Concert Reviews
Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire 13th & 14th August 2021 After almost one and a half years without live music, here we were at the 200 capacity Abingdon United Football Club in Oxfordshire, for the two-day Prog For Peart festival.…
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The 1865, Southampton Sunday, 18th July 2021 Gigs are back in all their former glory! Well, not quite… With the lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions in England on 19th July 2021, attending a gig at The 1865 in Southampton on…
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De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Wednesday, 17th November 2018 A few months after the release of the new studio album Lies and Butterflies, the successor to the extremely successful Delusion Rain from 2015, the Canadian progressive rock band Mystery returned…
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The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes Sunday, 27th June 2021 Just when bands could see the light at the end of the tunnel with the planned lifting of restrictions on 21st June, the light was dimmed until 19th July. At the time…
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The Half Moon, Putney, London Wednesday, 11th March 2020 A significant gig took place approximately this time last year; it was the last-but-one for me before the COVID 19 pandemic shut live entertainment down. More importantly, it was the last…
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Hackney Empire, London Saturday 2nd November 2019 The last leg of the Grand Tour For the third consecutive time I could count myself among the small group of fortunate people who were about to experience a live performance by British…
View More Big Big Train / Sweet Billy Pilgrim
At the end of May, the symphonic British neo-proggers IQ were scheduled to visit the Netherlands and France in the context of their Resistance Tour 2020. We now know what happened: both shows had to be cancelled due to the…
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Satan’s Hollow, Manchester Saturday, 22nd February 2020 I have a confession, it is less than a year since I discovered the energetic jazzy prog stylings of Thank You Scientist (TYS) (they’ve been around since 2009). Now since my musical taste…
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The Court Theatre, Tring Saturday, 7th March 2020 This showcase at the Court Theatre in Tring is effectively the launch of That Joe Payne’s solo career. Although he has played a few shows since his time in The Enid, this…
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The Vic, Swindon Monday, 9th March 2020 I’d been looking forward to this. It all started for me with a Facebook Messenger message from an extremely excited Ken Wynne, swearing me to secrecy about a new band led by Terry…
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