Victorious Festival 2025 Day 2 starring Shed Seven, Utah Saints, Public Service Broadcasting, The Pill & Betty Boo

By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum

WHEN?: Saturday 23 August 2025 (press ticket)

In our attempt to fill the sad Welly gap, before we realised that Hot Wax were possibly the new best thing, we knew The Pill, who opened the Common Stage today, were a cert. We’d seen them support Welly in Southampton earlier this year, and we could see and sense the potential.

  • Read on for reasons including Shed Seven, Utah Saints, Public Service Broadcasting & Betty Boo
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GIG REVIEW: Public Service Broadcasting

By Carron Stacey

WHERE:  Pyramids, Portsmouth

WHEN: 24/10/17

Counting up, this will have been the seventh time I’ve seen this band, and to be honest, they are my other half’s favourite band not mine! But they always deliver, so I always go back.

  • Read on for reasons including how J. Willgoose Esq spoke

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LIVE REVIEW: Brian and Robin’s Christmas Compendium of Reason starring Duran Duran

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHERE?: Eventim Apollo

WHEN: 16/12

There can be few gigs quite like this annual event curated by Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince, from Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage, which we’ve seen for the last three years.

  • Read on for reasons including Sophie Ellis-Bextor singing Nothing Compares 2 U

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LIVE REVIEW: François and the Atlas Mountains

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHERE: Southampton Guildhall, supporting Public Service Broadcasting

WHEN: 27/11

By Carron Stacey

We wanted to see Public Service Broadcasting (PSB), our friend Dave wanted to see these guys. I asked him what they were like. ‘Bonkers’, he replied.

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