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MOBO winner Esco Williams to bring soul to Blackburn

9:55am Friday 12th April 2013

MOBO Award winning artist Esco Williams has been announced as one of the headliners at this summer’s Blackburn Festival.

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Drum ace Joe’s on the home beat

4:33pm Friday 12th April 2013

AS music fans celebrate the Burnley Rock and Blues Festival’s 25th anniversary in May, the festival weekend will be even more special for Wishbone Ash drummer Joe Crabtree.

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Band ready to make a Killing at Burnley International Rock and Blues Festival

3:27pm Friday 5th April 2013

TWISTED American roots combined with an exciting electric mix are guaranteed to take you on a journey about the blues and beyond.

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Comic Marcus Brigstocke heads to Chorley

4:31pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

Top television comic Marcus Brigstocke brings his stand-up show The Brig Society to Chorley Little Theatre on Thursday, April 11, at 8pm.

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King Creosote to headline Ribble Valley's Cloudspotting festival

8:24am Friday 29th March 2013

THE Ribble Valley’s own boutique music festival, Cloudspotting, has pulled off a major coup by signing up King Creosote to headline the event — his only UK festival performance this year.

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Human League to play at Hoghton Tower

8:20am Friday 29th March 2013

CHART toppers The Human League will be playing in the grounds of Hoghton Tower this summer.

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Rock legends Hawkwind prepare for Lancashire show

8:22am Friday 29th March 2013

DAVE Brock has a thousand and one inter-galactic tales to tell about his anarchic career as captain of one of the world’s longest-running bands, Hawkwind.

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Lucy Zirins comes home to Burnley Rock and Blues Festival

4:41pm Friday 22nd March 2013

MELODICALLY sparkling and rhythmically enticing, there is so much to commend Chasing Clocks, the debut album by Burnley songstress Lucy Zirins, released on Monday.

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Duo Hurts head north to recreate the magic of hit debut album

4:46pm Friday 22nd March 2013

When Hurts first caught the eye of the music press in 2009, there was very little of substance to go on.

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Cloudspotting is set to shine again

9:47am Friday 15th March 2013

ONE of Lancashire’s most talked about festivals — Cloudspotting — returns in July with a brand new venue and an eclectic line-up, including Michael Chapman, Clinic

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Rumour is, they’re an exact Mac match

1:55pm Friday 8th March 2013

THE story of Fleetwood Mac is probably the greatest rock and roll soap opera ever told.

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Reggae star Jimmy Cliff headlining at Ribble Valley festival

1:19pm Friday 8th March 2013

LEGENDARY soul and reggae artist Jimmy Cliff is to headline this year’s Beat Herder Festival in the Ribble Valley in July.

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