Gig Reviews | Interviews | Music News
I will happily admit I don’t know as much about acting as I might do about music but I can without a doubt say that Red Velvet at the Garrick Theatre is truly triumphant. The story is inspiring as much as it is based on a true story. In 1833 Ira Aldridge is brought to…
Read More
For those of you that don’t know who Will Young is – think Pop Idol ca. 2002. Will won the first series of the British version of American Idol. His latest album 85% Proof has hit Number 1 in the UK charts and even 13 years after his first big success, his fans still love…
Read More
Slaves recently finished off their first UK headline tour, and we headed out to join the party at the O2 Forum Kentish Town. The twenty-something punks from Kent are one of 2015’s breakthrough artists and are set to play this year’s Reading and Leeds Festival along with the legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers and more. Tonight, Laurie…
Read MoreHappy 2016 all of you! I’m so sorry I have been so bad at posting. Work was crazy and just left no time for writing anything. However, I have a list and it shall all be put up within this week, I promise!! There’s also more stuff coming for 2016 and I’m super excited what…
Read More
Who doesn’t know the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the spirits of Christmas past, present and yet-to-come? Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has been adapted by many a theatre and even Hollywood. We all know the story, but never have I ever come across a Scrooge quite this charming and loveable even. We all…
Read More
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better. It’s not.” Says the Once-ler at the end of Dr. Seuss childrens’ book. The beloved American author has delivered the basis to many heart-warming Hollywood hits and has played a big role in many a child’s life growing up. I first…
Read More
London’s favourite troubadour and songwriter Frank Turner returned to his hometown of choice for the last gig of his UK tour. Turner’s tour kicked off in the US in September just after the release of his latest album Positive Songs For Negative People and a small in-store gig tour just before that. Playing the biggest…
Read More
English alt-rock band Lonely The Brave rocked Islington Assembly Hall on 24 November. The band released the deluxe edition of their debut album The Day’s War earlier this year and supported Twin Atlantic on their UK tour in May. And that’s just the first half of a massive 2015 for the Cambridge five-piece. Ahead of their 9-date…
Read More
Remarkable singer-songwriter Billy Bragg stopped over for two nights at Islington’s magnificent Union Chapel and we headed down on a cold, rainy Monday night to warm our ears with the sounds of Bragg’s guitar. Billy Bragg, in his 30-plus year-long musical career, has always been known for voicing his political views on any given platform,…
Read More
The Royal Shakespeare Company is currently staging three of Shakespeare’s historic plays at the Barbican Theatre under the King And Country series. Henry V is part of that serious in light of the 600th anniversary of the Battle Of Agincourt. It’s the year 1415 and Henry IV is dead, Henry V must leave his youth…
Read More
High Fives & Stage Dives 