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Words – Kahmel Farahani Photos – Various (Andrew Ellis, Nik Reynolds, Sophie Jones and Jason Millerca) “We may be a punk band, but we’re a punk band who cares” says a smiling Frank Carter as the band tune up before the ferocious rendition of Liar. The last few months have […]
Frank Carter and Paul Cook, Glen Matlock and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols today announce special guests The Molotovs, Dirty Blonde, The Kairos, and GIRLBAND!, joining them across their sold-out UK tour this September. Having debuted with three amazing fundraising nights at London’s Bush Hall last month, the foursome […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos Kahmel Farahani & Veronica Bergonzini Royal Blood, the duo of Mike Kerr on bass/vocals and Ben Thatcher on the drums, are celebrating their 10th anniversary as a band and what better way than doing it with 2 nights at the newly re-opened Brixton Academy. Royal Blood […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos: Aggie Anthimidou Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the seminal Oasis debut album Definitely Maybe, Liam Gallagher has taken up a sold out mini residency at London’s O2 Arena. The thirst for hearing those songs live again is so high that tonight the arena is crammed […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos: Dawn Osborne To start the night off in right way, Canadian four piece blues rock back The Damn Truth take the stage with a sizable crowd already assembled. The band look the part and their sound is a very late 60s early 70s one. From the […]
Def Leppard – Sheffield Leadmill Friday 19th May 2023 Words and Pictures: Diamond Dave There are some rock bands that have definite link to the cities they were formed in, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest with Birmingham, London brought us the Sex Pistols and The Clash while my home city […]
Following an International tour as a member of Blondie, former Sex Pistols bassist and Rock Hall Of Fame inductee Glen Matlock has released his long-awaited, timely and politically pertinent new solo album Consequences Coming. As part of the promotional tour for his new album, Matlock took part in an intimate Q & A session […]
Words and photos: Diamond Dave I had the pleasure of interviewing Midge Ure in November 2020. We talked about a tour that he was planning called “Voice And Visions” which was going to concentrate on material from his days in Visage and early Ultravox. These shows were repeatedly postponed because […]
EMF – Brudenell Social Club Leeds Thursday 19th January Words & Pictures: Diamond Dave Having released their first album in 27 years – GO GO SAPIENS last year to both critical and fan praise I was really interested of what this evening was going to bring me and I have […]
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 […]
Duran Duran and Nile Rodgers bring BST Hyde Park 2022 to a glorious close with feelgood hit packed sets Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos: Aggie Anthimidou Photography After two weeks of impressive shows that have included everyone from The Eagles and The Rolling Stones to two back to back Pearl Jam […]
Words: Diamond Dave Photos: Nigel Chapman The effect that the band Joy Division have had on modern music is unmistakeable and it is shown in this wonderful set from Peter Hook And The Light performed as they ventured across the Penines to play the two Joy Division albums “Unknown Pleasures” […]
