2018-03-08 – Jake Bugg – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
Review & Photography: Mark Woodward Copyright 2018. Reviews of Jake Bugg’s acoustic tour have spoken warmly about a coming of
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Author: Mark Woodward
2017-10-06 – Turin Brakes – Assembly Hall, Leamington Spa
A respectably-sized partisan audience, with enough room to shuffle politely in a thirty/forty-something style, gathered in Leamington’s amazing venue The
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Laura Marling – o2 Institute – 2017/03/14
Arguably, already the most intimate Midlands venue, the O2 Institute in Digbeth, Birmingham, looked especially exquisite for Laura Marling’s gig,
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Lissie & Teddy Thompson – o2 Institute 2, Birmingham – 2016-12-03
This gig was always going to be excellent as both of these acoustic, folk-rock artists already featured high on my
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Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott: The Institute, Birmingham – 30/05/2014
It was great to see Paul Heaton, described recently as popular music’s Mike Leigh, enjoying himself again after his self-confessed
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Augustines: The Institute, Birmingham – 16/05/2014
Following the release of their self-titled sophomore album, Augustines, and with fifteen weeks living on a tour bus behind them,
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INTERVIEW: Augustines
AUGUSTINES have been on the road for some fifteen weeks promoting their sophomore self-titled album Augustines. They rolled into Birmingham to
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Embrace: O2 Academy, Birmingham – 10/05/2014
Following an eight year hiatus and the release of their self titled; sixth studio, album Yorkshire rockers, EMBRACE, are back
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The Kooks: The Institute, Birmingham – 09/05/2014
Indie-rock band, THE KOOKS, hit Birmingham’s Institute last night for the final show of their UK mini-tour with the promise of
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Ian Anderson MBE: Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 03/05/2014
After 46 years (yes forty-six) of standing on one leg and playing the flute to adorning fans you’d think it
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