rock live Review
Live Review: Henge / Mr Vast – Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield 05.04.2025
Sidney & Matilda was transformed into a launchpad for the bizarre and the brilliant last Friday, packed to the rafters with earthlings in tinfoil hats, green face paint, and full-on intergalactic regalia. There was a genuine sense of occasion in the air—like a cosmic carnival had landed in Sheffield—and both Mr Vast and Henge played …
Live Review: Set It Off (The End of Elsewhere tour) – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast 12.03.2023
Words & Photos David McEneaney Energy. Pure energy. That’s what I felt as soon as I walked into the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast on Sunday night.The streets were pretty quiet as it was raining quite heavily outside, but as soon as I walked through the doors I could see that this had no …
Live Review: New Secret Weapon / Vernon Jane – Button Factory, Dublin 18.12.2022
Words & Photos: David McEneaney Due to an equal mixture of fog and Sunday drivers on the M1, I managed to arrive at The Button Factory just as Vernon Jane were taking the stage. It had been recommended that I see these guys live, but that’s all I was told. When I saw everyone get …
Live Gallery + Set Lists: New Model Army – Button Factory, Dublin,08,10,2022
The second of two nights from New Model Army, meant to be the 40th anniversary dates, but now the 42nd.The shows where supported by themselves as has been the course of such shows in the past, like the 30th anniversary shows only this time around the first set was electric as with the second. Where …
Live Gallery + Set Lists: New Model Army – Button Factory, Dublin 07.10.2022
The first night of two from New Model Army, meant to be the 40th anniversary dates, but now the 42nd.The shows where supported by themselves as has been the course of such shows in the past, like the 30th anniversary shows only this time around the first set was electric as with the second. Where …
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: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds / Two Door Cinema Club / Confidence Man – Saint Anne’s Park, Dublin 05,06,2022
Only a short review as its lashed rain for most of the day, from before getting there till just after Noel came on stage.So for the two opening acts it was more trying to keep dry and my gear dry which was near impossible as there was no shelter and all photographers had to wait …
Live Review: Simple Minds – 3Arena, Dublin 17.04.2022
Simple Minds brought their 40 Years of Hits Tour to Dublin’s 3Arena on the 17th, this tour having no support acts as the band are playing two sets each show.The first set being an hour long and the second set coming in at one hour and forty minutes, it really is a marathon show of …
LIVE: Papa Roach, Manchester 02 Apollo, 11/10/2017
It certainly hasn’t been an easy ride for Papa Roach over the years, but 2017’s incarnation of the band finally seem to be on top of the world and on top of their game. As their Crooked Teeth kabuki drops and they kick things off with…Crooked Teeth, it’s already game on between audience and band. …
LIVE: Young Guns- Manchester Club Academy, 25/9/2017
Over the years Young Guns have seen their fair share of Manchester’s University building, as all of the Academy venues it houses. On this rainy Monday night though, they’re taking the stage down in the Club Academy. As a slightly more intimate room, it’s perfect for tonight’s mix of newer songs, complimented by a few …