Hard to beat the 2 Tone camaradarie of an evening with sounds of The Beat and The Specials, with Dave Wakeling and Neville Staple.
Category Archives: Reviews
Keo live in Southampton
First night of Keo’s autumn tour with a great new LP to shout about. A new band for me.
Starsailor with Strings – Love is Here 25th Anniversary
A quite unique celebration of the 25th anniversary of Starsailor’s Platinum selling, Love is Here LP – with a string ensemble.
Transvision Vamp live – Bournemouth
Day 2 of 6 gigs in 6 days for a grey haired gig goer but hey, Wendy James is 60 and she’s fronting up Transvision Vamp. I only have to watch.
Joe Jackson live in Bournemouth
It’s 30 years since I saw Joe Jackson live. Even that wasn’t back at the beginning when he was releasing the tunes I’m most familiar with. An opportunity tonight to hear some old favourites and some tracks from a new LP.
The Lemonheads return – Southampton
One more chance I said, after the last Lemonheads gig here. I was rewarded. Evan Dando was back…well a mature version.
Altered Images live in Exeter
Altered Images, the Happy Birthday album tour. For this one I took the opportunity of the bonus of attending the soundcheck and getting some of my old vinyl signed by Clare Grogan beforehand.
Holy Holy – the songs of David Bowie – live in Southampton
A novel way to not only enjoy the songs of David Bowie but bring extra connection and sense of history to the experience.
Stiff Little Fingers – Putting the Fast in Belfast 8
My third trip over to see Stiff Little Fingers host their celebration of Belfast. Another belter of a gig.
Victorious Festival 2026
The annual excursion to Southsea Common. Some challenging weather this year but we got away with it.
