Live: Sting @ Hammersmith Apollo
Sting is a man who needs no introduction. Or maybe he does in a world where his solo tour has been hitting up medium-sized venues rather than the arenas and stadiums of years past. He is probably known to most as former The Police frontman, the 1970’s new wavers who...
Live: Melanie C @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
There are pop stars and then there are The Spice Girls – probably one of the most successful female pop groups of them all – a group comprised of five very different personalities, something that made them stand out from the rest from the off when they broke onto the...
Live: Bear’s Den @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
It’s funny, I always think of the Hammersmith Apollo as one of London’s bigger, less personal, gig venues. But last night Bear’s Den managed to make it feel like the back room of a smoky pub. Whether it was their particular brand of spiritual, emotive folk rock or...
Live: Amy Macdonald & Newton Faulkner @ The Royal Albert Hall
There’s something unbelievably special about live music at the Royal Albert Hall. When you gaze at the ceiling and marvel at the tiers of seats and boxes rising up and up, you can’t help but feel a little humbled to be in the presence of such outstanding architecture....
Live: All Time Low @ Academy Bristol
A band who keep getting bigger, keep growing and maturing musically, a band at the top of their game and who have lasted over ten years is hard to come by these days. With that in mind, it’s a good thing that All Time Low are in Bristol this evening, prepared to show...
Live: Cabbage & Blossoms @ The Roundhouse
I like the Roundhouse. If you can accept the compromised sight lines and sound, there’s something kind of cool about watching a band in an engine shed. It’s run by a charitable trust, which means it’s looked after; your feet don’t stick to the floor. Tonight, the...
Vision Playlist March 2017
Live: Mallory Knox @ Bristol Academy
Excitement looms over Bristol this evening. Mallory Knox received their second top 20 album last week, and tonight, they’re debuting some of their hotly discussed tracks for the first time on date number one of the Wired tour. To begin the evening, they’ve brought...
Live: Hothouse Flowers @ The Electric Ballroom
The weirdly polarised people that sit either side of the weirdly polarised Jeremy Clarkson debate probably have weirdly polarised opinions about his favourite musicians, Hothouse Flowers. Regardless of your take on either, there’s no denying that the first ten minutes...
Live: Lower Than Atlantis @ Great Hall, Cardiff
Lower Than Atlantis’ UK headline tour is a big deal. A big deal to more than just the four-piece themselves, but to fans, to aspiring British musicians and to the rock music scene. They’re a tale of rags to riches and a prime example of how perseverance,...
Live: Bush @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
You’d be forgiven for thinking 1990’s rock outfit Bush were an American band, given both their sound and enduring success across the pond. Their 1994 debut studio record Sixteen Stone was certified 6x Platinum in the U.S., it’s follow-up peaked at #1 in the U.S. album...
Live: The Sherlocks @ Sheffield University Foundry, Sheffield
The Sherlocks were back in town on Friday night with their infectious good-mood beats and heavy riffs. It had been a while since I had seen them and like the sell out crowd, I was looking forward to their set and those of the supporting acts Oddity Road and Sundance. ...
Live: Elbow @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
I’m grateful to my wife for so many things. She spots the traffic cameras I don’t. She’s always on hand with salient fashion advice. Her meringues are the stuff of legend. And then there’s Elbow. The first time I saw this band was in 2012 when they were touring Build...
Live: The Handsome Family & Courtney Marie Andrews @ Union Chapel
Union Chapel is a cosy venue, perfect on a late winters evening. People are bundled up in warm clothes settling onto padded seat cushions and cradling mugs of tea and cocoa in the soft coloured lighting, candle light and the kaleidoscope of the chapel's rose window....
Live: Band Of Horses @ Troxy, London
What a great night. Before the enigmatic Band Of Horses adorn the East London stage, I'm not surprised to see that folk have arrived early to witness a warm-up from Israel Nash who would quite rightly on another occasion command a headline slot in his own right. The...
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