WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Livestreaming via Leave A Light On courtesy the Theatre Cafe
WHEN: 31/3/20
We first saw Gage in Bat Out Of Hell and he was starring as Romeo in & Juliet before the lockdown and so we leapt at the chance to catch him in a more intimate gig.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Livestreaming via Leave A Light On courtesy the Theatre Cafe
WHEN: (matinee) 30/3/20
What do you do when you can’t go to the West End? Stay home, switch on your wifi and let it find you.
BY: Carron Stacey
WHERE? Chalk, Brighton (touring in the US through March)
WHEN? 2/3/20
We were eagerly awaiting the trip along the south coast to watch this cosmic pop outfit from Halifax as we’d missed them at Victorious Festival two years ago.
By Carron Stacey
WHERE?: Portsmouth Guildhall 22/2/20
Never, to my shame, having seen David Baddiel live, this was a Christmas present for Mr Humdrum which, on the morning of the show, almost didn’t transpire when he claimed I’d only bought one ticket. He had, in fact, failed to turn over the print-out.
By Carron Stacey
WHERE? Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
WHEN? 13/2/20
This seemingly crazed swarm of football strip-attired Bosnian bees pumped out a stunning set of rap, rock, ska and funk, pollenating the slightly small (but perfectly formed) audience with their nectar of positivity in a hive of energy.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Eventim Apollo
WHEN? 4/12/19
SETLIST: Mine Right Now; In Vain; Schedules; Plot Twist; Raw; Sight Of You; Don’t Kill My Vibe; Level Up; High Five; Fake Friends; Business Dinners; Sucker Punch; Dynamite; Home To You; Basic: Never Mine; Strangers; Don’t Feel Like Crying
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Shaftesbury Theatre
WHEN? 9/11, opens 20/11, runs to 30/5/20
Swede Max Martin is the third most successful songwriter in US chart history with credits on 22 number singles behind only Beatles Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE? Hoxton Hall
WHEN? 9/11/19
SETLIST: Glow; Glorious; We Got Love; Yours: Bones; Young; Glitterball; This Is Real; Friends; Brave; Ghost
Ella Henderson is at the piano introducing new song Bones reflecting on seeing a large backside in a magazine and realising it was her own.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHERE? Eventim Apollo
WHEN? 4/11, tour runs to 18/11/19
SETLIST: Handmade Heaven; Hollywood; Primadonna; Enjoy Your Life; I Am Not A Robot; To Be Human; Superstar; From; Orange Trees; Teen Idle; Believe In Love; Bubblegum Bitch; Emotional Machine; I’m Not Hungry Anymore; No More Suckers; Karma; Oh No; Baby: End Of the Earth; How To Be A Heartbreaker
We last saw Marina at a Q&A in London in April where she talked about her artistic freedom and so we’re not entirely surprised when at the close of tonight’s gig she drops a bombshell.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHERE? London Palladium
WHEN? 5/11, tour runs to 20/11/19
SETLIST: Goodbye Cruel World; Heroine; Dangerous Game; Dirty Mind; My 16th Apology; Heaven Is In Your Arms; The Trouble With Andre; Emotional Thing; C U Next Tuesday; Time To Say Goodbye; All The Queen’s Horses; When She Finds You; Black Sky; Stay; Are We In Love Yet?: I Don’t Care; You’re History; Catwoman; Hello (Turn Your Radio On)
Shakespears Sister are a band of extraordinary peculiarities not least, as lead singer Siobhan Fahey points out, that their final song tonight is titled Hello (while the opener was Goodbye Cruel World).
