Valentine’s night with some old New Romantics at Poole Lighthouse for Midge Ure on his ‘Visage and Vienna’ tour.
Tag Archives: Live
Saint Julian in the old Sheep Market
A Sunday evening in the presence of a piece of English heritage – eccentric or just unique, humourous and surprisingly crowd pleasing – Julian Cope….Saint Julian.
Back on the Gig Trail.. with The Rezillos
After a gig-going ‘Winter Break’ we’re off again, tonight with The Rezillos on stage at the wonderful Brook, Southampton. Quiffs, colour and a bit of sax.
Can I Pick My Top 10 Gigs of 2019 – from 195 performances?
At the end of a mammoth year of gig going, snapping pics as I go, I have reflected on it and tried to pick my top ten gigs.
Wonderful Stuff: the Eight Legged Groove Machine comes to town
The Wonder Stuff live in Boscombe to play ‘The Eight Legged Groove Machine’ and ‘Hup’ in their entirety, plus some new songs. This prompts a look back to 1988 when I first saw them in Coventry.
Old Skulls on Display at Pyramids
Band of Skulls play an end of tour gig at Portsmouth Pyramids Centre, showcasing their first album from 2009, ‘Baby Darling Doll Face Honey’. My photos from 2017 Victorious Festival, on almost the same site, are included.
Paying Tribute to the Playing Tributes
Tribute bands: great musicians, crowd pleasing sets, good value, no wigs required so what’s not to like. Wish We Were Pink Floyd in Chichester provide an excuse to mull over the tribute thing.
Post Post-Punk’s Not Dead: Crows
Having released their long awaited debut album ‘Silver Tongues’ earlier in 2019, and supported Idles on tour, tonight Crows play the Anvil, Bournmouth. Live music that the John Peel generation can still get excited about is not dead yet .
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Park … and the Pavilion
Some snapshots of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark playing live over a 34 year period….well I saw them once at the start of that 34 year period with no camera or phone and at their Bournemouth gig this week, where I took some photos – snapshots indeed.
Squeeze, a songbook for life
The current Squeeze tour is showcasing the Difford and Tilbrook songbook spanning 40 years. Tonight’s show in Bournemouth, with special guests Heaven 17, made me think about my 40 years of Squeeze.
Gigs with Ivan 