Name: The Telescopes + Glass Ghosts
Start: 2025-08-29T19:00:00+01:00
Location: 552 Hartshill Rd, Stoke-on-Trent

The Telescopes are an all embracing concern that began in 1987, the only constant being sole composer/ instigator, Northumbrian born Stephen Lawrie. The band’s line-up is in constant flux, there can be anywhere between 1 and 20 members on a recording.
Initially signed to Cheree Records, they then moved on to What Goes On Records where they became regulars at the top of indie charts before gaining more mainstream success via Creation Records.
They are now with Tapete Records. The album Songs Of Love And Revolution saw a return to the indie charts in 2021, including remixes by Anton Newcombe, Lloyd Cole & Third Eye Foundation.
The Telescopes music has constantly pushed its own boundaries, overlapping many genres following its own course, inspiration led.
Time has shown their music not only withstands repeated listening but reveals something new with each listen, it has been described by the British music press as 'more a revolution of the psyche than a revolution of the sidewalk'; a thread consistent throughout a highly influential body of work spanning 30+ years. They have been cited as an influence on many artists across genres, around the world.