Live Music Photography: Manic Street Preachers
Venue: Liverpool Echo Arena
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Show Date: 13.05.2016
Support Act: Editors
Simon was at the Liverpool Echo Arena to photograph the Manic Street Preachers on their ‘Everything Must Go’ 20th Anniversary Tour. Support on the night came from Editors.
Live Music Photography: The Bluetones
Venue: The Sugarmill, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury, Tina Newbury
Show Date: 22.04.2016
Support Acts: Miracle Glass Company, LazyEye
Simon J. Newbury Photography have photographed the Bluetones many times before at venues including Whatfest, The Box in Crewe, 53 Degrees in Preston and The O2 Academy in Birmingham. The band were back together on the 20th Anniversary Jukebox Tour of the UK.
Live Music Photography: They Might Be Giants
Venue: Academy 2, Manchester
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Show Date: 01.02.2016
Simon was in Manchester for the latest UK tour from Brooklyn’s They Might Be Giants. Famous for such tunes as Istanbul (Not Constantinople), Birdhouse In Your Soul and Boss Of Me, the US band checked back into Manchester Academy having last played the venue back in 2013.
Live Music Photography: Ella Eyre
Support: Flawes, Jasmine Thompson
Venue: Albert Hall, Manchester
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Show Date: 06.11.2015
The end of a very busy fortnight of live music photography was Ella Eyre performing live at a sold out Albert Hall in Manchester. As well as covering Liverpool Music Week we managed to fit in shows from Joe Satriani, Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes. We also headed down to Birmingham to photograph Caspian on their UK and European Tour.
Simon was up in Manchester to photograph Ella, just after winning her MOBO Award for Best Female Act. Support on the night came from Flawes and Jasmine Thompson.
Live Music Photography: Liverpool Music Week 2015
Events: Richard Hawley – Grand Central Hall, Health – The Kazimier, Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Camp & Furnace, Josh T. Pearson – Scandinavian Church, SOAK, Deerhunter, Baio, LA Priest, Fraser A. Gorman, All We Are, Gulf, Clen Cut Kid – Camp & Furnace.
Photographers: Tina Newbury, Simon J. Newbury
Date: 22 October – 31 October, 2015
We were back for our second year photographing at Liverpool Music Week. Last year we photographed post rock outfit Mogwai at the Camp and Furnace. This year we were able to cover more of the shows held across various venues in Liverpool. The first show was Richard Hawley performing live at The Dome (Grand Central Hall). Tina covered this show as Simon was just down the road at the Liverpool Echo Arena to photograph Joe Bonamassa.
Live Music Photography: Leeds Festival 2015
Location: Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Photographers: Tina Newbury, Simon J. Newbury
Date: 28 August – 30 August, 2015
We were at Leeds Festival this year for the first year. Working as a team we covered all the extra stages including The NME/ BBC Radio One Stage, The Alternative Stage, The Festival Republic Stage, The Pit/ Lock Up Stage and the BBC Introducing Stage. Between us we shot a great number of bands, and a few comedians! Naturally we got to photograph a few nuns, superheroes and smurfs along the way!
Live Music Photography: Florence + The Machine
Venue: Manchester Arena, Manchester
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Show Date: 18.09.2015
Simon headed up to Manchester Arena to photograph London based indie rock band Florence + The Machine at Manchester Arena.
Live Music Photography: Kendal Calling 2015
Location: Lowther Deer Park, Cumbria
Photographers: Tina Newbury, Simon J. Newbury
We headed back up the M6 to Cumbria for our third time photographing the Kendal Calling Festival, celebrating it’s 10th year. While Simon largely concentrated on the Main Stage, Tina had a roaming brief that encompassed the Woodlands Stage, The Calling Out Stage as well as the smaller stages dotted about the site.
Live Music Photography: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Support: Johnny Marr, Black Rivers
Event: Summer In The City
Venue: Castlefield Bowl
Photographer: Tina Newbury
Show Date: 11.07.2015
Tina headed back up to Manchester for the final Summer In The City event at Castlefield Bowl. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds headlined the sell out show with support coming from former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr (who we have photographed before at both Live From Jodrell Bank and at Kendal Calling) and Black Rivers with former Doves musicians Andy and Jez Williams.
Live Music Photography: James
Support: James Walsh
Event: Forest Live
Venue: Delamere Forest
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Show Date: 05.07.2015
The third and final live music show at Delamere Forest this year saw a sell out crowd enjoy Manchester band James. The popular Delamere Forest shows help the Forestry Commission plough money back into the upkeep of the forests and shows are held across seven forest sites in the UK. This year’s headliners were Paloma Faith, who also played at Delamere Forest in 2013, Tom Odell and the final show saw James entertain the large crowd.
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