by Davey Those Swedish kings of rawk, Europe I simply HAD to do an article on Europe. The following is an average Europe-related conversation: “Hey, do you like Europe?” “Who?” “You know…*hums ‘The Final Countdown’*” “Oh yeah! I know that song. That band were a bunch of one-hit-wonders, weren’t they?” Well, that’s the average Europe-related [...]
Kula Shaker 16.5.06
by Jo Norwich Waterfront One of my favourites! Back in Norwich after too many years. Reformed, with new songs, and a new album later this year. Right at the last minute I got into a sold out gig, and it was hot and sweaty and really quite smelly right from the start. A very mixed [...]
Richard Ashcroft
by Jill Blackpool Empress Ballroom 9th May 2006 It took a heroic drive up the M6 to get us to this one on time, flying through the miles to this iconic Northern seaside resort. Well done Stew, and all hail the mighty silver Ford Escort! We park and hit the gig with minutes to spare. [...]
TAKE THAT REVIEW –WEMBLEY ARENA – MONDAY 8TH MAY 2006
by Caroline Graham After a long ten years and countless speculation Take That are back!!! The crowd of mostly women aged between 15 and 45 had been warmed up nicely by Beverley Knight and were eagerly awaiting the arrival of “our boys”. The boys didn’t disappoint and made a fantastic entrance in blue suits, they [...]
Hard Fi
by Jill Manchester Apollo 8th May 2006 I think we’d got a bit besieged by all the live stuff by this stage. Six in ten days … it all starts to blend into one great big band by then. And this was the one out of all of them that we had the lowest expectations [...]
