Photography: Simple Minds @ KOKO. Virgin 40th.

Photography: Simple Minds @ KOKO. Virgin 40th.

Simple Minds played a special show at London's Koko as part of a string of gigs marking the 40th anniversary of Virgin Records. With the band playing the capital's vast O2 Arena at the end of the month, this was a relatively intimate show and a special treat for fans....

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Live: Nick Cave @ Hammersmith Apollo

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...

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Photography: Marky Ramone & Andrew WK.

Photography: Marky Ramone & Andrew WK.

Marky Ramone brought his Blitzkrieg to London's Electric Ballroom on 23 October 2013. With Andrew WK taking on vocals, the four piece band exuded lots of energy - and hair - from the start. With a two page setlist, the crowd were in for a packed and sweaty show....

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Photography: Leonard Cohen @ 02 Arena

Photography: Leonard Cohen @ 02 Arena

Leonard Cohen opened his London show at O2 Arena with the heartfelt 'Dance Me To The End Of Love'. As part of his ongoing and extensive world tour, the master of poetic song arrived on stage in an almost spritely manner, with a band all sharply dressed in suits....

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Photography: The B-52s

Photography: The B-52s

The B-52s partied on down at the Indigo 02 in Greenwich, London and I just had to go and photograph them. They started their set with Planet Claire with Kate and Fred swapping vocals and vocal effects. B52s live in London at the Indigo 02 on Friday 16th . August 2013....

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Live Review: Jello Biafra @ Dingwalls

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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Live: Blondie @ The Roundhouse

Live: Blondie @ The Roundhouse

Blondie's 2013 UK tour took them to Camden's legendary The Roundhouse on 7 July and Kew The Music festival on 9 July. Imelda Michalczyk went along to photograph for Rockshot and Rebeladelica The band were promoting their new album Panic of Girls. Opening both times...

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Photography: Joe Satriani @ Indigo. London

Photography: Joe Satriani @ Indigo. London

Joe Satriani is a brilliant  guitarist and puts on a brilliant show. The pictures were from the Indigo O2 in Greenwich, London but we have a review from the gig in Wolverhampton https://rockshotmagazine.com/7822/live-review-joe-satriani-civic-hall-wolverhampton/ With...

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Photography: Neil Young @ O2 Arena. London.

Photography: Neil Young @ O2 Arena. London.

I love Neil Young. I do not love his artist/concert manager who made all the photographers stand behind a red line in the corner of the pit and gave me a very narrow shooting angle behind a camera man.  However we have what we have and  must get on with it and all in...

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Photography: Bob Mould @ The Electric Ballroom

Photography: Bob Mould @ The Electric Ballroom

Bob Mould is one of my all-time favourite guitarists and performers. I was at his first solo shows in London when Workbook came out. Then (1989) he climbed to the top of the massive speakers columns and played I See A Little Light. Now he still moves around at an...

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Gary Numan @ Hammersmith Apollo (Louise Phillips)

Grief, Glory & Grace – Gary Numan’s Heartbroken Homecoming Hammersmith Apollo

There are homecoming gigs, and then there are nights like Friday 21st November 2025 at the Hammersmith Apollo. For...
Lambrini Girls @ XOYO, Birmingham (Nick Allan)

Lambrini Girls Bring Controlled Chaos And Sharp-Edged Punk Energy To XOYO Birmingham

Lambrini Girls didn’t just play XOYO Birmingham, they detonated it. The Brighton punk trio have built a reputation for...
Stray From The Path @ O2 Institute, Birmingham (Nick Allan)

A Farewell On Fire: Stray From The Path Deliver One Last Earth-Shaking Set At The O2 Institute Birmingham

Stray From the Path’s final Birmingham appearance was never going to be a quiet goodbye but no one in the O2 Institute...
Bastille @ The O2 (Louise Phillips)

Good Grief, Bastille Show No Bad Blood At The O2 Arena

Tonight was a night of reflection. Of celebration. Fifteen years in, Bastille sound as good, and appeal to more people than ever. The fourth time the London band have played the biggest arena in the capital and they feel at home on this stage this size, with their visuals, their anthems and their devout relationship with their fans, they belong here.

Amy Macdonald @ Hammersmith Apollo (Kalpesh Patel)

Amy Macdonald Warms A Frozen Hammersmith Apollo With Heart, Humour & Huge Hits

“Are we having a nice time so far? Are we getting a bit warmer?” Amy Macdonald grins, peering out at a Hammersmith Apollo audience bundled into coats and scarves. It’s a question that becomes a running joke throughout the night — because despite the November chill and the decidedly frugal heating, Macdonald sets about warming the 5,000-capacity venue the only way she knows how: with humour, heart, and a powerhouse performance that leaves no seat unshaken.

&U&I @ Muthers Studio (Henry Finnegan / @finneganfoto)

&U&I: Back From The Break, In The Room, And In Their Element

There’s a particular kind of electricity that happens when a band reunites after years apart. Sometimes it’s cautious,...
&U&I @ Muthers Studio (Henry Finnegan / @finneganfoto)

&U&I, Back In Birmingham As If They Never Left

Some gigs feel significant before they even begin. The return of &U&I, after nearly a decade off the radar,...
Bad Nerves @ O2 Institute, Birmingham (Nick Allan)

Never Mind A Wet Night In Stoke, Bad Nerves Made The Best Of A Cold Tuesday Night At The O2 Institute Birmingham

Bad Nerves rolled into theBad Nerves tonight armed with a setlist built for chaos, and although the room was a little quieter than expected, the people who were there lit the place up. A smaller Tuesday night crowd didn’t dull the spark – instead it made the gig feel like a secret show shared only between the band and the diehards. And the band fed off it.

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