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...
How Could Saturday Be Topped? Wychwood Festival Had A Go On Sunday – Day 3
To be honest, I was unsure how to top last night's epic day at Wychwood Festival, but I returned with the prospect and with eagerness to catch up with several acts I was looking forward to seeing live. The weather was warm and sunny, perfect festival weather, I guess...
Thirty Seconds To Mars Are Stuck At The O2 Arena
Thirty Seconds To Mars, the musical side project of Academy Award-winning actor Jared Leto and his older brother Shannon, embarked on the UK leg of their near 80 date Seasons Tour and stopped at London's O2 Arena. In the week where one of the biggest tours by one of...
The Sunday Sun Shines On The Fabulous At Mighty Hoopla 2024
As a Mighty Hoopla fan I was excited to get the chance to attend again this year, and it absolutely did not disappoint. With my ticket and app downloaded and clashfinder highlighted (perhaps a tad optimistically), and having heard tales of mud-drenched Brockwell Park...
From Hip Hop To Rock, It’s A Bangin’ Saturday At Wychwood Festival 2024 – Day 2
Staying on site, I noticed that the campervan pitch I had been allocated was right next to Cheltenham Racecourse station on The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, it was running a steam service so I wandered over to watch one of the trains come into the...
Wychwood Festival 2024 – The Music Festival That Offers So Much More – Day 1
I was looking forward to Wychwood, a local to me music festival that offered so much more than simply music, it offers comedy, activities and workshops for all to get involved with, quite simply it’s a festival for all the family and I can see why its one of the best...
Allie X Embodies The Girl With No Face At Koko
Michigan-born, Toronto-raised, LA-based Alexandra Hughes – AKA Allie X – has been cultivating a following over the course of a decade and three studio LPs. And my, what a fanbase she has grown. Her brand of gothic electro-pop has been firmly enshrined in a global...
Tiny Habits’ Wishes Come True At Koko
There’s a much younger and much more painfully fashionable crowd at Koko tonight than you’d expect at the average folk show, but then again, Tiny Habits are no average folk band. The ‘three teenagers in their dorm room singing harmonies’, as they describe themselves,...
Amyl And The Sniffers Prove Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)
In the middle of a whirlwind festival schedule, in a week that began with Bearded Theory and will end with Primavera Sound, Amyl And The Sniffers have somehow found time to shake up London Town. The Scala feels more than sold out, with punks old and young packed onto...
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