Paul Draper’s 14-date Spring ’18 tour celebrated the 21st anniversary of one of the most favoured British albums from the late Britpop era – Attack of the Grey Lantern. Recorded live at The Ritz, Manchester […]
Listen to a selection of the best tracks from July 1998. Every month I revisit the music that we were listening to 20 years ago, and compile them into a YouTube playlist for your viewing […]
Paul Draper has announced details of an acoustic tour of the UK this November – see dates below. These shows will see Paul playing his first ever full-length acoustic concerts with regular guitarist Ben Sink, […]
In 1997, Paul Draper, with his band Mansun, released their debut album, Attack of the Grey Lantern. XS Noize recently reviewed the twenty-first-anniversary re-issue, finding that this Mansun debut had stood the test of time, […]
George Orwell once told the story about A Clergyman’s Daughter, Mansun tells the story about a Clergyman’s son: Paul Draper (the bands’ leader and frontman) and his bandmates Dominic Chad (guitar), Stove King (bass) and […]
In January XS Noize launched a competition for a special Meet & Greet with Paul Draper and his band on the ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ tour in Belfast on Saturday 24th Feb. The Lucky winner […]
We have a very special competition launching today for a special Meet & Greet with Paul Draper and the band on the ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ tour in Belfast on Saturday 24th Feb. A […]
Paul Draper has announced details of a very limited signed vinyl live album which captures Paul’s triumphant headline show at the Scala from 23rd September 2017. The gig was part of a sell-out solo tour, […]
Paul Draper has been announced as very special guest support on the first leg of Steven Wilson’s forthcoming US tour in spring 2018. These will be the first shows Paul has played in North America […]
Following his recent sold out run of solo dates, Paul Draper has announced additional details about his 2018 UK tour, which see him come to the Belfast Limelight 2 on the 24th February, At each […]
Following his recent sold out run of solo dates, Paul Draper has announced additional details about his 2018 UK tour. At each of the shows, Paul will play two sets: first, he will play tracks […]
Following the success of his debut solo record Spooky Action, which entered at No 19 in the UK album charts on release in August. Paul Draper took to the road for the first time in […]
Ex-lead singer of 90s cult band Mansun, Paul Draper is due on stage. It’s his second gig in fourteen years and the air is charged. Last night it was Leeds, tonight Manchester. The crowd are […]
Paul Draper has announced a major new tour alongside release details for a new single. Watch a lyric video for Grey House BELOW. Following on from his first solo live dates – shows that sold […]
Paul Draper has announced details of a new track ahead of the release of his long awaited debut solo album. ‘Things People Want’ is a yearning love letter to an unobtainable everyday life that comes […]
The return of Mansun frontman Paul Draper has been a long time coming. Rumours of his return to the music scene began a few years after what some would call Mansun’s classic Brit Pop band […]
Paul Draper releases his long awaited debut solo album, Spooky Action, on Kscope this summer. Paul Draper was the frontman of Mansun – one of the most iconic bands of the late ’90s. Over the […]
Things People Want is a yearning love letter to an unobtainable everyday life that comes set inside four minutes of ultra-melodic, glistening synthetic soul. It is taken form Paul Draper’s first ever solo album – […]
Paul Draper releases his long awaited debut solo album, Spooky Action, on Kscope this summer. Paul Draper was the frontman of Mansun – one of the most iconic bands of the late ’90s. Over the […]
Each week we will be putting together Spotify playlists featuring music from artists and bands that we have been swinging our pants to at XS Noize Towers. Since this is our first playlist we have included […]