Hafan Y Mor Haven Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Wales 17th & 18th November 2017 HRH Prog 6 put on display an impressive range of bands old and new in the now familiar yet remotely beautiful North Wales location. Following on only…
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Concert Reviews
Bad Touch / Mollie Marriott / Anonymous
Foxglove Arts Centre, Leek, Staffordshire Friday, 10th November 2017 Leek is a small market town that lies equidistant between Stoke on Trent in the south, Buxton in the East and Macclesfield in the North, and the Foxglove Arts Centre is…
View More Bad Touch / Mollie Marriott / AnonymousCarl Palmer’s ELP Legacy
Shire Hall, Howden Saturday, 25th November 2017 Two concerts in the same month – things must be looking up in the North-East of England. Well, although Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy were playing in Gateshead, for this concert we travelled down…
View More Carl Palmer’s ELP LegacyUlver / Stian Westerhus
Islington Assembly Hall, London Wednesday, 15th November 2017 Islington, long since gentrified by incremental Hipster Creep, is the sort of place where, if so inclined, Tarquin and Jemima could waste their ludicrous salaries from Perfect Curve* in sundry branches of…
View More Ulver / Stian WesterhusRick Wakeman – Piano Portraits
The Forum Theatre, Billingham Wednesday, 15th November 2017 One man, a grand piano and some Wonderous Stories! Rick Wakeman concludes 2017 with a lengthy series of intimate, one man shows under the title of Piano Portraits and in support of…
View More Rick Wakeman – Piano PortraitsMarillion
The Palladium, London Tuesday, 7th November 2017 When Marillion are in this kind of mood, few bands are able to scale the heights of their sheer energy, presence and captivating virtuosity. Fresh from a triumphant evening at the Royal Albert…
View More MarillionNordic Giants / Koyo / Chiyoda Ku
The Globe, Cardiff Tuesday, 7th November 2017 After recently reviewing Nordic Giants’ new album, Amplify Human Vibration I was pleased to get the chance to see them live in a venue not far from my home. So on a crisp…
View More Nordic Giants / Koyo / Chiyoda KuJustin Currie & The Pallbearers / Les Johnson & Me
Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter Tuesday, 24th October 2017 Justin Currie has recently released his fourth “solo” album with This Is My Kingdom Now, I would say formerly of Del Amitri although technically the band have never split up. Justin was…
View More Justin Currie & The Pallbearers / Les Johnson & MePendragon
229 The Venue, London Friday, 3rd November 2017 Alongside Andrew Latimer and Camel, Pendragon are perhaps one of the U.K.’s most important and seminal progressive rock bands still actively recording and touring today. It is not simply a matter of…
View More PendragonMotorpsycho / Sleep Token
O2 Academy, Islington, London Tuesday, 24th October 2017 The venue is a modern, purpose built standing-only space above a shopping centre, with the surprising added bonus of having an un-sticky floor, clean enough to sit on should you be so…
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