Talking to two-thirds of CHALK (Benedict and Luke) at the merch table before their sold-out Brighton gig at The Green Door Store the chatter revolved mainly around the current Irish powerhouse music scene and how there seem to be so many bands emerging from the Emerald Isle right now. Mentions of some of our current…
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So much to great Glastonbury Festival food choose from, so few days to explore One thing’s for sure, it’s hard to imagine any taste not catered for at Glastonbury, because with over 300 food traders on site there is a massive range of great food in every corner of the festival site. Last year (2023)…
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Beans on Toast has been a mainstay of the festival scene since the mid-2000s… in fact we are proud to have been responsible for his first ever ‘official’ Glastonbury show at the Left Field way back in 2007. Over the years he has regularly collaborated with numerous other musicians, most notably and frequently perhaps, Matt…
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Rockaway Beach Festival at Butlins, Bognor Regis, never fails to put a post-New Year smile on our faces as it’s one of the most consistently well-curated line-ups in the festival calendar. With just two musical stages and a central ‘speakers corner’ to navigate, the festival is super-compact, and the organisers time the performances perfectly so…
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That familiar ‘snakes on a plane’ intro track signals what so many people have been waiting all weekend for… it’s launch control initiated, and time for the nicest two guys off stage to transform into snarling (but always smiling) anti-establishment ASBOs on stage… SNAYX are all about the bass… and Boys in Blue shakes leftover…
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Reading up on Joyeria for a bit of background throws up some hints – but few facts. The name of the man is carefully masked, with only a few biographic clues scattered around the internet. He’s Canadian, a chess player, and apparently good at sums. Spotify confusingly states his name is pronounced ‘Pizzeria’. What his…
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Luke Duffett presents lounge cabaret for a disaffected generation – with occasional crowd surfing (but not today). There may be a big crowd for this opening set at Rockaway Beach 2024, but it is Sunday, and it is only noon. Few reviews of Enjoyable Listens manage to avoid references to Bryan Ferry, Nick Cave, Jarvis…
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[ad_1] Skids at Rockaway Beach 2023. As foot-stomping romps down memory lane go, a Skids gig is up there with the best They may not be a band who can play 60 mins of top-ten bangers back-to-back, but they had notable chart success with songs like Into the Valley and Working for the Yankee dollar,…
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[ad_1] DITZ at Rockaway Beach 2024 Cal Francis is the androgynous front man of DITZ, and for the last five years or so he and his band have been carving their name into the grain of the Brighton music scene and gradually working on breaking out to wider attention. Whether Butlins at Bognor was on…
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[ad_1] Our super-snapper does it again with these great shots of Ä ENN from Rockaway Beach 2024 Leona’s voice and vocal stylings coupled with the band’s heavy riffs and angry drums put the Anglo-Maltese band, GENN, into a world populated by Kate Bush, Souisxie Sioux, and the kind of metal bands who are most at home…
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Latest update from Festival Flyer: Sara Bowrey Photography – Sara-Louise Bowrey Photography [ad_1] Are you following our top-snapper on Instagram yet?? https://www.sarabowreyphotos.com/#instagram – if not, why not?? Sara-Louise Bowrey Sara Bowrey Photography – Sara-Louise Bowrey Photography [ad_2] Full photo galleries coming soon, but meanwhile here are a few choice shots we have picked out from…
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Hastings loves a festival – at the last count there are some 50 events in and around the area every year, and Pride is a real highlight of the local calendar. Generally held on the August Bank holiday weekend, there is a giant parade that meanders from The Stade open space in Old Town up…
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For once (sadly) the Met Office hit the nail on the head… because, as predicted, at 4pm the heavens began to open, and by the end of Suede’s headline set everyone at Beautiful Days 2023 was well and truly sodden…but still smiling like lunatics But despite a damp July, the ground was still dry enough…
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The Festival Family is back together to celebrate two decades of friendship and fun Of all the festivals we go to (and we go to a lot of festivals), Beautiful Days is the one that feels most like an annual family reunion. Those who came to the first event (twenty years ago this year)as young…
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We will be adding some of our favorite photos of the weekend to this page – but you can find loads more over at our Flickr collection page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/festivalflyer/collections/72157721992808500/ Our pick of the best bands of the Latitude weekend Gurriers had been high on our must-see list after we were impressed by them at 2000Trees…
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Fresh meat! Gurriers turned out to be one of theose bands we nearly missed but were over the moon that we didn’t at 2000Trees 2023. When you walk into a tent and are transfixed from the first moment to the end of the closing number, you suddenly remember why you love festivals…the heat of the…
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Latest update from Festival Flyer: Some piratical shenanigans in Hastings this weekend at the Hastings Pirate Day cabaret…. [ad_1] Some piratical shenanigans in Hastings this weekend at the Hastings Pirate Day cabaret. Last chance for tickets…don’t miss the amazing ‘Old Time Sailors’ who are headlining at the “Shiver-Me-Timbers” Pirate Cabaret, on The Stade – this…
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Latest update from Festival Flyer: Quite possibly the most important set at Glastonbury this year … VLURE… [ad_1] Quite possibly the most important set at Glastonbury this year … VLURE [ad_2] Full photo galleries coming soon, but meanwhile here are a few choice shots we have picked out from the weekend…. Original post by: Festival…
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Well Rolling Stone Magazine recked that Stefflon Don’s dancehall takeover of the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2023 was a winner – so who are we to argue? https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/stefflon-don-live-at-glastonbury-dancehall-queen-triumphs-on-the-pyramid-30482/ This Birmingham dancehall diva certainly walks the walk and talks the talk, and we think she justified her position on a stellar bill with aplomb. Stefflon…
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It’s been 24 years (count them!) since Texas last played this festival… but here they are at Glastonbury Festival in 2023, and they sound as fresh and relevant as they ever did back in the day. Sharing a drummer with the rather shouty politico band BENEFITS over on the Left Field stage, Texas have a…
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Working Men’s Club may have played Glastonbury Festival 2023, burt we can’t find a single review of the set to go with our lovely photos below… so here’s a iece on them in DORK from last year and a video of them playing the festival from the BBC… https://readdork.com/features/working-mens-club-feature-august-2022/ Working Men’s Club Photos – by…
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor simply does what she does, and she does it well. You may not be a fan or know a song even, but when she takes to a stage if you open your heart to her vibe you’ll find yourself having a really nice time. She’s not The Foo Fighters or Chemical Brothers, but…
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The Viagra Boys set was one of the most anticipated shows for us at Glastonbury Festival 2023. This Swedish punk outfit take no prisoners and snarl their way through every gig they play in such an unselfconscious way that it feel like they simply exist on a different planet. One thing is for sure – this…
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The SHAME set on Woodsies stage at Glastonbury Festival 2023 was high-point for a band who have been working hard to establish themselves on the scene over the last few years. As DORK report, the packed tent was a testament to their success! https://readdork.com/features/photos/shame-glastonbury-2023-photos/ SHAME Photos – by http://www.sarabowreyphotos.com for Festival Flyer The best of…
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The VLURE shows (four of them) were probably the most important and seminal played by any band at Glastonbury Festival 2023. None of these were main stages… and only the one in the BBC Introducing tent would have even had a chance of getting onto many people’s radars. But here is a band who have…
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Many years ago at a small pub in South East London called the Bridge House Tavern there was a summer solstice gig that went under the name of ‘Stoned Penge’. Chatting to Beans on Toast as Sleaze rocked the Bimble Inn up at the top of the Park Stage we recalled how several of the…
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Shumba Youth definitely fits into the ‘underground’ element of the Glastonbury 2023 bill. Dub, Dancehall, Jungle and Afrobeats are his staple elements as he works his way up from the London Reggae scene to a wider audience. Greenpeace was rocking (gently) to his set and chatting to him afterwards we found him to be one…
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Briefly passed by a random Glastonbury 2023 stage and saw Velvet Fuzz playing – so we took some photos… Â Velvet Fuzz Photos – by http://www.sarabowreyphotos.com for Festival Flyer The best of the rest of our Glastonbury 2023 photos:
The Last Dinner Party set was one of those ‘must be there’ Glastonbury Festival 2023 moments. the band have been generating tonnes of column inches in the press and have been likened to a whole host of great acts. For us, ‘Sinner’ sounds a lot like Sparks…see what you think… But the verses of ‘Nothing…
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When we spotted Skindred on the Glastonbury Festival 2023 line-up we knew we were in for a real treat. Not just us of course…but all the metal fans who crammed into the Truth stage at Shangri La for the latest offering from the Earache Records collaboration that has brought the noise to this corner of…
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Sister Suzie played her second consecutive year at Glastonbury Festival in 2023 and holds something of a record for being pretty much the only artist to do nightly residencies. With stage time in such demand it’s testament to her pulling power that the bookers let her play night after night in a prime slot. So,…
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Mongolian folk-metal legends The Hu took on Glastonbury Festival 2023 – and won! See what LOUDER had to say on the subject: https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/the-hu-glastonbury-review-setlist-2023 The Hu Photos – by http://www.sarabowreyphotos.com for Festival Flyer The best of the rest of our Glastonbury 2023 photos:
Royal Blood’s Glastonbury Festival 2023 set was always going to be a tricky affair after their outburst at the recent Radio 1 Big Weekend. The band brushed the incident under the carpet, but mainstream reviewers still questioned them with a few missing stars… https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/royal-blood-glastonbury-2023-review-b2363048.html For our money this was a great set that showed how…
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RAYE, along with Stormzy and Loyal Carner are all acts from Croydon who have graced big stages at Glastonbury, but seem to still have been left out of the South London borough’s ‘year of culture’ celebrations. Still, RAYE flies the flag for her back-story throughout her set, and shows the world just what she’s made…
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Sparks are almost worthy of the Sunday legends slot at Glastonbury – but here they are on the Park Stage and the fans are delighted…especially when Cate Blanchett joins the band on stage to ‘dance’ her way through ‘The Girl is Crying in Her Latte’. Sparks Photos – by Festival Flyer The best of the…
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Queens of the Stone Age gave a suitably rocky alternative to the Rocket Man over on the main stage as Glastonbury 2023 rolled to an end. It was a great booking decision, as Mojo sums up neatly in their round-up of the last day of the festival. https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/queens-of-the-stone-age-weyes-blood-and-more-at-glastonbury-2023-reviewed/ Queens of the Stone Age Photos –…
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The Generation Sex set was a proper Glastonbury Festival 2023 ‘moment’. It was sort of like an alternative ‘legends’ set for the Other Stage crowd – but the antithesis of Cat Stevens / Yusuf. The last time we saw Tony James at the festival was in another punk icon collaboration – as we had the honour…
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A quick scan of the internet shows up no reviews at all for the Grove set at Glastonbury Festival 2023. Which is a shame, because this was a return visit, and here is an artist really worthy of mention. We first stumbled on Grove at end of the Road Festival last year and were blown…
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There is something wrong with the world when we hear from Gaz that Glastonbury Festival 2023 is the first time in SIX years that he has played here! We think there should be a law against things like that, because Gaz and his music epitomize the festival. Gaz Brookfield Photos – by Festival Flyer The…
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Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip had an unusually relaxed Glastonbury Festival 2023, playing a lot fewer sets than their normal doxen or so. We caught up with them for a front-row seat at the packed Croissant Neuf Bandstand, where a delighted (or perhaps sometimes confused) crowd were treated to a greatest-hits set from this archetypically quirky…
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