Live gig by British alt-rock trio Dinosaur Pile-Up at The Sugarmill in Hanley.
Dinosaur Pile-Up play The Sugarmill on Friday 26 March, their first Stoke date since their last album came out. They're a British alt-rock trio fronted by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Bigland, whose riffy, grunge-inspired sound has earned comparisons to Nirvana and Foo Fighters.
For a good while, Bigland was a one-man band, playing every instrument on much of the group's early material, including the hard-rocking albums Growing Pains (2010) and Nature Nurture (2013). In 2014 he settled on a full line-up with ex-Brownies drummer Mike Sheils and longtime friend and former Tribes bassist Jim Cratchley, who features on later records like their 2019 Parlophone debut Celebrity Mansions. After a brief hiatus following health struggles, they returned with their fifth album, I've Felt Better, released in August 2025.
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That record has kept them on the road: it was followed by a sold-out UK headline tour, a major US support run alongside A Day To Remember, and festival sets at Download Festival 2026 and 2000 Trees 2026. The Sugarmill, which opened in the mid-1990s in the heart of Hanley's Cultural Quarter, is one of Stoke-on-Trent's most iconic live venues. Doors open at 19:00, and tickets are £23.50 including fees.
