Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Forest Hills Stadium, New York, May 15, 2024
Buy Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s FU##IN UP here In an outdoor stadium on a stormy spring night, Neil Young and Crazy Horse offered shelter in a sound. Fifty-five years since the words “Crazy Horse”...
View ArticleLiam Gallagher – Utilita Arena, Sheffield, June 1
The show begins with a huge digital clock literally rolling back the years from 2024, but Oasis gigs were never like this when their era-defining debut came out 30 years ago. A spectacular stage set...
View ArticleBeth Gibbons – Uber Eats Music Hall, Berlin, June 2
A storm is brewing in the skies as Beth Gibbons prepares to take the stage of Berlin’s most unappetisingly named venue. There’s a wary anticipation inside the building too. Her debut solo album Lives...
View ArticleEagles – Co-op Live, Manchester, June 7
For a band synonymous with California sunshine rock, overcast Manchester may seem an unlikely place for the Eagles to bow out. However, it’s here that they have chosen to play their last ever shows on...
View ArticleFoo Fighters – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, June 15
Opening for a band with a fearsome live reputation in front of 50,000 of their fans could present a challenge as well as an opportunity, but Courtney Barnett strolls on strumming her guitar as if...
View ArticleStevie Nicks – BST Hyde Park, London, July 12
Things were different the last time Stevie Nicks played Hyde Park. That was in 2017, when she opened for her best friend Tom Petty and joined him during his headline set for a run through “Stop...
View ArticleSuede / Manic Street Preachers – Alexandra Park, London, July 18
“I am a selection of dismantled almosts” reads the Anne Sexton quote emblazoned across screens erected in a glade beneath the imposing frontage of Alexandra Palace as Manic Street Preachers take the...
View ArticleTaylor Swift, Wembley Stadium, London, August 19, 2024
She arrives, of course, as if by magic. As dancers dressed with giant flower petal costumes move around the stage, like extras from Rio Carnival, she appears without warning, popping up from a...
View ArticleBonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Richard Dawson, Laetitia Sadier: End Of The Road 2024...
There are strange noises afoot on the outskirts of End Of The Road’s 18th edition. Given the adventurous tastes of this festival, the Folly tent is heaving for Plantoid, Brighton’s latest venture into...
View ArticleNick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Uber Arena, Berlin, September 29
When Nick Cave lived here in the mid-’80s, the Friedrichshain district which houses the Uber Arena was part of East Berlin. A lot has changed since then, of course; not least for Nick Cave. While a...
View ArticleJeff Tweedy – Bearsville Theater, NY, October 13
It’s been remarkable to watch Jeff Tweedy evolve from wired young country-punk to industrious, avuncular indie-rock vet, performing “Freedom Highway” with Mavis Staples on national television during...
View ArticleLive! David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall October 9th, 2024
David Gilmour is someone who has made a career by letting his guitar do the talking. Rather than emerging on stage in a blaze of laser light to sing a song everyone knows – that does happen, but much...
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