• Sunday Acoustic Sessions Sunday 12th February

    Band on the Wall's free entry Sunday Acoustic Sessions continues with another fine lineup, plus an open mic sessions from 7-9pm.

  • Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six Monday 13th February

    Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six pen twisted dirt-swing about lust and loathing, served up on an exuberant gobbet of malicious delight. Their infamous…

  • Vieux Farka Toure Tuesday 14th February

    Dubbed "the Hendrix of the Sahara", Vieux Farka Toure brings his dazzling and original take on the desert blues of his late great father,…

  • The Hamsters - Farewell Tour Thursday 16th February

    Retiring after 25 years together and here for one final Manchester show, the wonderful hard rockin Hamsters bring their bluesy Hendrix and ZZ Top…

  • Beer 'n Blues Festival ft. The Cadillac Kings Friday 17th February

    Real ale and real music get it together as The Band on the Wall Beer 'n Blues Festival opens with one of the country's…

Stornoway

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Named after the Hebridean island but hailing from Oxford, Stornoway are a five-piece band of songsmiths, scholars, scientists and men of the earth. The last couple of years have seen them quietly honing their art in the shadows of the dreaming spires, and earlier this year they released their first official single; the critically acclaimed Zorbing.

Their charming brand of quintessential pop, steeped in pastoral hues, won them fans across radio and press. They were booked to play an unprecedented 4 stages at Glastonbury Festival 09, Radio 1 asked them to headline their ‘Introducing Stage at their Big Weekend and they are one of only a few bands that both Radio 1 and 6 Music have agreed to collaborate on, granting Stornoway a shared broadcast session from the prestigious Maida Vale studios.

The band, who embarked on their first tour of the UK in mid-October to coincide with their second single Unfaithful, also performed  on Later With Jools Holland in November alongside JayZ and Foo Fighters. 

"It’s only our second time on the road and we are right chuffed to be following in the footsteps of such twisted folks, and to be performing alongside MegaBeth.  We look forward to challenging her to a hand of poker and training her in the art of hackisack.  There's nothing we enjoy more than playing live, playing cards, and playing hackisack."  Brian Briggs from Stornoway

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