MARIJA KONS ABBEYDALE LIVE SHEFFIELD
MARIJA KONS ABBEYDALE LIVE SHEFFIELD WITH glorious weather, the scene was more than set for this popular multi-venue, street-wide, Sheffield festival that runs for two days in April. Starting at The Broadfield on Abbeydale Road, I checked out Marija Kons and her...
MASSIVE WAGONS HOLMFIRTH PICTURE DOME
MASSIVE WAGONS HOLMFIRTH PICTURE DOME BEING BLUNT and coming straight to the point, Massive Wagons, with seven albums under their collective belts, should be just that, Massive! I grasp music has changed, but many of the big gangs from the past had climbed the ‘big...
HEADSTICKS REAL TIME LIVE CHESTERFIELD
HEADSTICKS REAL TIME LIVE CHESTERFIELD WHENEVER you see a band, it’s always worth catching the support slot, as I did on Scottish rockers Peat & Diesel’s tour last year. So when that particular support announced a UK tour, Headsticks became a calling. Hailing...
BURDOCK MAREHAY MINERS WELFARE RIPLEY
BURDOCK MAREHAY MINERS WELFARE RIPLEY KNOCKING OUT eighteen songs with no guitar changes, playing your first gig in nearly a decade to a packed house was a treat for not only this popular local foursome, but the masses too. Opener D D Debbie and Can’t...
SAXON SHEFFIELD OCTAGON
SAXON SHEFFIELD OCTAGON YORKSHIRE, as many know, has over time produced scores of fine bands, with none finer than Barnsley boys Saxon. Formed back in the late seventies, they rightly command respect and always deliver; with over twenty albums released and the next...
PEAT and DIESEL HOLMFIRTH PICTURE DOME
PEAT and DIESEL HOLMFIRTH PICTURE DOME FOR NORTHERNS, heading south is always daunting, what with the distance plus the sheer volume of traffic. Spare a thought then for Peat & Diesel, who, along with their small crew, have travelled from Stornaway on...
THE DUST CODA BAD TOUCH NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
THE DUST CODA BAD TOUCH NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS LOOSING a founding member is tough for any band, even more so when the person in question fronts the unit. The Dust Coda have ploughed on though, replacing original vocalist John Drake after thirteen years with new...
LINDISFARNE BRIDLINGTON SPAR
LINDISFARNE BRIDLINGTON SPAR CERTAIN BANDS bring warm glows to the soul and one of my guilty pleasures is Northumberland’s Lindisfarne. Whilst the last time our paths crossed was at a secret gig near Chesterfield, this enduring unit are back on the road,...
STONEDEAD FESTIVAL 2025
STONEDEAD FESTIVAL 2025 GETTING FESTIVALS FIRMLY established isn’t easy, but the gang behind Stonedead near Newark, can be rightly proud of their achievements as this volunteer run one day one stage gathering, now in its seventh year, edges very slowly...
