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Gig review: ANTHRAX – Hammersmith Apollo, London, 23 November 2024
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Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – Wembley Arena, London, 23 November 2024
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Gig review: SQUEEZE – Roundhouse, London, 22 November 2024
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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – London Palladium, 13 November 2024
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Gig review: HRH XVII, Great Yarmouth, 7-9 November 2024
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Gig review: IAN MOSS – 100 Club, London, 3 June 2023
Cold Chisel are the musical equivalent of Victoria Bitter or TimTams – a legendary part of Australian life and culture, but rarely seen outside the mother country. While singer Jimmy Barnes, of whom I am a confirmed fan, has toured … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Clayton Doley, Cold Chisel, Ewan MacFarlane, gig, Ian Moss, Juanita Tippins, Zoe Hauptmann
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Gig review: BONNIE RAITT – New Theatre, Oxford, Wednesday 7 June 2023
A sold out show at Oxford’s lovely New Theatre and whilst most of the audience have doubtless been Bonnie Raitt fans since her early days, it was good to see some younger fans dotted around the audience. Support for Bonnie … Continue reading
Gig review: JOHN OTWAY & WILD WILLY BARRETT – West End Centre, Aldershot, Saturday 3 June 2023
Billed as the ‘Half A Sentry tour’, John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett team up again for an extensive UK tour, that as the press releases states – “celebrates 5 decades of music making animosity, splits and reunions.” First visit … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldershot, eccentric, folk, gig, interview, John Otway, pop, punk, radio, review, rock, rock n roll legends, Saturday 3 June 2023, singer songwriter, Top Of The Pops, West End Centre, Wild Willy Barrett
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Gig review: JOHN FOGERTY- 02 Arena, London, 29 May 2023
We need to catch the sadly declining number of living legends while we still can, especially those few still coming over from the USA to the UK. One person who fits that description is former Creedence Clearwater Revival lead singer, … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, gig, John Fogerty, Rob Stone, Shane Fogerty, Tyler Fogerty
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Gig review: FM/DARE/TYKETTO – Islington Academy, London, 25 May 2023
The package tour is growing in popularity in the current economic climate as a way of bands combining forces to save on overheads and play in front of maximum audiences. Announced just before Christmas, this particular triple header was most … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Chris Childs, Danny Vaughn, Dare, FM, Ged Rylands, gig, Harry Scott Elliott, Jim Kirkpatrick, Johnny Dee, melodic rock, Pete Jupp, Steve Overland, Tyketto, Vinny Burns
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Gig review: CONNOR SELBY – Amazing Grace, London, 16 May 2023
A new venue for this intrepid reviewer, and one that he will want to return to soon. The Church of St Thomas, dating from the 18th Century now hosts a small auditorium with something of a cocktail bar, modern jazz … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 May 2023, Amazing Grace, blues, blues rock, Connor Selby, gig, live, Logan J Parker, review
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Gig review: WINGER – Bristol Academy, 21 May 2023
Back in 2010 I reviewed Winger at Manchester Academy and took my son the guitarist Ben Randall. Ben is a big fan of the band but I couldn’t entice him to see their latest tour supporting Steel Panther. Whether it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 May 2023, AOR, Bristol Academy, gig, hair metal, hard rock, Kip Winger, melodic, Reb Beach, review, Winger
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Gig review: JOE SATRIANI – London Palladium,17 May 2023
There’s never been much doubt that Joe Satriani is from another solar system, his skill with a guitar like nothing on this Earth. Always one the most outstanding players out there, his literally jaw dropping skills have been the envy … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 May 2023, Deep Purple, gig, guitar instrumental, guitarist, Joe Satrian, Kenny Aronoff, London Palladium, metal, review, rock, The Elephants Of Mars
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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, 14 May 2023
Joe Bonamassa is a regular visitor to these shores. Having wrapped up a short tour last Spring, he was back with his band for another five UK dates playing venues he skipped last time. Indeed this was his first gig … Continue reading
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Tagged 14 May 2023, Birmingham, blues, blues rock, gig, guitarist, Joe Bonamassa, live, Reese Wynans, review, rock, Utilita Arena
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Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 5 May 2023
For Big Country, their debut album ‘The Crossing’ is rightly regarded as a classic, spawning three hit singles and countless other fan favourites, and establishing that signature bagpipe style guitar sound. For the current line up it is also the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 May 2023, Big Country, Bruce Watson, gig, Islington Assembly Hall, Kirk Brandon, London, Simon Hough, Spear of Destiny, The Crossing
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Gig review: JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 4 May 2023
Guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick seems to have been everywhere recently. After FM’s December tour with the Dead Daisies and January dates with Band of Friends, his third solo album ‘Dead Man Walking’ was released to critical acclaim including in these pages … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 May 2023, blues rock, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, Leon Cave, London, melodic rock, Ollie Collins, Raynes Park, The Cavern
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Gig review: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 23 April 2023
It’s hard to believe that Kenny Wayne Shepherd was a mere 18 years old when he wrote and released ‘Trouble Is..’. A mature, complex blues rock album launched into the world as part of an exciting vanguard of fresh-faced US … Continue reading
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Gig review: GUN- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 14 April 2023
Last year Gun’s revitalised career took a new twist when they revisited and reimagined songs from their past in acoustic fashion in ‘The Calton Songs’. The next step was to take the format on the road with an extensive tour. … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Baz.M, Dante Gizzi, Dave Aitken, gig, Gun, Jools Gizzi
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Gig review: SABATON – Hydro, Glasgow – 18th April 2023
The much delayed ‘Tour To End All Tours’ had finally reached Glasgow and the legion of Scottish Sabaton fans were eager to see what Sweden’s finest had in their war chest. Sabaton have gone from strength to strength over the … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th April 2023, 1916, Baby Metal, concert, Eurovision, gig, Gimme Chocolate, Glasgow, Hydro, Kami band, live, Lordi, metal, Moametal, momometal, Motorhead, Mr Lordi, power metal, Primo Victoria, rock, Sabaton, SU-Metal, Swedish, The Great War, The Other One, The Tour To End All Tours
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Gig review: ELTON JOHN- The 02 London, 9 April 2023
When Elton John announced he was retiring from live shows with a “Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour, it was time to cross one of the very few remaining living artists off my bucket list. I hung the expense and bought … Continue reading
Gig review: HARDWICKE CIRCUS- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 6 April 2023
Hardwicke Circus, from the unlikely rock’ n’.roll hotbed of Carlisle are building a name for themselves. This is no overnight sensation as I actually saw an earlier line-up as long ago as 2017 supporting Southside Johnny (and am vaguely flattered … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Robinson, Eel Pie Club, gig, Hardwicke Circus, Jonny Foster
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Gig review: TED POLEY – The Black Heart, London, 29 March 2023
The irrepressible, infectious figure of singer Ted Poley has been a welcome visitor to these shores regularly over the years, both with Danger Danger and also in a variety of other projects such as Bone Machine and Melodica. However he … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, AOR, Danger Danger, Declan McKerr, gig, melodic rock, Midnite City, Rob Wylde, Ted Poley
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Gig review: PIXIES – Roundhouse, London, 21 March 2023
The last time I saw Pixies live, they played the Forum in Kentish Town which was still called the Town & Country Club, and when the band’s brand of punky, indie, noisy alternative rock was still in its first flush. … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 March 2023, alt rock, Black Francis, Doolittle, gig, indie, live, Pixies, review, Roundhouse, Surfer Rosa
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Gig review: LAURENCE JONES, Boom Boom Club, Sutton – 10 March 2023
The 21st century has seen a huge number of young blues guitar prodigies emerge from the UK and then establish themselves to a greater or lesser degree- Joanne Shaw Taylor, Oli Brown, Virgil McMahon and Aynsley Lister to name but … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Sheehan, Blue Nation, blues rock, Boom Boom Club, gig, Laurence Jones, Pete Feenstra
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Gig review: LUST FOR LIFE – The Lexington, London, 12 March 2023
This was a proper throwback gig melding pioneering punk, art rock, new wave and all points in-between, battered out by a scratch band pulled together specifically to celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of Iggy Pop’s ‘Lust For Life’ album. Tony Fox … Continue reading
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Tagged art rock, Blondie, Clem Burke, David Bowie, gig, Glen Matlock, Iggy Pop, Katie Puckrik, live, Lust For Life, New Wave, punk, review, The Stooges
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Gig review: ANA POPOVIC – Islington O2 Academy, London, 10 March 2023
The last vestiges of winter still had its cold tendrils curling around the country, falls of snow and a chill wind was everywhere, even in the midst of London town. Things though in Islington had rapidly heated up, the arrival … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 March 2023, Ana Popovic, blues, blues rock, funk, gig, guitarist, Islington O2 Academy, jazz, London, review, soul, Stax, Toby Lee
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Gig review: KING KING – Electric Ballroom, London, 9 March 2023
King King are a reliably regular touring act and this spring tour comes exactly a year after the last. If there was a sense of curiosity last year about the new line up with Alan Nimmo joined by big brother … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Nimmo, blues rock, gig, Glenn Tilbrook, Jonny Dyke, King King, melodic rock, Squeeze, Stevie Nimmo
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Tropic at Ruislip, London, 5 March 2023
In an ever more crowded field of new acts, particularly in the world of blues rock, it is hard to sort out the exceptional talent from the merely good. As a shortcut through this minefield, I tend to rely on … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Dedman, blues rock, Brave Rival, Chloe Josephine, Donna Peters, Ed Clarke, gig, Lindsey Bonnick, Tropic at Ruislip
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Album review: BLACK BEAR KISS – Black Bear Kiss (and album launch – 3 March 2023)
[Release date 03.03.23] Black Bear Kiss are a 4 piece upbeat rock band, who formed in 2016 by long term collaborators and good friends Rob Jones (guitar) and Chris Leech (vocals), with drummer Chris Bagnall and bassist Rich Sach coming … Continue reading
Gig review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – Shepherds Bush Empire, 26 February 2023
Prior to the pandemic Black Star Riders were one of the hardest working acts, seemingly constantly on tour or playing festivals. So it was something of a surprise that this was their first tour since Lockdown, though there have been … Continue reading
