Exhibitions

Arctic Monkeys Gallery Exhibition Shows Substance Behind The Style

By Every Record Tells A Story on September 14, 2018 • ( 2 )

This week The Arctic Monkeys sold out four consecutive nights at the 20,000 capacity O2 Arena. They now move out of town to sold out shows in Birmingham, Sheffield, Dublin and Newcastle. Such is the clamour for all things Arctic… Read More ›

David Bowie Photography Exhibition Hits Essex

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 9, 2018 • ( 3 )

Geoff MacCormack was just seven years old and was wearing the brown uniform of Burnt Ash Primary school when he first met David Jones. They went to cub scouts together and were in the choir together. It transpired neither the… Read More ›

A Look Back At Pink Floyd’s First Gig At Pompeii…in 70BC

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 10, 2017 • ( 5 )

Today is the 2,087th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s first show, when they played the opening ceremony of the Amphitheatre at Pompeii. Seeing Floyd play the inaugural gig there (they opened the set with the Latin-named “Astronomy Domine”) must have… Read More ›

A Visit To Hansa Recording Studios, Berlin

By Every Record Tells A Story on November 12, 2016 • ( 4 )

Home to the recordings of such seminal albums as David Bowie’s “Heroes”, U2’s “Achtung Baby”, and Depeche Mode’s “Black Celebration”, Hansa Studios in Berlin is one of the most famous and iconic recording studios in the world. During a recent… Read More ›

Ten Highlights of Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones at Saatchi Gallery

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 13, 2016 • ( 7 )

After Londoners were treated to the wonders of such rock n roll ephemera as a cocaine spoon and the Eno suitcase synth on display at the Bowie V&A exhibition a few years ago, the Rolling Stones had a… Read More ›

The Jam: A New London Exhibition

By Every Record Tells A Story on July 3, 2015 • ( 3 )

All About The Young Idea: A Somerset House Exhibition All About The Jam If you are walking down the Strand over the next month and see a number of men of a certain age looking misty eyed and wistful, you… Read More ›

Picture This: A Blondie Photographic Exhibition at Somerset House

By Every Record Tells A Story on November 24, 2014 • ( 1 )

As someone who thinks that Art is someone who sang with Paul Simon, it is nevertheless enjoyable to walk around the galleries of London and allow some of the good stuff to soak in to the brain, hopefully adding something… Read More ›

The Am-Azing (Moltmaker’s) Beatles Museum, Alkmaar

By Every Record Tells A Story on July 15, 2014 • ( 2 )

Alkmaar in Holland is perhaps best known for its traditional cheese market. Burly men have paraded the streets of Alkmaar for hundreds of years, all dressed in costumes whilst selling their wares. And there’s also a cheese market. Perhaps less… Read More ›

New Oasis Exhibition: Chasing The Sun: 1993-1997

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 16, 2014 • ( 5 )

On my way to Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993-1997, a new exhibition in Shoreditch, I attempted to picture what might be in store. Might the visitor enter somehow slowly walking down a hall, faster than a cannonball? Preserved carefully under… Read More ›

The Clash Pop Up in Berwick St, London

By Every Record Tells A Story on September 10, 2013 • ( 3 )

What has London ever done for us? Well, obviously there’s the literature, theatre, drainage system, architecture, trade and transport. That goes without saying… There’s the shopping, the parks, the restaurants, museums, the multi-cultural mix, the vibrant night life – I’ll… Read More ›