The Gaslight Anthem Give Fans One For The History Books At London’s Roundhouse
Fresh from releasing The History Books Short Stories EP last week, New Jersey rock outfit The Gaslight Anthem continue their current era with a string of sold out shows, including three nights at London’s Roundhouse. [gallery type='flickr' view='photo'...
Simple Minds’ Global Tour Touches Down In Cardiff
Tonight I was in Cardiff, at the Utilita Arena for two great Scottish bands. Headlining are Simple Minds and for the UK and European leg of the tour they are joined by Del Amitri as guests. [gallery type='flickr' view='photo' photo_id='53620425909'...
Fightstar Light Up Wembley Arena For One Night Only!
A cold night in London saw elder emos come out in their droves to catch early 2000s alt-rockers Fightstar, celebrating their 20th anniversary by playing to a sold-out crowd at Wembley Arena. The quartet, formed of Charlie Simpson and Alex Westaway on vocals and...
Judas Priest Preach To The Converted At Wembley Arena
A lot has happened in the UK since Judas Priest last played a headline show in London in 2015 – a worldwide pandemic, England getting good at football, and what feels like 37 different Prime Ministers – so anticipation is high as around 10,000 Heavy Metal Maniacs (as...
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Soar To New Heights At The Royal Albert Hall For Teenage Cancer Trust
On the fourth night of the annual celebration for Teenage Cancer Trust, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gave a sold out Royal Albert Hall a career-spanning set. 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime. A frightening statistic and one that is not caveated by...
Riff Raff Kabarett Blends Weimar Cabaret And Punk To Smash Expectations
Something strange is happening in the iconic Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Something unexpected, joyful and gleefully subversive. As MC Ruby Wednesday puts it while batting their luxuriant lashes, “we’ve got Weimar, we’ve got punk, we bring it together, we’ve got Riff Raff!”...
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s Bristol Gig Meets Incredible Adulation On A Damp Tuesday Night
The Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark tour bus stopped in Bristol, partway through their UK tour to promote their most recent album Bauhaus Staircase, the album released last November charted at Number 2 on its first week. [gallery type='flickr' view='photo'...
Charlie Worsham Learns To Pray At C2C
It’s the opening night of C2C, the weekend where country music takes over the O2 in London. The CMA Songwriters Series is the traditional kick off for the festival, with some of the crowd heading to the show straight from the airports, their stetsons tied to their...
Restless Road – Your New Country Music Obsession
Nashville-based trio Restless Road brought their headline Last Rodeo Tour to London this week, performing to a hyped-up audience at Lafayette. The band’s recent show-stopping appearances at C2C: Country to Country at London's O2 Arena and Glasgow's OVO Hydro, have...
Revisiting Fleetwood Mac’s 2015 On With The Show Tour At London’s O2 Arena
Enduring Anglo-American pop-rock five piece Fleetwood Mac played the 83rd show of their On With The Show tour with their second date at East London’s O2 Arena. It’s hard to believe that Fleetwood Mac have been a band in one incarnation or another for almost 50 years...
Gun Celebrate Hot New Album Hombres At The 100 Club
Gun are back in hot rocking form to launch Hombres at The 100 Club.
Sonic Boom Six Are The Sound Of A Revolution At Signature Brew
Ska Punk isn’t dead, and it’s taken over a brewery. Signature Brew in Walthamstow is making a name for itself by holding unexpected small shows stretching from Psychobilly to Celtic punk in the centre of their industrial warehouse, and tonight we’re celebrating Sonic...
Mother Mother Bring Medicine For The Soul To Troxy
Canadian indie rock outfit Mother Mother last visited UK shores in 2022, a stint that saw them play two nights at London’s Kentish Town Forum. And while the Ryan Guldemond-led troupe’s latest UK jaunt might well be in support of ninth LP Grief Chapter, their audience...
Esprit D’Air Start A Tsunami In London
Kai, the driving force behind Esprit D’Air, is taking his own path through the world. The Sisters Of Mercy guitarist and his project are unique in deliberately rejecting all the logistical trappings of the music industry, working without PR representation, booking...
Pendulum Come Alive At BRITs Week 24 for War Child
Somewhere under Tottenham Court Road, under the LED billboards, the Friday night partygoers and wandering tourists, there’s a tempest brewing. Pendulum, Australian Electronic Rock and Drum and Bass legends - the soundtrack to the millennial British university...
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