Amidst the rain and smeared glitter V Festival kicked off on a chilly and wet Friday night. A steady downpour welcomed most festival goers, so setting up camp and figuring out the layout brought exciting challenges. Once settled in fans flooded, pun intended, into the arena to check out the nights sets. Popular DJ and […]
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Inner City Live @ O2 Academy, 12th August 2017
Inner City Live posed the question “when is a festival not a festival?”. The answer is straightforward – it’s when it is a gig with four bands. The topic of the move from the Rainbow Arena to the O2 Academy may well be subject to rumour control and conjecture but the fact is, it turned […]
Gary Numan @ The Assembly, Leamington Spa, 29th July 2017
Tonight’s an early start. It’s 7.15pm when support act for Gary Numan, (IAM) WARFACE take to the stage to greet the near capacity crowd. They open with ‘ To Die For ‘, and it’s clear that the guys mean business tonight. They are going to take advantage of their prestigious support slot and enjoy every […]
MADE Festival @ Digbeth 29th, July, 2017
MADE Birmingham is a music festival that is on an upward trejectory. Now in its fourth year its a day of music that has come to epitomize Birmingham’s rich musical heritage and pave the way for those who are on their way. Those who are equally as thrilled at the many revellers at the […]
Oceans Ate Alaska @ Mama Roux’s, 26th July 2017
Up first, supporting Oceans Ate Alaska, we had Failure Is An Option, a midlands-based metal band who I’ve seen once before when they opened for Bad Omens at The Flapper a few months back. Their style is a mix of emo; especially with clean singer Matt’s singing, intertwined expertly with Brandon’s guttural death growling and […]
2000 Trees Festival – Day Three, 8th July, 2017
2000 Trees is proving to be a great festival – again (see our previous years coverage here) and Day Three was full on. Our highlights Milk Teeth Early in the morning, the sun glimmered through the small holes in the tent. It is a usual start to a festival morning; the sun streaming in, you […]
Blink 182 + Frank Turner + The Front Bottoms @ Barclaycard Arena, 7th July, 2017
There is a buzz of excited chatter at the Barclaycard Arena as New Jersey indie rock band, The Front Bottoms kick off with their set. Judging by their choice of band name and the subject matter of songs, they seem to centre their success on injecting humour into all aspects of their set, especially with […]
2000 Trees Festival – Day Two, 7th July, 2017
After a great start to 2000 Trees Festival we were ready for day two. Our highlights were Decade The UK emo/pop punk band were on the main stage early on the day and we saw some decent sunshine while they were on. They can be compared to Modern Baseball with their refined form of pop […]
Linkin Park @ Barclaycard Arena, 6th July 2017
When Linkin Park first came to mass attention it was back in 2000 with Hybrid Theory, which at the time was challenging given it mixed rock with rap, and that with Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda sharing vocals, they offered something few other bands did. Their most recent album, One More Light, is currently being […]
2000 Trees Festival – Day One, 6th July, 2017
The Birmingham Live team have been at 2000 Trees Festival at Upcote Farm and had a such a great time, we have a full three day review to report on each day! Our day one highlights….. Puppy Puppy were a band I was very keen to see after coming across them on Youtube one night […]
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