Like a Timewarp or some mystical portal, straight back to 1996. Kula Shaker played the O2 Academy in Boscombe, Bournemouth Wednesday night in a support slot and delivered a 50 minute set of joy and nostalgia, in that order. Crispian Mills does not seem to have aged and still plays with the same energy I…
45th Anniversary UK Tour to celebrate the 45th anniversary of both the ‘Replicas’ (1979 as Tubeway Army) and ‘The Pleasure Principle’ (1979). Its going old school! I drove down the coast to Boscombe to the O2 Academy as I’ve done more times than I can remember, starting back in 1991 when it was just the Academy in…
The only thing missing was the hair! I can’t talk. With original signer Stephen Holt up front supported by Clint Boon on backing vocals, you know you’re in for a good night. Founding member and guitarist Graham Lambert stood next to Oscar Boom, yes, son of Clint on Bass and featured drumming from Kev Clark,…
The twenty something year old next to me said to me “that’s one of the best live acts I’ve ever seen” and we’d been chatting for half an hour about a serious list of bands we’d seen. And he’s not wrong! Formed right back in south-west London in 1985 but to me and most outside…
Been a fan for years narrowly missing them at the Isle of Wight Festival back in 2018 due to crossing delays and with tours since then not quite lining up, then this gig was postponed. The lady next to me excited “this is my fourth time” Not jealous at all! That’s enough of the excuses,…
I’ve always been a big believer in turning out for support acts it’s where it all starts, the evenings and the bands futures. I tend not to search and listen I like the surprise like when I holiday in a new destination I avoid the pics in the brochures, I want to see and hear…
