Reviews

Live At Leeds – a more-than-quaint one-dayer to open up the festival season with a range of acts spanning the indie and pop spectrum. I would be lying if I said the main reason I wanted to go wasn’t the premise of sitting on a sunny hillside with a beer at the nostalgic Temple Newsam site – a place my …

And here’s another show where I missed the opening band, because either my kids fuck these things for me or my day job does … So sadly, I didn’t catch Snakes in the Pit and also missed half of MARCH’s set – but at least I still managed to see (roughly) the second half of their show. And. It. Was. …

My biggest question on that rainy Manchester evening night was the same one I have at every metalcore show – is the band’s multi-thousand-pound rig, with every guitar tone, harmony and ambient synth track mixed to a scalpel’s point, going to be even remotely audible? Or is it simply going to get lost behind the drummer’s crashing and the outdated, …

Macklemore’s “The Ben Tour” was nothing short of electrifying, for a sold-out show of 8000 fans, that was a rollercoaster of energy and emotion. From the moment the crowd began chanting his name the anticipation was unmistakable. When Macklemore finally entered the stage at 8:06, the venue erupted in cheers. Dressed in an open white button up over a white …

In the realm of rock music, few frontmen embody the spirit of adventure quite like Jared Leto. Known for his daring escapades, from scaling the Empire State Building to announce their world tour to conquering various concert halls before gracing their stages (including Barclay’s Arena – as documented by Leto himself on Instagram hours before the show), Leto has carved …

A friend of mine attended a The Reytons gig in front of a couple of hundred people just after the pandemic released its death grip of the UK; last year they blew the roof off Sheffield’s Utilita Arena and sold out a 13 500-cap venue. It certainly has been a rollercoaster few years for The Reytons. And as usual, I …