Festivals and gigs. A listings calendar, plus previews, news, reviews, and photos
The Skids are nine dates in to their 40th anniversary tour when they arrive in Leeds tonight. It’s a gig I’d been looking forward to since the tour was announced. I wasn’t disappointed. The night opens with Arthur & The Invincibles, a four piece indie-punk band from Leamington Spa who hit the stage bouncing with…
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¥ If you haven’t yet experienced a Vintage Trouble live show you should add it to your bucket list and get ready for something just a little bit special. What we have here is a band who’ve adopted and adapted the styles, moves, grooves and attitudes of many of the great soul legends. But they’re…
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Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering once again drew crowds and bands from the length and breadth of the country – if you were there here’s a few memories to hang on to. If you weren’t, here’s what you missed…
Hastings Fat Tuesday (which is actually a five-day Mardi Gras) is a fantastic little festival. Nowhere else in the UK has quite the same grass roots music dynamic at play. [rwp-review id=”0″] At a recent music industry conference in the town, Jeff Thompson, founder of the UnConvention movement, underlined this when he told the audience,…
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