Celebrating 20 years of pop-punk with New Found Glory

To celebrate two decades since their inception, pop-punk veterans New Found Glory took over the O2 Forum Kentish Town.  Florida-bred pop-punk quartet New Found Glory are had a party for their 20th anniversary in London last night with eleven more dates to come across the UK. The tour also comes just after the release of…

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Foo Fighters prove once again why they’re one of the best live bands

Last night rock god Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters played an epic show at London’s O2 arena.  It’s no secret that the Foo Fighters are one of the best bands to see live that our generation has come across. That’s not necessarily because their tracks are so different (although they have a good few…

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Blink-182 deliver an explosive, nostalgic pop-punk show at The O2

On Wednesday night, pop-punk veterans Blink-182 took The O2 on a trip down memory lane with twenty years of rocking tunes. California-based Blink-182 are one of those bands that my generation will always see as part of their teenage years. We rocked out to All The Small Things and our love songs were the likes of Missing You. So…

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Linkin Park’s intimate London show gives us all the feels

Nu-metal icons celebrate the release of their new record with an intimate show. After a massive show at The O2 just the day before, Cali’ rockers Linkin Park treated their London fans to a comparatively smaller show at O2 Academy Brixton on 4 July; we tagged along to witness Chester Bennington and co. blow the…

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Jack The Envious smash their pre-EP-release show in Camden

London based alternative rockers Jack The Envious played an impressive first UK headline show to celebrate the release of their second EP In Your Own Way (out 14 July).  On a hot summer eve in London you can expect a sweaty show at a small venue any day. Those shows are a lot more fun though when…

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For everyone missing 2000trees Festival – here’s a playlist to make it all better

Okay maybe not ALL better, but at least a little bit. If you, like me, are sadly missing 2000trees festival, let’s have a listening party to all the great bands that are playing and that our friends get to see. I’ve picked my favorite out of this year’s lineup and their best tune (according to…

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Punk’s not dead – Green Day play explosive BST Hyde Park show

Northern-Cali punk icons Green Day rocked London’s Hyde Park for British Summer Time – complete with political digs, pyro-show and the feeling that punk music is just what we need in a world like this.  Every year, British Summer Time offers two weekends packed with one day festivals, themed perfectly to fit the headliner. So…

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Simple Plan turn London’s Forum in a huge pop-punk party

For the fifteenth anniversary of their album No Pads, No Helmets … Just Balls the Canadian rockers played a one-off show at O2 Forum Kentish Town and it was as much a party as it should have been. If you’re into pop-punk and you weren’t at the Forum on Friday night you sure missed one hell of…

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Rise Against tear the roof off The Garage

Last Friday night, Rise Against played a hot and sweaty punk show in North London and it was everything a punk gig should be.  The four-piece from Chicago are set to release their eighth studio album Wolves this Friday and had been playing a few intimate shows in Europe last week. For the last 18…

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