The Brook

GIG REVIEW: Cloudbusting – The Music of Kate Bush

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By Carron Stacey

WHERE: The Brook, Southampton

WHEN: 21/10

“Kate” as we’ll call her, arrived on stage to rapturous applause and love from the audience, who were mostly men of a certain age, to be honest.

* Read on for reasons including why this is better than the live recording of Before The Dawn

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LIVE REVIEW: Peter Hook and the Light

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By Carron Stacey

WORTH A LOOK?: *****

WHERE: The Brook, Southampton

WHEN: 2/10

I knew he was good live (I saw him at Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival) and I knew the likely set list (I’ve done my research). Yet still Hooky managed to blow my mind with his buzzing set that leaves me, two days later, almost in shellshock. (See what I did there?)

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