Live Reviews

Act: The Orielles Venue: SWX, Bristol Date:  2 March 2020 What to do on a cold, windy Monday night in Bristol? My hopes weren’t too high but a quick scan of the internet confirmed The Orielles were in town to promote their new album, Disco Volador which had

Act: Richard Jobson & Martin Metcalfe Venue: Bar Yellow, Cumbernauld Date:  28 February 2020 Billed as an evening of songs and stories, Richard Jobson proved himself to be a natural raconteur, equally at ease telling the audience of the epilepsy diagnosis which, in part, led to the break

Act: Eugene Kelly (Support Molly Linen) Venue: The Doublet, Glasgow Date:  27 February 2020 The Doublet is a cracking old bar in the West End of Glasgow. Handy for Kelvinbridge Underground, Great Western Road, Kelvingrove Park and Gibson Street, but just nicely out of the way enough

Act: Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band Venue: Edinburgh, Summerhall Date:  30 January 2020 The Edinburgh venue Summerhall certainly has an interesting history, having previously been the site of a brewery, a church and then housing the Royal School of Veterinary Studies. These days though it is

Act: Rockaway Beach Festival Venue: Butlins, Bognor Regis Date: 10-12 January 2020 The music festival calendar is pretty rammed in the summer months so to put one on 2 weeks after Christmas in a seaside resort takes some balls, right? Not to worry, Rockaway Beach have found

Act: The Long Ryders Venue: Oran Mor, Glasgow Date: 27 October 2019 On a cold autumn night, the faithful gathered under a spire to hail the return of The Long Ryders, last seen in Glasgow in 2004, when they lit up King Tut’s with their own special

Act: Goodbye Mr MacKenzie & The Filthy Tongues Venue: Edinburgh Liquid Room Date: 29 December 2019 It was with a sense of anticipation that I headed off into the cold chilly Edinburgh night to the Liquid Room for my last gig of not only 2019, but also

Act: Stray Cats Venue: Manchester Apollo Date: 25 June 2019 It’s not like I’ve been counting the days but it’s been 10 years, 9 months and 14 days since the last time I should have seen the Stray Cats play live in the flesh. Unfortunately for me