After a Summer-long North American headline tour in support of their latest album ‘Pretty Vicious’, The Struts are back on the road with Barns Courtney, and this time around it is a co-headlining affair dubbed ‘The Grand Union Tour’. Running through until late October, the tour navigates 8 UK cities …
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For this Geordie-in-exile, a chance to visit my old stomping ground and hear songs from the forthcoming Quireboys album was too tempting to miss. The sleepy town of Hexham lies in the heart of the Tyne Valley, and for the last 350-odd years Tuesdays have been market days. In the …
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Triple-bills are fantastic value for money and UK audiences have been spoilt of late with this top-notch triple-bill crisscrossing the country at the same time as another fantastic trio of acts: The Dead Daisies, The Treatment, and The Bites. Tonight it’s the turn of headliners Tyketto, special guests Little Caesar, …
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The UndergroundPlymouthSaturday 21st September 2024Review and photos – Rob WilkinsI have watched and reviewed gigs in some small rock bars in my time, but Plymouth Underground, in the Mutley area of Plymouth popular with students, has to take the award for the smallest!Arriving at the basement venue, the stage is …
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Firevolt Festival,Whitebottom Farm,8th to 11th August 2024Review and photos – Rob Wilkins Friday review, HEREBreakfast at a festival is normally a fry up in my van along with a strong coffee, to energise ready for a long day, but Firevolt lay on a different proposition with a Blues Brunch Jam …
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While not as a contentious issue as the great Hagar Vs Roth debate, or on the same scale as who would win a wrestling match between God and Lemmy, the case of John Corabi Vs Glenn Hughes as ultimate vocalist for the musical collective The Dead Daisies still throws up …
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Tonight’s show was always going to be an emotional one for a few reasons. It’s the opening night of the 18-date UK & EU leg of the ‘Be Right Here Tour’ tour that spreads into October before the mammoth US leg that ends on New Year’s Eve with a homecoming …
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Firevolt Festival 2024Whitebottom Farm,August 2024Review and photos – Rob WilkinsTwo years ago I took a chance on a new festival that appeared on the scene. When it was first advertised the general consensus was that there was no way on earth that a lineup that good could be genuine, reading …
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2003 was a very pivotal year for Seattle’s very own Ben Gibbard. In the space of just 231 days, he released an album that would become a landmark for indietronica and glitch pop, becoming a shining definition for a “sleeper hit”, and released another album that would help catapult indie …
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KK’s Priest / TailgunnerTramshed CardiffSunday 18th August 2024Review and photos – Rob WilkinsMost of this summer has been taken up with festivals, meaning the distance from accommodation to stage has been a matter of minutes, so it came as a bit of a shock to be getting into the car …
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