Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott – 9 December 2017, FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield It’s becoming a bit of a tradition for me to spend one of the first Saturday’s in December at an amazing music gig at FlyDSA Arena and this year was no exception with Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, whose Continue Reading
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Bananarama – 5 December 2017, Sheffield City Hall
Bananarama – 5 December 2017, Sheffield City Hall Like a lot of girls growing up in the 1980s not only did I love the music of Bananarama (I still own all of their 1980s studio albums on vinyl) but I wanted to be them to. So when it was announced Continue Reading
Texas – 16 September, Sheffield City Hall
Texas – 16 September, Sheffield City Hall One of my biggest memories of a young people’s coach trip around Europe in the late 1990s was discovering Texas’ album “White on Blonde” and getting the coach driver to play it. Whilst the rest of the passengers on board were hoping for Continue Reading
Lucky Soul – The Interview
Lucky Soul – The Interview I am a very happy music fan at the moment as not only have one of my favourite bands Lucky Soul have announced their first new album in seven years “Hard Lines” (released on 11 August and available to pre-order at https://luckysoul.tmstor.es/ – I’ve opted Continue Reading
Ekkoes – The Interview
Ekkoes – The Interview Ekkoes are currently supporting the Human League on their “A Very British Synthesiser Group Tour 2016” (you can read a review here) and their first album “Elekktricty” was released early this year. As one of the best support acts I have seen, leading me to immediately Continue Reading
The Cure – 29 November 2016, Manchester Arena
The Cure – 29 November 2016, Manchester Arena I don’t think look like a typical fan of The Cure (though I shouldn’t have been surprised they attract fans of all looks and ages) but my love of their amazing, intriguing and visual lyrics means that since my first ever visit Continue Reading