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The Notion are back with their first headliner since the pandemic struck at The Castle Hotel in Manchester. The gig sold out within two weeks so we are in for a very warm night at the …

Failsworth 3-piece ‘The Coltens’ are the latest band to join the SoundMate roster. The young rising rock band will play their first show under SoundMate at The Deaf Institute in June.

The Haciendas fire into 2022 with their latest release ‘Passion Fever’ which is due on Tuesday 1st February. The boys will be hosting a single launch at Night People on Saturday 29th January alongside The Great …

Another addition to the SoundMate roster is the dirty rock trio, We The North. After their successful debut outing under SoundMate Promotions at The Haciendas’ debut Manchester headliner earlier this month, they have now joined the …

New roster additions The Haciendas, The Notion and From Carbon will be playing together at the Deaf Institute for OpenBeat’s Christmas Cracker on Wednesday 22nd December. They will be joined by The Siennas who will be …

We are excited to announce that ‘From Carbon’ are back and have joined the SoundMate roster. They will be kicking things off with an acoustic set at The Deaf Institute on Wednesday 22nd December, alongside stable …