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The Blinders, Calva Louise – Brudenell Social Club – 28/10/18
I took Matty down the Brudenell for the first time tonight – glad he got to see The Blinders in the old room. We had a spare ticket as Sledge couldn’t come and gave it away on the door to a very...
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Neko Case – The Brudenell – 7th Nov 2018
Neko Case has a fantastic voice which live, just seems effortless, a real treat to hear. She’s really funny and with her backing band, the coolest dudes around, filled the Brudenell with love tonight...
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Beak> and Snapped Ankles – Brudenell Social Club – 26/11/18
I had a look to see if there were any gigs on my birthday this year and saw that Snapped Ankles were playing at the Brudenell – fantastic – love them and love that place – perfect! Couldn’t find any...
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The Burning Hell, deadflowers – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds – 2/12/18
This was my first visit to the Hyde Park Book Club for a gig – the upstairs is quite swanky but the basment gig venue looks like an old disused basement – still – the sound was excellent and it gave...
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The Wave Pictures – Brudenell Social Club – 21/01/19
Lino print after: ‘People walking towards the sea’ by LS Lowry (1965) This was the first gig of the year for me and it was a corker! Of course it was – it was THE WAVE PICTURES. I’ve been seeing them...
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Half Man Half Biscuit – Fibbers, York – 1st Feb 2019
I think I’ll just leave the set list here……’nuff said xx He’s much better than David Nixon ever was…
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Beans on Toast – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – 5th Feb 2019
I first came across Beans on Toast 6yrs ago when I heard a ‘Daytrotter’ session of hi. It became a fave with my daughter and I and I’ve been waiting to see him since…..not sure why I’ve missed him up...
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Trio HLK and Evelyn Glennie – RNCM, Manchester – 3rd Feb 2019
Dame Evelyn Glennie is quite a remarkable character so when we saw saw she was playing in Manchester with the jazz trio HLK, we tought we’d give it a go. Taking the kids was a bit of a risk but as...
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Sharon Van Etten – The Albert Hall, Manchester – 22/3/19
When Sharon Van Etten is touring, and she’s not coming to your town, well, you just have to make the effort to go and see her elsewhere don’t you……I got these tickets as a Christmas present for...
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Clinic, Pigspigspigspigspigspigspigs, Snapped Ankles – 6Music Festival – 31/3/19
The annual BBC 6Music festival made it to Liverpool this year. Got tickets for Lee and I to go but on the day things didn’t quite work out and I ended up dragging Sledge along. We were late and...
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Wilko Johnson + Glen Tilbrook – Fibbers, York – 13/4/19
The rumours of Wilko’s impending death were, thank goodness, totally premature. It was such a joy to see him strut his stuff (a)live. The guy’s a trooper! Support tonight was from the songsmith...
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Ukrainians, East to East – Brudenell Social Club – 20/04/19
It’s always a joy to see the Ukrainians play and tonight they were celebrating 30 years since the first 10″ EP from the Wedding Present of the John Peel Ukrainian session songs was released…..now...
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James Yorkston, Viking Moses – Brudenell Social Club – 6/5/19
James Yorkston makes beautiful music. Quiet, considered, chilled out, moving, beautiful music. He was phenomenally good tonight with exemplary musicians to back him – An inspiring evening! First up...
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Gold Sounds 2019 – Fat White Family, The Blinders, The Beths, Nude Party,...
A Fantastic weekend of great weather, some interesting football results and Music Music Music care of those lovely people at the Brudenell. Can’t tell you how lucky we are to have them here in Leeds –...
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Oh Sees, Prettiest Eyes – Albert Hall, Manchester – 18/05/19
Got to see the Oh Sees a while ago with Fog in Leeds, so when he suggested a return match in Manchester, both Boy-Lee and I were well up for it – why wouldn’t you be – they are amazing live. We met up...
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The Rutles – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – 1st June 2019
I wasn’t sure what to expect from an evening with the pre-Fab four but any excuse to be in the same room as Neil Innes should be grabbed with both hands. Anyone familiar with the Beatles story...
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Glastonbury Festival 26-31 June 2019
This year was my 20th anniversary of working at Glastonbury for FMS who were celebrating their 40th anniversary. The weather was red hot and the medical team saw 4500 patients with only 50 needing to...
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Kraftwerk 3D @ BlueDot Festival – 19-21 July 2019
On finishing my last O-level in 1981 I went straight into Manchester and bought myself a record as a treat. The record was ‘Autobahn’ by Kraftwerk. I loved ‘Man Machine’ and was soon to become...
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WOMAD Festival: 25-28th July 2019
Another sunny wonderful WOMAD bringing July to a close with a tonne of good music, good company and a barrel of laughs……..full report to follow….
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Reading Festival: 22-25th August 2019 – Foo Fighters, Royal Blood, SPINN,...
Working for Festival Medical services meant that Leeds had to Travel to Reading. Glorious sunshine and a whole lot of music and comedy – full report to follow
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