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CAST – O2 Academy Bournemouth
Opening up with Follow Me Down, John Power introduced the show, explaining to mark the 30th anniversary of Cast's seminal album All Change, the band would be playing it in full. Promised Land, Sandstorm et all soon followed, though it was Fine Time, the album’s first single, that really got the audience going.
Peter Hook & The Light – O2 Academy Bournemouth
With no support act and a stage time of 7:30pm, it’s fair to say Peter Hook & The Light put on a show worth the price of the ticket. Salford legend Hooky took to the stage at the Bournemouth O2 Academy for the first half of the almost three-hour nostalgia-filled show with a performance of Get Ready, his 2001 penultimate album with New Order.
Bastille – O2 Arena, London
With their Songs from the First 15 Years tour transforming the O2 Arena into a nostalgia-soaked celebration, it feels like the perfect moment for Bastille to showcase the full breadth of their catalogue.
Tinie Tempah – O2 Institute Birmingham
Tinie Tempah finally made his long-awaited return to Birmingham, and the atmosphere buzzed with anticipation that only happens when an artist has been missed.
Sports Team – Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth
Fresh off the back of new album Boys These Days, Sports Team take to the road over this winter. They stopped off at Wedgewood Rooms on Friday night ready to see how the south coast took to the new material.
Wet Leg – Bristol Beacon
Despite the truly horrendous weather hammering Bristol all evening, the sold-out crowd at Bristol Beacon packed the venue to the rafters for Wet Leg’s return to the city. Any damp spirits were immediately lifted by support act Faux Real, whose playful, off-kilter performance brought exactly the kind of eccentric energy a night like this thrives on. Their choreographed art-pop set was clever, funny and unexpectedly tight - the ideal warm-up for what was to come.
Mac DeMarco – The Prospect Building, Bristol
On a bleak, rain-lashed Thursday night in Bristol, you’d think enthusiasm might dip — but not for Mac DeMarco. Hours before doors opened, a patient line of fans stretched around The Prospect Building, huddled under umbrellas and fully committed. It set the tone for a sold-out show that felt equal parts warm, communal, and joyfully loose.
Album Review: Good Health Good Wealth – This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires
“This time next year Rodney, we’ll be Meal-ee-on-airs” so regularly prophesied Del Boy on the much revered Only Fools and Horses. Adopting this aspirational mantra for their debut album, Good Health Good Wealth, are however, giving more just than just a soundbite - these are stories about a life, full of grind, graft, heartache, anxiety, poor choices, peppered with glory, euphoria and quick wins on a beautiful gloomy urban backdrop.
RØRY – O2 Guildhall Southampton
There’s something uniquely powerful about a hometown show, and RØRY’s return to Southampton Guildhall was one of those rare nights that felt bigger than music.
Bush + Volbeat – Utilita Arena Cardiff
There was a proper charge in the air at Cardiff’s Utilita Arena long before the headliners even thought about stepping on stage. Three bands with completely different approaches to heavy music, and a crowd that arrived ready to lose themselves in all of it. Witch Fever ignited things, Bush delivered a powerhouse masterclass, and Volbeat closed the night with the kind of big-hearted, riff-driven spectacle only they can.