Still Growing Strong: 2000 Trees
Nick Allan took in this year’s 2000 Trees Festival for RC, and here he presents the highlights from 10-11 July
Quireboys get a Thirst on
An evening celebrating God Bless America: Best Of Thirsty saw Paul Davies partake in the rock spirit at London’s Soho Spice Of Life on 30 July
50 Years Of Punk – Sex Pistols FT Frank Carter At Cardiff Castle: Live Review
‘But it’s just karaoke without Rotten’ is often what you will hear from those lucky enough to catch the Sex Pistols first time around. Never Mind The Bollocks turns fifty years old this year and what better way to celebrate a global phenomenon? You tour it. In Full.
2000 Trees
There are festivals that trade on size, spectacle and celebrity, and then there’s 2000 Trees. Nestled in the Gloucestershire countryside, it continues to prove that atmosphere, community and adventurous booking are far more valuable currencies. Even before the weekend reached its climax, the Wednesday and Thursday line-ups offered a compelling re…
CMAT rocks the Hall, y’all
Irish country-pop sensation CMAT oozed star quality in an ebullient performance at the atmospheric Halifax Piece Hall on 17 July, as Dave Leggett reports
Garry Beers – and the price of INXS
Former INXS bassist Garry Beers presented music and memories at the Sir Devonshire Hotel, Devonshire Square, London, on 16 July, as Paul Davies reports
Richard Ashcroft
Tom Meighan and co got the crowd bouncing with a Kasabian greatest hits set before Richard Ashcroft took the helm, leaning heavily on Urban Hymns to deliver one mass singalong after another. Nowhere was that more evident than on The Drugs Don’t Work, with thousands of voices turning a deeply sad song into something euphoric. Ashcroft’s voice sh…
“Pyro, Propaganda and a Stranger’s Shoulders” – My Chemical Romance at Wembley Stadium, London: Live Review
I had been telling myself I could wait until November and see My Chemical Romance in Bangkok. After travelling to Milan for an already ridiculous weekend of Foo Fighters and System Of A Down, perhaps another major reunion with my teenage years could wait.
“Twenty-Nine Songs, One Lost Friend and Total Disorder” – System Of A Down at I-Days Milan: Live Review
This one started more than a year earlier, when I booked the ticket with a friend from Naples and began the painfully long wait to finally see System Of A Down.
All the fun of the State Fayre
First rodeo for State Fayre proves a success, bringing cowboy boots, classic cars and Southern country charm to the Essex countryside, as Emmie MacNevin reports
