SimonBland, Author at Northern Noise

NEWS: Arctic Monkeys to play Manchester and Liverpool as part of October/November arena tour

June 9, 2011

Arctic Monkeys today announced plans to play Manchester’s MEN and Liverpool Echo arenas as part of their colossal October/November UK tour. These shows follow…

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Mayday Parade, Slam Dunk fest, Leeds

June 8, 2011

Mayday Parade chat to us about their untitled new album and being named the hardest working band of 2010…

Battles @ The Cockpit, Leeds, 06/06/12

June 7, 2011

New York’s experimental rock trio Battles arrive in Leeds to celebrate the release of new album Gloss Drop…

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Don Broco, Slam Dunk fest, Leeds

June 7, 2011

Alt-rockers Don Broco have a good ol’ chinwag with Northern Noise.

VIDEO INTERVIEW: MC Lars, Slam Dunk 2011, Leeds

June 6, 2011

Here’s what happened when we sat down with post-punk laptop rap mastermind MC Lars…

EVENTS: TNA Wrestling fan event, Tiger Tiger, Manchester 28/05/11

June 3, 2011

TNA Wrestling comes to Manchester next January. We were at last week’s city centre fan event…