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“Apart from getting a sense of just how good the Fannies’ back catalogue is, and how good their newer material is too, the main...
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“Tonight has been an interesting gig. Opening with a glimpse at rock ’n’ roll’s possible future, followed by a hefty slab of nostalgia.”
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"Every festival needs one of those performances that leaves you grinning like an idiot and wondering what on earth just happened. This is one...
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"This has been quite a short set, but by God it’s been good! This is one hell of a band who need to be...
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“Bearing in mind that the first book is fifty years old, and the second is all about golf, there is clearly plenty of material...
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“There are so many different influences at work in their material that they really don’t sound like anybody else.”
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"Thornhill made Concorde 2 feel like an oven, then somehow found another gear, dragging every last drop of energy out of the room."
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“Social Distortion inspire near-religious fervour, and at KOKO that devotion was rewarded with a truly incendiary set.”
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"Starbenders’ live sound is far punchier than their records, with the rough edges left exactly where they should be. Onstage, they sound bigger, heavier...
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"No pyro, no backdrops, no escape: just Black Veil Brides, a packed Concorde 2 and a room ready to explode."
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"Dogstar offered a short, no-frills garage rock set, but the night’s gravitational pull was always Keanu Reeves."
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“Tonight was one of those gigs people will talk about for years — and enough people to fill Wembley Arena will claim they were...
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“This was quite simply a masterclass for all guitar aficionados.”
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The Great Escape’s 20th anniversary proved that new music still sounds best when it is loud, restless and impossible to pin down.
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“Laura Cox may be marketed as a blues guitarist, but this was classic heavy rock of the highest order.”
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“With five guitarists on stage for the encore, the set could have descended into chaos, but the sound never once lost control.”
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“Dual lead guitars, theatrical flair, and absolute control—Creeper make it look effortless.”
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“Fifty years in, The Damned still sound loud, sharp and gloriously uncompromising.”
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“Takedown isn’t just warming up the festival season anymore — it’s starting to define it.”
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“Three female-fronted bands proving they don’t just belong in metal — they’re here to take it over.”
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"From cartwheeling mosh pits to gaffa-tape chaos and full-throttle punk rock — this was Brighton at its feral, sweaty best."
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“Cobalt Blue is a coming-of-age song. The fear of failing the people you want to show up for most, the strain that is put...
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“The idea is that the ‘Naughty List’ is full of people who are different rather than bad, and someone needs to have their backs,...
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“If Baudrillard is right and none of this is real, then love is the glitch. It’s the one thing hyperreality can’t actually simulate.”
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“There comes a breaking point where you just can’t hide anymore. As I get older I become more of who I truly am and...