O2 Academy, Sheffield Saturday 2nd April 2022 After two years of waiting, as well as venue and line-up changes, HRH Prog XI finally took place over the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd at the O2 Academy, Sheffield. It was…
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Concert Reviews
Genesis
O2 Arena, Greenwich, London Thursday, 24th March 2022 The Last Domino? Ages eleven to sixty has been my personal Genesis, now concluding with this tour and these shows. That’s all I think for live performances, as they go out on…
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The Astor Theatre, Deal Saturday, 17th March 2022 What a treat to see Soft Machine on their 2022 tour, particularly in the delightful Astor Theatre in Deal, a seaside town on the Kent Coast that’s almost as far east in…
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The Booking Hall, Dover Sunday, 20th March 2022 I seem to be on a roll of attending Canterbury Scene gigs recently, and my journey continues with Caravan at The Booking Hall in Dover, Kent’s newest independent music and arts venue,…
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Thekla, Bristol Wednesday, 23rd March 2022 What would a perfect gig look like? Well, for a start the band would need to be on their ‘A’ game. The crowd has to be fully in tune with what the band are…
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Photos by Mick Schofield (used with kind permission). The Phoenix, Exeter Wednesday, 17th March 2022 Tangerine Dream dazzled a packed Exeter Phoenix crowd on St. Patrick’s Day with a pulsing, mesmerising show. Originating in 1967 in Germany, Tangerine Dream came…
View More Tangerine DreamFusion 3.5 Festival 2022
The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 4th March to Sunday 6th March 2022 Finally, the Fusion Festival, first planned for late March 2020 and postponed twice, returned triumphantly to this excellent venue in the Midlands after the two year pandemic…
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Warner Theater, Washington DC, USA Sunday, 6th March 2022 Prologue It was pretty surreal to be at the Warner Theater at 7:30pm on a Sunday; it was my first concert since the pandemic began two years ago, and for the…
View More Dream Theater / Arch EchoFranck Carducci & The Fantastic Squad
The Picton, Porthcawl Saturday, 12th March 2022 Anyone who has seen Franck Carducci and his band play live – in any incarnation – will understand the thrilling sense of exuberance and enthusiasm that they bring to their performances. It’s a…
View More Franck Carducci & The Fantastic SquadNordic Giants / Årabrot
Arts Centre, Colchester Tuesday, 22nd February 2022 I had been looking forward to this gig for quite some time, yet my excitement was tempered slightly by waking up on the day to first read that Russian “peacekeepers” had finally made…
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