Friday August 22 2025 Hot WaxThe CharlatansThe K’sAshDaniel BedingfieldWunderhorseKaiser ChiefsQueens of the Stone Age For most sets take a look at our Tik Tok for video and YouTube. Hot Wax Simply put, opened and nailed it! I’ve seen Hot Wax a couple of times at small venues and an instore and loved their shows, great…
I’m a sucker for a music documentary, any insight into the workings of musicians processes and methods has always fascinated me. I am a big fan of the Depeche Mode 101 documentary from 1989 which you could say gave me the blueprint for what I want from an ‘insight’ film. Yes, show us the music,…
I’m not going to deny it, I went in tonight uninformed, I went in having Spotifyed (is that a verb?) the first few tracks and thinking ‘YES’ I want to see this band! I mentioned it online on ‘X’ to which Rough Trade answered “We Love Bodega!” As I sat there thinking how did I…
For us it was round 2, if you follow this blog you’ll know we did Knox Hill and friends in Brighton a couple of weeks ago (link here) and thought we’d head up to Bristol for another bite. This time at the Exchange in Old Market Street in Bristol, a great small venue with an…
I’ve been trying to find a word to explain the evening and just keep coming back to that simple three letter word ‘WOW’. It’s seems almost disingenuous reducing it to that as it was so much more! I’ve seen Yungblud at live at Bludfest and I’m sold, I’m a fan, I know the energy he…
There is a good/interesting article in the Guardian today that is worth a read. Interesting from the point that it tells us who keep abreast of the UK music scene things we already know but rightly highlights the plight of live music venues. “In 2023, 125 grassroots gig venues closed. Last year, 43.8% reported an operating loss….
Ok, before you read this I’m going to admit what a lot of news and media channels do not, I am bias! This post comes on the back of 34 years of deeply entrenched fandom that began when me and a couple of mates were sat (underage) in a local pub and a guy we…
A fantastic night of music, Knox Hill, Viktus & Friends and friends at Patterns on a sunny evening in Brighton. I’ve visited a few venues in Brighton but this was the first at Patterns, I believe they have more than one room, tonight was downstairs and what a great small venue for the evening it…
In what was I believe the first gig of the year for Johnny Marr and his long time bandmates, they chose The 1865 in Southampton to warm themselves up for the year ahead. This gig is only a few days before they take to the main stage at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes at…
Tom Meighan just owns it! The second support finished but there was no big rush to reassemble an entire stage, just his guitarist plugging his effects pedals for his semi-acoustic in, a playlist taped down and a fading out of the filler music. His guitarist started playing and with his big trademark sunglasses, black and…
