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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.
Hollywood Vampires with a Dark Bonus
The Alice Cooper supergroup – still rocking with dead friends.
Poole Harbour Festival – Kaiser Chiefs and Trusted Tributes
It’s not everyday you get Kaiser Chiefs on your doorstep. A big name to lift an easentially local festival.
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.
Toots and the Maytals ft Leba Hibbert: Torquay
Hard to find a live reggae band playing these days – a far cry from my early 80s gig going days in Birmingham. So here we are in Torquay of all places with a room full of happy people shuffling about to the beat.
Gigs with Ivan 