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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Cluny 1 & 2, Ouseburn, Newcastle Saturday, 10th May 2025 PROG ON THE TYNE The Cluny music venue in bohemian Ouseburn in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was the setting for a thoroughly enjoyable day of modern progressive rock in the North-East of the…
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Eiger Studios, Leeds Saturday, 21st September 2024 After two years in Hull, Al Winter and This Winter Machine, moved their annual day festival to Leeds for a highly enjoyable full day of prog at the nicely filled, quirky and intimate…
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Playhouse Theatre, Whitley Bay Thursday, 19th September 2024 Big Big Train have a career that spans back over 34 years, since their formation in 1990. For a band with that kind of longevity, you would have expected them to have…
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Northumberland’s finest – the 5-piece melodic progressive rock band, Stuckfish – have just released their fourth album, suitably titled IV, and have succeeded in not only matching the quality of the previous release from 2022, the glorious Days of Innocence,…
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Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Newcastle Saturday, 9th March 2024 It was certainly another great evening of driving, melodic prog rock in the North-East with Franck Carducci returning to the Innisfree Social Club, less than 7 months after their last…
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Abingdon Nene Park, Peterborough Sunday 3rd September, 2023 Sadly the last day of this remarkable festival. It’s been hard work for everyone involved and my hat is off to all. As Chris and I pondered the previous morning at breakfast,…
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The Civic Hall, Stourport Sunday, 5th March, 2023 LEAGUE OF LIGHTS (Rosamund Tomlins) A wonderful way to start off the Sunday repertoire of, once again, varied bands that makes Fusion always such a brilliant festival! A delightfully stimulating choice for…
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Happy New Year! Another strange year – this seems to be becoming a habit! At least there has been plenty of new music to enjoy and live performances are well and truly back on track. As is usual at this…
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The Radio Rooms, Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed Friday, 16th September 2022 North-East melodic prog rock band Stuckfish deliver a stunning full-length live performance of musical quality, depth and diversity on home turf in a lovely, intimate venue full of family, friends and…
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