Porcupine Tree are one of the most beloved British rock bands that feature progressive aspects within their music of the last quarter of a century. During the noughties, they cultivated a passionate fan-base, as the music took a more hard-rock…
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2023 marks 20 years since Opeth released the Damnation album. At the time it was viewed by many as a big change in direction, although in essence it still contained a lot of the softer musical attributes which the band…
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Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Newcastle Tuesday, 21st November 2023 A Tuesday night in North Tyneside, why not go and see some live music? So off to the Innisfree, a working men’s club located right next to Longbenton Metro station,…
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I struggle to believe that it’s been 25 years since Devin Townsend released this landmark album that greatly showcased his musical genius. I remember getting it as soon as it was released back in 1998, as I loved his previous…
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Imagine the scenario when an established recording artiste walks into a record company meeting, after not releasing a full album of new material for almost two decades: “I have this idea. I want to release a single every four weeks…
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My first introduction to Jethro Tull was listening to my older brother playing his copy of Aqualung when I was about 10 years old. And in my mid teens I got to see 50 minutes worth of the band’s Madison…
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St. Andrew’s Church, Newcastle Monday, 30th October 2023 What is the Genesis Piano Project? Well, essentially it’s a one-man show in which a classically trained pianist performs his own arrangements of much-loved Genesis ’70s songs, and does it to an…
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This is Steven Wilson’s seventh outing with a full studio album release. Anyone that has been following his career will be aware of his beginnings in the late ’80s, with his Porcupine Tree and No-Man projects, his success in the…
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Another tour, another live album. This is actually number 8 in the ‘Genesis Revisited’ series that has been released over the last 10 years. For fans of classic ’70s era Genesis, these tours and albums have been an absolute godsend,…
View More Steve Hackett – Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton
Student’s Union, Newcastle University Thursday, 23rd March 2023 I was surprised to realise that it had been 18 years since I’d last been in this building (Dio touring back in 2005), but even more surprised to find how much it…
View More The Steve Hillage Band / The Utopia Strong