Live Review: No Sinner @ Black Heart.
No Sinner's only performance in London created a buzz among the people who came down for their one night only show. Playing songs from their new album Boo Hoo Hoo as well as covers the venue may have been small but that didn’t stop people flooding to watch this band...
Live Review: Warped Tour UK @ Alexandra Palace.
In it's second year, the UK Vans Warped Tour has a lot to live up to. In the US, the tour is a mammoth 3 month event, showcasing many genres such as Punk, Metal and Rap in the peak of Summer. Although the UK leg only lasts for 2 days and sits in the middle of a cold,...
Live Review: They Might Be Giants @ Shepherds Bush.
They Might Be Giants are a band whose new work sits comfortably along its established songs and 30 years and 16 studio albums on this is a feat where many others falter. They are seamlessly integrated into the set with comedic explanations that had the audience...
Live Review: Alice in Chains @ Ally Pally.
After two promising performances by special guests Walking Papers with former drummer of Screaming Trees, Barrett Martin and bassist Duff McKagan and the eccentric on-stage presence of the Swedish band Ghost, the band that Dave Grohl played the magic wands on their...
Live Review: Tomoyasu Hotei @ Shepherds Bush Empire.
Tomoyasu Hotei, who last played London at the Roundhouse in Dec 2012, was back at Shepherds Bush Empire with his Electric Samurai concert on another cold winter's evening. That didn’t stop his Japanese and London fans being there for a night of exciting live music....
Live Review: Kodaline @ Shepherds Bush Empire.
Kodaline at the Shepherds Bush Empire demonstrated a faultless, multitude of musical immensity, from the lyrics, the hooks to the emotion that sits behind their music. Laura Bradley went to the show to photograph and review for Rockshot. Their performance was heart...
Live: Steve Hackett. Genesis Revisted.
The Birmingham Symphony Hall is one of the best venues in the world for listening to live musical acts, it features sound boards purposely positioned and when looking upwards from the stalls the roof structure reflects like an upside down hull of a dream liner ship....
Live: Nick Cave @ Hammersmith Apollo
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds kicked off the first of a three night run at west London's Hammersmith Apollo on 26 October 2013. Dressed in an elegant black suit, Cave paced the stage with his familiar intensity of expression. Photographers were only allowed to shoot one...
Live Review: Graham Parker & The Rumour
Graham Parker & The Rumour performed in London for the first time since 1979 and had a set list to thrill. With lights bright for the opening numbers of Fools Gold and White Honey the over capacity crowd, I mean it was crammed at the Shepherds Bush Empire, went wild....
Live Review: Al Stewart @ Fairfield Halls.
It is always nice to photograph your heroes and Al Stewart is one of mine. The people at Fairfield Halls in Croydon made it all possible with their bend over backwards care, thought and great customer service. Al has been around since the mid 1960's when he got his...
Live Review: Public Image Limited @ Shepherds Bush.
Shepherd’s Bush Empire is packed out with fans young and old on this Monday night as Public Image Limited take to the stage. Opening with ‘Deeper Water’, the band stampede through a set that includes the classic ‘This Is Not A Love Song’ (thrown in early), ‘Warrior’...
Live Review: The Selecter @ Shepherds Bush.
The Selecter is an interesting choice to support Public Image Limited at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. The obvious link is that John Lydon was first coming to prominence at the forefront of London punk in the 1970s when Coventry’s 2 Tone ska act The Selecter were also...
Live Review: Joseph Arthur @ Heath Street Church.
It’s a rainy Friday night in north London and tucked away behind Hampstead tube station there is a church filling up with expectant faces and hushed voices. The congregation are not here to pray, however, but to worship the musical poetry of one Joseph Arthur. Adorned...
Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams Premiere.
Fleetwood Mac may be the very definition of rock royalty and astounding longevity. Just prior to the band embarking on a UK arena tour this month (a full 46 years into their career), frontwoman Stevie Nicks had reason for a London fanfare of her own. In Your Dreams, a...
Live Review: Jello Biafra @ Dingwalls
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine at Dingwalls, London on 12 August 2013. As the appointed hour of 9.30pm slips by, the tiny, crowded Dingwalls venue in north London begins to swirl with an agitated air and calls for Jello Biafra to take to the stage....
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