Black Grape

Featuring Happy Mondays legend Shaun William Ryder and Ruthless Rap Assassins frontman Paul "Kermit" Leveridge, Black Grape could only have been made in Manchester. The swagger, fun and cryptic humour seem hewn from a city historian AJP Taylor once described as offering an archetypally different way of English urban life to London.
Fusing funk and electronic rock with samples, the group topped the UK charts in 1995 with their Platinum selling debut album, "It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah", which spawned the hits "In the Name of the Father", "Reverend Black Grape" and "Kelly's Heroes" while follow up albums "Stupid Stupid Stupid" and "Pop Voodoo" and the singles "Fat Neck" and"England's Irie" all reached the UK Top 20.
Black Grape Tickets
Most Popular Shows and Events in Liverpool
Matilda The Musical
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 2 Dec 2025 - Sun 4 Jan 2026
Only Fools and Horses The Musical
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Mon 16 - Sat 21 Jun 2025
Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 15 - Sun 20 Jul 2025
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 12 - Sat 23 Aug 2025
Fawlty Towers - The Play
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 11 - Sat 15 Nov 2025