Brooke Combe: Last News

Tonight will see the return of Manchester legends Courteeners as they take over Co-op Live for a huge homecoming set.

Brooke Combe has announced a headline UK tour for next year. Check out all the dates and ticket information below.The singer-songwriter is due to release her debut album ‘Dancing At The Edge Of The World’ on January 31 (pre-save here).Ahead of the LP’s release, she’s announced that she’ll be playing a string of shows in the UK in 2025.She’ll kick off the tour in Norwich on April 4, before heading to Birmingham, Bristol, London, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds.

The Lathums have shared their brand new energetic single ‘No Direction’. Listen to it below.The three-minute song features a blitz of buzzsaw guitars, speaker-bursting rhythms and fervent emotions as frontman Alex Moore sings: “For there’s no direction but up” in the song’s anthemic chorus, describing how there is no space for fear and worry when you are chasing your dream.Speaking about the song in a press release, Moore said: “There is no direction now but up.

Beloved Manchester band Courteeners have announced plans for a huge arena tour later this year - and it will include a special homecoming show.

Courteeners have announced their seventh album ‘Pink Cactus Café’ and have shared their new “feel good” single ‘Solitude Of The Night Bus’.‘Pink Cactus Café’ marks the band’s seventh studio effort and is set for release on October 25 via Ignition. As the album’s first offering, Liam Fray and co have shared it’s lead single ‘Solitude Of The Night Bus’, an upbeat track that sees the band return to their indie origins.Speaking about the song in a press release, Fray shared: “This came at a time of real questioning. Things weren’t going particularly well.

The Lathums have announced a run of three intimate UK shows to take place in July this year – read on for all the details.The band will kick off the run at The Fire Station in Sunderland on July 12, before heading to Stoke’s Keele University the following day and finally Asylum at Hull University on July 18.These dates join the previously announced major hometown show at Wigan’s Robin Park on July 19, where they will be joined by Jake Bugg and Brooke Combe. Tickets for the three new shows go on sale at 10am on April 12, and all tickets can be found here.The Lathums will also be part of the line-up for Liam Gallagher’s Malta Weekender in September, as well as Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival in August.The band’s second album ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More’ was released in March last year and it earned the band their second Number One LP in the UK album charts.The Lathums then followed up the album with the standalone single ‘Thoughts Of A Child’ in October.

Fatboy Slim and Snow Patrol will be co-headlining the Friday night of the festival, with Jamie T and Biffy Clyro topping the bill on the Saturday and Sunday, respectively.Fatboy Slim’s appearance at the festival had previously been teased with a sign that had appeared on the Southsea seafront, which read ‘Praise You’ in reference to his hit of the same name.They will be joined by acts including Wet Leg, Becky Hill, Pixies, Courteeners, IDLES, Jess Glynne, Arlo Parks, Louis Tomlinson and Natasha Bedingfield.Also set to perform are Soft Play, the Lightning Seeds, Maximo Park, The Snuts, Yard Act, The Lottery Winners, The Pigeon Detectives, Holly Humberstone, The Amazons, The Lathums, Red Rum Club, Brooke Combe, Personal Trainer, Sea Power, Peace, The Murder Capital, Do Nothing and more.Early bird weekend camping tickets are now on sale from £180, while day tickets are priced at £65 each – you can buy yours here.‘‘This is the first year we’ve released all our headliners at once and we’re thrilled to be able to announce the acts after months of planning,” Victorious’ lead booker Andy Marsh said in a press release. “Victorious 2024 is going to be bigger than ever and it’s not just the headliners people need to look out for, we have booked hundreds of acts across the weekend spanning multiple genres.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have announced plans for a huge outdoor gig in Wigan next year.

When artists head out on tour, Manchester is often considered a must-visit. The heart of the north west welcomes musicians and performers of all kinds, genres and backgrounds all year round, making for an eclectic and non-stop music scene.

The Lathums have been announced as very special guest headliners at this weekend’s Neighbourhood Festival.The Wigan band were announced last minute to perform at the Manchester Academy as part of the festival across the city centre this Saturday (October 1). It will be their first show in Manchester since they they played at the O2 Victoria Warehouse last October.The Lathums join previously announced headliners The Snuts, Everything Everything and Sundara Karma and the likes of Alfie Templeman, Baby Queen, Brooke Combe, Gracey, The Goa Express, The Skinner Brothers, Dylan, Pastel and Afflecks Palace.You can see the updated line-up poster below, and purchase tickets here.

Miles Kane performed ‘Colour Of The Trap’ with Blossoms‘ Tom Ogden in Manchester last night (May 26) – see the moment below.Kane was appearing at Manchester’s Albert Hall concert venue when he was joined on stage by Ogden, just towards the show’s encore.The pair also covered ‘Standing Next To Me’, a song from Kane’s Alex Turner-featuring side-project, The Last Shadow Puppets.Elsewhere, Kane did a cover of The Beatles‘ ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ and of Ike and Tina Turner’s ‘Nutbush City Limits’ with Brooke Combe, who was providing support for Kane ahead of his headline slot.Check out footage of the gig, along with the full set list, here:This was a lot of fun! Big ❤️ to @MilesKaneMusic for having me X https://t.co/7Qo4J1Zhtq— B L O S S O M S (@BlossomsBand) May 26, 2022Manchester just perfect! Shout out Tom from @BlossomsBand x all the love to you all pic.twitter.com/8nKKZT9GAJ— Miles Kane (@MilesKaneMusic) May 26, 2022Miles Kane at Albert Hall => Great gig. Forgot home many good tunes he has.

Yard Act, Billy Nomates and Billy Bragg are among the leading names on the line-up of Glastonbury‘s Left Field for 2022.The stage is celebrating “20 Years of Pop and Politics” at this year’s Worthy Farm festival, which runs from June 22-26.Left Field will host a mix of live music and debate next month, including the Bragg-hosted ‘Radical Round-Up’. The war in Ukraine, Black Lives Matter and “what’s next for the climate emergency” will be among the topics discussed by Left Field’s panels this year.Live music will come from the likes of Yard Act, Billy Nomates, Bragg, Jamie Webster, Brooke Combe, The Magic Numbers, Kam-Bu, Yola and The Regrettes.Speaking about this year’s Left Field line-up, stage co-curator Bragg said in a statement: “So much has happened in the three years since we last gathered under the Left Field big top.

TRNSMT festival has finalised its line-up and added brand new special guests Years & Years, Dylan and The Skinner Brothers.

Manic Street Preachers have been announced among the new additions to the line-up of Neighbourhood Weekender 2022.The Victoria Park, Warrington festival will return on May 28-29, and will feature Courteeners, Kasabian and Blossoms as headliners.Speaking about their co-headline slot back in September, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden said: “We can’t wait! The other headliners we’re massive fans of [as well], so it’s gonna be a big old party.”Neighbourhood Weekender has today (February 3) added a host of new names to their 2022 line-up, including the Manic Street Preachers.Baby Queen, Razorlight, James Bay, The Rills, Red Rum Club, GAYLE and Scouting For Girls have all joined the line-up for this year’s festival, while rising acts The Academic, Dylan John Thomas, Brooke Combe and Seb Lowe will also perform.Those artists join the already announced likes of DMA’s, Becky Hill, Tom Grennan, Starsailor, Cast, The Fratellis, Example, Sports Team, Inhaler, The Lathums, Pale Waves, Jamie Webster, Crawlers, The Amazons and Wet Leg on the bill – you can see the latest line-up poster for Neighbourhood Weekender above.Tickets, including VIP Packages, for Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 are on sale now from here. Manic Street Preachers, meanwhile, will kick off their live commitments in 2022 with a trio of UK stadium shows supporting The Killers.

Miles Kane as the headliner.Kane appeared at the 2021 edition of Neighbourhood Festival after the 2020 event was delayed due to COVID-19. Now the singer has announced his return to Warrington, with a headline show at Warrington Parr Hall on January 29.Support for the show comes from Brooke Combe, who made waves earlier this year with her cover of Arctic Monkey‘s ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’.

In partnership with Papa John’sNME has partnered with Papa John’s to present the House of Papa – a global music gig taking place on September 29.Four hotly-tipped artists will each perform live at the SPIRITLAND venue in King’s Cross in London, which will be turned into the ‘House of Papa’ for one night only to celebrate Papa John’s new Fresh Soul pizzas – so big on feel-good flavours that they make your soul sing.The live music line-up for the House of Papa night includes lo-fi pop prospect Cathy Jain, DIY rapper, singer and guitarist Finn Askew and Edinburgh-born singer/songwriter Brooke Combe, who has recently been working with members of Blossoms and The Coral.North London neo-soul singer and Papa John’s new marketing campaign artist