By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: Friday 15 to Monday 18 November 2024
It’s been a week since the festival so it’s around this time that we have fully recovered and start to lament “this time last week…” As I write, this time last week, I was Day Raving at Bentley Rhythm Ace.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Tuesday 12 November 2024, tour travels to India, New Zealand, Australia, US, UK, Europe and runs through 5 July 2025
SETLIST: Kick Ass; Can’t Stop This Thing We Started; Somebody; 18 ’til I Die; Please Forgive Me; One Night Love Affair; Shine A Light; Take Me Back; Kids Wanna Rock; Heaven; Go Down Rockin’; It’s Only Love; You Belong To Me; Cloud Number 9; Rock’n’Roll Hell; The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You; Here I Am; I Will Always Return; When The Night Comes; When You’re Gone; Always Have (Always Will); Everything I Do (I Do It For You); Back To You; So Happy It Hurts; Run To You; Summer Of ’69; Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?; Cuts Like A Knife; Straight From the Heart; Hey Baby; All For Love;
You can tell Adams is a photographer because this is the most beautifully visualised arena show we think we’ve ever seen.
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: 31 October and tour runs through 29 November 2024
Warmduscher appears to have reached the ranks of one of the bands we’ve seen the most, alongside Welly, Adam Ant, Duran Duran, Shed Seven and Peter Hook!
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Saturday 19 October 2024
‘Contempt in your eyes when I turn to kiss his lips …’ sang Bronski Beat lead singer Jimmy Somerville on Why, the gay trio’s 2nd hit and a top 10 single in Germany, Italy, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland and Australia in 1984.
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: Saturday 12 October 2024 at Pie and Vinyl record store, Southsea
Mr H has been a fan of Field Music for sometime now. I’ve been a fan for a number of years since we saw them at Victorious seven years ago on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: Friday 27 September, tour runs until 27 November 2024
Having never seen The The, nor been to the Ally Pally, this was a night of many a first, including attending a gig with a shoulder that had been broken the day before.
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
Welly’s National Service Tour Part 1 (the South) travels this month from Gloucester to Northampton, with stops including Exeter, Reading and, of course, a homecoming kind of gig in Southampton.
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: Sunday 25 August 2024 (press ticket)
It’s getting harder every year to get down early for the good bands. Day Three seems to be in reverse, with our best bands on at the beginning on the Castle Stage.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Sunday 25 August 2024 (press ticket)
We’re here because we want to see Isle Of Wight’s Wet Leg play almost on home turf after a meteoric rise to success but sometimes festivals surprise you and so it is with the 1st act we catch on the Castle Stage, Cardiff’s very own Panic Shack (pictured).
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: Saturday 24 August, Victorious runs through Sunday 25 August 2024 (press pass)
90steachergirl was right. It was Busted who were the secret set. As much as there was love for them, it seemed a tad obvious after McFly last year.
