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XFM Winter Wonderland is always the best Christmas party of the year if you’re into music. But this year’s line-up was a real seasonal treat: Royal Blood, Billy The Kid, To Kill A King, Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Horrors, Billy Bragg and Frank Turner. Royal Blood were a surprise opening act, and boy what…
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It had been about a year and a half since I last saw The Gaslight Anthem. That is generally normal for a band, but if it’s one of your favourite bands then it’s way too long. On top of that, it was a birthday treat! One day before my birthday. I hadn’t been to Alexandra…
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This was the second gig I managed to get to during Frank Turner’s small venues tour. There was more listening to new songs being tested live and it was magical. To have an artist try out songs live before putting them on an album is something that just does not happen anymore. Sometimes knowing how…
Read MoreI love hearing new songs live. Because as much as I enjoy singing my little heart out to songs I know and love, new songs have this spirit of live music experienced for the first time. This gets even more special when the new songs aren’t even released yet. It gives them special status and…
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When I say I could write pages and pages on this, then believe me. I actually will be writing about 100 pages on this gig. It’s the topic of my master’s thesis and if you want to read the finished thesis, drop me a line, happy to share.* I will try and be as short…
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Have you ever been to a gig where, the minute the band comes on stage, you know it’s going to be epic? Yes, this could have been one of those. I had just seen Bruce play Wembley Stadium and it was amazing, but he didn’t seem too much on form. I made my parents wait…
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My first Gaslight Anthem gig and ooooh I’m in love!! I’ve loved this band for a while now but hadn’t been able to catch them live. If you get a chance, please do yourself the favour and go! Getting to the Troxy was a bit of a trek through East London but we were fine…
Read MoreThis was my first Springsteen gig. My parents have been fans for a very long time but he has just never toured at a time where we could go together. We drove 4 hours down to Frankfurt in the middle of summer and stood in front of the gates for another 3 hours in 32…
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High Fives & Stage Dives 