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Live Review: Alex G – Sheffield O2 13.11.15

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By Anastasia Baranovskaia As the crisp September air marks the arrival of autumn, it also signals the end of another season of concerts at Gröna Lund. The summer’s final performance came with a sense of anticipation as fans gathered for Thomas Stenström’s tour-closing show, eager to experience the finale of his Superlativ Tour. For Stenström, …

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By Victoria Wai For those in the North East of England, you might remember the festival Loosefest of 2023 being cancelled due to the downpours, but this year things were put into place, and the Saturday dance element Trickfest went ahead in the glorious sunshine and the Pop Music heavy element of the weekend, 90s …

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By Phil Wright I always look forward to Sheffield’s Tramlines Festival. Set in Hillsborough Park, this three-day family friendly festival boasts performances by both local and national artists. It has certainly come a long way since its first outing in 2009. Tramlines boasts three performance stages within the event. The ‘Sarah Nulty Main Stage’, the …

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The word ‘iconic’ gets thrown about a great deal in music, but there’s really no other person more deserving of the accolade than Grace Jones. Not only for her music, but her visual artistry (not surprising considering her long-term connections with Andy Warhol, Jean-Paul Goude & Keith Haring). At the age of 76, she is …

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By Victoria Wai “Thank you for being with me on this rainy adventure. I feel like this is going to be one of those unforgettable gigs,” and Arlo Parks wasn’t wrong as she headlined this stormy Regents Park Open Air Theatre night. I’ve admired The Open Air Theatre from afar so with a double bill …

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London offers the world. After summer shenanigans at South Asian events, Polish and Uzbek festivals I find myself in Shepherd’s Bush waiting for an Armenian band to take to the stage. Ladaniva – led by the disarmingly charming vocalist Jaklin Baghdasaryan. Eurovision 2024 was ignited by this mischievous minx bounding around the Malmo set with …

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Teddy Swims is the moniker for Jaten Dimsdale an American artist based in Atlanta. Swims stands for – “someone who isn’t me sometimes”, which refers to him trying to integrate different aspects of himself. Over the years, he has experimented with many different styles…..theatre, musical theatre, hip hop, soul, heavy metal, country, and funk, but …

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In only her second ever headline show, Tamzene graced the stage at The Lower Third in London. Taken back by the crowd’s rapturous welcome, Tamzene opened her intimate set with What Sundays Are For before moving on to crowd favourite Old Love. It was a soothing experience hearing so many people singing so beautifully in …

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By Phil Wright Tuesday April 19th brought the pocket-size powerhouse, that is Paloma Faith, to the iconic Sheffield City Hall. The 2800 sell-out crowd was in for an amazing masterclass in entertaining and owning the stage. This was a show of two halves with no supporting act for Paloma. She emerged onto the stage performing …

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‘Amelia Coburn’ was an interesting choice to support Saint Saviour on this mini tour, both artists are North East born and bred and have both recently released albums helped by Bill Ryder Jones. Taking the stage to little aplomb a ukulele was all she needed to enrapture those who had turned up early enough to …

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