New venture brings gigs to coffee shops
ACOUSTIC shows, book readings, Q&A’s, In Conversation with and more have been organised in a new venture. Later @ is a new venture set up by Paula Greenwood to bring events to the Ninja Coffee shop’s branches in Haslingden and Rawtenstall.
Paula, from Haslingden, is joined by Georgina Robinson, her longtime friend from the Manchester music scene from the 80s and 90s, bringing it all together in collaboration with the Ninja Coffee shop and others in the future.
All of the gigs will be matinees in Haslingden and evening shows in Ratwenstall.
The upcoming events are as follows:
●●Tom Hingley, former singer of the Inspiral Carpets, will be performing on May 11 at Ninja Coffee.
He presents a mix of Inspiral’s classics, originals and mean Blues slide guitar served up with some jokes.
Tom will be performing a mixture of Inspiral Carpets hits and solo material.
Later @ matinee show starts at 4.30pm and finishes at 7.30pm followed by Later @ in Rawtenstall from 8pm to 11pm.
Expect a signed setlist by Tom and a special discount Ninja voucher.
Tom will also be available for signings, pictures and selling merchandise.
Tickets are on sale and are nearly sold out. Tickets can be bought at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/later
●●Solo artist Basil Clarke will be performing on June 8.
During the 1980s Basil Clarke led the now legendary Manchester quartet Yargo whose original style fused a subtle mix of jazz, funk and reggae with pop sensibilities.
Basil will be playing a mixture of Yargo classics
and solo material with guitarist Tony Burnside.
He will be supported by Nico Harmony, 24, who is an acoustic songwriter from Manchester influenced by jazz, folk and reggae.
Tickets go on sale on April 17.
●●A weekend with Terry Christian - ‘Naked Confessions of a Recovering Catholic’ - will be held on June 22 and June 23.
Terry is an award winning radio and TV presenter who presented several national television series including Channel 4’s late-night entertainment show, The Word.
‘Naked Confessions of a Recovering Catholic’ is a hilarious romp through the troubled inner-city Manchester childhood of one of Britain’s most notorious and outspoken TV presenters.
Terry bares all in his Edinburgh fringe bound stand-up show, ‘Naked Confessions of a Recovering Catholic’, lifting the lid on his Catholic upbringing; Madchester; The Word; Hollywood Stars; and Celebrity in the process.
Tickets go on sale on April 22.
Paula started working in Manchester at Piccadilly
Radio in the record library with Mike Shaft and on The Last Radio Programme with Tony the Greek, Tony Michaelides, starting her career off in the music business after leaving school at 16.
With Tony and Rosemary Barrett they brought in and supported lots of local, national and international artists including The Stone Roses, James, Happy Mondays etc and between them organised the legendary five play at Dingwalls in London in February 1985, with various up and coming Manchester bands, including The Stone Roses.
Paula also wrote for various local magazines, papers and fanzines. Her interview with the Stone Roses in 1985 was featured in the Stone Roses documentary ‘Made of Stone’ by Shane Meadows.
Paula set up her own record label Playtime Records at the age of 20. She also set up her own PR company working with artists including Neneh Cherry, Massive Attack, Spiritualised, Paris Angels and a plethora of others.
After receiving funding to develop Playtime Records further, she moved to London in 1994.
She continued running Playtime until 1997. Paula then went on to work at Palm Pictures set up by Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records.
She then took some time out and studied an MA at the University of Westminster.
After completing her MA, Paula went on to work with her old music friend Jamie Spencer who introduced her to Cathal Smith from the band Madness, setting up and running his publishing company.
In 2007, she retired from the music business, working in events and eventually changing career and moving into digital project management, freelancing at various media brands such as The Guardian and Conde Nast, large digital agencies and the charity Save the Children.
Missing the north and wanting to get back home, she moved to Haslingden in 2021, to be closer to her parents.
Paula is Project Director at the 22 group, a digital agency based in Manchester.