Phil Drury, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Review – The Lovely Eggs/ Violet Malice/ Loose Articles – XOYO, Birmingham 27.05.24

Lancaster’s finest The Lovely Eggs brought their ‘Eggsistentialism’ tour to Birmingham on Bank Holiday Monday for an evening of punk, spoken word poetry and sing-a-long fun. Up first were Manchester…

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Live Review: Kelly Jones – Town Hall, Birmingham 05.05.24

Kelly Jones brought a captivating night of music to a sold out Birmingham crowd, not once but three times this weekend is support of new album ‘Inevitable Incredible’ which came…

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Live Review: The Gaslight Anthem / Emily Wolfe – The Halls, Wolverhampton 23.03.24

Rock legends The Gaslight Anthem are back in the UK touring their new EP ‘History Books: Short Stories’ Following on from last year’s release of ‘History Books’ an album nearly…

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Live Review: Feeder / Chilli Jesson – o2 Institute, Birmingham 16.03.24

Feeder are back on the road in the build up to their latest release double album Black/ Red Arriving at a rainy o2 Institute in Birmingham I was confronted with…

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Live Review – The K’s – HMV Empire Coventry – 29-11-23

The K’s has become one of the fastest rising bands of 2023, and tonight at the HMV Empire is evident that 2024 is going to be a strong year for…

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Live Review – Billy Bragg – Birmingham Town Hall 25.11.23

Billy Brag brought his #TheRoaringForty Tour to the iconic Birmingham Town Hall on Saturday evening playing to a packed house of over 1000 fans old and new. Opening with a…

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Live Review – Little Man Tate – o2 Institute Birmingham 20.10.23

Little Man Tate performed to an up-for-it Birmingham crowd despite Storm Babet almost causing the gig to be canceled due to travel delays and flooding at the venue! A short…

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Live Review: Jake Bugg – HMV Empire Coventry 5.8.23

Jake Bugg takes time out from his festival dates to bring his show to a buzzing Coventry crowd Saturday night. It’s hard to believe that Jake Buggs debut album came…

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Live Review: Shed Seven – HMV Empire Coventry 13.07.23

Shed Seven entertain a sold out HMV Empire in Coventry on the day the band release new music and announce a Winter UK tour The support band for tonight were…

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Live Review: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – o2 Academy, Leicester

Up first were local band ‘Leave Your Body Behind’ these guys seemed more than comfortable opening for the Crumpets, with lots of interaction with the crowd. Its always good to…

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