Wild Love For James Bay At The London Palladium
Just before heading off to support Ed Sheeran on yet another leg of his never-ending Divide tour – that man really puts the “world” in World Tour – James Bay played a one-off headline show at the London Palladium. “I wanted to play a special, historic London venue for...
The Sun Shines On Roger Hodgson At The Royal Albert Hall
It’s been a balmy late spring day in London, just the odd wisp of cloud breaking otherwise clear blue skies. It’s not supposed to rain until June, and yet, couples are striding purposefully across SW7 with brollies tucked under their arms. It generates odd looks from...
Jimmie Vaughan Launches Baby, Please Come Home At Dingwalls
Jimmie Vaughan's had a busy week in London. This sold-out show at Dingwalls is his fourth, and comes just a couple of days after three nights opening for Eric Clapton at The Royal Albert Hall. Tonight's stage may be smaller and a little less prestigious, but the...
The Wildhearts Renaissance Men Live @ The Electric Brixton
This show is part of The Wildhearts' current UK tour to promote the band’s first new album in ten years, The Renaissance Men, that also miraculously sees them back with the band's classic line-up of Ginger, CJ, Danny McCormack, and Rich Battersby who have all just...
Cassadee Pope’s Not Wasting All These Tears In London
Cassadee Pope was a household name for the primetime millions across the U.S. who tuned into season 3 of the country’s version of The Voice in 2012. Following the disbanding of her rock outfit Hey Monday, an acoustic tour, and self-titled EP, she auditioned for and...
J Mascis Brings His Elastic Days Solo Tour To Leeds
As the crowds form an orderly queue inside the confined stairwell at Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds, it looks to be an eclectic mix of music fans; from the ones who weren’t even born when Dinosaur Jr was tearing it up in the early to mid 90’s, to the ageing group more...
Sam Fender Fires Hypersonic Missiles At Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Sam Fender hasn't released a full-length album. He's not had a song featured in one of those omnipresent car adverts or even the heavy-rotation trailer for yet another interchangeable BBC cop show. He's not even made Ant and Dec cry on Britain's Got The Voice, or...
Buck & Evans: Out On The Road
Anybody who pays regular attention to the pages of RockShot Mag should be aware of Buck & Evans. The Welsh band have attracted our attention a number of times with their ‘rock ‘n’ soul’ sound, their brilliant live gigs and their debut album Write A Better Day....
One, Two, Three, Four, Who’s Punk, What’s The Score? Jawbreaker Return To London
What happens when the big boys in punk earn their wings? In my experience their wings are clipped. It's a sad fact in our little corner of the music industry, you're allowed to earn legendary status but you're never allowed to eat at the banquet table. By all accounts...
William McCarthy Plays A Rapturous Gig In Surrey Town of Oxted
William McCarthy rolled into the gentle town of Oxted (more famous for its gas tower than rock 'n' roll) at about 5pm on Friday, having just landed on a flight from New York a few hours earlier. Just him, his guitars, momentous voice, and stories. After a thorough...
Lowdown, Dirty Brilliance: Daddy Long Legs @ 229 The Venue, London
Brooklyn based blues alchemists; Daddy Long Legs are making their mark on the UK this spring with a series of dates to introduce their new album Lowdown Ways. Lovers of Americana, down ‘n’ dirty Blues and Southern Gothic; this may well be your new favourite album,...
Joe Bonamassa Is Deep In The Blues Again At The Royal Albert Hall
On the cover of Joe Bonamassa's latest album stands a man, alone, in a barren wasteland, his back to the world. It might represent the emotions that went into creating the LP. ("I’m going through some other stuff in my life I didn’t expect to be going through," he...
Loyle Carner Album Launch @ House Of Vans LDN
Loyle Carner got the long Easter weekend under way respectably with a memorable launch for his new album at London’s House of Vans. Released on 19 April 2019, fervour for Loyle’s sophomore record Not Waving, But Drowning had been building since the release of...
Todd Rundgren Shows Love For The Common Man Live @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
Todd Rundgren made a welcome return to London, his first for five years, on the second leg of his Individualist tour in support of his new autobiography of the same name. The idea of this tour is to play songs that trace his musical history in tandem with small...
Chris Shiflett Shares The Hardest Lessons At Omeara
“London, my name’s Chris Shiflett. Nice to meet you,” says the man on stage within arms length of the front row. The Foo Fighters lead guitarist may be in a band that played to almost 160,000 people over two consecutive shows at London Stadium last summer. But he’s...
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