Radar: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry at Eric’s, Liverpool

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Radar: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry at Eric’s, Liverpool

Like many of you, we were a little suspicious of Eric’s when it first (re)opened. Would it be another Cavern, serving up endless tribute bands and tourist fodder? Turns out, it’s actually been surprisingly good. Their booking policy has been on form recently: The Raveonettes, Beth Jeans Haughton, Nite Jewel, Martha Reeves, Shearwater and Pere [...]

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Radar: Shearwater at Erics

Yes, it shocked us too. American ornithologically-bent bliss pop outfit Shearwater are heading to Erics - showing that, finally, the venue might well be living up to its promise (they’ve booked the Ravonettes, too for December 5) of offering a new space for interesting touring bands to play. Let’s hope this is the start of [...]

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Review: Richard Herring – What is Love Anyway?

Richard Herring’s new show – What is Love, Anyway? – sees the talented stand-up dissecting our understanding of love and lust.

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This week’s Liverpool comedy picks

March is shaping up to be a huge month for comedy – Che Burnley rounds up the month’s Liverpool funnies.

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Review: Beth Jeans Houghton at Eric’s

Hot new thing Beth Jeans Houghton is in town; but finds an uncertain audience at Eric’s.

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Radar: OMD to play the relaunched Eric’s

The city’s iconic punk club reopens its doors at the end of the summer, with special guests OMD the first ones to take the stage.

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Legendary punk venue Eric’s set to re-open

This news has been bubbling under for a while, but today it was confirmed that Eric’s - the iconic music venue which played host to basically every seminal punk and post-punk band - is finally set to re-open. After a break of 31 years, the club’s finally going to throw open its doors for a [...]

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