You may have been mistaken that The Saturdays are just another boring girl pop group, with typical washboard stomachs, perfect hair, fabulous wardrobes and average singing voices. Well you would be wrong. Those girls proved at their performance in Wolverhampton that while they may have many of the qualities – they certainly did not have [...]
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Ned’s Atomic Dustbin @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – 23rd May 2009
I have been watching The Ned’s since 1987, and seeing this gig billed as ‘Re-Union’ a little spark inside me started. Would the original line-up, featuring Tracey on backing vocals, grace the stage once more, treating us to ‘Out ov my tree’, ‘Plug me in’, ‘That’s nice’, and ‘Turnaround’. Alas no. It’s the original line-up [...]
The Blackout + Silverstein + hollywood undead @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – 22nd May 2009
I arrive too late to catch the American bands Silverstein and The Hollywood Undead, although I did catch a little of each at the Slam Dunk festival two days later. The Hollywood Undead play an atrocious mix of rock and rap, taking the same ingredients as the seminal Rage Against The Machine, but instead of [...]
The Levellers @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – 1st May 2009
I was not named on the guest-list for tonight’s gig, but after a little explanation about BrumLive a wristband was issued. As I got into the Wulfrun already on stage was a trio, not dissimilar to The Crow Man from Worzel Gummidge. They were whipping the crowd up with a sing-a-long sea-shanty song, but as [...]
Friendly Fires @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – 28th April 2009
Friendly Fires are just one of those new bands that pops up out of no-where every so often to capture my heart and my imagination – but blink and you might miss them. Their self-titled debut album is a sharp blast of 10 perfect poppy electro gems an I was interested to see how it [...]
Gary Numan @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – 23rd April 2009
Tonight has started bad. The car park is full, due to some guy I’ve never heard of playing the main Civic Hall. Then the queue at the box office is massive, also due to that same guy, so I completely miss the support act. To be honest, I don’t even know who they were or [...]
Gomez + Fink @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – 21st April 2009
A late starting April 21st show at the Wulfrun in Wolverhampton saw two excellent bands play to an eager crowd, the first act of the night was a solo artist going by the name of Fink, who simply sat in the centre of the stage with nothing but a guitar, microphone and an amazing set [...]
McFly @ Wolverhampton Civic Hall – 21st April 2009
This is the first night of McFly’s ‘Up Close and This Time it’s Personal’ tour and the Wolverhampton Civic absolutely rammed with teenage girls. Once again I must take my hat off to the Birmingham Live! team – I’m in the front row of the balcony seating, directly above the sound desk. I’ve got a [...]
Terrorvision @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – 11th April 2009
Fifteen years after the album “How To Make Friends And Influence People” came out, and eight years after their officially split, Bradford’s Terrorvision are back in Wolverhampton, obviously because they need the money – as far as I’m aware, this is the only reason all these “older” bands are getting back together, especially if they [...]
