rock live Review Archives - Backseat Mafia

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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