huge musical potential’
My Life In Music: LDizz
No Bounds 2018 Review: One step beyond
Tramlines nominated for Best Medium Festival at UK Festival Awards
Watch: Drenge take a tour around Sheffield in new video
East 17 announce Christmas gig in Sheffield
Plug to play Africa by Toto on repeat all night at charity event
Johnny Marr on The Smiths, his solo work and everything in between
Mumford and Sons announce Sheffield gig
Pale Waves – My Mind Makes Noises
Alt-J – Reduxer
Christine & The Queens – Chris
Otis Mensah to become Sheffield’s first poet laureate
Manuka Hive
Are Dead Sons returning?
Sheffield Makes Music: Friday Line-up
Sheffield grime tournament to counteract gang violence
BBC Music Day heading to Sheffield
Drenge announce first Sheffield gig in ‘hundreds of years’
Richard Hawley to headline 3 Ring Circus
Arctic Monkeys @ Sheffield Arena
Back to school with ITOP
Embrace announce 21st anniversary tour of seminal first album – including a Sheffield gig
Kelham Island to be transformed into Arctic Monkeys fan village
The Importance of Being IDLES
Matic Mouth: “I hate politics, but I believe I am a person who speaks up if I see something wrong”
Bungalows Jazz Night reveals their biggest programme to date
Here’s how to get tickets for Arctic Monkeys’ sell out Sheffield shows
An Arctic Monkeys exhibition is coming to Kelham Island
1975 to play Sheffield’s Fly DSA Arena
IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
Rophonic – In With The Out Crowd
Abbeydale Road’s new neighbourhood bar to open on bank holiday weekend
Bring Me The Horizon announce new single, album and UK tour
Hinds to play The Leadmill this December
Rolo Tomassi show announced at Sensoria
Everly Pregnant Brothers announce Christmas gig
George Ezra heads to Sheffield for first ever arena tour
Listen: Drenge share new music ahead of October EP release
A Quickie With… Brother Gun
Review: Indietracks Festival
Bear Chest
Review: Evenfall – Andrew Heath
IDLES to play special in-store Sheffield gig
Right Up Your Street: Otis Mensah on the Sheffield underground scene
“Everywhere I go I’ll be screaming about Sheffield” – Interview with Coco
Plot 22: Sounds of the Underground
Listen Up! Matic Mouth’s Sheffield Playlist
“The ethos is love and resistance, pro-love and anti-hate” – Steve ‘Papa’ Edwards on blaxploitation and the Sheffield music scene
“It’s as if the media outlets are already geared towards indie bands” – Meet Afro-fusion innovators Franz Von & KOG
The album that changed my life: Reality – David Bowie
The Everly Pregnant Brothers to perform Human League’s Dare in full
Interview: The Coral’s James Skelly
Peter Hook on the Hacienda Classical: “Precision combined with a wonderful bit of anarchy.”
Blossoms UK tour: How to get tickets
Arctic Monkeys reveal video for Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Tramlines 2018: Exposed chats to Milburn
Toddla’s Coming Home: New venue announces huge Fringe at Tramlines lineup
Universal Tree: Uniting the People
Review: BlackWaters, Joey Mojito’s Them Sardines & RedFaces
Still Hotsteppin’: Interview with The Hot Soles
My Life in Music: Rae Morris
Interview: Stereophonics
Support St Luke’s and Win VIP Milburn Tickets!
Reading and Leeds Festival have revealed their stellar line-up for 2018
Tramlines unveil winners of Apply to Play scheme
Two Birds are hosting a launch party at Café Totem
Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks: “You just sort of hope someone, somewhere, will come along and shake things up a bit.”
Bongo’s Bingo Announces Special N-Trance Show
Parklife Preview: Get to know Melé
Interview: The Magic Gang
Meet Roy Davis Jr.’s first signing in 16 years: Al Zanders
Katie Pham & The Moonbathers
Indietracks Festival Comes to Derbyshire
Return of the Mac: 5 minutes with Fleetmac Wood
Album Review: Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Shame: “We don’t look at the finish line; we’re just looking at the next step.”
Free Street Party Heads to Castlegate
In The Blink of an Eye: A Celebration of Disco Gecko
Time for Tino: We meet Sheffield’s freshest new 140 DJ
Interview: INK. talk debut EP, headline tour and wiping the slate clean
The Album That Changed My Life: Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
May’s Album Reviews
Back In Black: Black Honey On Sell-Out Leadmill Show and Tramlines
Reeping The Rewards
DJ at the Circus: We chat to Yousef
Review: Gregory Porter @ City Hall
The Vaccines @ O2 Academy
Record Store Day 2018: Seven Deadly Spins
The Vaccines: “We wanted to scratch that itch and basically create the best record we ever have”
Lightyear: Ska-punk rockers on re-reuniting and *that* Ice-T incident
Interview: Stephen Jones on Babybird homecoming
Petition starts to get Arctic Monkeys their own BBC special
April’s Album Reviews
Just for the Record: Exposed’s Vinyl Collection
Live music returns to Forum
Interview: “We want to compete with Donald Trump but on a studio level” – The Fat Whites open a studio in Attercliffe
The Album That Changed My Life – Led Zeppelin IV
Review: Dinosaur Jr @ Plug
Look Local: Where to head in Sheffield for Record Store Day 2018
Pale Waves talk new music and sausage fests
PREMIERE: Cora Pearl – Hope Machine
5 Minutes with… the Turbans
A headline issue: 4 female artists making waves beyond the festival line-ups
5 Minutes with… CC:Disco
The Seamonsters
LISTEN: RedFaces to release new single – ‘Messed Up Feeling’
Around Sheffield in Six Records
Doc/Fest 2018 announces live performance premieres
Review: The Wombats @ O2 Academy
Jarvis Cocker shows announced at the Devil’s Arse
Saltstock 2018: Tickets Still Available!
Otis Mensah on new tunes, being vulnerable and playing with Killah Priest
PREMIERE: Brooklin – ‘Gravity’
Interview: Vuromantics
High Hazels release new single – ‘Days of No One’
Interview: AWOOGA
Coming of Age: We meet Dusky & Lo Shea
TRAMLINES 2018: SECOND LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED
Gig Review: Postmodern Jukebox @ O2 Academy
Melody Maker: Mella Dee chats Donny and 90s rave tapes
Bez on Happy Mondays, Madchester and what twists his melon in 2018
Blancmange’s Neil Arthur: “Not for one minute would I want to hold onto or harness something that holds me in this retro-nostalgic world”
Leadmill announces George Ezra @ Don Valley
Pumpin’ On Mi Stereo: Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool
Women of the Seven Hills head to Yellow Arch
MGMT ‘Little Dark Age’ review: soul(less) pastiche and fallback smart-arsery
Babybird announce Sheffield gig
Gig review: Jorja Smith hypnotises crowd at the Leadmill
TRAMLINES 2018: FIRST LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT
Or:la heads up our first ever Nightlife Special
Stay in focus: The importance of good band photography
PREMIERE: New Wulfman Fury Track – ‘Blades and Owls’
My Sheffield Album
We should be excited about Tramlines moving to Hillsborough, here’s why.
Tramlines announces huge changes for the 2018 festival
February Album Reviews
Something in the Works: an Interview with Hope Works curator/resident Lo Shea
The Magic Gang: “Sheffield is one of our favourite places to play”
Kim Wilde On Being Back On Tour!
2018: Battle of the Bands
The Orielles
It’s P-Time! 5 Minutes with Crazy P
Forged In Steel: We meet Winston Hazel
The top 10 albums of 2017
Our favourite moments: Nightlife in 2017
The Killers @ Sheffield Arena
Wulfman Fury – Exposed In Session
Skream if you wanna go faster… Muzik Review
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: what happened to our rock and roll?
Gangs of New Yorkshire: We meet PBR Streetgang
A Christmas catch-up with SHEAFS
John Smith: ‘I see myself as a working musician… my first responsibility is to my family’
December Gigs @ The Greystones
With a Little Help from My Friends: The Sgt Peppers Project Review
Otis Mensah – “Even if it wasn’t getting heard, even if I wasn’t releasing anything, the writing has to happen for me”
Cervo, Fela Kuti and Expensive S***
Vultures: “We all have a bit of a resting bitch face”
5 quickfire questions with Craig David
Hello, HAAi
Declan McKenna @ Leadmill
Chris Jericho on Fozzy: “We sound a bit like the bastard child of Metallica and Journey”
Newton Faulkner @ The Leadmill: “A new side to the artist”
Toddla T announced for new Red Bull Music Academy event series in Sheffield
Review: Vuromantics – In The Night EP
Review: Reverend and the Makers @ O2 Academy
Bicep (Live) at Hope Works: Review
7 Sheffield gigs to go to this November
Super Hans: “Build, build, build, build, drop, wallop, build, build, frenzy, drop, wallop, set fire to the decks, f**k off.”
Tim Burgess: “Ideas give you energy, and new ideas are always seductive”
Wilin’ Out with DJ Zinc
Album Review: Mzylkypop’s ‘When Will The Wolves Howl’ – a frightening dystopia
Album review: In The Nursery’s ‘1961’ – an ode to a memorable year
Ghostpoet: “Genre is just a marketing tool really”
Nubiyan Twist at Abbeydale Picture House: Review
Dizzee Rascal at O2 Academy: The Rascal returns to grime roots
5 Minutes With: BAL Fashions Speakeasy & Nice Like Rice
October Gigs @ The Greystones
Brotherly Love: Octave One Interview
Interview: Model Aeroplanes
Interview: Scott Bond (Gatecrasher)
Milburn: “It’s all our old experiences and knowledge combining”
“Charles Bradley, this one’s for you!” – Mr Jukes @ The Leadmill
The Jesus and Mary Chain: “We were worried we’d kill each other in the studio”
Sheffield October Nightlife Picks
Wolf Alice: “We had to literally destroy our arms and legs recording Yuk Foo”
Everything Everything: “The band’s like an intense family”
Richard Hawley: “3 Ring Circus is utterly terrifying”
Mr Jukes – The new Jack Steadman
Sensoria Music & Film Festival
Review: Leeds Fest 2017
Interview: A tour of Sheffield with Jon McClure
The Amazons: “Rock and roll isn’t a very sexy genre anymore”
Review: Lost Village Festival 2017
Things To Do This Week in Sheffield
Triangle Announce Two Headliners
September: Top Gig Shouts
Interview: Toddla T on his new album, The Tuesday Club and advice for Sheffield students
Martin Simpson – Trails and Tribulations
Macka B aka Cucumber Man to play in Sheffield
Interview: Muzik Events
Animat/Spyband/Avital Raz @ Yellow Arch
Gold Teeth at Hope Works
Skream returns to Sheffield
A Quickie With… TRASH
Gatecrasher goes classical
Interview: Sparks
High Hazels DJ residency at Sheffield bar
Animat EP launch and gig
Interview: Rick Savage
5 Gigs in Sheffield for August
Sensoria Festival Returns!
Jeff Lynne’s ELO @ Sheffield Arena
Tramlines 2017: Hands Off Gretel @ Crystal Stage
Tramlines 2017: Kano @ Devonshire Green
Tramlines 2017: The Pharcyde at Tramlines
Tramlines 2017: Loyle Carner Interview
Ghostpoet – Dark Days and Canapés
The Warehouse Project reveal 2017 Season
Smoke BBQ Peace Gardens Stage Returns For Tramlines 2017
Mixing With The Best
TRASH – Migraines
Haim – Something to Tell You
Review: Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
Tramlines 2017: The Big Moon interview
Tramlines 2017: The Magic Gang interview
Tramlines 2017: Must Sees
The Bootleg Beatles @ Music in the Gardens
Tramlines announce Sunday night Party w/ Crazy P
Ophelia
Tramlines Main Stage News
The Who’s Tommy @ The Crucible Theatre
Interview: Metronomy
Celebrating 20 Years of Creamfields – 2017 Lineup Announced
Worrall Festival & Gala coming back for its 9th year!
Just Announced: Bicep Live Album Tour at Hope Works
June Gig Round-Up
What’s On: Cubana
Caroline Francess
5000 capacity Outdoor Rave announced by Muzik Events
Lisbee Stainton @ The Greystones
Sheffield Makes Music: What’s On
Interview: DJ Deep
June @ The Greystones
Review: The Seamonsters – Lost and Found
Paul Weller – A Kind Revolution
Alt-J – Relaxer
Interview: Alt-J
Interview: St Etienne
Interview: No Bounds
The Night Kitchen launch Crowdfunder for new venue
Maximo Park @ Leadmill
Iron Maiden @ Motorpoint Arena
Animat: How to be a Shadow
Banco De Gaia – Big Men Cry (20th Anniversary Re-issue)
Interview: Pretty Pretty Good
My Life in Music: Bill Ryder-Jones
GIG PREVIEW: The Button Band @ The Lescar
Doc/Fest 2017: What’s On?
Interview: Holy Goof
Wendy Bevan – Love From The Moon
Saint Etienne – Home Counties
End of Term Sheffield Nightlife Guide
Dancin’ In The Street
The Exposed Festival Guide 2017
Vuromantics
Musicians United: Northern Exposure compilation to raise awareness about mental health in the industry
KRS-ONE @ Plug
May at The Greystones
May Gig Round-Up
Interview: Marianas Trench
Renegade Brass Band @ O2 Academy Sheffield
Interview: C. Duncan
PREVIEW: Tantz and Tankus the Henge @ Yellow Arch
Sheffield musicians back new award from Sensoria Festival
Interview: Ophelia
Renegade Brass Band – Totems
Interview: British Sea Power
John Shuttleworth @ Sheffield City Hall
April at The Greystones
Liam Gallagher amongst latest Reading & Leeds Festival additions!
WIN Kings of Leon tickets
Tramlines 2017: Final line-up additions announced
Gigs Round Up: April
Interview: While She Sleeps
HEADS OFF
Iron Maiden release exclusive Sheffield Arena show artwork
Roots of Steel Festival 2017
Black Spiders: The Farewell Tour
Bears Den + Banfi @ The Leadmill
Interview: The Moonlandingz
Save Your Local Scene
Interview: VITALS
Primal Scream + Kano added to Tramlines 2017
Review: Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox @ City Hall
Interview – Matt Gresham
Review: Outlines Festival
Classical Weekend @ Yellow Arch Studios
Loop Presents: B12 @ Dina
Interview: Sleaford Mods
Chainska Brassika at The Harley – April 17
Interview: John Shuttleworth
Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
March Gigs Round-up
8 Sheffield Bands at Outlines Fest
PerfectParachutePicture – Outline
Temples – Volcano
Pigeon Detectives – Broken Glances
Coming up at Shakespeares: Weird Beard Tap Takeover/Regulus album launch
Mosborough Music Festival 2017 Lineup
Tramlines announce official after-parties
Drake @ Sheffield Arena
SHEAFS
Interview: Eats Everything
Interview: Paul Carrack
Interview: Rival Sons
Review: Estrons @ The Harley
Martin Simpson
Cabbage @ Picture House Social
Daphni aka Caribou: The Tuesday Club
Tramlines 2017: First Line-up Announcement!
February Gigs Round-up
Interview: Tom Osland – Sofar Sounds
Jungle Alliance play star-studded line-up at WE LOVE JUNGLE 2017 – WIN TICKETS!
Gig Review: Joanne Shaw Taylor
NEW: Hunie Presents Horse Meat Disco
Coming up at Donny Dome: Elbow + Paul Weller
Interview: Dutch Uncles
5 must-see acts at Outlines Festival
Goat Girl @ Picture House Social
5 Sheffield gigs not to miss this week
Interview: Cosmic Disco
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana
The xx – I See You
Exposed In Session joins forces with The Greystones
FloodHounds
Outlines Festival 2016: Final line-up announced!
Poetry in Motion: John Cooper Clarke
Interview: Bluewave
TRASH @ The Rocking Chair
Interview: Jodie Abacus
Avenged Sevenfold @ Sheffield Arena
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