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GIG REVIEW: Nation of Language @ The Bodega, Nottingham, 16/04/22
Skinny ties, Korg synthesisers, Doctor Martens. Early ‘80s new wave was back with a vengeance last night at Nottingham’s The Bodega -...

GIG REVIEW: Bastille @ Manchester AO Arena, 08/04/22
If you listen to any track from Bastille’s new album ‘Give Me The Future’, it quickly becomes obvious that it is based around the concept...

GIG REVIEW: The Human League @ The Forum, Bath, 14/12/21
‘We have a variety of songs…we are the Human League!’ This is how lead singer Phil Oakey introduced his band in Bath last night, to...

GIG REVIEW: OMD @ Hammersmith Apollo, London, 13/11/21
It’s not unusual for fans of a particular band to be asked why they continue to go and see said band night after night on tour, despite...

GIG REVIEW: Level 42 + Johnny Hates Jazz, Royal Albert Hall, 28/10/21
It’s easy to forget what an incredible building the Royal Albert Hall is until you’re standing there looking at it. Looking at the...

GIG REVIEW: OMD @ Future Yard, Birkenhead, 16/10/21
Premiered 26th June 2020 It’s been a long time coming, but last night we finally saw OMD at Birkenhead’s newest music venue, Future Yard....


GIG REVIEW: MiG 15 + Support @ The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, 23/02/20
23rd February 2020 The Shipping Forecast – or the basement of it, at least – is a strange place. Ominously cold, treacherously dark, and...


GIG REVIEW: Inhaler @ 02 Academy Liverpool, 12/02/2020
12th February 2020 Energetic, musically powerful, engaging onstage; Inhaler certainly lived up to the favourable reputation they have...


40 Years of OMD: Exhibition Launch Event at the BME, Liverpool
Thursday 10th October 2019 One of the many reasons I love Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark so much is that the group's two core members,...


GIG REVIEW: Gary Numan (40th Anniversary Tour) at O2 Academy Liverpool
Monday 30th September 2019 Support acts can be strange phenomena. Unestablished support acts (at least in the minds of the main act’s...
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