Live music in Northampton this October

We did mention it last month, but here’s your timely reminder that The Subways visit The Black Prince (Oct 1) for SBD Promotions.

They’ve spent two decades touring internationally, and accumulated a right load of nice moments; supporting AC/DC, Foo Fighters and Oasis, appearing on Live at Abbey Road, TOTPs, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and the Late Show with David Letterman.

They’ve commanded at more than 100 festivals, including on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, main stage performances at Reading & Leeds, Rock Im Park, Rock Am Ring, Hurricane, Southside, Lollapalooza and Rock En Seine. So, erm yeah, they know how to rock the roof off the Black Prince.

And the rest!
“The greatest drug in the world is seeing people screaming the words and dancing to the songs you’ve written,” the band said, “There is nothing more exciting for us than being on tour…we will rock till we drop.”

What links Echo & The Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Spiritualized, Julian Cope and The Wild Swans?

Brownie points if you’ve just mentioned Mike Mooney, who has enjoyed musical time with all of them. The man, renowned for his distinctive style and incendiary guitar work, will visit The Black Prince (Oct 3) to promote his new long-player, The Cthulhu Mythos.

Liverpool post-punk pioneers The Room support. Progressive alt-pop and sultry post-punk will lure you in, and you can hear plenty of what they are about on their new album, Restless Fate.

The ‘fampton’s low-key sonic agitators P*ss Shivers will do their thing on the same bill, making for a taut trio of noise.

Saturday night (Oct 5) brings The Fierce & The Dead to the stage, a band that takes inspiration from a diverse range of influences, including psychedelic rock, vintage metal records, post-rock, progressive rock, broken analogue synths, and shoegaze.’

Their current, fourth, album is the first that they have put vocals down on, and News From The Invisible World has seen plenty of praise fall their way – Prog Rock magazine listed it second only to the mighty Steven Wilson in its Best Albums of 2023 celebration.
Support will be from Orange Clocks and Stevie Ward.

Who’s next? Who’s Next are (Oct 11)!
This is a tribute to Daltrey, Townshend, Entwistle and Moon, and more specifically tries to capture ‘a magical point in time when many believed that The Who were the greatest pop and rock group on Earth.’

If that was you, you’ll love this – the period of re-enactment from the early 70s will be delivered with authentic stage wear and instruments.
Hold on tight and set out on this time machine as you visit The Isle of Wight festival, and relive the Fillmore era.

SBD leaves The Black Prince and makes a dash to The Lab (Oct 18) for Freya Beer.
Gothic-pop chanteuse Freya has been busy in 2024; she’s pulled in new listeners playing a string of festival shows, released the EP, Tatianna, and more recently supported punk poet Dr John Cooper-Clarke on his spoken word tour, which gave Freya the chance to cut loose her own poetry at London’s famous Palladium.

Now though, the striking looking lady is stepping out in her own right, and comes to see us as part of a 22 date UK tour. She’s putting the graft in, so you can afford to ditch the sofa for one night to go see her!

The singer-songwriter from West London is inspired by art, literature, alternative fashion and music, and distils her disparate influences through a gothic soul and devil-may-care spirit that dares to dream in the darkness.

US-born, Northants-based singer-songwriter Gigi Gold will support, and 10-Fall are signed up, too.
The music continues at The Black Prince with Pretendulum (Oct 19) banging out the dance floor filling tracks, and Haema up in support.
A busy month of ear-tickling reaches its end at The Black Prince when Green 182 are tasked with bringing the Halloween party to you (Oct 26).
One band of talented musicians and ardent fans are tasked with tackling the biggest hits of two of the biggest bands in their genre – Green Day and Blink 182.

They promise to bring all of the same detail, raw power and infectious enthusiasm which helped to catapult the bands to the top of the tree and made them cultural phenomena.

“Sing along to your favourite hits, jump in the mosh pit, and immerse yourself in the timeless music that has defined a generation,” invited SBDs hardworking promoter, Phil Moore. Do as the fella says.

Get more info and get your mitts on tickets by heading over to sbdpromotions.com

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