Opening Thursday’s show were Birmingham’s The Cosmics, a garage punk band that have been making noise across the city for a while. Acting as a great platform for the band to reach some new fans, it’s a shame that the venue took so long to fill up, presumably due to the behemoth queue that Billy […]
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Starcrawler + The Cosmics @ o2 Academy, 21 June 2018
Opening Thursday’s show were Birmingham’s The Cosmics, a garage punk band that have been making noise across the city for a while. Acting as a great platform for the band to reach some new fans, it’s a shame that the venue took so long to fill up, presumably due to the behemoth queue that Billy […]
Lenny Kravitz @ Arena Birmingham 20 June, 2018
The venue has been made into a more intimate affair for tonight’s performance by moving the stage far forward which allows Lenny Kravitz to maximise arena sound and stage size whilst maintaining the closeness to the audience; it is this combination that pays off particularly at the end of the show. Needless to say, Lenny’s […]
Hollywood Vampires @ Genting Arena 16th June, 2018
The Hollywood Vampires, are a ‘supergroup’ formed in 2015 by Alice Cooper and Joe Perry, with the added celebrity of Johnny Depp, playing “songs about our dead friends”. They’ve released one self-titled album and it’s understood a new release in in the pipeline but they are currently on a world tour and tonight sees their […]
Waxahatchee @Hare and Hounds, 15th June 2018
As we walk into the main room at the Hare and Hounds tonight, the opening song by Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield is being played; acoustic, solo, stark and heartfelt, and the striking thing is that the audience is silent and transfixed. By silent I mean…. totally silent. Pin dropped clatteringly loud silent. My companion for the […]
NOFX @ o2 Institute, 14 June 2018
During the walk into Digbeth this evening, it seemed The Kerryman had changed from an Irish pub to a punk bar with punters donning leather jackets and multi coloured Mohicans. The reason for this is that NOFX were in town at the O2 Institute as part of their European tour. First up at the show […]
Gary Barlow @ Symphony Hall, 14 June 2018
“Tonight we’ve gotta live for these days!” An evening with Gary Barlow at the Birmingham Symphony Hall definitely sounds like “These Days.” A brave man called the show a “Theatre show” as it was quickly shattered by the constant onslaught of confetti cannons. Little was left to the imagination as the set list was posted […]
Brother Firetribe @ Actress and Bishop 12 June, 2018
My first time in the Actress & Bishop to find there is a downstairs small stage and upstairs room. The pub itself looks great downstairs and as the weather is nice we have a crowd seated outside. The room upstairs is fairly dark, the stage setting is in a corner placement with limited lighting facing […]
Download Festival Day Three 10th June, 2018
Day three and we are back at Download although we have a slightly slower start to the day. Dream State. Unfortunately due to security checks on my car taking much longer than previous days rooting through my very clean car (I’m lying its not clean) we miss the chance to get any photos and see […]
Download 2018 Mini Images Review Day Three
Download 2018 day three is upon us already. Our team continue to report in on the great choices on offer and amazing people they are meeting. Our full Download 20188 coverage (review/image) will start over the next few days. Our day three quick round up looked like this. Images from the top The Hives, Wayward […]
Download Festival Day Two 9th June, 2018
Day Two of Download, its Saturday and we are ready to get started. First up WSTR. What a way to get the party started, the band announce their name for those who do not know pronounced Waster with some intro played over which includes a voice over as if they don’t realise the crowd is […]
Download Mini Images Review Day Two
Download Day two, calm on the weather front while the bands whipped up a storm. Our team are having a great time seeing loads of bands, listening to new music and catching the bands we love. Day two looked like this: Images in order Fever, Being as an Ocean, May Day Parade, Neck Deep, Sleep […]
NOFX play o2 Institute 14th June
It’s been three years since the biggest punk rock band around NOFX stormed the UK and the Academy Events team have arranged two UK shows, at Birmingham’s O2 Institute on Thursday 14 June and London’s iconic O2 Academy Brixton on Friday 15 June. The Birmingham gig has support from Bad Cop Bad Cop who are […]
Download Festival Day One 8 June, 2018
2018’s Download Festival brings an array of sights to marvel at and I haven’t even started on the acts. People in banana outfits drinking from horns and blow up dolls strapped to peoples’ backs… It seems Download is a place where if you don’t fit into that certain criteria, you’re the odd one out. Children […]
Download Mini Images Review Day One
The mammoth festival that is Download is upon us again and the Birmingham Live team are busy on site trying to catch and capture as much as they can. Great bands, great weather, great crowds we love the world’s premier metal festival. Each day we will be showing a quick round up of our favourites […]
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