The last time I had the pleasure of experiencing Ibiza Rocks was back in 2007 when The Zutons took me and a couple of pals along for their gig. On that occasion the night ended up with various hilarious scenarios,…
Another surprising warm up for their debut Reading and Leeds headline shows; Kasabian played a semi intimate one off show at Brixton Academy. Talk of Kasabian recently had centred around failures to conquer America and disappointing sales of their latest…
As my football team is so shit I’ve unfortunately never been able to take on the delights of European away days. However, since the resurrection of The Stone Roses I have had an excuse to pack some spare Bill Grundies…
Saturday 30th June 2012 was like Christmas morning for me. Although I’d recently been able to catch the Roses in Amsterdam as part of their warm up gigs, this was the big one. Heaton Park. Having caught the earliest train…
Thanks to those generous folk at the BBC, and due to being a resident of Hackney I was a shoe in for one of the 100,000 free tickets given away for the BBC Hackney Weekend. Top. So for the mere…
Without wanting to sound like Vic Meldrew, as I get older the thought of dossing down in a sauna of a tent, surrounded by teenagers and students dressed in ‘onsies’ going off their box on warm lager, M-Kat and…
After a gruelling 4am rise we were in Amsterdam, checked in and showered ready for an early start on the ale. Plenty Amstel was required to be supped to cope with the giddyness and anticipation of witnessing the live resurection of The…
I’ve recently seen the reformed Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, New Order and The Farm. I’m also due to witness the resurrection of the Stone Roses a couple of times over the next month. Whilst the cream of the crop from…
I was never meant to be going to this gig. After a spot of lunch I headed to a brief meeting over a cup of tea in a London Bridge pub. Tea was on the menu as I was bearing…