JLS Command The Arena Stage At The O2

JLS Command The Arena Stage At The O2

On their 19th show at The O2 Arena in London, English boyband JLS proved that they've still got the magic that captivated fans over a decade ago. Fans have been buzzing since they announced the Everybody Say JLS: The Hits Tour and tonight the atmosphere was electric...

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Florence + The Machine Delight At Belsonic 2023

Florence + The Machine Delight At Belsonic 2023

Belsonic Festival, held annually in June, has year by year brought global superstars to its stage at Ormeau Park. This outdoor festival embraces the Northern Irish weather, taking place rain or shine! And with only one stage, you are guaranteed not to miss any of the...

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Ber Is More Than Halfway At The Lower Third

Ber Is More Than Halfway At The Lower Third

Berit Dybing, known to her growing fanbase on both sides of the Atlantic as Ber has been on the rise since the release of her debut song Bad For Me just two years ago now. In that time, she has been both writing and developing her live performance in addition to...

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Bad Nerves Warm Up Koko … And Then Some

Bad Nerves Warm Up Koko … And Then Some

While audiences are generally receptive to opening acts, the main act is why they handed over their cash, why they queued up in the rain for hours to get a spot at the front. And so when an opening act has the crowd bouncing so wildly, throwing around £7 pints of beer...

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The Return Of Live Music Events In 2022

The Return Of Live Music Events In 2022

The live music industry, like so many others, took a battering across 2020 and 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic made it at first impossible and then unreliable to put on events. Festivals such as Glastonbury and BST Hyde Park, among others, pulled their events...

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Wilko Johnson: Photographs and Memories

Wilko Johnson: Photographs and Memories

I’ve written before in these pages about how it came to be that the iconic Dr Feelgood guitarist, Wilko Johnson sparked a second career for me in music photography. In essence, it was his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis in late 2012 and the (apparent) sure...

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2000 Trees Returns With A Bang

2000 Trees Returns With A Bang

Sunburn, hay fever, and a damaged hard drive with two days of photos lost. On the bright side, 2000 Trees is back in all its glory! For the first time since 2019 the ever faithful Trees crowd descend on the Cotswolds for four days of blistering heat and an even hotter...

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Good Charlotte (Jen Rosenstein)

Good Charlotte Announce Huge UK & European Arena Tour Alongside New Creative Collaboration

Pop-punk heavyweights Good Charlotte have announced their long-awaited return to Europe and the UK with the Motel Du Cap EU + UK Tour set for November 2026, marking the band’s first major UK headline run in years.

The Script (Simon Emmett)

The Script Announce New Album ‘The User’s Guide To Being Human’ And Massive UK & Ireland Arena Tour

Irish chart giants The Script have announced details of their brand new album The User’s Guide To Being Human, set for release on 14th August, alongside the arrival of its powerful lead single Man In The Arena.

Skerryvore (Jeff Holmes)

Skerryvore Sound The Rallying Cry For Scotland’s World Cup Return With ‘Never Stopped Dreaming’

After 28 years of heartbreak, false dawns and near misses, Scotland are finally heading back to the FIFA World Cup — and fittingly, Skerryvore have delivered the soundtrack to the moment with their rousing new anthem, Never Stopped Dreaming.

Bailey Zimmerman (Masonn1k)

Bailey Zimmerman Puts A Country Spin On Miley Cyrus Classic ‘The Climb’

Country star Bailey Zimmerman has released his long-awaited cover of The Climb, reimagining the modern pop anthem through the lens of arena-sized country rock. The track arrives after months of fan demand following its introduction during Zimmerman’s recent live shows, where the emotional singalong quickly became one of the standout moments of his headline sets.

Luvcat @ Colony Room Green (Barnaby Fairley)

Luvcat Turns Murder Ballads Into Midnight Confessions At London ‘Lovebites’ EP Launch

Inside the eccentricity of the Colony Room Green, London feels briefly suspended in time. Perched atop a piano rather...
newshapes (Press)

newshapes Embrace Chaos And Catharsis On Powerful New EP ‘somehow i still believe’

Scottish alternative outfit newshapes are pushing deeper into emotionally charged territory with the release of their new EP somehow i still believe, out now via LAB Records. Alongside the release, the band have unveiled blistering new single rescue light, completing a three-track collection that captures grief, anger and fractured faith through an explosive post-hardcore lens.

WREX (Ethne Lever)

WREX Unleash Cathartic Chaos On Explosive New EP ‘SADWORLD’

Brighton alt-rock duo WREX have delivered one of their most intense releases to date with the arrival of their long-awaited new EP SADWORLD, a five-track collection that fuses raw emotion with crushing riffs, electronic textures and unapologetic vulnerability.

The XCERTS (Luke Bovill)

The XCERTS Confront Grief And Growth On Powerful New Single ‘rinse repeat’

Scottish alternative rock trio The XCERTS have unveiled emotionally charged new single rinse repeat, the latest track lifted from their forthcoming sixth studio album i think i want to go home now., due for release on 10th July.

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