The Horn, St Albans Wednesday, 15th October 2025 St Albans is about 25 minutes by train from my London hub of choice, the delightfully brutalist wasteland that is Euston station, so in that respect it is no harder to get…
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Student’s Union, Newcastle University Thursday, 23rd March 2023 I was surprised to realise that it had been 18 years since I’d last been in this building (Dio touring back in 2005), but even more surprised to find how much it…
View More The Steve Hillage Band / The Utopia Strong
The Garage, Highbury, London Friday 17th and Saturday 18th June 2022 Roger Trenwith … and now, over to Philomena for the weather… Only in the UK – or more specifically in the southern half of the UK – could you…
View More Magma / The Utopia Strong
Calm. Peace. Tranquillity. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? With the world all going a bit bonkers (again), this album, the fifth release from The Utopia Strong in three years, is like an oasis of light in the darkness. A haven of…
View More The Utopia Strong – International Treasure
Sometimes, don’t you want to just buy stuff? When I saw this was out, I bought it without bothering to check anything, I thought it was a safe bet. I was expecting a studio album but was not in the…
View More The Utopia Strong – Dreamsweeper
Before and after underground DJ pairing Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi got the pixies bopping at Glastonbury 2017, they hung out with friend and musical colleague Michael J. York, who lived in the town, and the idea of a band…
View More The Utopia Strong – The Utopia Strong [plus interview with Steve Davis]