Roadmender

Sweet A National Treasure and Glam Rock Royalty who have taken the world by storm for six decades. By the early 70's The Sweet were arguably the hottest ticket in town with a string of top ten records in the UK and Europe including Blockbuster, Hellraiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage and The Sixteens. Sweet perfected the art of making memorable records in a highly-competitive era. In 1975 the USA had discovered the band with Fox on the Run hitting the number 3 spot in the Billboard 100. Without The Sweet there would not have been a KISS Gene Simmons Special guest Bobbie Dazzle The truly sensational Bobbie Dazzle has arrived, in an explosion of glitter and guaranteed good times. Conceived and brought to life by multi-talented singer Sian Greenway, Bobbie Dazzle is hell-bent on bringing the fun, the colour and the freedom back to rock n roll. The 21st century glam rock party starts here

The South are back on the road and do what they do best - perform the songs of that great British pop institution, The Beautiful South, to the thousands of fans of these timeless classics. The South are an impressive 9 piece band who feature former members of The Beautiful South including singer Alison Wheeler and lifelong sax player Gaz Birtles. Since Dave Hemingway, the original singer, left the group at the end of 2016, Gaz has moved across to front the band with Alison and taken on vocal duties. Now, in keeping with the 2 male singers of The Beautiful South, trumpet player Gareth John takes over some vocal duties on a few songs whilst Gaz goes back to his old job of being a Sax player! Since the demise of The Beautiful South in 2007, this exciting live band have spent 14 years touring the theatres and festivals of the UK up and down the country, bringing back the full sound and arrangements of these treasured songs  -  A Little Time (the number one single), Perfect 10, Rotterdam, Song For Whoever, Old Red Eyes Is Back, Good as Gold, Don't Marry Her plus many more singles and album...

Northampton, can I get a Yee Haw, Expect to hear our talented DJ’s dropping all your favourite country anthems from artists such as Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Cole Swindell, Lady A, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, Gretchen Wilson, Eric Church, Johnny Cash, Kelsea Ballerini, Leanne Rhymes, Billy Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Old Dominion, Thomas Rhett, Rednex, Rascal Flatts and many more…. As well as the best country anthems we also have – The massive cowboy hat giveaway – Inflatables – Confetti – Country decor – Dress up encouraged

Following on from their sell out show at the venue in 2023 INSPIRAL CARPETS make a welcome return to ROADMENDER on Sat 22nd November. With fourteen top 40 singles and four top ten albums in almost forty years, the Inspiral Carpets were built to last. The reformed classic jukebox band continue their musical journey, selling out tours and underlining their undying popularity whilst creating a platform for a rumoured new album to add to their set, which is dotted with inventive big songs built around their signature Farfisa and perfect harmonies that always brings the house down. Their hit singles underlined their electric, eclectic creativity from the punk rock rushes of Joe to the melancholic kitchen sink dramas turned into huge hits like the glorious This Is How It Feels. Then there are the soaring choruses of Saturn 5 or the thrilling pop/noise of I Want You with the late and great Mark E. Smith lending his classic snark sneer to the song.

Annie Macmanus is an internationally renowned DJ, broadcaster and a best selling author. Annie runs the hugely successful clubbing concept Before Midnight and can be seen in the booth and on the biggest stages of music festivals and clubs around the world. She presented the flagship new music show on BBC Radio 1 for seventeen years before leaving to concentrate on writing and podcasting. Since then she has written two critically acclaimed novels, the Sunday Times bestselling Mother Mother and The Mess We’re In, whose rights have been bought for adaptation by It’s All Made Up Productions, the Liverpool based company who co-produced the biggest TV show of 2025 so far, Adolescence. Her podcast Changes ran for four years, accruing over nine million downloads, and now she presents BBC weekly podcast Sidetracked alongside Nick Grimshaw in which she interviews the biggest names in music, from Robert Smith to Kylie Minogue to Stevie Wonder

Showcasing a strand of reggae with a soulful, R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, Maxi has achieved worldwide success thanks to a string of hits including Close To You and â Wild World. With a career spanning over 30 years, Maxi has worked with the greats of the reggae and dub world, from Sly & Robbie and Shabba Ranks, to Jazzie B and Shaggy. A reggae icon plus a British pop heavyweighs achieved stardom both at home and abroad.

From the bowels of Disgraceland, Rock & Roll icons of the afterlife are raised from the dead! Rock & Roll meets Grunge as Elvis fronts Nirvana and gives the band the front man it’s been missing since ’94. Elvana tear through Nirvana’s catalogue whilst splicing in grunged up sections of the king of rock & rolls finest moments, culminating in a whopper mash up of overdrive & old school Rockabilly. It smells like cheeseburgers and teen spirit, daddy-o!

We are very pleased to announce The Smyths are returning to The Roadmender Northampton on Sat 8th November 2025 following their packed out at the venue in 2024. 2025 sees the 40th anniversary of The Smiths a legendary second album Meat is Murder. Arguably the bands most controversial release (the band considered it as a protest album), not only did it do more than anything in pop culture to encourage a generation to become vegetarians, it was the first album to introduce Morrisseys criticism of the Royal Family. Coming a year on from the bands debut, Meat Is Murder showed the band moving its musical might to a muscular new sound (whilst still maintaining its ability to produce heart-breaking beautiful songs). The Smyths presents Meat is Murder a show that will celebrate the album alongside a full collection of classic hits and more from The Smiths.