Author name: John Welsh

Into Live Music Review: Rockaway Beach Day Three

Festival: Rockaway Beach Venue: Bognor Regis, ButlinsDates: 5 January 2025 Day 3: First out of the blocks on the final day, Sunday, was Jaws The Shark. Not only were they the solo project of artist Olly Bailey, they had my favourite band name of the weekend. Indie rock with attitude, explosive guitar riffs, the occasional fuzz feedback and a sound

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Into Live Music Review: Rockaway Beach Day Two

Festival: Rockaway Beach Venue: Bognor Regis, ButlinsDate: 4 January 2025 Day Two: As is often the case at Rockaway Beach, gig goers will venture into the town of Bognor Regis, exploring the local area and our bracing walk along the seafront in search of an early morning breakfast certainly blew away any cobwebs from the previous night. Back at the

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Into Live Music Review: Rockaway Beach Day One

Festival: Rockaway Beach Venue: Bognor Regis, ButlinsDate: 3 January 2025 Rockaway Beach turned ten years old, a special anniversary and the festival has certainly grown (up) during the past decade. It is now bigger, better and bolder. There was much chatter on various fan forums in the lead up to the weekend with people questioning whether the new purpose built

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Into Live Music Review: Benefit Night for the Children of Gaza

Artists: The Rezillos/ The Countess of Fife/ Kirsten Adamson/ The Filthy Tongues/ Scorpio Leisure Venue: Edinburgh Voodoo RoomsDates: 30 December 2024 In an ideal world, benefit gigs would be few and far between. But we don’t live in an ideal world. All profits from this show were going to UNICEF’s Gaza Appeal for Children in Crisis. Very commendable but

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