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Live Review: Nine Inch Nails – O2 Academy, Glasgow 15.06.2022
Sold Out within minutes of tickets coming on line, they were not cheap, but how do you put a price on a show. How do we value our entertainment? Some things need to be done at any cost and the packed venue in Glasgow was full of expectant fans demanding to extract every ounce of …
Live Review: Download Festival – Castle Donington, Derby 10.06.2022 – 12.06.2022
After what has seemed like an eternity, Download had finally opened its gates once more on the hallowed turf of Donington Park and armed with my trusty homemade grid, complete with various highlighting and tactical notes on my must sees and plans for the days, I completed the monumental hike from the car park to …
Live Review: Bulmer’s Secret Orchard Live Festival at Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin 16,06,2022
Bulmer’s Secret Orchard Festival is a series of shows held at Leopardstown Racecourse south Dublin consisting of four shows kicking off mid June and running throughout July, held on a Thursday evening.https://www.leopardstown.com/race-meetings/calendar/bulmers-live-at-leopardstown/Its not only a concert but also a full race evening included and the show starts once the last race has concluded.Opening this years …
Live Review: Shinedown – Belsonic – Ormeau Park, Belfast 13,06,2022
American rock band Shinedown from Jacksonville Florida graced the Belsonic stage. The band played an eight song set list during which at one point asking the crowd to clench fist, raise them in the air and punch and of-course the whole arena obliged, it looked quite impressive to say the least.At another point during their …
Live Review: JC Stewart / Saibh Skelly – The Academy Greenroom, Dublin 14.06.2022
JC Stewart took to Dublin’s Academy Green Room, with support from Saibh Skelly, as part of his debut ‘The Tour After the Tour That Didn’t Tour’ Tour…
Live Review: Tim Burgess / Dean McMullen / Tom A Smith – Riverside, Newcastle 13.06.2022
By Hazel Littlemore It’s always good to see Tom Smith performing and see how much he has changed and how far he has came in his music career. As soon as Tom came on stage the whole crowd started to cheer his name and singing along to his lyrics. Tom has such a unique powerful …
Live Review: Iron Maiden – Belsonic – Ormeau Park, Belfast 13,06,2022
Belsonic Belfast kicked off with a bang as Iron Maiden opened the series of shows the run throughout June.The venue being Ormeau Park was packed out with patch wearing fans who have waited a long time for this show to happen as it was planned for before (well lets not get into that). The show …
Live Review: Download Festival – Castle Donington, Derby 10.06.2022 – 12.06.2022
My first festival press coverage and definitely not my last (hopefully) Download did not disappoint! An absolutely amazing spectacle of some of the best live acts in rock today. To be honest, to cover the entire festival over three days is pretty much impossible, thankfully other colleagues from the magazine also attended, and I’m sure …
Live Review: Slam Dunk Festival North – Temple Newsam, Leeds 03.06.2022
By Claire Hodgkins At a slightly later date than previous years, Slam Dunk Festival was back and made its return to the grounds of Temple Newsam. What was meant to be an overcast day, turned out to be a scorcher in Leeds – much to the delight of alternative music lovers. Amongst the acts, we …
Live Review: Drive By Truckers / Jerry Joseph, Vicar Street, Dublin 11.06.2022
As they say ‘Good things come to those who wait’ and fans of Drive By Truckers had to wait patiently for almost three years to get to see them perform live because of that dreaded ‘C’ word (covid, by the way) and last Saturday night at Dublin’s Vicar St venue these southern American rockers rolled …