After stumbling upon the recent Darkness documentary film, a few conversations later I found myself off to see The Darkness… again.
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Double Date with Spear of Destiny
Spear of Destiny: 8.9.2021 Exeter Phoenix and 26.9.2021 The Joiners Arms, Southampton The Spear of Destiny World Service @35 tour (planned as 35 years on from the original release and tour of that now re-recorded album) was a much delayed one, thus fuelling my eagerness to get to see it…..so I went to two dates …
Ocean Colour Scene – live in Bournemouth
Old favourites of mine are back in town.
Suede – live in Southampton & Portsmouth 2023
Suede at O2 Guildhall Southampton 25.3 2023 & at Guildhall Portsmouth 11.12.2023 So good in March I returned for more later this year. I’ve bought the records, read the books, watched the documentaries but not seen them that much considering my long running interest, revived at various points over the last 30 years. Birmingham Hummingbird …
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Ruts DC – live at The Joiners
It’s 44 years since I bought my first Ruts singles. I thought it was about time I caught up with them on one of their tours – at one of the south coast’s legendary small venues, by chance.
Death Cult’s brief return – live in Bournemouth
A special return by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy to their Death Cult years.
Sleeper ‘Unplugged’ – live at The Brook
A relaxed and friendly set up for tonight’s performance by 90s Britpop legends Sleeper, with a Q&A section thrown in.
Rebellion Festival 2023 – a punk feast
A feast of live punk bands as I whizz through four days in Blackpool watching 30 bands, with some photos to show for it.
Rediscovering Wreckless Eric – live in a Poole coffee shop
A sell-out gig with 21 people, in a coffee bar in Poole, to catch-up with Wreckless Eric.
Victorious Festival 2023
The annual pilgrimage to Southsea Common continues, and yet again it is the good value choice, with a few old diamonds and some new bands as well..booked blind for 2024 already.
Gigs with Ivan 