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Review + Photos: Green Day, Phil Collins, and Blondie @ BST Hyde Park – London

- August 12, 2017August 24, 2017

Barclaycard’s BST Hyde Park has always been an interesting concept, a mix of an all-dayer and a band’s private festival which sees the organisers and headliners curate their own line-up for a solid day that revolves around the headline act but with all of the ‘other’ attractions you’d expect from

Review: Spoon @ Gorilla – Manchester

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- July 21, 2017February 21, 2021

What kind of band are Spoon? Describing them as a rock band just doesn't cut it. The label is too simplistic. Calling them an indie band also undermines the complexity of their material. Art rock makes them sound inaccessible. They're not. Yet, without really residing in any specific musical enclave

Review: Radiohead @ Emirates Old Trafford – Manchester

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- July 20, 2017

The last time I saw Radiohead was during the spring of 1992. A quarter of a century ago, down in the dark and dingy basement bar of Bradford's now defunct Queen's Hall, the unknown Oxford band were supporting a jokey Irish outfit called The Sultans Of Ping FC. They were

Review: Depeche Mode @ Telia Parken – Copenhagen

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- July 13, 2017April 29, 2021

The band started up back in the 80's, and they are definitely still going strong now 37 years later with a grand world tour and a most convincing sound on their latest album ”Spirit”. We went to cover one of the first shows on the current ”Global Spirit Tour” with

Review: U2 @ Rose Bowl – Pasadena

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- June 7, 2017April 29, 2021

A U2 fan told me she stood over 12 hours in line in the 97 degree heat to see the iconic Irishmen this past Sunday. She was not alone. Thousands of other die-hard fans braved heat exhaustion outside Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Stadium just to ensure a good spot in the

Review + Photos: Sheryl Crow and C. Macleod @ Albert Hall – Manchester

- June 5, 2017

Sheryl Crow's last visit to Manchester accompanied the release of the criminally under-appreciated, country-themed record Feels Like Home. The 2014 show was therefore littered with a hefty spread of the album's best cuts, of which there are many. The release represented a real high point in the re-emergence of the

Review: Hey Violet @ Sound Control – Manchester

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- May 15, 2017

I hadn’t heard much about Hey Violet before their gig at Sound Control in Manchester apart from that they had supported 5SOS on tour and gained a mass of fans from it. What captured me was their performance, it was constantly hyperactive filling the small Manchester venue with squeals of

Review + Photos: The Hunna @ The Barrowlands – Glasgow

- May 11, 2017May 11, 2017

On the 30th of April, The Barrowlands hosted The Hunna and welcomed a large crowd to listen to them on their 2017 tour. With two support bands playing, the night had plenty of music with Kovic kicking off the night prior to Coasts getting the crowd shouting right before The

Review: The Vamps @ Manchester Arena – Manchester

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- May 7, 2017

The Vamps always put on a show that absolutely anyone could enjoy, whatever age and whatever there normal musical taste. Their latest arena tour visited Manchester Arena on Saturday and I had the pleasure of being there. The babyfaced band always bring with them an array of supporting artists to start

Review: Rag’n’Bone Man @ Manchester Academy – Manchester

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- April 27, 2017

On Saturday evening I had the pleasure of seeing Rag’n’Bone Man who has propelled himself from opening the main stage of Kendal Calling to the top of the charts and headline shows in sell out venues. Manchester Academy was packed out in anticipation for the Sussex singer to step out