Category Archives: Venues

Pete Doherty live in Wimborne, with his family, and the dog

What a lovely way to see a performer – in a small theatre with some new performers, and his wife, toddler daughter and a rock’n’roll dog. I was like popping around a friend’s house, and it was his birthday.

Paul Heaton live at Kingston Pryzm

My first visit, at last, to this rather special venue which manages to host an amazing range of live music gems – today I am here for the early show by Paul Heaton, accompanied these days by the excellent Rianne Downey.

Gig Venue: The Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne

The Tivoli hosts the occasional surprise live event – including the visit of John Lydon for instance – with a more usual feast of tribute acts, comedians and older live bands of the 60s and 70s. Always a lovely atmosphere in this classic art deco theatre, in the pleasant East Dorset town of Wimborne.

The Skids with Spear of Destiny – live in Southampton

Since The Skids returned in 2017 I have been to see them repeatedly and now through several reformations, Richard Jobson has a new four piece edition.

The Damned – live in Bristol

A tour that draws strongly on tracks from The Black Album, Machine Gun Etiquette and Strawberries, with Rat Scabies back on the drums, brings out one of my favourite Damned gigs of recent years. Tonight is my thirteenth time of seeing them, with a variety of line ups since Hammersmith Odeon in 1980.