A songwriter extraordinaire comes to play a range of songs he’s written for himself, 10cc and legends such as Herman’s Hermits, The Yardbirds and Wayne Fontana… in St Peter’s church.
Category Archives: Reviews
Gary Numan at Bournemouth Old Fire Station
The second of two special and more intimate gigs at Bournemouth Old Fire Station, capacity 550 sweaty gig-goers.
Garbage live in London
Garbage at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London (14.7.2026) with Big Joanie supporting. A return to the iconic Roundhouse, featured in many of my blogs (venue focus here). A wander down from the Premier Inn at the top of Haverstock Hill and over the railway to the Primrose Castle, for a few hours in the sun …
Elvis Costello comes to Pompey
So much press and social media chatter about this Costello tour. This songwriting legend still gets my vote.
World Cup disruption for The Cardigans
The only UK gig on The Cardigans European tour – this date clashed with an England football World Cup match but concessions are made and it all works out.
Southampton Summer Sessions: OMD and Paul Weller
These summer concerts create a bite size urban festival feel. That brings positives and some negatives but importantly a brings a burst of great acts to Southampton.
Kraftwerk come to Bournemouth
An essential box to tick. An immersive audio visual experince of Kraftwerk performing live, well sort of.
EXTC live in Southampton
EXTC (14.5.2026) at The 1865, Southampton. A note on this one, with one thing in mind: to encourage any old XTC lovers to get out and have an evening with EXTC. I never saw XTC live and original frontman and songwriter Andy Partridge has said he has no intention of performing live again. EXTC is …
LEAP live in Southampton
New band to me; debut album recently released and a sell out at The Joiners.
Skids in Scotland
A special trip for a lifetime first: the legendary Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow. Noted by The Skids as a special gig that was followed by a-m trip across to Edinburgh for the-m last night of the tour.
Gigs with Ivan 