Event type: Concert

NYC’s up and comers SKORTS come to Birkenhead. Described as psych-glam, post-alt and dark wave disco, SKORTS are taking stages by storm. 

Since forming less than 2 years ago SKORTS went from conception to one of the most talked about and in demand local bands in New York. At SKORTS’ first show, an amp exploded — call it a freak accident or a catalyzing prophecy – either way, from there was born a band that refused to arrive quietly. 

We are made up to have them down on Argyle Street as part of their EU tour, straight off the back of their debut album Incompletement. Described as pure passion pressed into permanence – polished, stadium-ready rock with a DIY edge. 

SKORTS are on the kind of trajectory that won’t keep them small for long, catch them before they blow up.

In June 2026, Ian Curtis would have turned 70. To mark the occasion, The Dose curate a powerful night of music and memory, honouring one of the most singular voices in post-punk history.

At the heart of the evening is Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, performed in full. An album that reshaped the sound and emotional language of the late 70s, Unknown Pleasures remains stark, restless, and timeless. For The Dose, it’s a record that carries deep artistic significance, making this celebration both personal and reverent, not nostalgia, but communion.

Fresh from one of our favourite shows of 2025 alongside Gang of Three, The Dose return with a performance that promises intensity, precision, and feeling in equal measure. This is not a tribute that fades into the background. It’s one that hums, pulses, and lingers.

Support comes from two acts perfectly attuned to the evening’s atmosphere:

Liminal Project
Darkwave that thrives on contrast. Intensity meets stillness, rhythm dissolves into atmosphere. Their songs feel like soundtracks to forgotten futures and half-remembered dreams, romantic, physical, and suspended in a beautiful tension between movement and melancholy.

Macks Nyahoe & The New Big Express
Industrial post-punk with teeth. Frontman Macks Nyahoe leads this Liverpool-based dance-punk unit with synths, vocals, and triggers, backed by guitar, bass, and a percussion setup built from toms, kick, and raw sheet metal. The result is relentless, hypnotic, and fiercely danceable, groove locked tight with aggression and pulse.

A night to celebrate legacy, influence, and the echo that still reverberates through modern music. Get your tickets now.

EarthSonic presents EarthSonic Local 01, showcasing artists who illustrate the profound connections between music and the natural environment.

Dan Peter Parker (Dan Baxter) is a session musician, composer, scratch DJ, workshop tutor, and member of the Manchester-based band Fingathing. After placing 3rd in the 1997 UK DMC Mixing Championships, Dan – also known as Peter Parker – was invited to join Grand Central Records, becoming a touring member of Rae & Christian before forming Fingathing with illustrator Chris Drury and double-bass maestro Sneaky. The trio quickly became one of the most original and distinctive acts on the scene, releasing three critically acclaimed LPs and building a devoted global following through relentless touring and unforgettable live shows. Fingathing later signed to Ninja Tune, dropping additional releases including their cult cover of Apache. After a brief hiatus in 2007/08 to explore individual creative projects, the group reunited, returning to the stage with new music and artwork. Their comeback EP, Return of the Thing, arrived in 2013 via Kudos Records, who continue to distribute their catalogue.

Beyond Fingathing, Dan collaborated with blues/folk artist Jesca Hoop as part of her live band, performing MPC drums and co-creating a cover of “I Feel Love,” released on Tru Thoughts Records. Dan and Sneaky also developed the club-focused “Fingathing BareBones Soundsystem,” blending live double bass with turntable-driven DJ energy built for the dancefloor. Most recently, Dan has expanded into composition alongside Sneaky, writing for Audio Network.

Natural Symphony is a live techno AV artist and immersive installation designer known for pioneering bio-interactive performances where nature itself composes the experience. By translating the living frequencies of plants and trees, cosmic phenomena (including the northern lights and stars), and interplanetary signals into sound and light, he creates living artworks that evolve moment by moment. Presented worldwide from festivals to city centers, his work bridges art, science, and ecology, supporting reforestation efforts with Yakum and his own Amazon-based initiative Seeds only Sound, which nurtures Indigenous creativity, cultural preservation, and environmental protection.

Local musicians who took part in the recent EarthSonic Local programme – a music and climate activism programme – will also perform tracks – TBA.

This event is part of EarthSonic – a global project telling the story of climate change through music, working with indigenous communities, musicians, cultural organisers, scientists and climate activists and experts. The project aims to distil big complicated data and reach young people’s hearts and minds, inspiring a clear call to action and unifying a movement to tackle climate change.