Category: Live Reviews

Review and images by Ken Jackson  On a cold, rain-soaked night, Bad Influence brought a welcome burst of sunshine to The Tuesday Night Music Club. Earlier, as I sat trying to find the right analogy for their performance, I kept coming back to the idea of comfort food: always substantial, always tasty, [more…]

Words by Glen Parkes/Dave Martin, Photos by Adrian Hextall KELSEY KARTER & THE HEROINES – LIVE IN LONDONA Riotous Rock ’n’ Roll Rebellion Kelsey Karter & The Heroines didn’t just walk onstage in London—they detonated onto it. No guitars, no drums, no intro track. Kelsey stepped up alone, fired the opening line [more…]

Review and Images by Ken Jackson  Mat Day and Jesse Garwood at the Tuesday Night Music Club. Another fabulous Tuesday night at my music club of choice. This week we were here to see the Mat Day Band. Mat is a familiar face to many of us, best known as the lead [more…]

Review and Photos by Damien Harvey Walking into the O2 Arena on 28th November 2025 felt electric, but this night was more than just another tour date; it was historic. JLS had officially entered the O2’s prestigious 21 Club, marking their 21st headline show at the iconic London venue. This was the [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Images by Scott Anderson Bywater Call are a powerhouse 7 piece southern soul, roots rock band from Toronto, Canada. In 2023 the band played 96 shows in 10 countries, 89 cities, 19 US States & 3 Canadian Provinces and performed a live stream for famed German TV Show [more…]

Review by Darren McIntyre. Images by Scott Andreson Hugh Cornwell doesn’t just walk onstage—he materialises, bringing decades of punk bite, new wave swagger, and that unmistakable Stranglers cool straight into the bones of St Luke’s. On the Glasgow stop of his Come & Get Some UK Tour, the punk icon proves exactly [more…]

Five at the O2 Arena, London – 20th November Photos and Review by Damien Harvey There are concerts that entertain, and then there are concerts that transport you. On the 20th November at the O2 Arena, Five managed the latter. Their third consecutive sell-out date at London’s most iconic venue was more than [more…]

Bedford Esquires 20/11/25 All photos by Carol Henson (aka LadyGigger) and review by Dave G Martin for Jace Media It’s a Thursday night, and the hall here at Esquires is rammed; it holds about three hundred, and let me tell you, there is not a lot of space. Firstly, this is fantastic [more…]

Images By Ken Jackson Review By Jace Media Music There are intimate gigs… and then there are nights like this. Bywater Call’s show at The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon didn’t just sell out—it felt like the entire room had been charged with some kind of musical electricity the moment doors [more…]

Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham Review and Photography by Brian Cherrison On a typical dark November evening worsened by a day of torrential rain & local horse racing traffic clogging up the roads, a hardy group of rock fans gathered at the Frog & Fiddle in Cheltenham for the first night of Nightmare [more…]

Where – Yardbirds, Grimsby When – 14th/15th November 25 Review and Photographs by Linda McDermott Saturday 15th November 25 Day Two at the Rockmantic Weekender at the Yardbirds in Grimsby had a lot to live up to after such a strong opening day yesterday. Five fantastic bands set the bar high and [more…]