Manchester vets Inspiral Carpets will release new compilation The Complete Singles on March 17 via Mute/BMG. It’s the first time that all of the band’s singles — including such UK hits “This is How it ...

Craig Gill, drummer for long-running Manchester band Inspiral Carpets, has died at age 44. The band broke the news via their Facebook this morning: It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the death of ...

Clint Boon, the keyboard player of Manchester band Inspiral Carpets, had a surreal moment recently when he posted his friend ...

“He lived a couple of streets away when we were younger, and Craig was always the super talented one,” said childhood friend Rob McCoy. “That was one of the reasons we knew, when he joined the band at ...

He joined the band in 1983 when he was just 14-years-old Get all the very latest news in Ireland straight to your email every single day They were one of the biggest alternative rock bands of the ...

Have a look at the clip for Spitfire, and let us know if this is how it feels to be happy your baggy heroes have returned Is it really a quarter of a century since you could get arrested for wearing ...

Inspiral Carpets have returned with their first new single in 12 years – check it out below. ‘Drag The Bag’ is “inspired by the grind of life and the universal idea that everybody is carrying ...

30 years since they last visited the country, influential Madchester outfit Inspiral Carpets have announced their return to Australia. The veteran English group will celebrate their 40th anniversary ...

The latest iteration of Madchester-era rockers Inspiral Carpets features original lead singer Stephen Holt, and their first album in 20 years is their first proper studio full-length with Holt at the ...

Inspiral Carpets have announced that they are to play an 8-date UK tour in March. The band, made up of the definitive line-up, Tom Hingley, Clint Boon, Craig ‘Noddy’ Gill, Martyn Walsh and Graham ...