Strange Bones – The Black Prince, Northampton
Strange Bones brought their UK tour to The Black Prince as part of the national Revive Live series of shows. Cracking gig by the Blackpool electro-punks. Support was by Calva…
Strange Bones brought their UK tour to The Black Prince as part of the national Revive Live series of shows. Cracking gig by the Blackpool electro-punks. Support was by Calva…
Having spent November and December touring across the UK with Lucy Spraggan, Billy Lockett returned to Northampton for a hometown gig at St Matthew's Church. Support was by Tu-Kay &…
Indie pop quartet The Lottery Winners headlined The Black Prince as part of a run of UK dates in support of their album Something To Leave The House For. Great…
Bernard Butler headlined Esquires, the second of two rare solo gigs by the acclaimed guitarist. Butler rose to prominence in Suede, playing on the band's first two album. After leaving,…
The Kunts kicked off their UK tour at the Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes as part of a run of dates to promote their Christmas Single, Boris Johnson Is Still…
After sell out shows across the region, Slay Duggee headlined the Picturedrome in Northampton. The heavy metal band for children played a set mainly comprising of metal versions of classic…
Photos from Kinships' EP launch at The Black Prince. The quartet's new record, Vice, is out now and available on all regular streaming platforms. Support by Afreine and Little Bitboy.…
It was a long time coming due to the original date being rescheduled, but Girls In Synthesis finally played their headline gig at The Lab. Joining the band at the…
Don Broco returned for a hometown gig at Bedford Esquires to end their UK tour. The band has been playing sold out gigs in front of thousands of fans each…
Bauhaus headlined a triumphant headline gig at Ally Pally on Saturday night. The reformed post-punk goth icons headlined the London venue as one of only a handful of gigs across…
Phantom Isle returned to The Black Prince for their first gig at the venue since it's overhaul to headline Stalkers Night. Support was by Rolling Thunder and Krankhead. More photos…
Salem kicked off their UK tour at the Arms on Sunday night. The band is fronted by Creeper singer Will Gould. They were joined at the Milton Keynes venue by…
Northants indie quartet Sarpa Salpa have been out on a UK tour and returned to Northampton for a homecoming headline gig at the Roadmender. The band has been busy since…
While Northampton venue The Black Prince has hosted a number of gigs since its major revamp, The Sherlocks was probably its biggest test and both the band and venue didn't…
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis brought their UK tour to the Symphony Hall in Birmingham for an amazing night which mostly featured music from the pair's new album Carnage and…
The Murder Capital returned to Esquires in Bedford to play a warm up gig ahead of appearing at Liverpool's Sound City festival. Another incredible show by the Dublin post-punk band…
There's tons of hype around Leeds post-punk quartet Yard Act and they absolutely lived up to all expectations at Esquires. Their headline set was easily another contender for gig of…
The Vaccines have been playing a series of gigs at intimate venues across the UK in support of their latest album Back In Love City. While the Northampton show wasn't…
Hull quartet LIFE headlined The Black Prince as part of series of #ReviveLive shows across the UK. Revive Live is a partnership between the Music Venue Trust and The National…
Not a gig I was officially photographing, but still a photo which is worth shouting about! I was pretty close to the front for New Order's headline gig at Heaton…
Photos of Anglo-French avant-pop band Stereolab headlining a sold out Esquires. Joining Stereolab was Ride guitarist Andy Bell, performing his Space Station show. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTUylywo6XD/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTUDq_toISK/
Esquires in Bedford hosted the inaugural Ceremony #1 Festival on Sunday. Below is a set of photos featuring all of the acts who played the Main Stage and The Pad…
Tom Grennan returned to the stage “where it all started” for the final two performances of a triumphant six-show sold-out ‘residency’ at Esquires in Bedford. The chart-topping singer songwriter announced the…
Some photos of punk rap duo Bob Vylan headlining the Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes. Impressive set by the pair who released their album, We Live Here, earlier this year.…
After a series of delays because of the coronavirus, One Voice - The Concert took place at The Deco Theatre in Northampton on Saturday night. Below is a gallery of…
The second sold out gig at the Roadmender in three days saw indie giants Bombay Bicycle Club headline the venue. This was one of two dates the band was playing…
The Big Dirty and GiantDwarf have launched their long awaited video, Swine. The project has been about four years in the making and as well as the formal screening at…
Fontaines D.C. provided a stunning return for live music at the Roadmender with a headline gig as part of the Revive Live series. The band was due to go on…
Some photos from the first of two socially distanced gigs in the same day by Shame at the Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes. The band is currently on a UK…
Low Girl and Viddy were the first acts to perform back inside Esquires since the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions. While it was still a socially distanced gig, it was great…
Maddox Jones returned to The Black Prince on Saturday night for the venue's first live outdoor gig since coronavirus restrictions were relaxed. The singer songwriter had a busy 2020 establishing…
April marked the last in the series of the NN Archives which has been running for the past year over on Northampton music website New Boots. As explained in a…
The music industry is still in lockdown, but it finally feels like there's light at the end of the tunnel. March marks the penultimate post in the NN Archives series…
It's February and New Boots is now 10 months into its NN Archives series. As explained in a previous blog post, the NN Archives is a month by month look…
It's January and the music industry is still on lockdown due to the coronavirus. Over on New Boots, the NN Archives is continuing to churn its way through consecutive months…
December always seems to be a month of great hometown gigs. Peter Murphy, slowthai, Sarpa Salpa and Rolling Thunder are just a few of the names featured in this month's…
It's November and there's still no change in the hiatus of the live music scene because of the coronavirus. With that in mind, here's the latest installment of the NN…
It's October, another month has passed and there's little change in the live music scene because of the coronavirus. With that in mind, here's the latest installment of the NN…
Sarpa Salpa were the first band to headline the Craufurd Arms on Saturday night, more than six months since the music industry was plunged into crisis following Government restrictions on…
Another month has passed and there's little change in the live music scene because of the coronavirus. With that in mind, here's the latest installment of the NN Archives -…
Another month has passed and there's little change in the live music scene because of the coronavirus. With that in mind, here's the latest installment of the NN Archives -…
As I continue my trawl though tens of thousands of photos as part of the NN Archives which is running over on New Boots, I thought I'd share a few…
Can't stop the (acoustic) rock. Northants rock duo Empyre and The Big Dirty became the latest NN bands to play on The Black Prince's outdoor stage on Saturday night. The…
It's mid August and music industry is virtually completely in lockdown because of the Coronavirus. As a result, I'm working with New Boots on the NN Archives project. As explained…
This gig by Maddox Jones was a bit of a significant one this. Recently, the Government gave the green light to outdoor performances. The gigs need to be quieter and…
While the music industry is still unable to put on gigs due to Government restrictions cause by the Coronavirus, I'm working with New Boots on the NN Archives project. As…
There's no gigs - and it looks like this is going to be the case for the rest of 2020. While I'm luckily enough to have corporate filming and photography…
Steve Pilgrim headlined The Playhouse Theatre last night. Regularly seen drumming for Paul Weller, Pilgrim is currently playing gigs across the UK to mark the 10th anniversary of his solo…
After an amazing headline set in Northampton at The Black Prince last year, Thumper headed to Milton Keynes to headline the Craufurd Arms. Not the best attended show I've ever…
US hardcore hop-hop duo Ho99o9 headlined Esquires in Bedford the day before opening for Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes at Ally Pally in London. Ho99o9 spent last year opening for…