Live Reviews 
Review: Lostprophets at Southampton Guildhall(0)
Lostprophets – Southampton Guildhall – Friday 26 Feb 10
Southampton Guildhall was bursting at the seams, hot, sweaty, bare-chested and totally engaged and in awe of Lostprophets tonight. In fairness, we all knew it was going to be good – but nobody knew just how good!
Kids in Glass Houses put on a set worthy of being [...]
Review: Europe at Bournemouth O2 Academy
‘Rock now, rock the night!’ Swedish boys, Europe, may have made their name with ‘The Final Countdown’ and ‘Rock the Night’ in the 80’s, but they’ve kept that hefty following throughout the years through a string of successful albums, ‘Last Look At Eden’ being the latest and one that features heavily on their current tour.
An [...]
Review: Hot Chip and Casiokids
Hot Chip and Casiokids – Bournemouth O2 Academy – 22/02/10
At a surprisingly empty Bournemouth O2 Academy, one of the leading names in Norwegian electronica took to the stage to a faint smattering of applause that I did I could to bolster. The reason I say ‘one of the leading names’ is twofold – before seeing [...]
Review: NME Tour – The Drums, The Big Pink, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Maccabees
Picture the scene: it’s just gone 7.30pm, hoards of queuing fans are being asked if they require under-18 wristbands and the muffled sounds of the first act echoes across the ever-increasing throng, speckled with February drizzle… On this account alone, you’d be forgiven for thinking Miley Cyrus was in town, but alas no – the NME Tour stretched its legs to Bournemouth, and so did the crowds.