DIY • 15th November 2022 Live Review: Fontaines DC, O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester They’re reinventing the sound of a jilted generation, broken and dreary yet brimming with creativity and innovation.
DIY • 26th October 2022 Live Review: Bon Iver, AO Arena, Manchester What arguably shouldn’t work in a live setting instead thrives in it, washing across mesmerised fans in masterful waves.
DIY • 17th June 2022 Live Review: Sky Farreira, Southbank Centre, London Although she carries herself with the same resignation as the previous weekend’s performance, on stage her art comes to life.
DIY • 8th June 2022 Live Review: Slam Dunk Festival 2022, Hatfield Rock isn’t dead or alive, it’s changing from the inside out.
DIY • 23rd May 2022 Live Review: Charli XCX, Alexandra Palace, London It’s a blissful evening of true, unadulterated - and yes - cheesy fun.
NME • 18th May 2022 Live Review: James Blake, Alexandra Palace, London Far from focusing only on his latest album 'Friends That Break Your Heart', this set proves the boy wonder's eclecticism
DIY • 20th April 2022 Live Review: Florence + The Machine, Theatre Royal, London Stood barefoot in a flowing white dress and matching cape, intimacy brims through Florence’s exhilaration to be back on the stage.
DIY Magazine • 7th September 2021 Live Review: Slam Dunk 2021 With the sun shining for the first time since 2020 (don’t fact check us here) and having survived the unavoidable COVID-forced line-up changes, there’s something truly special about being back at Hatfield House.
DIY Magazine • 27th July 2021 Live Review: Latitude Festival 2021 In its three main days and nights, Latitude cements the bubbling undercurrent of great British music, a vital snapshot of the strength and resilience of the UK scene.
DIY Magazine • 25th March 2021 Live Review: Julien Baker, Virtual Gig, Nashville As has become common place at a Julien Baker live show, in those moments of silence between songs, there’s a communal exhale. In her music she captures her demons, in her live show she embodies their release.
DIY Magazine • 3rd November 2020 Live Review: Salem, New Cross Inn, London Delivered with an unrelenting passion across all four members of the band, they easily confirm themselves as far more than a side-project. This is masterful punk’n’roll with a gloriously dark heart.
DIY Magazine • 9th March 2020 Live Review: Christine and the Queens, MOTH Club, London Throughout her career playing with the notions of femininity and power, with identity and sexuality, tonight cements Christine as a truly empowering voice. Among the brilliant songs lies a personable, relatable and self-assured individual, one who...
DIY Magazine • 26th February 2020 Live Review: PVRIS, Electric Brixton, London The crowd, who have waited two years for this moment, don’t hold back, and nor do PVRIS – who remain at the very top of their game.
DIY Magazine • 26th February 2020 Live Review: The 1975, O2 Arena, London Matty Healy is angry. As he leans into the crowd during ‘I Like America & America Likes Me’, he spits with a visceral venom that lifts the song to a previously unheard level.
Ticketmaster UK • 17th February 2020 Live Review: Sigrid takes to London ahead of the BRITs Omeara is turned into one of London’s biggest and best parties of the weekend – and that’s with Tommy Hilfiger’s Fashion Week party a stone’s throw away.
Ticketmaster UK • 5th February 2020 Live Review: Sleep Token deliver a powerhouse performance They blur the line between melody and force, between heavy guitar riffs and tangible pain.
Ticketmaster UK • 31st January 2020 Live Review: While She Sleeps ascend to Brixton headliners As all five brim with pride looking over the sea of entranced fans, the closing number feels particularly apt. You are we, and we are you.
Ticketmaster UK • 16th January 2020 Live Review: Cirque Du Soleil's LUZIA stuns in London Cirque Du Soleil add another powerful string to an already solid bow, one that thrives on its vibrant interpretation of culture, tradition and imagination.
Ticketmaster UK • 11th December 2019 Live Review: Sam Fender wows at O2 Academy Brixton, London Sam Fender may have travelled far in 2019, but the journey has only just begun.
DIY Magazine • 4th November 2019 Live Review: Creeper, 229, London To say Creeper’s return is triumphant is an understatement. This is a rebirth.
