LIVE REVIEWS 2023
★★★★★ (5/5)
WARGASM //
O2 RITZ, MANCHESTER
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: SABRINA RAMDOYAL
★★★★☆ (4/5)
DONNY OSMOND //
FIRST DIRECT ARENA, LEEDS
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: JOHN HAYHURST @SNAPAGIG.COM
★★★★★ (5/5)
THE DARKNESS //
O2 CITY HALL,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
ASHNIKKO //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KAYLA LOUISE LANDALE
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
ICE CUBE,
CYPRESS HILL & D12 //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: MARC CAMPBELL
★★★★☆ (4/5)
THE USED //
MANCHESTER ACADEMY, MANCHESTER
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: SABRINA RAMDOYAL
★★★★☆ (4/5)
MADNESS //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ALEXIS ELWOOD
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
BOB VYLAN //
THE GARAGE, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
★★★★☆ (4/5)
BILLY BRAGG //
USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
ANNE-MARIE //
AO ARENA, MANCHESTER
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: LUKE TAYLOR
★★★★☆ (4/5)
DYLAN JOHN THOMAS //
O2 ACADEMY, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: MATTHEW SIMPSON & KAYLA LOUISE LANDALE
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
LUCIA & THE BEST BOYS //
HYDE PARK BOOK CORNER, LEEDS
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: JOHN HAYHURST @SNAPAGIG.COM
★★★★★ (5/5)
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV //
SWG3, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: KENDALL WILSON
★★★★☆ (4/5)
BAKAR //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ALEXIS ELWOOD
PHOTOS BY: MARC CAMPBELL
★★★★☆ (4/5)
GRETA VAN FLEET //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: MARC CAMPBELL
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
HOT MILK //
SWG3, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR
★★★★☆ (4/5)
FAR FROM SAINTS //
THE PAVILION THEATRE, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
MELANIE MARTINEZ //
O2 APOLLO MANCHESTER
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: SABRINA RAMDOYAL
★★★★★ (5/5)
JESSIE WARE //
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: KENDALL WILSON
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
EMPIRE STATE BASTARD // SWG3, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: CRAIG MCCONNELL
PHOTOS BY: CATCHING LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
★★★★★ (5/5)
BABY QUEEN //
MANCHESTER ACADEMY, MANCHESTER
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: SABRINA RAMDOYAL
★★★★☆ (4/5)
50 CENT //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
THE WONDER YEARS //
SWG3, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR
★★★★☆ (4/5)
CREEPER //
CLYDE ROOMS, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: CRAIG MCCONNELL
PHOTOS BY: CATCHING LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
THE STREETS //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
YOUNG FATHERS //
USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
NOTHING BUT THIEVES //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: ALANNAH MCCLYMONT
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
FALL OUT BOY //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: MATTHEW SIMPSON
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
ZAND //
HEADROW HOUSE, LEEDS
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: SABRINA RAMDOYAL
★★★★★ (5/5)
SKINDRED //
GLASGOW GARAGE, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR
★★★★★ (5/5)
LUKE COMBS //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
PHOTOS BY: FRANK MURPHY
★★★★ (5/5)
THE XCERTS //
SAINT LUKE’S, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR
★★★★☆ (4/5)
THE SHERLOCKS //
ST LUKE’S, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: EVAN MCGILL
★★★★★ (5/5)
DEACON BLUE //
USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: PAUL STORR
★★★★☆ (4/5)
NEW ORDER //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
THE WATERBOYS //
ROYAL CONCERT HALL, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
PJ HARVEY //
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: BEN LAMONT
★★★★★ (5/5)
THE NATIONAL //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
SHANIA TWAIN //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: TRACEY FAYE MCINTYRE
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
BUSTED //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ALANNAH MCCLYMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN // USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
DEAD PONY //
SAINT LUKE’S, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
CHRISTINE & THE QUEEN’S // USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
WILCO //
USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
PAOLO NUTINI //
ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOWGROUNDS, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: CARRON MILLER
PHOTOS BY: HANS-PETER VAN VELTHOVEN (@HPVV)
★★★★★ (5/5)
THE KILLERS //
ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOWGROUNDS, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
★★★★★ (5/5)
LEEDS FESTIVAL 2023 - SUNDAY // BRAMHAM PARK, LEEDS
REVIEW BY: KAYLA LOUISE LANDALE, MATTHEW SIMPSON & CALUM BUCHAN
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
ALL POINTS EAST 2023 - HAIM // VICTORIA PARK, LONDON
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
★★★★☆ (4/5)
ALL POINTS EAST 2023 - DERMOT KENNEDY // VICTORIA PARK, LONDON
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
★★★★★ (5/5)
CONNECT 2023: SUNDAY // ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOWGROUNDS, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD
★★★★★ (5/5)
ALL POINTS EAST 2023 - JUNGLE // VICTORIA PARK, LONDON
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
★★★★☆ (4/5)
LEEDS FESTIVAL 2023 - SATURDAY // BRAMHAM PARK, LEEDS
REVIEW BY: KAYLA LOUISE LANDALE, MATTHEW SIMPSON
& CALUM BUCHAN
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
CONNECT 2023: SATURDAY // ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOWGROUNDS, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
LEEDS FESTIVAL 2023 - FRIDAY // BRAMHAM PARK, LEEDS
REVIEW BY: KAYLA LOUISE LANDALE, MATTHEW SIMPSON
& CALUM BUCHAN
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★☆☆ (3/5)
ALL POINTS EAST 2023 -
THE STROKES //
VICTORIA PARK, LONDON
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
★★★★★ (5/5)
CONNECT 2023: FRIDAY // ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOWGROUNDS, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD
★★★★★ (5/5)
DON BROCO //
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
AMYL & THE SNIFFERS //
O2 ACADEMY, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: ROSS MUNRO
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD
★★★★★ (5/5)
ALL POINTS EAST 2023 - FIELD DAY // VICTORIA PARK, LONDON
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
★★★★★ (5/5)
ALL POINTS EAST 2023 - STORMZY // VICTORIA PARK, LONDON
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
★★★★★ (5/5)
SUGABABES //
KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
★★★★★ (5/5)
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS // BRIGHTON BEACH, BRIGHTON
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: MICHAEL HUNDERTMARK
★★★★★ (5/5)
BASTILLE // SLESSOR GARDEN’S, DUNDEE
REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
JAMES // SLESSOR GARDEN’S, DUNDEE
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: GRAEME WHITE
★★★★☆ (4/5)
RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS //
HAMPDEN PARK, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
★★★★☆ (4/5)
DERMOT KENNEDY //
EDINBURGH CASTLE, EDINBURGH
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD
★★★★☆ (4/5)
TRNSMT FESTIVAL 2023 //
GLASGOW GREEN, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ALANNAH MCCLYMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN (FRIDAY) &
MARC CAMPBELL (SATURDAY & SUNDAY)
★★★★★ (5/5)
PULP //
OPEN AIR THEATRE, SCARBOROUGH
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: JOHN HAYHURST
★★★★★ (5/5)
THE WHO //
EDINBURGH CASTLE, EDINBURGH
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
SIR ROD STEWART //
EDINBURGH CASTLE, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: CATHERINE BUCHAN
PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
IGGY POP’S DOG DAY AFTERNOON //
CRYSTAL PALACE, LONDON
REVIEW BY: STRUAN NELSON
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
ARCTIC MONKEYS //
BELLAHOUSTON PARK, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ROSS MUNRO
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
MUSE //
BELLAHOUSTON PARK, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR
★★★★★ (5/5)
PETER GABRIEL //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
THE PROCLAIMERS AT
THE BIG TOP TENT //
LEITH LINKS, EDINBURGH
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
WUTANG CLAN & NAS //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: BEN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: MARC CAMPBELL
★★★★★ (5/5)
SAM FENDER //
ST JAMES’ PARK,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
REVIEW BY: WILL GORMAN & CALUM BUCHAN
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
PLACEBO //
O2 CITY HALL,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
ALTER BRIDGE //
O2 ACADEMY, EDINBURGH
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
KISS //
UTILITA ARENA,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
ROGER WATERS //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
INTERPOL //
O2 ACADEMY, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: JACK CARR
PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
ANDRE RIEU //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: CATHERINE BUCHAN
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD
★★★★☆ (4/5)
SPARKS //
SEC ARMADILLO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: BEN LAMONT
★★★★★ (5/5)
FAR FROM SAINTS //
ORAN MOR, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: KENDALL WILSON
★★★★☆ (4/5)
FLOGGING MOLLY //
SWG3, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: FRANK MURPHY
★★★★★ (5/5)
DEACON BLUE //
CAIRD HALL, DUNDEE
REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE
PHOTOS BY: KENDALL WILSON
★★★★★ (5/5)
STEEL PANTHER //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: PAUL STORR
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5)
MICHAEL BUBLE //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
MASSIVE WAGONS //
LA BELLE ANGELE, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
OLLY MURS //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
PHOTOS BY: FRANK MURPHY
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
SABATON //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
TOM MEIGHAN //
O2 ACADEMY, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: GRAEME WHITE
PHOTOS BY: FRANK MURPHY
★★★★★ (5/5)
DMA’S //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: GAVIN VALENTINE
PHOTOS BY: JAMES EDMOND
★★★★☆ (4/5)
RAZORLIGHT //
ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
DERMOT KENNEDY //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: ALANNAH MCCLYMONT
★★★★☆ (4/5)
BLACKBERRY SMOKE //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
DEAF HAVANA //
LIQUID ROOMS, EDINBURGH
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: STUART STOTT
★★★★★ (5/5)
BEARTOOTH // BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: CHRIS YOUNG
★★★★★ (5/5)
KT TUNSTALL //
SEC ARMADILLO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: ROSS BAKER
★★★★★ (5/5)
SNOOP DOGG //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
TOM GRENNAN //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ROSS WARDROP
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
ALL TIME LOW //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: ALANNAH MCCLYMONT
★★★★★ (5/5)
SUEDE //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★★ (5/5)
SELF ESTEEM
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ROSS MUNRO
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
NOVA TWINS //
LA BELLE ANGELE, EDINBURGH
REVIEW BY: ROSS MUNRO
★★★★☆ (4/5)
BLACK VEIL BRIDES //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: ALANNAH MCCLYMONT
★★★★☆ (4/5)
PALAYE ROYALE //
EVENTIM APOLLO, LONDON
REVIEW BY: TOYAH HOWARD
★★★★☆ (4/5)
CARLY RAE JEPSEN //
O2 ACADEMY, LEEDS
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: JOHN HAYHURST
★★★★☆ (4/5)
FRANK TURNER &
THE SLEEPING SOULS //
FAT SAM’S, DUNDEE
REVIEW BY: SAM MCNAUGHTON
★★★★★ (5/5)
LEWIS CAPALDI //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ALANNAH MCCLYMONT
PHOTOS BY: CALUM BUCHAN
★★★★☆ (4/5)
PVRIS //
O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
★★★★★ (5/5)
THE 1975 //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: ROSS MUNRO
★★★★★ (5/5)
SLEEP TOKEN //
BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: KATRIN LAMONT
PHOTOS BY: CHRIS YOUNG
★★★★★ (5/5)
DROPKICK MURPHY’S //
OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW
REVIEW BY: IAIN MCCLAY
PHOTOS BY: STUART WESTWOOD