Live Reviews

Has it honestly only been 10 years since Swedish outfit Blues Pills released their debut album? Part of the fittings for what seems longer than a decade, the quartet led by the mesmerising Elin Larsson have always been bubbling under with one solid album after another. And with the hot …

Cardiff Great HallSaturday, October 5th 2024Photos and review – Rob and Danni WilkinsI love how varied the role of photographer and reviewer in this genre can be. A couple of weeks ago I was in a tiny pub, just a ten-minute drive away, watching two emerging bands very up close …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …