The Milltown Brothers’ end-of-year party in Barnoldswick
One of Lancashire’s biggest bands is set to return to Barnoldswick this Christmas.
The original five members of The Milltown Brothers are set to return to Barnoldswick in December for what promises to be an unforgettable Lancashire homecoming.
The five-piece will headline the Music & Arts Centre on Saturday, December 19th, where they’ll perform fan-favourites including ‘Roses’, ‘Which Way Should I Jump?’, ‘Here I Stand’ and ‘Apple Green’. The Colne band will perform an afternoon matinee and evening show, which promises to be one enormous Christmas celebration.
Among those who followed the indie scene in the late eighties and early nineties, The Milltown Brothers were regarded as one of the great lost bands of their generation. Their ‘Coming From The Mill’ EP, released in 1989, was hailed the Single of the Week by NME.
Their second single, "Which Way Should I Jump?", created a bidding war before A&M Records signed the band worldwide. Re-recorded for the major label, it reached No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart and climbed all the way to No. 10 on Billboard's Modern Rock Chart in America—proof that their appeal stretched far beyond Lancashire.
Soon after, they released their acclaimed debut album - ‘Slinky’, which gave them the opportunity to North America with The Wonder Stuff, appear alongside Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins at Boston's WFNX Birthday Festival, feature at Reading Festival, share stages with The Charlatans, and, in one of those glorious twists of musical history, an unknown Manchester group called Oasis opened for them at Manchester Academy in October 1993.
Sadly, the five-piece split in 1993 before returning with albums such as ‘Rubberband’, ‘Long Road’, ‘Stockholm’ and their most recent release ‘Boogie Woogie’. Their latest work has charted strongly on the UK Independent, Vinyl and Physical Album charts, proving there is still a passionate audience for beautifully crafted guitar music.
In recent years the band's reputation has only continued to grow. Tim Burgess' celebrated Twitter Listening Party introduced Slinky to a whole new generation of listeners, sold-out shows have followed across the country, a major biography—The True Story of the Milltown Brothers (And Jesus Danced Twice)—has been published
In Barnoldswick, you can expect stories, memories, huge choruses and that unmistakable Milltown Brothers chemistry that has never faded. Most of all, expect one of those magical nights where a room full of Lancashire people celebrate one of Lancashire's greatest bands.
Tickets are available at https://www.barnoldswickmusicandartscentre.com/milltown-brothers-2026