Mis Les, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. (2015)
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 Cast: Gillian Hardie, Keddy Sutton. The Scottie Road Two are at large in Liverpool, they are on the run armed with musical comic satire, a set of hilarious...
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Kaiser Chiefs, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. (2015).
Kaiser Chiefs, Echo Arena, Liverpool. January 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * Not so much as offering a riot or an explosion of epic proportions, what first...
View ArticleInge Bremnes, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool (2015).
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 Inge Bremnes may not seem to be a colossus, a man emulating the Gods of Norse mythology and whose stature comes with accompanying lightening strikes or with...
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10cc, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (2015)
10cc’s Graham Gouldman at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. February 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 For some the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool is a natural...
View ArticleDara O’ Briain, Comedy Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. (2015)
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 Some people are just larger than life, some even make life large by pointing out the very small details, the details that are so acutely insane that they deserve...
View ArticleFearless Vampire Killers, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. (2015).
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 When Fearless Vampire Killers last stood on the stage of the Academy in support to Medina Lake in 2013, the sense of the occasion was rife in the air. The...
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The Illegal Eagles, Gig Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. (2015).
Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 For Liverpool fans of the Eagles, 2014 was a momentous year, a moment in which the band came back to the U.K. and gave arguably one...
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The Moody Blues, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. (2015).
The Moody Blues at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. June 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool sound and Vision Rating 9/10 For 51 years The Moody Blues have given their audiences, no matter...
View ArticleThe Art Of Falling Apart, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. (2015).
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * * Cast: Tim Lynskey, Matt Rutter. All good things must end, all exceptional pieces of writing and performing will live on beyond the final bow, the truth of...
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Michael Bennett, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool....
Michael Bennett, Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * When the day doesn’t quite start in the way you imagined, confusion can momentarily rein...
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Gold Jacks, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015.
Gold Jacks, Liverpool Calling. 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 When Manchester based band Gold Jacks performed at Liverpool Calling in 2014 the result was a...
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Vynce, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015.
Vynce at Liverpool Calling, 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10 Into the arena must come the one who the Gods decree must be the seen as the fortunate and the...
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The Jackobins, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool....
The Jackobins, Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * * The sound of thunder, the presence of future greatness and the unswerving, undeniable...
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Silent Sleep, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015.
Silent Sleep at Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 There are some bands that just seem to have a natural affinity with both the venue they are...
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Dexters, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015.
Dexters at Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 If the day needed just that little more encouragement to get in tune with the occasion and the...
View ArticleJoe Symes And The Loving Kind, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool (2015).
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 If the rust ever starts to show in music from Liverpool, if there is ever a doubt to the sheer strength in depth available to the lovers of the well smashed drum...
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SheBeat, Gig Review. Above The Beaten Track, The Bluecoat, Liverpool. (2015).
SheBeat at the Bluecoat, Liverpool. September 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * The softly spoken but dynamite lyricist SheBeat once more was made to feel more...
View ArticleBouncers, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. (2015).
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * * Cast: Paul Broughton, Danny O’ Brien, Andrew Schofield, Michael Starke. The night is young, the perfume is sprayed with liberal application, the smell of the...
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Dean Friedman, Gig Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. (2015)
Dean Friedman at the Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. October 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall. Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 The city that doesn’t know how to stop singing is always enhanced by a...
View ArticleThe Christians, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. (2015).
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 The last night of the tour is always a reason to celebrate. For the fans it can be a vindication that their band, in some cases their whole reason for being, has...
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