LIVE REVIEWS 2025

★★★★★ (5/5)

WARDRUNA //
BARBICAN CENTRE, YORK

REVIEW BY: BILL ADAMSON

★★★☆☆ (3.5/5)

BLOCK 33 //
SUBURBIA, SOUTHAMPTON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★★ (5/5)

THE DARKNESS //


USHER HALL, EDINBURGH

REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN

★★★★☆ (4.5/5)

ALEC BENJAMIN //
ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: MILES HUMPHRIES

★★★★☆ (4/5)

ZEAL & ADOR //
ENGINE ROOMS, SOUTHAMPTON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★★ (5/5)

YOU ME AT SIX //
O2 GUILDHALL, SOUTHAMPTON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★★ (5/5)

NIEVE ELLA //
TRINITY CENTRE, BRISTOL

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: DANIELLE VAN ACKER

★★★★☆ (4/5)

THOSE DAMN CROWES //
THE FIRE STATION, BOURNEMOUTH

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★★ (5/5)

MICHAEL KIWANUKA //
USHER HALL, EDINBURGH

REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE

★★★★★ (5/5)

SHARON VAN ETTEN //
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT

★★★★★ (5/5)

JALEN NGONDA //
SWG3, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY

★★★★★ (5/5)

TEDDY SWIMS //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: KAYLA LOUISE LANDALE
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN

★★★★☆ (4/5)

LEVELLERS //
YORK BARBICAN, YORK

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: JOHN HAYHURST

★★★★☆ (4.5/5)



ZAKK SABBATH //
THE 1865, SOUTHAMPTON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★★ (5/5)

AIRBOURNE //
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR

★★★★☆ (4/5)



RØRY //
O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN, LONDON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★★ (5/5)

ALISON MOYET //
THE GLOBE,
STOCKTON-ON-TEES

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: JOHN HAYHURST

★★★★★ (5/5)



OPETH //
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: SABRINA RAMDOYAL

★★★★☆ (4/5)

BIIG PIIG //
THE ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON

REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON

★★★★☆ (4.5/5)

CASKETS //
O2 ISLINGTON ACADEMY, LONDON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★★ (5/5)

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE //
O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON

REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★★ (5/5)

SNOW PATROL //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR

★★★★★ (5/5)

CIRCA WAVES //
NX, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CALLUM ROBINSON
(COAST 2 COAST PHOTOGRAPHY)

★★★★★ (5/5)

FRANK TURNER - PERFORMING AT BRITS WEEK FOR WAR CHILD //
93 FEET EAST, LONDON

REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
PHOTOS BY: PATRICK GUNNING

★★★★☆ (4.5/5)

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA //
O2 ISLINGTON ACADEMY, LONDON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★☆ (4/5)

INHALER //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: KENDALL WILSON

★★★★★ (5/5)

PANTERA //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN

★★★★☆ (4/5)

STATE CHAMPS //
ENGINE ROOMS, SOUTHAMPTON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHARIS LYDIA BAGIOKI

★★★★☆ (4/5)

JOY CROOKES PERFORMING AT BRITS WEEK FOR
WAR CHILD //
ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL, LONDON

REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON

★★★★☆ (4/5)

CAT BURNS - PERFORMING AT BRITS WEEK FOR
WAR CHILD //
MOTH CLUB, LONDON

REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
PHOTOS BY: AARON PARSONS

★★★★☆ (4.5/5)

TREMONTI //
O2 RITZ, MANCHESTER

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: SABRINA RAMDOYAL

★★★★★ (5/5)

CAGE THE ELEPHANT //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN

★★★★☆ (4/5)

BOWLING FOR SOUP //
THE GLOBE,
STOCKTON-ON-TEES

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: JOHN HAYHURST

★★★★★ (5/5)

DEAN LEWIS //
OVO WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: MILES HUMPHRIES

★★★★★ (5/5)

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE // BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD

★★★★☆ (4/5)

JAMES BAY //
O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: SABRINA RAMDOYAL

★★★★☆ (4/5)

LADY BLACKBIRD - CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2O25 // PAVILION THEATE, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT

★★★★★ (5/5)

KT TUNSTALL -
CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2025 //
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR

★★★★☆ (4/5)

TRIVIUM &
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE // OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: JOE THOMSON
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN

★★★★★ (5/5)

BROTHERS OSBOURNE //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW

REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: BROTHERS OSBOURNE SOCIALS

★★★★☆ (4/5)

JOSHUA BASSETT //
O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN, LONDON

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: DANIELLE VAN ACKER

★★★★★ (5/5)

THE XCERTS //
KING TUT’S WAH WAH HUT, GLASGOW

REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR