The Cluny

10/09/2026

🚨LOW TICKETS!🚨 Laura Veirs is playing Cluny 2 on Saturday evening along with Karl Blau.

Last tickets available via Universe: www.universe.com/events/laura-veirs-usa-karl-blau-usa-tickets-BMGLYC

Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter, Laura Veirs, blends the poetic sensibilities of folk with the rough edges of indie rock. Her career has seen her collaborate with luminaries such as kd lang, Neko Case, Sufjan Stevens, Jim James, The Decemberists, Bill Frisell and many more. 2026 sees Laura return with her new album, Temple Songs— her first in four years and the first she has written, recorded, arranged, produced and performed entirely on her own. It captures a songwriter in peak form. The album is intimate, dreamy, brave and quietly defiant, built around Veirs’ intricate fingerstyle nylon-string guitar, vulnerable vocals and bold electric guitar embellishments. The new songs lend themselves perfectly to being performed live in a stripped-back form, with Laura accompanied only by Karl Blau on electric guitar.

09/09/2026

From the Stone Roses to Paul Weller, poverty to ’59 Les Pauls, Aziz Ibraham shares his remarkable story:
https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/aziz-ibrahim-lahore-to-longsight

See Aziz Ibrahim when he plays Cluny 2 on the 9th of October. Tickets Available via Universe: www.universe.com/events/aziz-ibrahim-tickets-MJ95TR

When it comes to merging the worlds of composition, technique and feel, Aziz Ibrahim is up there with the best of them. But despite playing with Simply Red, Asia, The Stone Roses, Ian Brown, Paul Weller and Steven Wilson, a hint of ‘what could have been’ remains in his career.

“I was prevented from reaching the US,” he says. “Life and politics always got in the way. But after I stopped touring with Ian Brown, people would ask him, ‘Hey, man, where’s that Asian Jimi Hendrix that plays with you?

“Why haven’t you brought him with you?’ So I missed out on the US, but putting current politics aside, the US was – and is – one of the places I always wanted to tour.”

Now 62, Aziz says that people probably “wonder where that great body of work is” when looking back on his career.

But the evidence is clear: his playing and songwriting are all over albums such as Asia’s Arena, Ian Brown’s Unfinished Monkey Business, and Paul Weller’s Illumination, not to mention his 2001 solo record, Lahore To Longsight, its title highlighting his Pakistani heritage and the area of Manchester in which he was born.

“I just love the guitar,” Ibrahim says with a shrug. “It doesn’t matter what I’m doing; it’s just great to be playing guitar and playing well. And with each era, there are new styles of playing and new things to discover.”

🖋️: Andrew Daly
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08/09/2026

Horse is an iconic and utterly unique singer/songwriter, her voice described as 'a finely honed instrument', together with 'breathtaking stagecraft'. Her music is both moving and uplifting, the audience are totally absorbed whenever she performs.

Tickets are running low for when Horse comes to Cluny 2 on the 1st of October. Get yours from The Cluny bar (with no booking fees), or get them online via Universe: www.universe.com/events/horse-tickets-69HZF2

07/09/2026

Toto & The Raw Deals make their first trip north for a night at The Cluny, joined by Newcastle’s own Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra. Expect a mix of rockabilly, Western swing, country and blues... Saturday 19th September!

Tickets: www.universe.com/events/toto-the-raw-deals-rob-heron-the-tea-pad-orchestra-tickets-DJFGVT

06/09/2026

Next Sunday… 13th of September!! We are having a New Orleans funeral for Summer 2026!

An early start and finish because those dark nights are drawing in but let’s have one last party before before it’s big coat time again.
There’ll be Gumbo available at the kitchen, Bourbon at the bar, live New Orleans jazz and DJs playing all your favourite NOLA hits from the 1920’s-1960’s.
Dress to the nines in your finest frocks and sharpest suits. Swing dancing actively encouraged!

Tickets: www.universe.com/events/a-new-orleans-funeral-for-summer-2026-with-live-music-from-alligator-gumbo-tickets-FXZTPV

05/09/2026

Coming up this Monday in The Cluny SmithField

Tickets: www.universe.com/events/smithfield-tickets-9G5VY0

Rooted in stunning harmonies and sharp songwriting, SmithField is a modern country duo inspired by one of the genre’s classic traditions: the male-female duet.

04/09/2026

🚨ON SALE NOW!🚨

The March Violets | Sunday 1st November | The Cluny
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Siobhan Miller | Wednesday 4th November | The Cluny
More Info: www.thecluny.com/listing/siobhan-miller-band/
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Cat Rose | Sunday 29th November | Cluny 2
More Info: www.thecluny.com/listing/cat-rose/
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Little Miss Nasty | Wednesday 9th December | The Cluny
More Info: www.thecluny.com/listing/little-miss-nasty/
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Minotaurs & Friends | 22nd December | Cluny 2
More Info: www.thecluny.com/listing/minotaurs-friends/
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These New South Whales | Tuesday 16th February | Cluny 2
More Info: www.thecluny.com/listing/these-new-south-whales/
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Scarlet Rebels | Tuesday 16th February | The Cluny
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03/09/2026

All sold out... 🤘

02/09/2026

🚨LOW TICKET WARNING!🚨 Liift presents Chloe Slater, 17th November, Cluny 2.

Last remaining tickets available vis Universe: www.universe.com/events/liift-live-presents-chloe-slater-tickets-1KB60H

Chloe Slater’s debut album ‘Riot Youth’ seems to unfold in the fleeting, chaotic moments before doomsday – a coming of age record fit for the modern world. It arrives right on time in an era when hopelessness and nihilism run rife, painting the truest portrait of what it is to be young, British, and brave enough to be hopeful today. Across 10 tracks, Slater departs her signature, succinct commentary on the issues plaguing her generation: social divide, toxic internet culture, our dwindling sense of community, the climate crisis and, ultimately, the vampirish billionaire class cashing in on our collective misery.

Slater began carving out her witty yet pointed take on protest music with her debut EP, ‘You Can’t Put A Price On Fun’, in 2024, which was swiftly followed up with ‘Love Me Please’ the following year. Both projects showcase her undeniable skill as a lyricist, introduce her as a promising new voice in indie rock, and see her take hold of a torch lit by great British songwriters before her – those who have also woven gold from the bleak circumstances of their own generations. On ‘Riot Youth’, Slater shifts from these frank descriptions of society to moments of gorgeous, gut punching poetry, crafting anthemic choruses and intoxicating one-liners from the gripes many of us can barely muster the words for.

In doing so, Slater has earned herself a devoted fanbase, racking up almost 2 million likes on TikTok alone. Meanwhile, she’s quickly making a name for herself as a live performer not to miss, opening for Alessi Rose, Role Model and Courtney Bartnett over the past two years, as well as taking to the stage at Glastonbury and the prestigious BRITs Fringe showcase.

Beyond soundtracking this peculiar moment of history, Slater hopes ‘Riot Youth’ will shake us out of our tendency to seek constant distraction and instead prompt conversation. “We’re upset about the way the world is, but we feel like we can’t change it, so we go and listen to music,” she says. “I just hope this is the kind of music that is comforting but not distracting. It’s addressing how people are feeling, and it’s saying that we can make a change.”