Concert Reviews
EartH, Hackney, London Sunday, 17th April 2022 Some of us went to earth on Easter Sunday. No, not hiding from anyone, although you’d be forgiven if you’d thought we had if you’d seen us disappearing through the unobtrusive, but scarlet…
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Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Thursday, 28th April 2022 Yellowjackets guarantees top class fusion. The Americans, who have been active since the late-1970s, have built up an impressive oeuvre and track record when it comes to live performances. Unfortunately, the…
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The Farewell Tour, Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Saturday, 23rd April 2022 On Saturday 23rd April, Kayak visited De Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Holland, for the last time. The current tour means a farewell to European venues for the band: the…
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Abbotsbury Church, Newton Abbot Saturday, 23rd April 2022 A strange venue for a prog gig: strange for me on so many levels. As a church you would expect the acoustics to be good, and they weren’t bad at all. It…
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St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Wednesday, 27th April 2022 Let’s get something out of the way at the outset: Nick Mason has to be the luckiest man in rock. I’ve been a huge Pink Floyd fan for years, they were the…
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The Lexington, Islington, London Thursday, 21st April 2022 For two or three hours let’s pretend all that shit going on out there in an increasingly dysfunctional and dangerous world is not happening, and immerse ourselves in the disorienting psychedelia offered…
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IQ Eastmas Bash, de Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Saturday, 9th April 2022 It is one of the first ‘big’ shows in the Zoetermeer rock temple after the lockdown(s). The caption of the IQ40 tour was ’40 years of prog nonsense’.…
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O2 Academy, Sheffield Sunday 3rd 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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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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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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