Pretending Like It’s The Weekend Now (On A Wednesday Night) With Jack Johnson In London
Jack Johnson brought his balmy fusion of folk, soft rock, pop and reggae to Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo recently for his Meet The Moonlight Tour. The acclaimed musician is known for his intimate and engaging live performances and he didn't disappoint his loyal fan...
Guns N’ Roses At BST Hyde Park 2023: Rock On A Scale Only Legends Could Achieve
It’s the middle of summer in London but today the skies are quite characteristically moody. British Summer Time, now in its 10th year, seems to grow in size and caliber every year, with swathes of notable artists taking turns to headline. Friday night was all about...
Guns N’ Roses Bring The Energy And The Hits To Glastonbury 2023
L.A.-hailing hard rock legends Guns N' Roses come with both their famous hits and legacy of, well, destruction if you pardon the pun. The band formed in the mid-1980's when the band L.A. Guns needed a new vocalist and found him by way of Axel Rose, and so Guns N'...
RAYE Wows The Crowd With Her Debut Glastonbury Appearance
The sun had long gone over the yardarm by the time RAYE’s took her turn on Glastonbury Festival's famous Pyramid Stage. Saturday saw temperatures pushing 30 degrees Celsius with the crowd already suitably warmed up from Rick Astley’s rousing midday set. [gallery...
Rick Astley Isn’t Gonna Give You Up At Glastonbury 2023
Picture the scene, you are a 15-year-old learning to play drums in your dad's garage and dreaming of one day playing the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival. Fast forward (unless that is you, now) to June 2023 enter Rick Astley, who at 57, finally realised the dream...
Carly Rae Jepsen Really, Really, Really Likes You At Glastonbury 2023
A Friday afternoon in the blazing sunshine is the perfect time to showcase all the pop tunes, Carly Rae Jepsen has many to offer. I knew a couple of the big songs and I will happily bop along to Call Me Maybe (2012) whenever the opportunity arises, now I will be...
Royal Blood Blow Eardrums For Glastonbury 2023 Pyramid Stage Set
Brightonian rock duo Royal Blood have been in the press for all the wrong reasons recently, their scathing treatment of a lacklustre audience response to their brand of bass-driven rock at the recent BBC Big Weekend last month had them defending their scolding of...
Arctic Monkeys’ Glastonbury 2023 Headline Show Proves Divisive
The Alex Turner-led, Sheffield-hailing rock quartet are famous not just for the hits that made them huge and six #1-charting albums (plus their latest that peaked at #2), but also their attitude towards their industry and bravado of their frontman. They have equally...
Nostalgia Packed Sing-A-Longs With The Legendary Goo Goo Dolls
Alt-rock stars Goo Goo Dolls are in town to treat us to a set jam-packed with hits spanning their whole career. And Manchester Academy is absolutely bursting to its seams in anticipation. [gallery type='flickr' view='photo' photo_id='53005251351'...
Pretending We’re More than Friends with Lukas Nelson + Promise Of The Real in London
Lukas Nelson and Promise of The Real [POTR] brought their superior blend of rock and roll, country, blues and folk to London’s Forum Kentish Town last week, ahead of the release of their highly anticipated new album, Sticks and Stones. Grammy-Award winning Lukas is...
Punks In The Arena, Rancid Shows Wembley How It’s Done
Off to one side of the stage at Wembley Stadium sits a group of elderly men on plastic office chairs. While the triumphant punk show illuminates the surprisingly packed arena, the old men seem amused. In their sweaters and glasses, they could be supporting their...
Peter Gabriel From The Fireside To Artificial Intelligence: Input/Output Tour At The O2 Arena
The O2 Arena is stop number 18 on Peter Gabriel’s European tour of album i/o a meditation on technological advancement and the place of humanity and storytelling. Peter Gabriel has never shied away from a big concept and where better to share a big concept than...
Popes Of Chillitown Turn Up The Heat At The Underworld
Tonight, I’m headed to the iconic Underworld in Camden Town to join Popes of Chillitown for the launch of their fourth record Take A Picture. Matt (vocals), Arvin (bass), Mikey (guitar), Thiago ‘Trosso’ (sax), Jimmy ‘Pingu’ (trombone/vocals) and Jack (drums) have...
Kurt Vile Brings The Cool Water To A Sizzling London
Kurt Vile, Philadelphia's psych-pop master guitarist and singer, recently played the first of a two-night show at Camden’s KOKO with his long-serving backing band The Violators. The American guitarist and singer was previously the lead guitarist in The War on Drugs,...
Dancing In The Rain With Sir Tom Jones At Belsonic Festival
In the midst of a rainy Belfast summer, Sir Tom Jones delivers a flawless performance at Belsonic Festival to a sea of people dressed in rain ponchos. But the drizzly wet weather, couldn’t dampen the spirits of 20,000 fans who danced the evening away to some of Tom...
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