Last gig of the year last night seeing The Manatees play a hometown headline show at The 1865 in Southampton as the final night of their autumn ‘Consequence’ tour, with support from local bands Oxygen and Sonne. The Manatees took to the stage just after 9 a delivered a rousing high energy alt-indie set that had the crowd…
Tonight a took the chance to go and see Villanelle and to get the elephant in the room out the way, yes it’s Gene Gallagher, son of Liam Gallagher’s band. Oasis did play The Joiners 31 years ago on the 29th of March 1994, but that’s where any talk of Oasis stops. Tonight was about Villanelle….
In case you havent seen this it is worth reading! Wednesday 10 December 2025 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing on behalf of the live events sector to urge you to review the devastating, unintended consequences for live venues of changes announced to the Business Rates system at the Budget. The combined impact of disproportionate,…
I have received my copy of ‘Zine Age Kicks’, it arrived Friday so I’ve had the weekend to glance through it but I’ve not touched the sides or is it covers for a book? The volume of content is immense; it’s page by page of “every time I look, I see something new”. A time…
It was a Sunday night in Bournemouth and I’ve just seen the Snuts! Yes that means something! The Snuts took to the stage to the expected cheers. I’ve been a fan, vinyl buyer and regular streamer for a while now but seeing them in a small arena is just another level. They’ve been a band…
Biffy Clyro, The Biff, Biffy Fuckin Clyro, the Scottish alt-rock trio, have announced a mammoth gig at Finsbury Park in London next July and I for one would not miss it for anything. I was number 1011 in the queue when they went on pre-sale which I think is my record on any Ticketmaster queue…
I’ve had a few days to process the lineup for Victorious in Portsmouth this year and wanted to respond rather than just quickly react to it. I buy my tickets for this one blind as in before the lineup is announced and based on last year alongside the fact there is no Glastonbury this year…
I dropped in to see Pentire on what was the penultimate show of their tour on a sold out evening at Heartbreakers in Southampton. If you don’t know Heartbreakers it’s a small 100 capacity independent venue almost no stage so you’re eye to eye with the band and it gets hot and loud, perfect! Online…
The Clause are on tour promoting their first album release, ‘Victim Of A Casual Thing’ which has gone top 20 in the album charts and No.1 in the indie charts and it is well deserved. I first saw The Clause at The Chalk in Brighton three years ago as the first support act before for…
Victorious Festival do not release there heavily anticipated lineup until next week but rumours are rife on the internet as to who many think or want them to be. One thing is for sure, if past years are anything to go by we won’t be disappointed. A highlight leading up to the release of the…
