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Live Review: Belle and Sebastian / Saint Etienne – Piece Hall, Halifax, 21.06.2026

A brief afternoon shower threatened to dampen proceedings, but it soon passed, allowing the sunshine to break through over a packed Piece Hall on Sunday evening. On paper, Saint Etienne…

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News: Saint Etienne Announce Final Australian And New Zealand Tour

Saint Etienne have announced that they will return to Australia and New Zealand one final time this November and December, bringing an end to a career that has quietly shaped…

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See: The short monochrome film for the dreamy Saint Etienne festive single, ‘Winter Coat’

CAST your mind to a far-off time, if you will: the 1980s and before. And then: the Christmas music you’d hear. Back then, before t’interweb and swipe-right, there wasn’t really…

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Album Review: Sarah Cracknell – Red Kite

In 1993 I had the pleasure of meeting Sarah Cracknell at a signing at an HMV store. It was Sheffield sound city and the Saint Etienne were doing the signing…

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Meet: An interview with Saint Etienne

“Sorry if i kept you waiting, I was mucking around with a Vocoder and lost track of time” To be honest, my conversation with Pete Wiggs doesn’t get any less…

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