Sarpa Salpa – Roadmender, Northampton
Sarpa Salpa played an emotional farewell show in front of hundreds of fans at the Roadmender in Northampton. After 238 gigs and 21 songs, the Northampton indie-pop quartet have decided…
Trampolene – The Black Prince, Northampton
Trampolene are out on a UK tour supporting the release of their latest album Rules Of Love & War. Joining them for their headline gig at The Black Prince were…
Dave McPherson – The Black Prince, Northampton
Singer songwriter Dave McPherson returned to Northampton to play a solo acoustic gig at The Black Prince. The InMe frontman was back in town ahead of playing with his band…
NMF – Northampton Music Festival 2023
Northampton Music Festival returned to the town with dozens of acts from the county's music scene playing on stages across the town. The main stage was this year in Abington…
Newton Faulkner – The Black Prince, Northampton
Newton Faulkner played a sold out headline solo acoustic set at The Black Prince in Northampton as part of the United By Music tour. The tour is a partnership between…
Hamish Hawk – The Black Prince, Northampton
Hamish Hawk headlined The Black Prince as part of the United By Music Tour. The tour is a partnership between The Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery and follows…
Cropredy Convention 2023
Fairport Convention returned to the village of Williamscot for their annual festival, Cropredy Convention. This year, the hosts were joined by headliners Nile Rodgers and CHIC and 10cc. I was…
Multitude Festival, Craufurd Arms – Milton Keynes
Last year, organisers of the Multitude Festival put together one of the best all-dayers championing new music. On Saturday, they returned for the second installment of the event. Set across…
Twinfest 2023 – Northampton
Twinfest is one of the highlights of Northampton's music calendar and it was back for another year last weekend for four days live music at venues across the town. This…
Soft Lad – The Black Prince, Northampton
Soft Lad headlined The Black Prince as part of a run of dates being played across the country by the Northants musician. The project of Sophie Galpin, she was joined…
Johnny Marr – Roadmender, Northampton
Johnny Marr returned to Northampton to headline the Roadmender as part of the former Smiths guitarist's UK tour. You can find a full review of this gig on the Northampton…
Hollywood Vampires – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Rock royalty returned to Birmingham in the form of Hollywood Vampires. The band, fronted by Alice Cooper, features Aerosmith's Joe Perry, actor Johnny Depp and guitarist Tommy Henriksen. Support at…
Weirdoe – The Lab, Northampton
Weirdoe headlined The Lab to mark the release of his debut EP Born In A Barn, The seven track EP by the Northampton grime MC was released earlier this month…
Hell Is For Heroes – Esquires, Bedford
Hell Is For Heroes headed to Esquires in Bedford to play a warm-up gig ahead of playing at this year's 2000 Trees festival. The band released a run of acclaimed…
From The Archives: Enter Shikari – The Pitz, Milton Keynes
This week marks 15-years since Enter Shikari played The Pitz in Milton Keynes, a gig which I think was part of a tour to promote their debut album. The band…
Rod Stewart – Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton
Rod Stewart headed to Northampton for the first time in his career to play a headline gig at Franklin's Gardens on the second date of his UK tour. There was…
Muse – The National Bowl, Milton Keynes
Tens of thousands of music fans returned to The National Bowl in Milton Keynes for the first time in about six years on Sunday to see Muse. The band has…
Tragic – The Lab, Northampton
Tragic played a fittingly chaotic final gig to a sold out The Lab on Saturday night. The trio are continuing, but under the name Thistle. Probably the busiest I've seen…
Bruce Springsteen – Villa Park, Birmingham
My third time photographing Bruce Springsteen, following two previous gigs down the road at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Shame about the venue this time, but I'll concede that St…
Editors – Roadmender, Northampton
Editors headed to the Roadmender for a sold-out warm-up gig ahead of their first summer festival dates. Amazing booking by The Pad Presents & Juicebox Live and it was an…
Ceremony #3 Festival – Esquires, Bedford
The third instalment of Bedford Esquires' Ceremony festival took place on Saturday, with hundreds of music fans watching dozens of acts perform. I took hundreds of photos throughout the day,…
BC Camplight – The Black Prince, Northampton
BC Camplight has been out on a 'solo piano' tour of the UK which came to The Black Prince on Friday night. Once again, the venue was packed to see…
The Arctic Monkeys – CBS Arena, Coventry
The Arctic Monkeys played a huge outdoor gig at the CBS Arena in Coventry following the release of their latest album The Car. They were joined by The Hives and…
Hawthorne Heights – The Black Prince, Northampton
Hawthorne Heights headed to Northampton to play a Slam Dunk warm up gig at The Black Prince. Joining them were Northampton's Tigerstyle. More photos of gigs from The Black Prince…
James Walsh – The Black Prince, Northampton
Another busy night at The Black Prince in Northampton for a solo acoustic gig by Starsailor main main James Walsh. Support was by Charlotte Carpenter who is due to release…
Alice Glass – The Moth Club, London
Alice Glass has been playing gigs in the UK as part of her Trauma Bond tour to promote her debut solo album PRAY//IV which was released last year. Wasn't formerly…
Potwash – The Black Prince, Northampton
Potwash, the side project / other project of Tragic front man Cameron Godfrey headlined The Black Prince. The band have released new tracks Get In The Car and Common Sense…
Benefits – The 100 Club, London
Benefits' incredible debut album Nails is finally out and having seen them earlier this year, I couldn't resist popping down to London to see them headline The 100 Club. I…
Lichen Slow – The Black Prince, Northampton
Lichen Slow headlined The Black Prince as part of a tour to support their debut album Rest Lurks. Lichen Slow is the project of Joel Harries & Malcolm Middleton. The…
John Robb – The Black Prince, Northampton
Musician, author and TV presenter John Robb has recently published an amazing new book, charting the history of goth. To promote The Art Of Darkness: The History Of Goth, Robb…
Empyre – HMV, Northampton
To celebrate the release of their second album, Relentless, Empyre played an instore gig at HMV in Northampton. Relentless is the follow up to 2019's Self Aware by the Northampton…
Sarpa Salpa – Black Prince, Northampton
Sarpa Salpa returned to Northampton for their first hometown gig in ages at The Black Prince. In recent months, Sarpa have been putting in the graft, touring across the UK…
Cherie Currie – Roadmender, Northampton
Runaways legend Cherie Currie has been out playing a run of UK shows and headlined the the Roadmender. Currie released her latest solo album Blvds of Splendor in 2019. Support…
Inspiral Carpets – Roadmender, Northampton
The Inspiral Carpets returned after a eight year hiatus, kicking off their UK tour at the Roadmender. The band, stalwarts of the 'Madchester' movement, were also playing their first gig…
Suede – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Suede's ninth album Autofiction, which was released last year, was one of the very best of their career and their headline gig at the Symphony Hall was further evidence of…
PVA & Double Helix – Esquires, Bedford
After a postponed gig in 2021, Grammy nominated electronic trio PVA finally headlined Esquires as part of a UK tour. PVA released their debut album Blush last year and headed…
Tom Grennan – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Bedford's Tom Grennan is getting ready to release his new album Ifs and Maybes and kicked off his UK tour at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham. It was a huge…
slowthai – The Black Prince, Northampton
This was a bit of a good one. slowthai has been playing a run of small 'pub' gigs across the UK as part of the 'Best Night Of Your Life'…
slowthai – HMV, Northampton
slowthai held a signing session at HMV in Northampton to mark the release of his new album UGLY. Fans queued up hours to meet the Northants native who was back…
Self Esteem – O2 Institute, Birmingham
Rebecca Taylor brough Self Esteem to the O2 Institute in Birmingham as part of her latest tour across the UK promoting her latest album Prioratise Pleasure. A full review of…
Frank Turner / Lottery Winners – Roadmender, Northampton
Frank Turner returned to the Roadmender for the first 'post Independent Venue Week'. He was joined by The Lottery Winners who were back for their third gig in Northampton in…
IVW23 – Opus Kink – The Black Prince, Northampton
Opus Kink brought Independent Venue Week to a close at The Black Prince with a great headline set. Second time in Northampton for these guys and my third time seeing…
IVW23 – Pale Blue Eyes – The Black Prince, Northampton
My penultimate gig of Independent Venue Week was Pale Blue Eyes at The Black Prince. Another packed one for the venue, with support by The Covasettes and Tvål. Headliners Pale…
IVW23 – Delights – The Black Prince, Northampton
Show #3 of Independent Venue Week was indie-pop five piece Delights at The Black Prince. Support by Northampton acts Pavilion and Lite Sleeper. More photos of gigs at The Black…
IVW23 – Benefits – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
Gig two of Independent Venue Week and one of the very best. I went into this one probably having read more about Benefits than I'd heard. Fantastic performance, intensely heavy…
IVW23 – Trampolene – Esquires, Bedford
Independent Venue Week got under way at Esquires in Bedford with alt-trio Trampolene. The band, led by Jack Jones, were playing gigs in both Bedford and Milton Keynes as part…
The Subways – The Black Prince, Northampton
The Subways are out on tour in support of their new album Uncertain Joys and headlined a sold out gig at The Black Prince. Great atmosphere and hell of a…
Torus / Potwash / Clearcut – The Garibaldi, Northampton
You can always rely on The Garibaldi to be hosting some of the best up-and-coming acts around and Torus was no deviation from this. The venue was absolutely rammed for…
Billy Lockett – The Picturedrome, Northampton
Following a triumphant gig at Islington's Assembly Hall in London in November, Billy Lockett returned to Northampton to headline a sold-out gig at The Picturedrome. Lockett is due to release…
Spinadisc Xmas Party – The Black Prince, Northampton
Spinadisc records held its annual Christmas party at the Black Prince on Friday. The gig was headlined by indie five piece Rolling Thunder with support by FFSYTHO?!, Maddox Jones, Balter,…