Kings Of Leon Reign Supreme At BST Hyde Park 2024
It's around 10pm on a Sunday night. Tens of thousands of people are massed into a park in central London. They've just shouted and danced along to a loud, fast, aggressive rendition of Kings Of Leon's The Bandit. "We're so glad you’re here and not at Glastonbury or...
Avril Lavigne’s Blistering Other Stage Appearance Is 22 Years Overdue At Glastonbury 2024
It’s a great double over at Glastonbury Festival’s Other Stage this Sunday evening. Following a rousing set from Southend-hailing rock outfit Nothing But Thieves, the field is filling up nicely (a little too nicely you might say) for a highly anticipated Glasto debut...
SZA Shows London What She’s Made Of At BST Hyde Park 2024
Rockshot Magazine went along to BST Hyde Park 2024 for the SZA headlining day and were welcomed with impressive infrastructure, including numerous food court options and entertainment areas spread throughout the park. On one of London's rare sunny days so far this...
Nothing But Thieves Bring The Rock ‘N’ Roll To A Pop-Heavy Glastonbury 2024
The lineup for Glastonbury Festival is always a subject of great debate. Kicking off in 1970 as the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival, and with genres of contemporary music shifting over the decades, the 2024 edition has been noteworthy for its pop-lean. And so...
Brilliant Beats And Sensational Strings: Fantastic Flamenco From Rodrigo y Gabriela’s New World At Koko
Mexican acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela’s latest tour, promoting 2023 LP In Between Thoughts… A New World arrived in London on a Monday night, packing out a rather expectant Koko, the virtuoso duo known for their magical guitar movements blending musical genres...
Glastonbury 2024 Gives Warm Welcome To Returning British Trio London Grammar
It has been some time since British trio London Grammar released new music, let alone performed a live set in front of an audience. After a lengthy hiatus from writing, and some personal time away from the stage and studio – an absence attributed predominately to...
The Interrupters Gave Us Everything At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
It can only be a good day when The Interrupters come to town. The ska-punk four piece have made Shepherd's Bush their only club date on their summer tour, and we’re more than glad to play host to this unusually intimate end-of tour show from the two-tone megastars....
Jamie Webster Keeps It Political With Billy Bragg At Glastonbury 2024
IDLES frontman Joe Talbot requests the BBC turn their cameras around and instructs his Glastonbury audience to chant “Fuck the King!” Herd mentality dictates they all do it, but even staunch republicans could be left feeling slightly squeamish. The wealth and...
Squeeze Are Cool For Cats As Pyramid Stage Openers At Glastonbury 2024
The forecast for the weekend is set to be fair and factor 50 is the must have accessory at Glastonbury Festival 2024. But for Squeeze, Glasto’s very first act on the Pyramid Stage this year, the sun is yet to break through overcast skies. No matter, if anything can...
The Last Dinner Party Bring Their Feminine Urge To The Other Stage At Glastonbury 2024
The Last Dinner Party have seemingly come out of nowhere and have gone on to make waves in the British indie scene, but not without putting in the hard graft. The baroque rock quintet formed during the various lockdowns that unnerved the music world and it’s nothing...
The Breeders Make A Big Splash At Troxy
Last year The Breeders' biggest album, Last Splash, turned 30. They celebrated with an anniversary reissue, a Coachella performance, and a US tour. Celebrations have continued into 2024 with a support slot on Foo Fighters' recent Australia and New Zealand trek, a...
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...
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