A sensible start for me on day one of this excellent three-day festival on Southsea Common.
Tag Archives: Portsmouth
Starsailor: live in Pompey
Gig 40 of 2021 for a grey haired gig goer – Starsailor meet a very enthusiastic, vocal yet modest crowd at Portsmouth’s historic Guildhall.
The Ramonas – live at the Wedgewood Rooms
Hey Ho – Let’s Go. A grey haired gig goer relives The Ramones experience through the eyes of Cloey, Rohnny, Pee Pee and Cammy – The Ramonas – in Southsea.
Slow Readers Club – Southsea
Third gig of the weekend for the grey haired gig goer and the great sounds keep coming – tonight the Slow Readers Club, from Manchester.
Victorious Festival 2021
The Victorious Festival returns with another feast of live music on Southsea Common. The grey haired gig goer survives another three day onslaught.
Portsmouth: The Murder Capital
First album and first big tour – The Murder Capital visit Portsmouth.
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.
Psychedelic Furs back in the UK and back in Pompey
Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth 3.10.19 The Pyramids Centre – the venue The Pyramids Centre is on the sea front at Southsea and boasts “fun leisure pools, funky flumes, wacky waves, pool inflatables and a three-level soft play adventure world filled with mazes, climbing nets and ball pits”. Perfect for a King Kurt gig maybe but is …
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Glorious Victorious – a sunny Friday in Southsea
Festivals can get by with grey skies and drizzle but it’s hard not to enjoy bands when it’s blazing sunshine and blue skies. Friday at Victorious Festival is a bit of an intro day with a mid-afternoon start with the main Common Stage and not much more starting up until Saturday. First up for me …
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Victorious Gems: Part 1. Slow Readers Club.
Headliners at the Victorious Festival (August Bank Holiday weekend, Southsea Common) are usually ‘very experienced’ and appeal to the more mature end of the broader festival going crowd (myself included), but with so many acts there is still always the chance of a couple of new gems. A couple from 2017 that I really enjoyed …
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Gigs with Ivan 