Live Reviews
Polyphia – UK & EU Spring Tour 2023 – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
It was clear following the popularity of their single ‘Playing God’ from their latest album ‘Remember That You Will Die’ combined with how quickly Polyphia’s shows at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire sold out, that fans were highly anticipating the band’s return to the UK. We had to head down to check it out, here’s what...
Electric Callboy – Tekkno World Tour 2023 – Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
Following the release of their latest album ‘Tekkno’ last year (Which made our ‘Best Of 2022’ list), Electric Callboy were back in the UK to finish off the first leg of their ‘Tekkno World Tour 2023’ in London. The tour had already seen the band hitting up venues as big as 20,000 over in Europe,...
Sabaton – The Tour To End All Tours – OVO Wembley Arena, London
Fans have been waiting for Sabaton’s ‘Tour To End All Tours’ since the summer of 2020. With a slight postponement from its originally planned date as well as a change of support, it was clear that fan’s excitement would be built to an ungodly manner for the shows. With special guests Babymetal joining the tour,...
I Prevail – EU/UK 2023 Tour – OVO Arena Wembley, London
Originally, I Prevail’s London show was supposed to take place at the city’s O2 Forum Kentish Town. Upgraded and postponed in the pandemic to O2 Academy Brixton, all was looking good for Michigan rockers to return to the United Kingdom’s Soil. Unfortunately, due to an incident at the beloved Academy, shows scheduled there had to...
Lamb Of God – State Of Unrest Tour – OVO Wembley Arena, London
This tour was announced in 2019, for 2020. Due to THAT THING we dare not mention, the tour was then pushed back to 2021. Then 2022. Then one final time to 2023. However, that wouldn’t be the last postponement for the London show of the tour, after an unfortunate incident at the beloved Brixton Academy...
Nova Twins – Supernova Tour – Chalk, Brighton
With the release of their sophomore album in the summer of last year, Nova Twins have been on an unstoppable upwards trajectory – even getting shortlisted for a 2022’s Mercury Prize. With the band set to give the album a spin on tour this month, alongside strong support from Uninvited and Witch Fever, we just...
Gojira – Fortitude UK Tour – Alexandra Palace, London
French metal legends Gojira recently headed over to the UK for a six date run of shows as a part of their ‘Fortitude’ European tour. We headed down to the final UK show at London’s Alexandra Palace, here’s what went down. As Employed To Serve took to the stage, the partially filled Alexandra Palace erupted...
The Hunna – BRITs Week 2023 – Lafayette, London
Starting a little under 15 years ago, the annual BRITs Week’s celebrations have been a prominent charitable event within the UK’s music scene, giving fans the opportunity to see their favourite big artists playing small venues. The events have seen over £5 million raised to support War Child’s efforts to help children and young people...
Trivium – UK/EU Tour 2023 – Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
Seven hundred sixty five… that’s how many days fans have been patiently waiting to catch Trivium take over UK venues up and down the country since the announcement of this tour. While an unfortunate incident at the beloved Brixton Academy caused the London date to be rearranged to the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, the show must...
WSTR – The Boileroom, Guildford
English pop punker’s WSTR recently embarked on a sixteen date run of shows across the UK visiting a variety of venues along the way. With the band on the cusp of a new album coming “soon”, we had to head down to one of their show’s to check out what the band were up to....
Bombay Bicycle Club – South Facing Festival – Crystal Palace Park
Growing up hearing stories of all the legends who’ve played the Crystal Palace park over the years, it never made sense to me why the music stopped – Leaving the famous Crystal Palace Bowl to fall into disrepair. Thankfully the South Facing Festival concert series has (for a second year running) come to bring live...
Mayday Parade – 11th Anniversary Self-Titled Tour – Troxy, London
Despite being slightly delayed due to obvious reasons, Mayday Parade have finally got around to playing their self-titled anniversary tour. Originally 10 years since its release – now 11 years – the tour promised to be a great celebration of such a highly acclaimed album in the scene. I just had to head down to...