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Anti-folk duo Crywank headlined The Black Prince as part of a short run of UK gigs. Usually a trio, the gig at the Prince featured singer and guitarist Jay Clayton and Daniel...
Read MoreGerman electronic icons Kraftwerk headlined the inaugural Forever Now Festival at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes. The sister festival of Cruel World in America saw bands from post-punk...
Read MoreBludfest returned to The National Bowl in Milton for the second edition of Yungblud's festival. The Doncaster musician, who released his fourth album Idols the day before the festival, again...
Read MorePulp are back with their first new album in 24 years and headlined Birmingham's Utilita Arena. No support tonight, with Pulp playing two sets to an absolutely packed venue. In a bit of a...
Read MoreGaz Brookfield topped a line-up of a trio of acoustic singer songwriters at The Black Prince. Brookfield was joined by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq and Chris Tavener. Wasn't quite sure what to...
Read MoreWeirdoe released his latest singer Petty in April and returned to The Lab to headline the Northampton venue. It's been a busy few years for the Northampton rapper who released his debut mix...
Read MoreYungblud is bringing Bludfest back to The National Bowl in Milton Keynes next month and ahead of the festival headed to the Craufurd Arms to take part in a Q&A session about the festival...
Read MoreWet Leg kicked off their UK tour with a headline gig at The O2 Academy in Birmingham - treating fans to a set packed with tracks from their forthcoming second album. The Isle Of Wight...
Read MoreHaving headlined the venue's smaller room six months ago, Vamps frontman Bradley Simpson played a sold-out hometown gig at Birmingham's O2 Institute as part of his UK tour. Simpson released...
Read MoreAJ Tracey played a headline gig at Esquires as part of a short run of gigs at intimate venues across the country. The rapper's Not Even A Tour tour headed to Esquires ahead of his Don't Die...
Read MoreTwenty One Pilots have been gigging across the UK in support of their latest album Clancy which was released last year. I wont lie - besides the duo's obvious huge singles - this wasn't a...
Read MoreBanké played her debut headline gig at The Lab - previewing a host of new material from her forthocming EP. The Northants singer-songwriter was joined by a host of talent from across the...
Read MoreNorthants singer-songwriter Eden Lole brought her UK tour to a close at The Black Prince. Lole has been playing dates across the UK as part of her debut headline tour. Lole released her...
Read MoreThe Flaming Lips kicked off their UK tour at the O2 in Birmingham this week - playing all of their acclaimed 2002 album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots in full. This was an absolute pleasure...
Read MoreBlack Country duo Big Special returned to Bedford for their inaugural all-dayer which saw more than a dozen acts play across the venue's two main stages, Joining headliners Big Special on...
Read MoreThe Murder Capital kicked off their UK tour with a headline gig at XOYO in Digbeth. The Dublin natives released their third album Blindness in February and after playing a series of gigs the...
Read MoreThomas Truax was back in Northampton to headline The Lab - armed with his usual collection of weird and wonderful home made instruments. The US singer-songwriter was joined by motorised drum...
Read MoreThat Joe Payne returned The Black Prince to play a headline gig with his eight piece band. Payne was using the gig to preview a bit of a revamped sound, image and energy and played songs...
Read MoreLimp Bizkit brought their Loserville tour to the bb pulse LIVE arena in Birmingham as part of their UK tour. Great line up for this show, which saw the acclaimed nu-metallers joined by Ecca...
Read MoreGreg Coulson launched his new EP with a sold-out gig at The Charles Bradlaugh. The blues singer-writer released Live at Crescent Records Studio this month and to mark its release, has been...
Read MoreSelf proclaimed 'space surf outfit' Japanese Television headlined The Black Prince as part of a short UK tour this month. The band released their latest album Automata Exotica last year....
Read MoreFollowing the release of their third album Guided Tour last year, High Vis have been playing gigs across the country and headed to Birmingham to headline XOYO. High Vis are one of my...
Read MoreSnow Patrol are out on a sold-out UK tour and headed to the bp pulse LIVE arena in Birmingham. One of those bands which needs no introduction, Fronted by Gary Lightbody, Snow Patrol have...
Read MoreA few days after playing to a few thousand people at The Troxy with Gothboiclique, Fish Narc headed to The Shacklewell Arms with his own band for another headline gig. The singer-songwriter...
Read MoreThe eight and final day of Independent Venue Week in Northampton concluded with a headline set by singer songwriter Caoilfhionn Rose. Joining Rose was Harrison Hood, playing his first gig...
Read MoreDay four of Independent Venue Week saw Heavy Lungs headline The Black Prince. Great set by these guys who I'd previously seen playing over at the Craufurd Arms as part of the Multitude...
Read MoreThe first of two gigs on the same night, The Miki Berenyi Trio, headlined The Lab on the third day of Independent Venue Week. Miki is best known as the singer songwriter from Lush. She was...
Read MoreApparently the busiest gig of Independent Venue Week for The Black Prince, I raced over to The Black Prince to catch Birmingham indie rockers The Clause having first popped into The Lab for the...
Read MoreThe Bug Club returned to Northampton on the fourth day of Independent Venue Week to headline The Black Prince. The Welsh duo released their latest album On The Intricate Inner Workings Of...
Read MoreIndependent Venue Day got off to an early start in Northampton with The Black Prince kicking off proceedings a day early on the Sunday with headliners The Emerald Dawn. This is a...
Read MoreSam Fender is gearing up for the release of his third album People Watching which is due in February and ahead of its arrival has been out on a UK arena tour. Fender's two albums to date,...
Read MoreFountain brought their UK tour to a close with a hometown headline gig at The Garibaldi on Friday night. The rock duo which comprise of singer and guitarist Jordan Noon and drummer Ally...
Read MoreIdles were back in Birmingham for two sold out dates as part of their UK to to support their fifth album Tangk. It was somehow the eighth time seeing the Bristol natives having previously...
Read MoreFormer Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell headed to the Roadmender as part of his UK tour. Joining Hugh were EX-TC - fronted by former XTC frontman Terry Chambers. Only a few photos from...
Read MoreAfter a bit of hiatus, The Horrors are back with a new album and kicked off a short underplay tour at Esquires in Bedford. The two recent singles building up to this tour have been excellent...
Read MoreAward winning singer songwriter Michael Kiwanuka marked the release of his new album with an in-store performance and signing at the HMV Vault in Birmingham. A couple of hundred fans headed...
Read MoreThe Black Doldrums have been out touring in support of their new album and returned to The Black Prince on Friday. The trio who mix elements of post-punk and goth genres released their...
Read MoreAvant-garde pop nine-piece Woahgetter returned to The Black Prince in Northampton for the final gig of their recent run of dates across the UK. The band, who played both the Northampton...
Read MoreNick Cave & The Bad Seeds returned to Birmingham to headline the BP Pulse LIVE arena on the final date of their UK tour to support their latest album Wild God. Third time seeing and...
Read MoreOn the same day he announced details of his debut album, Bradley Simpson played a hometown gig at the O2 Institute in Birmingham. The Sutton Coldfield native headlined a sold out Institute 2...
Read MoreBloody / Bath celebrated the release of their debut album, In An Empty Place I'm Screaming, with a headline gig at The Garibaldi in Northampton. The post-punk goth five piece marked the...
Read MoreRaging Speedhorn played their first headline gig in Northampton for a long time on the day new single Night Wolf was released. The Corby metal act were playing two 'almost home' gigs...
Read MoreAfter spending an ungodly amount of money on its renovation, Northampton's Market Square celebrated its official reopening with two days of live music, events and activities, Despite the...
Read MorePunk duo Soft Play headlined an absolutely crazy headline gig at Birmingham's O2 Institute as part of their UK tour supporting their latest album Heavy Jelly. It was impossible to take your...
Read MoreLA industrial rock trio Health headlined the O2 Institute 2 as part of the UK leg of their Rat Wars tour. Fans crammed into the sold out gig and you can read a full review of the show over...
Read MoreA retrospective upload this one - and not a gig I remember much about - other than it being a headline gig by PleasureInc. with support from Thistle! I think there was a ton more acts on the...
Read MoreThe Fierce And The Dead headlined The Black Prince as part of a short run of UK dates. The band, which originate from London, melds elements of psychedelic rock, post rock, shoegaze and...
Read MoreThe Libertines were back in Birmingham to headline the O2 Academy as part of the band's latest jaunt around the UK to support their album All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade. The band's...
Read MorePunk rock trio The Subways returned to Northampton to headline The Black Prince as part of their latest jaunt across the UK. Never see these guys put in a band shift and they were in great...
Read MoreThis was a bit of a wild one - when it eventually got going! Azealia Banks had already played several dates across the UK by the time she arrived in Birmingham, so we knew what to...
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