Having taken the world by storm in 2015 with their critically acclaimed fifth studio album, ‘That’s The Spirit’, and a globetrotting tour which culminated in a landmark show at London’s Alexandra Palace, Bring Me Th...
Tonight it’s Christmas. As this year of multiple ups and downs starts to wind down, my gig-going winds up to its highest peak. At the Islington Academy tonight, The Damned play a Christmas gig, the like of which hasn̵...
2015 was a great year for live music, and before I get into my top 5 gigs, I have to give a couple of ‘honourable mention’ shouts to… Big Deal at The Lexington – my first time seeing this band but it won...
Coldplay have today announced the Latin American and European legs of next year’s ‘ A Head Full Of Dreams Tour’, with 20 stadium shows confirmed across 14 countries in Europe and Latin America. This is the band’s fi...
Issues are proud to announce their first headline tour in May 2016. The ‘Rebound Tour’ will take in five cities across the UK. “We’ve been teasing the UK with a real headliner for a long time, so we̵...
Big Deal play tonight at The Lexington (have I mentioned the lights before?) to a sold out crowd that is, by a startlingly noticeable majority, packed to the rafters with women. It’s hardly a big surprise when you conside...
Macclesfield’s favourite sons, The Virginmarys are back. After an absence of a couple of years, writing a new album, tonight’s gig at The Lexington in London is the second of their comeback trail. This intimate and ...
Fresh off their supporting slot with Skindred, Crossfaith have announced a headline tour of their own in March. MARCH 16 – SOUTHEND Chinnerys 17 – PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms 18 – BRIGHTON Haunt 19 – CARD...
On a damp and chilly November evening it takes either a large crowd or a great performance to warm things up. Brought forward to the unseemly hour of 7.15pm, Asylums play to an assembled crowd of no more than a couple of hundre...
Following a series of phenomenal anniversary shows for ‘The Holy Bible’ and the universal critical success of their twelfth studio album (2014’s ‘Futurology’), Manic Street Preachers announce their biggest Welsh headline show s...
On a night where the flashes, explosions and raucousness make for a very enjoyable and deafening time, you could be forgiven for thinking I’m referring to bonfire night in North London. Instead I’m at The Forum watc...
The NME Awards Tour 2016 with Austin, Texas is gearing up to hit the road with a thrilling line-up headlined by Bloc Party. Joining the bill are Drenge, Rat Boy and Bugzy Malone who will tour the UK to take in 11 cities, kickin...