Live Reviews

Review: The Damn Truth – Stereo, Glasgow

The Damn Truth – Canada’s finest export since Dudley Do-Right – made good on their promise to come back real soon after knocking UK audiences for six during their support slot earlier this year with Scottish blues-rockers King King. A whistle-stop 11-date October tour around the regions that included a …

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Review: Planet Rocktober – O2 Academy, Bristol

Yet another casualty of the pandemic was the series of Planet Rocktober gigs, originally featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The change of dates meant that the original headliners had to pull out of the rescheduled events, but able replacements were found and I attended a strong line-up mini festival headed by …

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Review: Billy Idol – OVO Hydro, Glasgow

After the stop-start-stop-again-start-with-restrictions of the last few years, Billy Idol was finally able to recently launch his long-awaited World Tour, and with South America, and Europe crossed off the list, it was, at last, time for a whistle-stop tour of Blighty for the man formerly known as William Michael Albert …

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Review: Cathal Murphy – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh

2022 has really been Cathal Murphy’s year. Hailing from Ireland but making Edinburgh his home for the last 2 years, the singer-songwriter has written and recorded the soundtrack to the film ‘Reavey Brothers’ based on the 1976 killing of the Reavey Brothers in Armagh, Ireland. He flew to Montreal to …

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