Concert Reviews
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Friday, 5th September 2025 A beautiful sunny morning that ensured that the day started well but, still tired from the previous day I reviewed my strategy for seeing bands and realised that I was spreading myself too…
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Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Thursday, 4th September 2025 Intro and first impressions… Despite this festival being in its third year I was still a virgin to Nene Valley Rock Festival. So, other than seeing a line up full of interesting bands,…
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Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Friday, 3rd October 2025 It’s somewhat of a challenge not to mention Pink Floyd in a RPWL report or review as the influence of the legendary British band is evident in almost every song, so much…
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Looe Beach, Looe, Cornwall Friday, 26th September 2025 Some music transcends the here and now, and takes you to another place entirely. The final song from headliners Marillion on the Friday at the new Kernowfornia Festival in Cornwall was the…
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The George Tavern, Stepney, London Friday, 29th August 2025 Down at the Crayola Lectern show at the George Tavern — a stout, notched tooth of a building set into the bony drag of Commercial Road — there’s been a bit…
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TPA’s Richard Swan and Roger Trenwith caught two different live shows from the recent Pearl Handled Revolver, ably supported by Teiger, tour. We start with Saturday’s performance at Gravesend’s Red Lion and followed by the show at the Camden Club…
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City Hall, Newcastle Tuesday, 22nd November 1988 Intro (skippable bit) By way of a distraction and something you ‘do’ when time is of a premium is decide to do something of no great urgency or importance, and, very time-consuming. 😉…
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Villa Park, Birmingham Friday, 4th July 2025 Wednesday 23rd July 2025 18 days have passed since the last notes of Paranoid rang out and drifted away on the night time air over Birmingham, that final magical moment, and now, here…
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Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire Saturday, 19th July 2025 Mark Cunningham and his team put on another successful charity prog rock festival at the Northcourt Music Venue at the Abingdon United Football Club in Oxfordshire – all in aid of…
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Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire Thursday, 17th & Friday, 18th July 2025 Mark Cunningham and his team put on another successful charity prog rock festival at the Northcourt Music Venue at the Abingdon United Football Club in Oxfordshire – all…
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