Live Review
Gallery & Set List: Lewis Capaldi / RAYE / Lea Heart – 3Arena, Dublin 30.01.2023
Lewis Capaldi returned to Dublin with his Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent tour, to play too a sold-out 3Arena and brought with him R&B performer RAYE. Also on the bill and tasked with opening the night was Irish singer-songwriter Lea Heart. Lea Heart Photo’s: RAYE Photo’s: Lewis Capaldi Photo’s & Set List: Forget …
Live Review: The 1975 / Bonnie Kemplay – 3Arena, Dublin 29.01.2023
Words Letty Sharpe / Photos Jordan Curtis Hughes. On the 29th of January, the pop rock band The 1975 brought the, ‘AtTheir Very Best’, tour to the 3Arena with support from Scottishsinger/songwriter Bonnie Kemplay. I knew I would be in for a show as when I started queuing up at 3, Ilearned that people had …
Live Review: Metric / Lo Moon – The Academy, Dublin 28.01.2023
Words & Photos: David McEneaney. It’s sadly pretty rare to arrive at a gig these days and see that it has already filled up before the support band had even started, but considering it was Lo Moon who were the opening act it made sense that this was the case.I had only heard about them …
Live Review: Dropkick Murphys + Supports – o2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester – 18/01/23
Starting off the evening with singer/songwriter Jesse Ahern from Boston Massachusetts and Australian Punk-Folk band The Rumjacks, they both deliver tight sets and suitably get the crowd warmed up with stand out track ‘An Irish Pub Song’ from The Rumjacks, ensuring the whole audience are singing and clapping. Next up is Pennywise who incidentally weren’t …
Live Review: The Subways – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 16.01.23
Welwyn Garden City’s indie-rock trio The Subways kicked off their UK tour at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club with a high energy show in support of their fifth studio album Uncertain Joys. Critically well-received, it’s their first album in 8 years, and you can sense the desire to get back on the road and in front …
Live Review: Lucinda Williams / L.A. Edwards – Vicar Street, Dublin 25.01.2023
Words: Letty Sharp // Photos: Ian Mc Donnell On the 25th of January Louisiana country star Lucinda Williams played to a sold out Vicar Street bringing along rock act L.A. Edwards to open the show. This gig was waylaid because of the pandemic and her last visit to Ireland was back in 2016. The band …
Live Review: Lauren Housley and the Northern Cowboys / Nigel Wearne – Alder Bar, Sheffield 21.01.2023
A trip to the Alder Bar at Kelham Island in Sheffield on a very cold January night for what promised to be a relaxed, intimate (and sold out) gig at a venue I hadn’t been to before. First impressions were really good, a real ale welcoming pub atmosphere, a separate room for live entertainment and …
Live Review: Holding Absence – o2 Academy, Leicester 20.01.2023 Plus Gallery
This Friday night in Leicester might be cold enough for you to not feel your toes, but that certainly isn’t the case in the o2 Academy. 8:30pm is where this evening really begins and though middle act Void of Vision may be a little heavier than you’d expect for a Holding Absence support, the crowd …
Live Review: Wallows / May-a – Eventim Apollo, London 18.01.2023
By Henry Groves It took me 18 days into January to finally go to my first gig of the year. 2023’s opener was Los Angeles based Wallows. This was the ninth and final show of their UK tour and they have packed out the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith. Their first London show in 3 years, …
Live review + Gallery: Maruja sell-out debut gig in Scotland
The big gig in Glasgow tonight was arguably The Viagra Boys at Barrowlands. It sold out almost immediately. However there was another sold out gig in the city on this particular Saturday night. Manchester jazz punks Maruja were playing their first gig in Scotland. With just five tracks released in the last couple of years …