Cyndi Lauper At Glastonbury 2024: The Wild Heart Of Pop Bids A Glamorous Farewell
Under a brilliant Saturday sky at Worthy Farm, Cyndi Lauper didn’t just play a set — she staged a defiant, glittering declaration of independence. Performing on the Pyramid Stage in front of tens of thousands of fans, the 71-year-old pop trailblazer reminded everyone that her legacy isn’t just about hits — it’s about heart, activism, and refusing to conform, even decades into an already iconic career.
Camila Cabello At Glastonbury 2024: A Hyperpop Dreamscape On The Other Stage
Glastonbury 2024 saw an exhilarating debut from Camila Cabello, who brought her bold new era to the Other Stage in a dazzling display of theatrical pop chaos. With her much-hyped fourth album C,XOXO freshly announced and its genre-blurring singles already stirring conversation, Cabello’s set was anything but conventional. Instead, it was a vivid, unfiltered expression of artistic reinvention—part music video, part fever dream, and completely unforgettable.
An Epic Weekend Of Mud And Moshing At Download Festival
Liquid Death Presents Download Festival returned for its twenty-first instalment, and we trudged our way through the mud to catch as many bands on this epic lineup as we could. Here's what we managed to see. Friday [gallery type='flickr' view='photo'...
Foo Fighters Return To London With Cathartic Heartfelt Rock ‘N’ Roll Authenticity
There are rock shows. And then there are Foo Fighters shows. But for a while, it wasn’t clear if there would be any more Foo Fighters shows following the untimely passing of drummer and sometimes frontman for the Dave Grohl-led band, Taylor Hawkins, in March 2022 at just 50 years of age.
Royal Blood Bring Debut Album Out Of The Black At Reopened Brixton Academy
Have you been to the reopened Brixton Academy yet? The approach is a bit different, isn't it? What feels like miles of pedestrian guardrail guides you around the block containing the entire venue, so your correspondent certainly got their steps in tonight. You’re also...
Dogstar Bring Their Power Lines And Palm Trees To Kentish Town
It’s not every day you see a Hollywood A-lister casually throwing out ridiculous bass lines on a North London stage, but that’s exactly what happened when LA-hailing rock outfit Dogstar descended upon the Kentish Town Forum. And I’m sure Keanu Reeves’ celebrity is as...
Tom Morello Recruits His Army Of Love At The Electric Ballroom
Tom Morello’s current European tour arrives at Camden’s Electric ballroom.
Lambrini Girls Energise Without Boys In The Band At Scala
They’ve done it, the Lambrini Girls have headlined and sold out Scala in North London's King’s Cross. The Brighton punk two-piece Rockshot Magazine covered last July at Dog Day Afternoon have become a crowd favourite and been broadcasted far and wide on outlets like...
A Mighty Finish To Hoopla Weekend 2024
It’s time for one of the weekend’s big guns as I head over to get a good spot for Rita Ora. She’s not due on for another 10 minutes but it’s already busy, however I’m able to get what seems a decent spot next to the sound desk. There’s a bit of a delay (seems the heat...
Fire, Flirtation And Fighting Cancer At Trixi’s Grindhouse
Signature Brew Haggerston has never been quite so glamorous as it is for the inaugural Trixi’s Grindhouse, the sold out burlesque cabaret fundraiser for grassroots charity Cabaret vs Cancer. The bare railway arch briefly transforms into the kind of heartfelt, fabulous...
Liam Gallagher Embodies His Biblical Rock ‘N’ Roll Star At The O2
"Biblical, celestial rock star" proclaim the billboards outside The O2. While Liam Gallagher didn’t quite reach the status of the second coming, his Definitely Maybe retrospective proved not only that he’s still got the star status he cemented three decades ago, but...
Rivals Sons Play Intimate Show At Oxford Academy As Part Of Their European Summer Tour
Rival Sons, currently on their European tour, stopped off at Oxford's O2 Academy and tonight’s is one of only two headline shows in the UK. It’s been just over a year since the release of LP Darkfighter and it's companion album Lightbringer but unlike last year’s tour...
The O2 Is A Vampire As Smashing Pumpkins Exsanguinate In London
“You might have heard, I have a reputation. You heard about that James?” barks Billy Corgan, grinning at his Pumpkins’ co-founder and sometimes Perfect Circle guitarist James Iha. And boy does he. The 57-year-old frontman and creative driving force behind legendary...
The Wildhearts Return With Hot New Line-Up At Shepherd’s Bush Empire
English rock quartet The Wildhearts are back on tour ahead of the band's next album that is due out later this year. Their latest line-up of frontman Ginger Wildheart, bassist "Random" Jon Poole, drummer Pontus Snibb and guitarist Ben Marsden are a band of seasoned...
St. Paul And The Broken Bones Flow With It At Indigo At The O2
There’s a touch of the unexpected about St. Paul And The Broken Bones. The Alabama-based soul eight piece, who seemingly formed by accident twelve years ago come onstage to heavy metal riffs mixed with raindrops, for instance. In the middle of their perpetual touring...
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