It’s time for one of the weekend’s big guns as I head over to get a good spot for Rita Ora. She’s not due on for another 10 minutes but it’s already busy, however I’m able to get what seems a decent spot next to the sound desk. There’s a bit of a delay (seems the heat...
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Weezer’s Double Header Slot Feels Like Support At The O2
With LA-hailing rockers Weezer seemingly misstepping with a planned (ans subsequently aborted) 2022 Broadway run in New York and joining the triple-header bill for the Green Day-fronted Hella Mega Tour alongside EMO outfit Fall Out Boy across 2021 and 2022, the Rivers...
The O2 Is A Vampire As Smashing Pumpkins Exsanguinate In London
“You might have heard, I have a reputation. You heard about that James?” barks Billy Corgan, grinning at his Pumpkins’ co-founder and sometimes Perfect Circle guitarist James Iha. And boy does he. The 57-year-old frontman and creative driving force behind legendary...
Thirty Seconds To Mars Are Stuck At The O2 Arena
Thirty Seconds To Mars, the musical side project of Academy Award-winning actor Jared Leto and his older brother Shannon, embarked on the UK leg of their near 80 date Seasons Tour and stopped at London's O2 Arena. In the week where one of the biggest tours by one of...
The Sunday Sun Shines On The Fabulous At Mighty Hoopla 2024
As a Mighty Hoopla fan I was excited to get the chance to attend again this year, and it absolutely did not disappoint. With my ticket and app downloaded and clashfinder highlighted (perhaps a tad optimistically), and having heard tales of mud-drenched Brockwell Park...
The Sunshine Returns For Mighty Hoopla 2024 At Brockwell Park – Day 2
Following on from a fabulous Friday that had the rain staying away but the sun struggling to peak through the clouds, day 2 of Mighty Hoopla 2024 at South London's Brockwell Park was a reversal, with occasional cloud cover providing welcome respite from the beating...
Mighty Hoopla 2024 Is Resplendent At Brockwell Park – Day 1
Quickly becoming a mainstay of the London day festival scene since kicking off in 2017 before finding it's current home in South London's Brockwell Park a year later, Mighty Hoopla is the pop festival, an event that immediately created a safe and fun home for London's...
Allie X Embodies The Girl With No Face At Koko
Michigan-born, Toronto-raised, LA-based Alexandra Hughes – AKA Allie X – has been cultivating a following over the course of a decade and three studio LPs. And my, what a fanbase she has grown. Her brand of gothic electro-pop has been firmly enshrined in a global...
Tiny Habits’ Wishes Come True At Koko
There’s a much younger and much more painfully fashionable crowd at Koko tonight than you’d expect at the average folk show, but then again, Tiny Habits are no average folk band. The ‘three teenagers in their dorm room singing harmonies’, as they describe themselves,...
Nickelback Remind Us Why They Deserve Our Attention With The Lottery Winners At The O2
The general public’s reaction to the infamous Canadian legends Nickelback has always been mixed. For a band that have oft been jokingly touted as the world’s most hated band, they have both a hell of a lot of iconic, chart-storming anthems, and a vaunted record of...