2024 sees Bowling For Soup celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band, and not only are the celebrations set to last all year long, but they find the much-loved band from Texas performing the largest headlining shows of their career. And then there is the small matter of an appearance …
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December 2nd, 2022, Joanne Shaw Taylor performs at The Queens Hall in Edinburgh. February 18th, 2024, Joanne Shaw Taylor performs at the Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow. Rather fitting that both times Joanne Shaw Taylor has recently ventured North of the wall, she has performed in venues with such regal …
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Dirty Honey/Baby Said Tramshed, Cardiff 13/02/2024 I lost count of the number of people imploring me to go and see Dirty Honey on their UK tour, so I bit the bullet and made my way up the motorway to Cardiff and the Tramshed to do just that. While I could …
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Given the combined decades of experience from Cambridge’s perennial road warriors The Treatment and Boston, Mass five-piece Rubikon, it’s fair to say that chances are neither act will have experienced a tour quite like this one. Performing as part of a triple bill that features Buckcherry in the headliner position, …
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While not as packed with the same cinematic tropes of a “…a dog and a beer on opening day at Wrigley Field…”, there still is a sense of romanticism surrounding the opening night of a tour. The lack of grainy footage on YouTube, for one, is always a plus, and …
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With Hillbilly Vegas it is a case of never judging a book by the cover; the “cover” in this case being the band name itself. “Hillbilly Vegas” gotta be Southern rock, yeah? Or maybe a crossover of Southern and country rock? Wrong on both counts. Although the band does indeed …
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First gig of 2024 and it’s a BIGGIE! Starting the journey to Cardiff in a minor snowstorm wasn’t on the agenda but by the time I get there, it’s a bitterly cold but sunny day, and the queue to get in stretches right around the block already! I take the …
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There’s nobody doing it quite like Don Broco. In the space of 15 years, they’ve gone from playing small, intimate venues in their local town of Bedford, to selling out iconic, prestigious venues all over the UK, such as the iconic Alexandra Palace. Their latest album, Amazing Things, shot straight …
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The New Roses/The Outlanders/The Kites Plymouth, JunctionNovember 2023Review and Photos – Rob Wilkins/CeltographyThose who know me, know that I get a real kick out of seeing bands in tiny, grassroots venues, where the beer doesn’t cost as much as a ticket and the crowd and band almost seem to share …
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Kicking things off tonight are Bad Nerves, who I’m told have been invited on tour with The Darkness by Justin Hawkins himself, having featured them on his YouTube channel and praised them highly. Bad Nerves are an Essex five-piece knocking out short, sharp punk tunes. The influences are apparent. Stooges, …
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