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So last Saturday I went to see U2 at Croke Park, in their home town of Dublin. Whilst they didn’t play Stay (Faraway, So Close) they did put on quite a show, including a recorded message from the International Space Station; very apt coming so soon after the 40th anniversary of the moon-landings. Being the [...]

Well, after a hellish few hours at Gatwick Airport and not enough sleep, I’m in Dublin. And following a fun day at Lovebox last weekend, which made me decide I need to see more live music, tonight I’m heading off to see Dublin’s most famous sons, U2, at the city’s biggest stadium, Croke Park. The [...]

Next month will see the 20th anniversary of the release of the iconic eponymous debut album by The Stone Roses, one of the greatest ever albums and arguably the best ever debut album by a British band (along with offerings from Tricky, Massive Attack & Oasis to name but a few). I was planning to [...]

So apparently Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show has been on Radio 1 for ten years. As with so many other things these days, that makes me feel a bit old as I still remember his show on Kiss (as I’m sure many others do too) and actually still think that the slot he had on a [...]

After getting in from the opening night of the ABSOLUT House of Masquerade last night I caught the last half hour of The Streets’ performance at the Electric Proms. I thought about buying tickets for it when it was first announced and have to say that I’m now gutted that I didn’t. Those of you [...]

This last weekend saw me at the Rock Werchter Festival (the official site seems to be bust) just outside Brussels, for my best mate’s stag do. We were only there for the Saturday and the headliners were Radiohead. They’re a band I’ve sort of drifted away from recently as they explored the furthest reaches of [...]

Earlier this week a friend and ex-colleague was kind enough to take me to see one of my heroes, Paul Weller, at an exclusive gig at IndigO2, the ‘smaller’ room at the O2. Off the back of his ‘return to form’* album, 22 Dreams, Weller was on amazing form and delivered a rocking set. He [...]

This Wednesday sees a rather special gig from those lovely people at Brownswood, and I, for one, can’t wait… Anyone who has read just a couple of my posts will know that I have a rather large soft spot for Gilles Peterson and his new(ish) record label Brownswood Recordings. It perfectly encapsulates Gilles’ eclectic taste [...]