Reviews
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Bryan Adams wraps up tour in stunning fashion; an ageless performer with a platinum coated songbook. Words and Pictures: Kahmel Farahani “I’m so happy to be ending our year in London!”. thus declares a jubilant Bryan Adam from the stage of London’s O2 Arena. Still touring in support of his highly acclaimed 15th studio album […]
Clutch bring their crushing live show to the UK for a superb night in Leeds Words & Images: Diamond Dave Tigercub have been sharing a stage with our headliners tonight a lot recently, in both the US and Europe and with a set mainly drawn from their album As Blue As Indigo, I am impressed […]
John Corabi is doing a UK Tour and appropriately to accompany the release of his book ‘Horseshoes and Hand Grenades’ his gigs are covering material from all his previous bands and feature stories between songs as a taster of what can be read in detail in the book. Kicking off with The Union number ‘Love […]
Words: Diamond Dave This whole tour from the classic line up of The Damned was due to take place a couple of years ago but due to covid it has been postponed a couple of times and the anticipation of it has grown and grown over that time. The night starts in fine form with […]
Guitar legend comes alive for one final, spectacular London show. Words and photos: Kahmel Farahani Billed as “Finale: The Farewell Tour”, tonight is set as a farewell UK show from one of Britain’s best loved guitarist/singers. With a full house and a film crew present, it has the feeling of a special occasion before the […]
Rob Halford loves being in a band so much he wants to proselytise. This zealousness has led him to use metaphors about the life of being in a band “the best life” with a religious theme in order to use an amusing framework to give us the benefit of his long experience. He manages to […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Pictures: Dawn Osborne In what might easily pass for an 80s disco night for the uninitiated, tonight Wembley Arena is the stage for a trio of iconic artists who made their names in the 1980s. Proceedings are kicked off by 80s pop stalwart Toyah! Enjoying somewhat of a popular revival in no […]
Reunited and celebrating the 50th anniversary of their eponymous debut album, the reigning kings of art rock are wrapping up their UK tour with stupendous show at London’s 02 Arena. One of arguably the greatest and most wildly creative bands of the 1970s, Roxy Music still have a lot to celebrate half a century on […]
Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls / Pet Needs – Leeds Academy 2nd October 2022 Words: Diamond Dave Photography: Cathy Au Lait Pet Needs are one of those bands that you know cannot quite believe the upward trajectory their career has taken them in the last couple of years, but deserve every ounce of it. Frontman […]
OVO Arena Wembley, 1st October 2022 Review & photos: Aggie Anthimidou If anyone knows how to throw a party on stage that’s Machine Gun Kelly. A sold out party that is. A show that went past Wembley Arena’s bedtime saw: MGK making an entrance on stage via a pink helicopter, welcoming special guests Yungblud and […]
At the crack of Friday morning, the festival fatigue begins its course after a few hours at last night’s silent disco. This reviewer remained awake until 2am because of a crowdfunding initiative for this year’s festivities. That initiative involved a dedicated headphone channel playing several albums in full across the night. The choices for that […]
Waking from the best ever sleep at a festival deserves some sort of accolade. After managing eight uninterrupted hours under a canvas rife with condensation, I’m raring to go for Thursday of ArcTanGent 2022. Refraining from the silent disco on the Wednesday night seemed a smart move, but there were still three other days to […]
