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Every week is Independent Venue Week
Today concludes the final day of Independent Venue Week, and while I intended to post this at the beginning of the week, I think the message is actually more meanginful as the week comes to a close. Anyway my excuse is that I've actually being pre-occupied supporting live music, managing 4 gigs, across 2 cities and 5 venues. Independent Venue Week is the UK’s annual celebration of independent music and arts venues, and people that own run and work in them. It was founded in 2
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Dancing on the drop, bouncing on the beat, Decius live in Leeds
I felt like I'd been transported to a dark dingy, Berlin rave. Crowds of hedonists moved and grooved their bodies to the pulsating...
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Oct 17, 20252 min read
Keeping music live campaign with MVT kicks off at The New Adelphi Club, Hull this week.
This Saturday, the ' Keeping Music Live ' tour will begin in Hull, at the legendary institution, The New Adelphi Club. This is a national tour run by WaterBear Music College in conjunction with the Music Venues Trust . The tickets are a mere £1 each, with all revenue going directly to the MVT, the national charity which acts to protect, secure and improve the UK’s Grassroots Music Venues. Waterbear all day event poster This is a national tour spanning seven cities, inclu
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Oct 16, 20253 min read
A guide to sacrificing your brother to jazz punk vampires: Opus Kink live in Hull
By Tom Whittleton - Northern Exposure Magazine October 10, 2025 Rating: 5 out of 5. The New Adelphi Club crowd- by Ben Hales LIVE REVIEW | OPUS KINK | NEW ADELPHI CLUB, HULL | 4th October 2025 - A NIGHT BY TWISTED NIPPLE EVENTS There’s a queue forming outside The New Adelphi Club in Hull, as the remnants of Storm Amy batter the city with rain, wind and a fitting October chill for the start of the hallowed month. We were gathered for a feast of musical madness provided by one
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Oct 13, 20252 min read
The Paddingtons on their reunion shows in 2025, chaotic moments and more
Hull’s hometown heroes, The Paddingtons, make a mighty and raucous return to the stage to celebrate 20 years of their album ‘First comes first’. After some elusiveness, we managed to catch up with The Paddingtons on their second sold-out night at the illustrious The New Adelphi Club In Hull. With the green room sofas full of the other bands, plus some friends and family, we resort to plonking ourselves on the floor armed with a few cans of Red Stripe and ready to conduct a cl
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Oct 1, 202514 min read
Bearded Theory festival announce blistering first wave of acts (The Pixies, Skunk Anansie, Fat Dog, Sprints and more)
Bearded Theory festival announce blistering first wave of acts (The Pixies, Skunk Anansie, Fat Dog, Sprints and more)A firm favourite in the festival calendar, Bearded Theory, hosted in Catton Park Derbyshire, just announced it's blistering first wave of acts for 2026. 36 years after the quintessential album 'Doolittle', 80's darlings and musical pioneers 'The Pixies' will be set to headline this magical little festival in the East Midlands, that many endear a 'mini Glastonbu
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Sep 26, 20252 min read
Snayx, an interview - Supporting Skindred, feminine sass, sausage rolls, surreal moments & smurfs!
The trailblazing trio of bucky swigging punks, Snayx, are currently burning through their Strutfast UK tour. Named after a combination of their beloved mascot, the tonic wine 'brewed by monks and drank by punks', Buckfast, and their latest musical serving, their amped up new single, Strut. It's day 4 in Leeds and we take the opportunity to catch up with them about their biggest moments, their fanatic fanbase and just how on earth they maintain the stamina for such relentless
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Sep 25, 202510 min read
Apprehending Opus Kink to talk about music, medieval morbidities and marmite! (An interview)
Drawing influence from jazz, punk, disco and older influences from folk, country and Latin. The striking obscurity of Opus Kink is something we felt urged to delve deeper into. To find out what makes them tick, the stories behind their sardonic songs, and of course... to find out if they like marmite…
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Sep 21, 202516 min read
Over £150'000 raised at 'Mischief Of The Rats' charity auction for The Daisy Appeal
The enthralling journey of 'The Mischief Of The Rats' came to a mighty close this morning. As suspense hung in the rather wet air in the...
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Sep 20, 20253 min read
Final chance to glimpse giant rat sculptures before the Daisy Appeal auction
The organisers pictured with the Rat sculptures The 'Mischief Of The Rats' sculpture trail culminates this week, with the aim of raising...
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Sep 15, 20252 min read
Hull tattoo studio raise thousands for LGBT Youth with independent festival
A tremendous total of £2000 was raised for LGBT Youth at NamJam Festival, on it's 5th consecutive year. (Inside Namaste Tattoo Studio)...
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Sep 12, 20253 min read
Welcome to the Twisted Rag
This will be the new home of The Twisted Rag's online content. For those of you who have followed my previous ventures as a young,...
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Sep 7, 20251 min read
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