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 ...

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 ...

The Wonder Stuff will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a 16‑date UK tour in October and December 2026, performing career ...

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 ...

Since their moment at the start of the 1990s, Inspiral Carpets have reformed once or twice - but this is their first new album since 1994. However the band have not been collecting dust over the last ...

There’s no marching band in 2023 but the song is still delivered with raucous punch that has the sold-out Concorde 2 loudly matching singer Stephen Holt on the choruses. The audience, mostly male, are ...

Legendary hit-makers Inspiral Carpets are promising to pile high the floor-fillers as they roll out a 2025 tour of greatest hits. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get ...

In the late eighties, the Inspiral Carpets were a key part of changing the musical landscape in the UK. Along with the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays, they were the cornerstones in a new indie ...

Any day now a horde of parka wearing divs will pile out off various National Express coaches clutching new reissues by The Smiths, New Order and the Inspirals, on their way to Uni in Manchester. Let ...