Rianne Downey Brings Angelic Intimacy to Jacaranda, Liverpool
Alan Parry
September 21, 2025
You don’t often get a voice like Rianne Downey’s in a venue as intimate as Jacaranda. But on 24th October, the Belshill-born
It’s been decades since I first saw Happy Mondays—Wembley Stadium, summer of 2000, supporting Oasis on the Standing on the Shoulder of Giants tour. The Mondays weren’t the main event, not that day, but they stole it. Ryder’s sneer, Bez’s mad-lad chaos—it felt like watching a band half in this world, half in some glittery, pill-smeared dimension of their own making. I was still a kid then. But the imprint stuck.
Now, The Broken Spine is older, louder, maybe even wiser (jury’s out), and here we are: full circle. The Mondays are back, rolling into Liverpool’s Mountford Hall on 21st March 2026—and this isn’t just another legacy act trotting out the hits. This is a celebration of Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches, the acid-laced gospel of the Madchester generation. Thirty-five years on and it still fizzes like a brown tab on a sweaty dancefloor.
Liverpool’s getting the full-fat lineup: Ryder, Bez, the original core crew—and they’re bringing The Farm and Northside with them, just like Elland Road ’91. You can already smell the Red Stripe and Vicks in the air.
This isn’t a nostalgia act. It’s a resurrection.
The Mondays shaped a culture. The Broken Spine was shaped by it. From club nights to basement gigs, from zines to this screen, we’ve carried the torch for music that meant something beyond the charts. Music that got in your bones. Music that danced even when the country felt like it was falling apart.
And that’s exactly what this night promises. March 21st. Mountford Hall. One night of groove, grime, freaky dancing and salvation by way of Kinky Afro and Step On. You won’t just hear the beat—you’ll feel it in your jaw.
This is your invitation. Don’t miss it.
The full list of tour dates is as follows (*The Farm only as special guests):
13 March – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
14 March – Leeds, O2 Academy
15 March – Nottingham, Rock City
20 March – Cardiff, DEPOT
21 March – Liverpool, Mountford Hall
22 March – Sheffield, The Octagon
26 March – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
27 March – London, Roundhouse
28 March – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
29 March – Norwich, The LCR
02 April – Brighton, Dome
03 April – Bristol, Beacon Hall
04 April – Birmingham, O2 Academy
05 April – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
09 April – Margate, Dreamland
10 April – Guildford, G Live
11 April – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
16 April – Glasgow, Barrowland
17 April – Glasgow, Barrowland
18 April – Glasgow, Barrowland
22 April – Dublin, Vicar Street*
24 April – Belfast, Mandela Hall*
Cover Photo Credit: Creation Management
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The Broken Spine is a poetry and arts collective proudly published on the coastal edge of North-West England. Founded in 2019 by Alan Parry and Paul Robert Mullen – two school friends reunited after twenty years through a mutual love of poetry.