by John Gibbons | Mar 29, 2012 | Footie
EP LAUNCH: SATURDAY 31ST MARCH – THE SHIPPING FORECAST IT TAKES a lot to get me inside the walls of The Shipping Forecast, but this show is well worth relaxing an already loose moral code for. It is being used as a double EP launch (which is a gig with a bigger than...
by John Gibbons | Mar 5, 2012 | Footie
Ian Prowse may have been born on the wrong side of the Mersey, but he is a much respected stalwart of the Liverpool music scene through the bands Pele and more recently, Amsterdam. The day before providing the musical backdrop to the BOSS Mag night with Didi Hamann he...
by John Gibbons | Feb 22, 2012 | Footie
IF all your mates are off to London this weekend and you’re stuck in Liverpool, you’re probably starting to feel sorry for yourself round about now. Worst yet you might even be a Blue. So let me try and cheer you up by letting you know there is loads of brilliant...
by John Gibbons | Feb 2, 2012 | Footie
IAN BROUDIE was a special guest on Episode 26 of The Anfield Wrap. After the recording he spoke at length to John Gibbons about growing up in Liverpool, Eric’s, producing, songwriting and his upcoming tour. The Anfield Wrap: You look very well Ian? What’s your secret?...
by John Gibbons | Feb 1, 2012 | Footie
BEING in an un-signed band can be incredibly frustrating at times, with promoters often more interested in how many tickets you can sell for them rather than what type of band you are or whether you are any good or not. Meanwhile there are plenty of venues that seem...
by John Gibbons | Jan 18, 2012 | Footie
JAMES WALSH is almost as famous for his devotion to Liverpool Football Club as he is for his music. Ahead of a solo performance in Liverpool in February, James spoke to John Gibbons about songwriting, his own career and, of course, Liverpool FC. The Anfield Wrap: At...
by John Gibbons | Jan 10, 2012 | Footie
FRIDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2011 LIVERPOOL THERE IS, of course, a long history of association between music and football in Liverpool; from men on the Kop in the 60s dressed for nights out watching the Merseybeat bands, to the ‘The End’ magazine in the 80s, to Liverpool...
by John Gibbons | Dec 20, 2011 | Footie
THE LADS from Space kindly came in to join us on Episode 20 of the podcast last week and John Gibbons caught up later with Franny Griffiths from the band to talk a bit more about music, the 90s and the now sold out re-union gig. The Anfield Wrap: So, the O2 Academy on...
by John Gibbons | Dec 5, 2011 | Footie
A FEW years ago my mother moved to Sudan and took a teddy bear and let her kids name it something she shouldn’t have, and for a couple of weeks the world went disproportionately bananas. It transpires there is very little you can do when this happens. Apart from...
by John Gibbons | Nov 30, 2011 | Footie
THIS week’s gig of the week is actually a tour, or, as Pete Wylie is calling it, “the only tour that matters”. The ‘Justice Tonight’ tour comes off the back of a very successful one-off gig at the Olympia which jointly benefitted the Hillsborough Justice Campaign and...
