Discos Out (Murders In)
Chaplins, Cellar Bar, Boscombe I think I must seek help, I am enjoying my live music so much these days I am trying to squeeze two gigs into one night, to those of you...
Category: Gigs
Bellowhead/3 Daft Monkeys
O2 Academy, Bournemouth It’s not every day you see a band which has eleven members, but tonight saw Bellowhead headline the O2 Academy to record and film their new DVD entitled ‘Hedonism’ after their...
Mutant Vinyl/Rapids/The Blackwater Caravan/Saturday Sun
Champions, Bournemouth Tonight is Bank Holiday Monday and the final night of five nights of BH One’s fifth birthday celebrations, the gigs have all so far been well attended and organiser Tony Foster is...
Betika/Animal Talent/Show/Head Of A Cuban Trojan/Grott Party
Champions, Bournemouth The Royal Wedding coverage on the TV has finally finished and getting out of the house after an afternoon if front on the box is in order. This week website and promoter...
Magnum/Gwyn Ashton(Two Man Blues Army)
The Brook, Southampton I have been a fan of Magnum since 1986 when I first saw them at Poole Arts Centre on their ‘Vigilante’ tour. The production was brilliant and the band pulled off...
Dorset Music Awards, The Final
O2 Academy, Bournemouth The Longest Day/New Volunteer/County Hospital/Evolver/Cella Creeps/Fearne The five bands in the Final have all had to go through the same process of playing through the various heats and Semi Finals to...
Hot Vamp Club
As I entered Champions, I was hit by a heat wave as I saw a flood of indie kids spread across the venue. Hot Vamp Club are the headliners and they have come a...
Kids Can’t Fly/Mimi Soya/This Fall/The Bottom Line
Champions, Bournemouth Kids Can’t Fly and Mimi Soya are two of the most promising upcoming pop punk bands in the UK at the moment and Champions was the last stop on their joint UK...
Western Sand
Chaplins Cellar bar, Boscombe, Bournemouth Hell yeah, I’d been looking forward to seeing these guys play an extended show and I was lucky enough to have been invited to the launch of their debut...
The Frequency/The Push/Kings Of Hearts/Lauren Bannen
The Winchester, Bournemouth Its Friday night at The Winchester and it’s launch night for The Frequency’s debut single ‘High Society’. But what about the supports you ask me? Due to a late line-up re-shuffle...
