TNA Wrestling returns to the Manchester next year for the Road To Lockdown tour, a trek of live events that promise fans a steel cage match at every show. This will be the first time the Lockdown steel cage has appeared in UK venues and will surely be a must see spectacular for TNA's Northern fan base. Heading to Manchester Arena in January will be some of Impact Wrestling's biggest stars including Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Bobby Roode, James Storm, AJ Styles, Mr Anderson, Rob... Read more »
NEWS: Live from Jodrell Bank announces more acts
May 15th, 2012 
SimonBland Gomez, Craig Charles and Jake Evans are the latest names confirmed to appear at this summer's Live from Jodrell Bank event in Cheshire. This one-of-a-kind show takes place in front of the iconic Lovell Telescope and promises to deliver both musical and educational entertainment amidst a truly picturesque backdrop. Today's announcement will see Southport's own Gomez treat fans to a journey through their extensive and Mercury prize winning back catalogue and also a solo show from Jake Evans of Bad Lieutenant, a musician who's day... Read more »
LIVE: Sounds From The Other City, Chaple Street, Salford, 6/5/12 – Part 2
May 14th, 2012 DanielSavage As you will have gathered from part one of our Sounds From The Other City coverage, on Sunday the 6th of May, Salford’s Chapel Street was transformed into a motorway for culture enthusiasts. One by one they traipsed up and down its concrete walkway as if on a huge musical pub-crawl. Northern Noise was there to soak up the atmosphere, check out some live music and find out first hand what all the fuss was about. In part two we see what the festival was like... Read more »
Monthly Movie Guide – May
May 14th, 2012 SimonBland With The Avengers Assemble currently tag-teaming movie box-offices worldwide its easy to forget that there's a ton of exciting movies ahead of us. May has arrived and the movies are getting bigger and bigger. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton return to the shadows, Jim, Stifler and the guys serve up one last slice of American Pie and indie-king Wes Anderson finally reveals his latest left-field production to eager audiences. All this, plus those shady looking MIB agents return after a decade absence and Sacha Baron... Read more »
INTERVIEW: Micah Purnell Talks About His New Project – Print & Paste
May 12th, 2012 DanielSavage If you’ve ever wandered around Manchester town center, chances are you will have seen some artwork created by Micah Purnell. Specialising in fly posters, he’s even the man behind our fantastic Northern Noise Live designs. They feature anything from an ear, naked people, to this month's tree roots. We caught up with him in Manchester’s Soup Kitchen. He’s here to talk about his new project Print & Paste. This was a project 3 years in the making which takes a “16 sheet” advertising board and turning... Read more »
