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PETER DOHERTY BRINGS A FLAVOUR OF OLD AND NEW TO AN ECLECTIC EVENING AT WHITTLES
WHITTLES – OLDHAM GREATER MANCHESTER 14 MARCH 2025 WORDS AND IMAGES MICHAEL BOND Tonight’s very much anticipated ‘Anywhere In Albion’...
Michael Bond
Mar 16, 20256 min read
MICHAEL KIWANUKU DELIVERS VELVETY TONES AND RICH SOULFUL SOUNDS AND A NIGHT TO REMEMBER – O2 APOLLO MANCHESTER
O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER UK – MARCH 13TH 2025 WORDS AND IMAGES PHIL THORNS On Thursday 13th March 2025, the historic set the stage for an...
Phil Thorns
Mar 15, 20253 min read
SOUTH ARCADE TURN UP THE NOISE AT MANCHESTER ACADEMY 3
MANCHESTER ACADEMY 3 – MANCHESTER UK 13TH MARCH 2025 WORDS AND IMAGES MICHAEL BOND Oxford Alt Rock 4-piece turn up the noise at as part...
Michael Bond
Mar 15, 20253 min read
THE DARKNESS DELIVER A MASTERCLASS IN ROCK AND ROLL
G LIVE – GUILDFORD UK – 11TH MARCH 2025 WORDS AND IMAGES ALAN BRYCE The Darkness burst onto the scene in 2003 with their debut album,...
Alan Bryce
Mar 15, 20254 min read
FRANZ FERDINAND LEAVE IT ALL ON THE STAGE AT THE SECOND SOLD OUT O2 SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE SHOW
SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE SHOW. LONDON UK 6TH MARCH 2025. WORDS AND IMAGES ALAN BRYCE In support of their 6th album, Franz Ferdinand closed...
Alan Bryce
Mar 14, 20252 min read
TEDDY SWIMS BLOWS THE ROOF OFF AT SOLD-OUT CO-OP LIVE
CO-OP LIVE ARENA, MANCHESTER, UK – MARCH 10, 2025 WORDS AND IMAGES DESH KAPUR On a chilly Monday night, the area around was buzzing with...
Desh Kapur
Mar 14, 20254 min read
CIRCA WAVES LIGHT IT UP A NIGHT OF INDIE BLISS
O2 VICTORIA WAREHOUSE, MANCHESTER UK WORDS AND IMAGES ISOBEL EVE SCOTT Situated near the quays in Old Trafford, the O2 Victoria Warehouse...
Isobel Eve Scott
Mar 13, 20253 min read
LAWRENCE A SOULFUL NIGHT ON THEIR “FAMILY BUSINESS” WORLD TOUR
ALBERT HALL, UK – 20TH FEBRUARY 2025 WORDS AND IMAGES MICHAEL BOND Lawrence descended on a sold-out Albert Hall as part of their “Family...
Michael Bond
Mar 13, 20253 min read
Bilk, “Essex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll “
Manchester Academy 3– 13th February 2025 WORDS AND IMAGES PAUL EVANS Manchester Academy has long been a proving ground for some of the...
Paul Evans
Mar 13, 20253 min read
DOVES’ HOMECOMING: A SOLD-OUT NIGHT OF NOSTALGIA AND NEW HORIZONS
AVIVA STUDIOS, MANCHESTER, UK – MARCH 6, 2025 WORDS AND IMAGES DESH KAPUR The Doves‘ sold-out show at Aviva Studios, was more than just a...
Desh Kapur
Mar 13, 20253 min read
FAT DOG BRING PERFECT CHAOS
MANCHESTER ACADEMY, MANCHESTER, UK – 1ST MARCH 2025 Fat Dog ‘s rise to prominence has been fast, very fast. With the release of their...
Desh Kapur
Mar 13, 20253 min read
ALABAMA 3 – A RAGING COUNTRY ROCK N’ ROLL EXTRAVAGANZA
THE TIVOLI BUCKLEY – NORTH WALES 26TH JULY 2023 The roof of The Tivoli was ready to blow as Alabama 3 stormed the stage on Wednesday...
Matty Bez
Sep 17, 20232 min read
JAKE BUGG “A NIGHT AT OLYMPIA”
LIVEPOOL OLYMPIA 24TH AUGUST 2023 “A Night At Olympia” gig at Liverpool Olympia was not only a testament to his amzazing back catalogue...
Matty Bez
Sep 17, 20232 min read
A THEATRICAL EXTRAVAGANZA: CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS
Manchester Academy 7th September 2023 On a sticky humid night in Manchester, I ventured into the world of Christine and the Queens for...
Matty Bez
Sep 17, 20232 min read
DAMIEN RICE, ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL, AT THE O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER UK, 15TH MARCH 2023
I was beyond excited, I am heading into Manchester O2 Apollo to see Irish singer/songwriter Damien Rice, for one of his only two live UK...
Matty Bez
Sep 17, 20233 min read
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