Live Review
Live Review: As I Lay Dying / Words That Burn / Dream Awake – The Academy, Dublin 09,08,2022
San Diego Metalcore giants As I Lay Dying played Dublin’s The Academy for the first time every with support coming from Dundalk/Carrickmacross 4 piece Words That Burn and Belfast’s Dream Awake. Opening proceedings fell on Dream Awake and the boys ripped up the stage in The Academy. Conor (vocals) only speaking briefly to lets up …
LIVE REVIEW: Eades / Midnight Ambulance / ur.frnd – Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh 08.08.2022
Independent Grassroots Music Venues, you have to love them especially when the bands they host provide such great nights. Sneaky Petes in Edinburgh presented a night of pure fun away from the mayhem of the August Festivals. Eades headlined to create the mayhem inside instead…..and all on a Monday night! An almost sell-out venue saw …
Live Review: Christina Aguilera / Union J – The O2, London 05.08.2022
Words by Adrian Peel Hailed by opening act Union J as “the greatest voice of our generation”, Christina Aguilera stopped off at the O2 as part of a short UK tour – her first since the pandemic – which was due to culminate with a headline appearance at Brighton Pride on Saturday, August 6th. Images of the sultry singer looking every inch the superstar …
Live Review: Scrannabis / Jamilah / Maxine – Independent, Sunderland 06.08.2022
By Adam Littlemore Another night of amazing music and great vibes all around at the Independent Venue in Sunderland. Three acts were on tonight. Maxine opened the night with her amazing voice, getting the whole crowd singing and dancing along to her music. I remember when I saw her at this very venue for the …
Live Review: Madness / Squeeze – 3Arena, Dublin 06,08,2022
Madness brought their Ladykillers Tour to Dublin with very fragrant guest (as the tour posters says) Squeeze in support at the 3Arena, like many shows it was a rescheduled show and was eagerly awaited by many. The Arena was pretty packed even before Squeeze took to the stage and the heat was a little uncomfortable …
LIVE REVIEW: Sacred Paws/Poster Paints – Summerhall, Edinburgh 06/08/2022
Sacred Paws brought smiles, sunshine, dancing and pure joy to Edinburgh’s Summerhall. The duo, comprising Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers, won the 2017 Scottish Album of the Year Award with their debut Strike A Match and their second album Run Around the Sun was long-listed in 2020. Both released on Rock Action Records. With their …
Live Review: Sleeping With Sirens / Don Broco – 1720 Warehouse, Los Angeles 05/08/22
Tonight, the CTRL+ALT+DEL tour comes to LA at the 1720 Warehouse! Unfortunately, due to a huge underestimation on how big LA is and also how bad the traffic is (rookie mistake I know), I missed support acts Garzi and most of Point North’s set, but I was in the pit ready and waiting for Don …
Live Review: Aslan / Dont Tell Mum – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 05,08,2022
Another trip out to my favourite Irish outdoor venue to cover Aslan with support from Don’t Tell Mumand we were so lucky with the weather another glorious sunny evening and the sun was splitting the stones (sorry for the pun) First up were Dublin new up and coming band Don’t Tell Mum and ones to …
Live Review: Idlewild / Iona Zajac – The Button Factory, Dublin 04,08,2022
Its 20 years since the release of Idlewild’s album The Remote Part so Idelwild are on the road playing the album in full and more, taking in three Irish dates and venues with special guest Iona Zajac formally of Glasgow-based folk and blues duo Avocet, now based in Dublin and solo. Starting her set at …
Live Review: Les Nuits Secretees Festival – Aulnoye-Ameries, France 22.07.2022 – 24.07.2022
Going to festivals and collecting the press accreditation is like childbirth – it’s best to forget how painful the process can be otherwise you’d never attend another festival again. So here I am in the sun-bleached fields at the back of Aulnoye-Aymeries railway station in Northern France wandering around aimlessly muttering “pardon, je suis Anglais” to …