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LA 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...
Read MoreFor the last time! The members of Phantom Isle brought the band to an end with a hometown headline gig at The Black Prince. The trio, led by Peter Marchant, had previously announced plans to...
Read MoreThe Northampton Music Festival returned at the weekend, headlined by Mae Stephens. For the second year, the main stage was located away from the Market Square due to ongoing redevelopment...
Read MoreJeffrey Lewis returned to Northampton with his band The Voltage to headline The Black Prince. The acclaimed US anti-folk singer-songwriter was back in the UK as part of a tour to support new...
Read MoreTorus' debut album isn't out until September but they played a headline LP launch at The Garibaldi in Northampton. The MK rock trio have been picking up plaudits from national magazines...
Read MoreA Peter Doherty solo show turned into an impromptu Babyshambles reunion at the Roadmender when The Libertines frontman was joined by Drew McConnell and Adam Ficek for the final third of the...
Read MoreIndie duo Cat Garden headlined The Garibaldi to celebrate the launch of their debut EP. Cat Garden released six-track record The Most Luxurious Escape earlier in August following a series of...
Read MoreDefenestration played their first headline gig at The Black Prince on Saturday night. The Kettering five piece returned earlier this year supporting Raging Speedhorn at a fundraising gig in...
Read MoreBilly Lockett played an intimate sold out headline gig at The Black Prince to celebrate his birthday. The singer songwriter has recently supported Sam Ryder and played in front of thousands...
Read MoreActor and musician Kiefer Sutherland headlined the Roadmender as part of the singer's Chasing The Sun UK tour. Sutherland is best known for his roles in 24, Designated Survivor and The Lost...
Read MoreDoncaster's Yungblud headlined the inaugural Bludfest at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes, joined by a host of other acts playing across two stages. Yungblud did a great job putting...
Read MoreCropredy Convention returned to Williamscot for Fairport Convention's annual three day festival. I could only attend the opening two days of the festival this year, however, still manged to...
Read MoreThe Multitude Festival returned to the Craufurd Arms for its annual new music all-dayer. For the first time Multitude was taking place across two days, with bands playing across three...
Read MoreUS post-punk trio Blood Club headlined The Lab as part of a handful of dates in the UK. Great set by the band who were joined by Northampton acts bloody/bath and Potwash. More photos of...
Read MoreNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played the final of a run of gigs at the historic Warwick Castle. Gallagher was joined by Smiths legend Johnny Marr and The Weave - which features Blur...
Read MoreUS rock and soul act Darnell Cole & The Vibe headlined The Black Prince as part of their UK tour. Support at the Northampton venue was by Woof. More photos of gigs at The Black Prince...
Read MoreKings Of Leon returned to Birmingham to headline the Utilita Arena as part of their Can We Please Have Fun world tour. The US rockers released their latest album in May and headed to the...
Read MoreJames Arthur headlined the inaugral A Perfect Day Festival at Delapre Park in Northampton. Joining Arthur were a host of acts from Northants as well as a few national names. It was a...
Read MoreRetro festival Let's Rock headed to Northampton for the first time as part of a weekend of live music at Delapre Park. The festival was headlined by Billy Ocean and there were performances...
Read More90s alt icons The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer kicked of their UK tour at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham. Both bands played great sets, packed full of hits. Weezer opened and we were...
Read MoreThe team of promoters based out of Esquires brought Ceremony back to the Bedford venue for its fourth instalment on Saturday. The main stage was headlined by Hot Wax and second stage...
Read MoreDublin's Sprints played a cracking headline set at Esquires ahead of a festival spot the following day at Live At Leeds. The band released one of my favourite debut albums of 2024 at the...
Read MoreManchester's Nightbus headlined the Garibaldi fresh from playing The Great Escape festival. The trio released their excellent latest single Average Boy in February which has followed a...
Read MoreThe Soap Girls returned to The Black Prince in Northampton as part of their Wild At Heart tour. The duo, who ended their last UK tour at the venue, are playing 14-gigs in the UK before...
Read MoreBlack Country duo Big Specials played their biggest gig of their career at Birmingham's XOYO on Thursday, the night before the release of their debut album Postindustrial Hometown...
Read MoreAnnual weekender Mayday Mayhem III headed to The Black Prince for the first time over the bank holiday weekend. I was only able to make the latter part of the second day this year because of...
Read MoreMansun's Paul Draper has been touring across the UK playing the band's 1999 album Six in full. Probably the less I say about this gig the better. We chose not to publish our review of it...
Read MoreRaging Speedhorn headlined two fundraising gigs at The Cordwainer in Kettering as part of Russ Stock. The event was helping to raise money for Russ Russell from The Parlour Studios in the...
Read MoreNorthants singer songwriter Maddox Jones joined Lemar for a couple of gigs across the UK as part of the latter's Closer tour. Joining both on the bill at the Town Hall in Birmingham was Azu...
Read MoreThe Crazy World of Arthur Brown headlined The Black Prince as part of their UK tour. No support at this one, just a headline gig by one of the psychedelic / prog stalwart - who topped the...
Read MoreGnoomes are back in the UK and kicked off a run of dates across the country at The Black Prince. Second time in Northampton for the Russian natives, who are currently based outside of the...
Read MoreRock duo Fountain played a hometown headline at The Black Prince to mark the release of their debut EP Stolen Flowers Bring Sickness. Great to see the venue absolutely packed for what was a...
Read MoreManchester legends Happy Mondays returned to Northampton to headline a sold-out gig at Royal & Derngate. The band's 13-song set was mainly made up of tracks from 1988 album Bummed and...
Read MoreSome people will only know Jack Antonoff for winning three consecutive Producer of the Year Grammys and for his long-time collaboration with Taylor Swift. They’re undoubtedly missing out...
Read MoreScottish singer, composer and mulit-instrumentalist C Duncan headed to Northampton to play a solo acoustic shows. Duncan's 2015 debut Architect was nominated for a Mercury award and his...
Read MoreFresh from playing some huge shows with The Blackout, Sam Smith and James Davies bought their other band Raiders to Northampton for an intimate headline gig at The Black Prince. The band has...
Read MoreTo celebrate the release of their second album Where's My Utopia? Yard Act have been playing a series of 'in-stores' at venues across the UK. The band headed to Birmingham's HMV Vault for a...
Read MoreMark Cann's Woahgetter packed onto The Black Prince stage in Northampton for their inaugural gig. The avant-garde pop collective released their debut single I Can't Love You Any more in...
Read MoreUS singer songwriter Renee Rapp headlined a sold out gig at the O2 Academy in Birmingham as part of her UK tour. Rapp gained recognition starring as Regina George in the Broadway musical...
Read MoreWWE royalty headed to Northampton on Monday night when Fozzy headlined the Roadmender. The band is fronted by wrestling legend Chris Jericho who has been playing in the hard rock band for...
Read MoreThe Zutons are back with their first new album in 16 years and on Saturday, their UK tour rolled into Northampton for a sold-out gig at the Roadmender. After forming in the early 2000s,...
Read MoreThe final day of Independent Venue Week at The Black Prince was headlined by Steve Mason, lead singer and one of the founding members of The Beta Band. Not really my kinda thing, but the...
Read MoreThe sixth day of Independent Venue Week and the fifth at The Black Prince was headlined by TVAM. This was probably the highlight of the week at the venue for me. TVAM are an trio who meld...
Read MoreSinger songwriter Ten Tonnes headlined the fourth Independent Venue Week gig at The Black Prince. Ten Tonnes is Ethan James Barnett. He released his debut album Dancing Alone was released...
Read MoreThe fourth day of Independent Venue Week and the third at The Black Prince was headlined by Northampton rockers Empyre. This was the only show of the week at the venue to sell out in...
Read MoreThe third day of Independent Venue Week and the second at The Black Prince was headlined by Portsmouth five piece Hotel Lux. Support was by Northampton gloomy post punk collective...
Read MoreWakefield trio Skinny Living kicked off Independent Venue Week 2024 at The Black Prince in Northampton on the second day of the national initiative to champion venues across the UK Happy to...
Read MoreLow Girl celebrated the release of their singles vinyl compilation with a headline gig at The Black Prince. The 12" features six of their bands previous singles and has been released by...
Read MoreThe Libertines headed to MK11 in Milton Keynes as part of a short UK tour of intimate venues ahead of the release of their new album. Tickets absolutely flew out when this gig was announced...
Read MoreBring Me The Horizon played an incredible headline gig at Birmingham's Utilita Arena on Friday as part of their UK tour. Definitely one of the very best bands out there at the moment who...
Read MoreNoel Gallagher is on tour in support of his latest album with the High Flying Birds, Council Skies. Support at the Utilita Arena was by former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan. Lots of...
Read MoreBex headlined the Garibaldi in Northampton following a short tour across the UK to promote her debut EP. The singer songwriter released SCUM in October and has recently been out her Welcome...
Read MoreHaving supported The Lovely Eggs last year, The Bug Club returned to Northampton to headline The Black Prince. The Welsh trio joined in the Halloween spirt, dressing up for the occasion and...
Read MoreMaddox Jones returned to the Roadmender to play his first headline solo gig at the venue. The singer songwriter released his debut single Not Cool Enough For LA this month, one of a series...
Read MoreSarpa 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 to...
Read MoreTrampolene 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 The Barratts. More...
Read MoreSinger 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 in London the...
Read MoreNorthampton 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 Street due to...
Read MoreNewton 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 The National Lottery...
Read MoreHamish 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 previous 'Revive...
Read MoreFairport 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...
Read MoreLast 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...
Read MoreTwinfest 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 year, The King...
Read MoreSoft 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 by Charlotte Carpenter...
Read MoreJohnny 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 Chronicle &...
Read MoreRock 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...
Read MoreWeirdoe 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 and follows the singles Business...
Read MoreHell 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 albums in the early 2000s...
Read MoreThis 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 released their latest record A...
Read MoreRod 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 another tight photo contract with...
Read MoreTens 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 been touring in support of their...
Read MoreTragic 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 The Lab and the...
Read MoreMy 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 Andrews is...
Read MoreEditors 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 incredible gig....
Read MoreThe 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,...
Read MoreBC 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 acclaimed singer-songwriter playing a...
Read MoreThe 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 The Mysterines. Very tight...
Read MoreHawthorne 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 are...
Read MoreAnother 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 her debut album...
Read MoreAlice 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 shooting this one, but...
Read MorePotwash, 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 this year and at...
Read MoreBenefits' 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 wasn't...
Read MoreLichen 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 former is frequently...
Read MoreMusician, 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 has been on a...
Read MoreTo 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 rock...
Read MoreSarpa 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 and in June will...
Read MoreRunaways 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 at the...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreSuede'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 a band still on the...
Read MoreAfter 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 to Bedford with...
Read MoreBedford'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 pop show by Grennan, who was...
Read MoreThis 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' tour to promote his new album UGLY. Tickets for his...
Read Moreslowthai 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 in town to play a sold out gig...
Read MoreRebecca 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 the gig by Peter...
Read MoreFrank 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 recent years...
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