Sep 22

The Dead Daisies, The Treatment, The Bites

Date: September 21, 2024

Venue: Shepherds Bush Empire

Price: £38.00

Light ‘Em Up/Rise Up/Dead And Gone/Make Some Noise/I Wanna Be Your Bitch/Unspoken/Bustle And Flow/Lock ‘N’ Load/I’m Gonna Ride/Born To Fly/Take A Long Line/Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/Seven Nation Army/Children Of The Grave/Whole Lotta Love/Join Together/I’m Ready/Fortunate Son/Mexico/Midnight Moses/Long Way To Go/Helter Skelter

The Treatment

Let’s Wake Up This Town/Let It Begin/Eyes On You/When Thunder And Lightning Strikes/This Fire Still Burns/Man On The Highwire/Bite Back/Running With The Dogs

The Bites

Knockin’ On The Door/Pretty Boys/Dirty City/War Pigs/Heather Leather/Squeeze/Fire In Hollywood/Do Me A Favor

Sep 15

BLACKBERRY SMOKE

Date: September 14, 2024

Venue: Hammersmith Apollo

Price: £46.25

Live It Down/Good One Comin’ On/Hammer And The Nail/Rock And Roll Again/Pretty Little Lie/Waiting For The Thunder/Hey Delilah/Let It Burn/Like It Was Yesterday/Sleeping Dogs/Long Haired Country Boy/Shakin’ Hands With The Holy Ghost/Azalea/Ain’t The Same/Whatcha Know Good/Old Scarecrow/Ain’t Got The Blues/Run Away From It All/One Horse Town/Little Bit Crazy/Don’t Mind If I Do/Ain’t Much Left Of Me/Mississippi Kid

Sep 13

Tyketto

Date: September 12, 2024

Venue: O2 Academy Islington

Price: £33.00

Nothing But Love/Reach/Wings/Tearing Down The Sky/Dig In Deep/Circle The Wagons/Rescue Me/Catch My Fall/Kick Like A Mule/Seasons/The Run/Standing Alone/The Last Sunset/Forever Young

Little Caesar: Down To The Wire, Mama Tried

Sep 11

Peter Cox

Date: September 10 2024

Venue: Pizza Express Holborn

Price: £65.00

Too Far Gone/She Wants Magic/Shame The Devil/Jupiter/Tough It Out/Love Will Lift Us Up/If You Walk Away/Dream Burning Down/Things We Never Did/We Close Our Eyes/Change/Brave New World/One More Kiss/Call Me/Stilettos/Confidant/Sleep/King Of Wishful Thinking/November/Ain’t Gonna Cry Again

Jul 26

BONNIE TYLER

Date: July 25 2024

Venue: Indigo2

Price: £65.00

Have You Ever Seen The Rain?/Hide Your Heart/Lost In France/To Love Somebody/The Best Is Yet To Come/It’s A Heartache/Notes From America/Straight From The Heart/When The Lights Go Down/Flat On The Floor/Total Eclipse Of The Heart/Faster Than The Speed Of Night/The Best/Turtle Blues/Holding Out For A Hero

Jul 13

Big Boy Bloater And The Limits

Date: July 12, 2024

Venue: The Lexington

Price: £20.00

The Saturday Night Desperation Shuffle/I Love You (But I Can’t Stand Your Friends)/Insanely Happy/Ugly Way Of Thinking/Every Path Has Its Puddle/Leonard Cohen/Friday Night’s Alright For Drinking/Luxury Hobo Blues/Oops Sorry/The Devil Went Down To Rehab/Nasty Little Rash/Dirty Disco Blues/Robot Girlfriend/Kensington Gore/I Don’t Miss You As Much…/Pills/It Came Outta The Swamp/Devils Not Angels

Jul 06

EXTC

Date: July 5 2024

Venue: Forge Camden

Price: £25.00

This Is Pop/Statue Of Liberty/No Language In Our Lungs/Love On A Farmboy’s Wages/Real By Reel/Towers Of London/Paper And Iron (Notes And Coins)/Senses Working Overtime/Jason And The Argonauts /Ball And Chain/The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead/Summer’s Cauldron/Grass/No Thugs In Our House/Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)/Rocket From A Bottle /Respectable Street/Living Through Another Cuba/Generals And Majors/Making Plans For Nigel/Stupidly Happy/Life Begins At The Hop

Very odd this. This was like a basic covers band knocking out old XTC material. Technically they could sing and play but all the details were wrong. In no particular order: no keyboards ( a critical component of many XTC tracks), a guitarist playing a Les Paul (the ultimate rock guitar and totally unrelated to the XTC sound), vocals that were admittedly in tune but had none of the dynamism and expression of Andy Partridge, and a somewhat perverse selection of songs that included obscure stuff and excluded some great stuff. To be avoided. No photos because the two front guys were distinctly non-XTC.

Jul 04

AC/DC

Date: July 3 2024

Venue: Wembley Stadium

Price: £130

If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)/Back In Black/Demon Fire/Shot Down In Flames/Thunderstruck/Have A Drink On Me/Hells Bells/Shot In The Dark/Stiff Upper Lip/Shoot To Thrill/Sin City/Rock ‘N’ Roll Train/Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/High Voltage/Riff Raff/You Shook Me All Night Long/Highway To Hell/Whole Lotta Rosie/Let There Be Rock/T.N.T./For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

The Pretty Reckless

Death By Rock And Roll/Since You’re Gone/Follow Me Down/Only Love Can Save Me Now/Sweet Things/Witches Burn/Make Me Wanna Die/Going To Hell/Heaven Knows/Take Me Down

May 26

FM/BRAVE RIVAL

Date: May 25, 2024

Venue: Dingwall’s

Price: £27.00

Digging Up The Dirt/Tough It Out/Killed By Love/Someday (You’ll Come Running)/Don’t Need Another Heartache/Everytime I Think Of You/Out Of The Blue/The Dream That Died/Synchronized/Say It Like It Is/Closer To Heaven/Does It Feel Like Love/That Girl/Bad Luck/Hot Wired/Turn This Car Around/Story Of My Life/Burning My Heart Down/Other Side Of Midnight

BRAVE RIVAL

Run And Hide/Bad Choices/Guilty Love/Fairytale/Five Years On/Sink Or Swim

May 15

STRAY

Date: May 14 2024

Venue: Half Moon

Price: £16.00

Houdini/After The Storm/Time Machine/Better Day/I Am/Jericho/1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/Shout/Living The Dream/Black Sun/Percy The Pimp/I Believe It/The Bear/Leave It Out/All In Your Mind/One Night In Texas