BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1149@discoverburnley.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T223000 DTSTAMP:20260205T100834Z URL:https://discoverburnley.co.uk/whatson/stereo-mcs/ SUMMARY:Stereo Mc's DESCRIPTION:Stereo Mc’s are probably best known for their international T op 20 hit single ‘Connected’\, which was released in 1992 and taken f rom the ‘Connected’ album of the same year. The album reached #2 in th e UK Album Chart and also contained the aforementioned hits ‘Step It Up ’\, ‘Creation’\, and ‘Ground Level’\, and led to the group winni ng two Brit Awards for Best Group and Best Album in 1994.\n\nBeing c hildhood friends and neighbours\, Rob and Nick formed Stereo MC’s in the mid-eighties\, with the pair inspired to make music by their combined lov e of early hip-hop\, funk and electronic music.\nThe Stereo MC’s initial ly pressed their first 12” vinyl and started their own independent recor d label called G Street Records with Kiss DJ Richie Rich and budding ent repreneur Jon Baker.\n\nWhen G Street attracted the attention of 4th &a mp\; Broadway in 1989\, the duo recorded the debut Stereo MC’s album\ , ‘33-45- 78’.\n\nNick said\, “When we started getting gigs around that time we thought it would be great to have live drums\, even if they m ade the turntables bounce around. But when we went to the States\, the U.S . branch of our record company said\, ‘We’re not paying for a drummer to come on tour\, because you don’t do that with this type of music’. There were a few barriers to cross before dance music was established as a live music force and was given equal rights in the touring and festival s cene. Island Records had a good attitude to developing young acts\, though \, and we were given time to grow both in the studio and on the road.”\n \nAfter releasing 33-45-78 the band toured with De La Soul\, Living Colou r and A Certain Ratio. They then headed to New York to record their sec ond album\, ‘Supernatural’ in 1990\, bearing the singles ‘Elevate My Mind’ (which made it into the United States R&\;B Charts) and  ‘Lost in Music’ which was a club hit in the UK and US. This success w as further cemented when they supported Happy Mondays on a US tour.\n\nR ob said\, “If we weren’t on the road or making our own tracks we were remixing for other artists. Life didn’t have a clock\, you just worked a nd vibed until you dropped on the sofa and woke up in your clothes six hou rs later.”\n\nStereo MC’s were in demand for remix work from the likes of U2\, Madonna\, Tricky\, Pressure Drop\, David Holmes\, Terranova and  Mo’Wax records\, as well as earlier mixes for The Jungle Brothers\, Latifah and RZA.\n\n“The summer of 1992 saw us finish our 3rd LP\, Con nected\, which we toured solidly for about 18 months after its release. It was a big success for us and everybody involved and was a beautiful momen t in our development. Navigating our way through the aftermath of over-tou ring fatigue and life catching up with you was challenging\, and for a whi le the creative spark was hard to find\, so we went into recluse mode and built our own studio again so we could get out of the music biz domain.” \nAfter making a mix album for the DJ Kicks series on Studio!K7 in 1999\, 2001 saw the release of the band’s fourth album ‘Deep Down &\; Dir ty’\, followed by a tour that included opening for Jane's Addiction in the US. The album’s title track became Stereo MC’s fifth consecutive Top 20 hit single in a row.\n\nFollowing recordings for Pias\, K7 and Graf fiti they continued their long relationship with club music\, starting the label ‘connected’ in 2015\, initially to release their own new music\ , but also releasing other artists\, and have since become established in the ever-popular Afro House genre. They have also collaborated with some o f the biggest current names in house music via releases with Adam Port a nd Keinemusik and Stil Vor Talent\, and have featured guest spots with  Re.You \, Anja Schneider\, Fred Everything and many others.\n\n  \;\n\nTicket: £27\n\nhttps://burnleymechanics.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth /shows/873681983 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://discoverburnley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads /2026/01/1080x1080-4.png CATEGORIES:Burnley Town Centre,Theatre and Culture LOCATION:Burnley Mechanics Theatre\, Manchester Road\, Burnley\, Lancashire \, BB11 1BH\, United Kingdom GEO:53.787787;-2.244038 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Manchester Road\, Burnley\, Lancashire\, BB11 1BH\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Burnley Mechanics Theatre:geo:53.787787,-2.244038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR