Live Review
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: Alicia Keys – The O2, London 13.06.2022
Is there anything Alicia Keys cannot do? That was the question left in mind after leaving the O2 after she squeezed 30 songs into two hours. Alicia made her grand entrance as the screen doors opened, appearing in an all black outfit, making sure everyone knew she was the queen of the stage, demanding attention. …
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 …
Live Gallery: Alfie Templeman at the Oxford Art Factory, Sydney 14.06.2022
Alfie Templeman does not disappoint with with fun gig at the Oxford Art Factory.
Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival, Boris, The Odeon Theatre, 12.06.22
Japanese heavy rock royalty, Boris, played to a hugely appreciative Dark Mofo audience at The Odeon Theatre here in Hobart. The band were celebrating 30 years together and the 20th anniversary of their 2002 classic, Heavy Rock. They had come to see long-standing members, Takeshi (on twin-necked guitar/bass and lead vocals), Wata (lead guitar and …
Live Review: Macy Gray / Toshín – The Button Factory, Dublin 12.06.2022
Macy Gray played The Button Factory Dublin with support coming from Toshín. Opening the show was Dublin pop-funk singer Toshín, usually a full band but tonight was only a duo, Tosin Bankole and a multi-instrumentalist playing keys / bass and doing backing vocals.Telling us at one point how in the past she didn’t love herself …