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The fifth night of the Sharpen Up The Knives UK tour proved to be a taxing one for Puressence in more ways than one. Some bands are amazingly laid back when faced with a bad case of the gremlins...
I haven’t been this excited about a gig for a long time; probably because I never thought I would see this band live, let alone with both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham on stage together. ...
The support for tonight’s gig is Creature With The Atom Brain, a Belgian alternative rock band who apparently make fuzz inspired music with a “generous helping of weird”. Fro...
Canterbury started the evening off. They are a 5 piece British band, with dual lead vocals being provided from the guitarist and keyboard player. The guys had a very similar sound to the headliners Billy Talent...
First it was Take That, then the Boyzone comeback, tonight was the revival of Spandau Ballet and they didn’t try to be anything but the band that started out all those years ago. ...
It might be dull and dreary outside the Birmingham O2 Academy but a slice of Texan sunshine is here to warm everyone up in the shape of the Bowling For Soup “Party in your Pants Tour 2009”. Be...
So it’s midweek, Friday’s not quite here but thankfully Monday is a memory, What do you do? Buy a lottery ticket and dream of all the things you’ll spend your millions on or go to The Hare & Hounds so see South Africa’s finest export? I deci...
Feeling quite excited as I’m driving to the gig, tonight will be the first time I see the new Academy and whether it will live up to the hype and the expectation of how good the old venue was. ...
“Against all medical advice” Morrissey’s album of B-sides “Swords” is released next Monday. This he told us in prophetic vein on the opening night of the tour of the same name; holding a copy of the vinyl aloft and insinuating in his sardonic way that of course no-one would be interested. This is ...
A large crowd of sweaty, friendly, enthusiastic fans were there to greet him and his 2 supports of the night...
The Cult have joined the ever increasing list of bands who go on tour to perform one of their albums in its entirety; the chosen work being their 1985 album Love, prior to the release of the limited edition...
By the time I arrived at the Academy, the sell-out crowd was packed in and DJ Semtex had whipped everyone up into an excited, fizzing mass. Semtex laid the charges, but it was Dizzee Rascal who blew the place apart...
Set in a small upstairs room in the pub, this was David Ballard’s first outing as a solo artist. This small venue soon filled up, with the vast majority of the crowd there to support Dave. Despite this being his first outing as a solo artist he showed very little sign of nerves. ...
Hexes start off the night in the cozy academy 2 venue, the British four piece kick it off with an overall explosive sound which is heavily influenced by bands like the Gallows and Alexisonfire. Hexes have very little stage presence and struggle to get the crowd moving...
This was a night of the somewhat unexpected, from the pitifully poor turn out to the surprising turn of events during the encores. I have to admit that although a fan of Bauhaus my knowledge of Peter Murphy’s solo material is a bit sketchy so it is a good job that this is the Secret Covers Tour. ...
