Category: Live Reviews
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Isle Of Wight Festival: It’s Official: There’s Some Mud On The Site
The Isle of Wight Festival kicked off yesterday with sets from Primal Scream and The Stranglers, not to mention weather that lived up to every festival cliché there is. Reports of people queuing in their cars in order to be towed by tractors onto a waterlogged site made Every Record fear the worst as we…
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Richard Hawley Breaks Leg, Plays HMV Forum, Kentish Town
“Well – as you can see we’ll be Sitting At The Sky’s Edge tonight” quips Richard Hawley, who is brought onstage in a wheelchair to the considerable surprise of the sold out crowd for this live show to support his Standing At The Sky’s Edge album. “I broke my leg in Barcelona” he explains “I’d…
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Guns n Roses at Donington ’88 – The Triumph and The Tragedy
The Donington Monsters of Rock Festival in 1988 was headlined by Iron Maiden, but Guns n Roses – and a tragedy – stole the headlines. Now known as The Download Festival, the annual pilgrimage of UK Heavy Metal fans to a field outside Nottingham (Castle Donington) is as essential a rite de passage for every…
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Girls: Live at The HMV Forum, Kentish Town
I saw Christopher Owens play live last night in London with his band Girls. For a band that has twice featured in the Top Ten of Pitchfork’s Best Album end of year poll, Girls are keeping their ankles pretty well hidden from the outside world. Last night’s gig at the Kentish Town HMV Forum (always…
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The Horrors! The Horrors! Southend’s Chinnerys shakes to secret JD Roots homecoming gig by The Horrors.
Seeing The Horrors play live at their home town of Southend was a special moment. Chris Martin’s campaign against tinnitus had a setback last night as Southend on Sea got to welcome home The Horrors at a special gig at tiny local venue / sweat pit Chinnerys prior to the band’s UK tour later this…
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First Gig – Dio and Denzil the Dragon at The Hammersmith Odeon: May 1986
I’m sure we all have memories of our first time…the butterflies in your stomach, the nervous feeling as you wondered what it would be like, would it go well, would it be fun? Would you be “safe”… First gigs are A Big Thing in your life after all. My first gig was to see Dio…
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Paul Weller Live at The Camden Roundhouse 2012
It’s been a Mod sort of March. First was the premiere of Dean Chalkley‘s short film “The New Faces“, (see my previous Dean Chalkley post) then Paul Weller plays five sold-out nights at the lovely Camden Roundhouse. Dressed, er, modishly in suit and tie au knot grande, Weller played the whole of his new album…
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The Black Keys – Best Band In The World Right Now
The Black Keys really are a great live band. You can keep your U2s and Coldplays. Right now I think we can nominate The Black Keys as the Best Band in the World. The two-ish piece from Akron, Ohio just left a pile of rubble where Alexandra Palace once stood such was their performance last…
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