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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Thursday At Glastonbury Festival 2022 In Photos

Thursday At Glastonbury Festival 2022 In Photos

While the music might kick off in earnest at Glastonbury Festival from Friday, when the main stages finally opening up shop, with revellers arriving at Worthy Farm from Tuesday night and through the gates at 8am on Wednesday morning, there is plenty to see and do...

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Rews Offer A Glimmer Of Light In The Darkness

Rews Offer A Glimmer Of Light In The Darkness

An interesting night with two bands I had never seen before. The Darkness on the last of eighteen UK shows on their Easter Is Cancelled Tour before continuing the tour in Europe next year. First up, a band I have been eager to see for some time, Rews. Songwriter and...

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Hats Off To The Tolerable Gentleman

Hats Off To The Tolerable Gentleman

The Fiddlers Elbow has become a regular haunt for Progressive-Rock outfit Hats Off Gentleman It's Adequate. Malcolm Galloway and fellow collaborator Mark Gatland, who both write and record all their material, possess a chemistry that has been honed through years of...

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All Roads Lead To All Points East

All Roads Lead To All Points East

The first festival of the year for me was All Points East. A last-minute decision to head down meant I didn't get to spend as much time at Victoria Park as I'd have wanted, but I packed the hours I did have with some great music. The weekend lineups were quite a bit...

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Mother Mother @ Troxy (Kalpesh Patel)

Mother Mother Announce New Album ‘Nostalgia’ And Announce Brixton Headline Show

Celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band, globally-celebrated alt-rock phenomenon Mother Mother have shared their brand new single Make Believe via Parlophone/Warner Records. The track heralds the arrival of their upcoming tenth studio album, Nostalgia, out on 6th June.

Himalayas (Andy Ford)

HIMALAYAS Drop Latest Single ‘Surrender’

HIMALAYAS have released their new single Surrender, the latest song to be taken from their forthcoming album BAD STAR out April 25th via Nettwerk Music Group. Surrender is a foreboding cavernous rock track which examines uncritical loyalty to individuals and organisations, and the willingness to blindly accept anything they say. It also speaks to the inability to see why others may think differently, leading to further division instead of cooperation to achieve a common goal.

Brandon Boyd of Incubus @ Brixton Academy (Kalpesh Patel)

Incubus Announce Special Guest Paris Jackson For 2025 London Headline Show

Following their highly successful sold-out 2024 US Arena tour, US rockers Incubus will perform their iconic Morning View album in its entirety plus the hits at London’s The O2 on Saturday 26 April 2025, their only UK and Ireland show.

Jet Fuel Rock’N’Roll With The Hillbilly Moon Explosion And The Zipheads In London

Tucked away under Oxford Street, the 100 Club feels like a terribly kept secret, the venue you’d miss if you strode...
Zakk Sabbath @ O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire (Catherine Beltramini)

Zakk Sabbath Deliver A Tribute To The Prince Of Darkness At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to witness Black Sabbath’s iconic riffs brought to life with a new level...
Better Joy (Press)

Manchester’s Better Joy Embarks On Her Debut UK Tour Across March & April

This Spring – better joy – AKA Manchester-based Bria Keely, embarks on her highly anticipated debut tour of the UK. With 8 headline dates throughout March and April, including a headline London show at Old Blue Last and a recently upgraded hometown show at Manchester’s Night & Day, the shows will coincide with the release of better joy’s eagerly awaited heading into blue EP, dropping on 28th March.

Justin Hawkins of The Darkness @ Ipswich Regent Theatre (Emma Shaw)

The Darkness Leave Their Home County Toasted At Second Ipswich Regent Theatre Show

This should have been the first gig of the tour for renowned rockers The Darkness, but their return to their home...
Twinnie (Press)

Twinnie Shares New Single ‘Woah Man’

A UK artist who is making an increasingly substantial impact in the Nashville scene, Twinnie excels at uniting country’s storytelling heart with an instantly appealing pop energy and determined self-empowerment. Those traits all shine proudly as Twinnie shares her brand new single Woah Man.

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