Saturday 16th November MIKE VIOLA + special guests Novelty Island £18 | £20 Doors open 8pm 18 + show
Mike Viola is a producer, musician, songwriter and singer.
Decades into his career, Viola is cranking out more music than ever including the fan favorites; The American Egypt from 2019 and Godmuffin from 2021. His music continues to resonate with and inspire new generations of musicians and music lovers.Viola may be best known for his work with Panic! at the Disco, Andrew Bird, Jenny Lewis and Mandy Moore, but his solo career stands on its own starting with the acclaimed records as the leader of New York based cult favorite Candy Butchers and 7 critically adored Mike Viola records.
His original music has been featured on soundtracks for movies such as That Thing You Do!, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Get Him to the Greek. his latest Mike Viola album, Paul McCarthy, was released in 2023.
Liverpool’s psychedelic-pop tour de force Novelty Island play the Trades Club as special guests to Mike Viola. This will be the first chance to hear songs from their forthcoming third album along with an excursion through the heavily-championed back-catalogue before momentum builds to the much anticipated next studio album release.
‘Full of Beatlesy pop smarts’ Mojo ‘Crafted as crisply and imaginatively as anything anyone’s ever recorded’Shindig!