UK Music Reviews Articles

GIG REVIEW: The Newark Riverside Festival featuring Midge Ure, Bananarama, Martin Fry (ABC) and Tony Hadley

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Midge Ure, Bananarama, Martin Fry (ABC) and Tony Hadley performing at The Newark Riverside Festival on Saturday 18th June 2016.Images and Review by Kevin CooperOver 5,000 people at The Newark Festival armed with chairs, blankets and not needed brollies cheered when the ...
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INTERVIEW: Jools Holland

Categories: Interviews
Jools Holland, pianist, band leader, singer, composer and television presenter chats with Kevin Cooper about his friendship with Ruby Turner, receiving the OBE, meeting his heroes on Later…With Jools Holland and his forthcoming appearance at The Thoresby Estate. Jools Holland, OBE ...
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MUSICAL THEATRE: Mamma Mia!

Categories: Musical Theatre
Mamma Mia! performed at The Royal Concert Hall Nottingham on Wednesday 15th June 2016Review by Sandra CooperWe laughed, we cried, and we fell in love all over again with the ultimate feel good show, Mamma Mia! at The Royal Concert Hall last night. First unleashed on the world in 1999 i ...
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GIG REVIEW: Neil Young with Promise Of The Real

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Neil Young with Promise Of The Real perform his Rebel Content Tour at the First Direct Arena Leeds on Friday 10th June 2016Images and Review by Kevin CooperCanadian rock veteran Neil Young, is as passionate today about GM Foods, corporate greed and America’s fragile rural economy as ...
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GIG REVIEW: Adam Ant

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Adam Ant performing his Kings Of The Wild Frontier album at The Symphony Hall Birmingham on Tuesday 7th June 2016Images and Review by Kevin CooperIn October 1980 Adam And The Ants made their Top Of The Pops debut with their swashbuckling performance of Dog Eat Dog that was the talk of ...
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GIG REVIEW: AC/DC with Axl Rose

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AC/DC with Axl Rose performing their Rock Or Bust Tour at the London Stadium at The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday 4th June 2016Images and Review by Kevin CooperThe once new guy on the block is now the old guy as AC/DC played the first ever gig at London’s Olympic Stadium l ...
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ALBUM REVIEW: SEPTEMBER GIRLS – AGE OF INDIGNATION

Categories: Album Reviews
Age Of Indignation is September Girls second album and is the album that you would have hoped for as a follow up to their debut, Cursing The Sea. With their name being taken from the 80’s rock group, The Bangles’ popular cover of the Big Star track, September Gurls, on this album they take a cue ...
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ALBUM REVIEW: LUKAS GRAHAM by LUKAS GRAHAM

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Danish band Lukas Graham, named after lead singer Lukas Graham Forchhammer, have made a big splash in the music world, with them attracting all sorts of attention because of how genuine their song, 7 Years was. Producing a soulful sound that hints at a troubled past that turns into an optimistic fut ...
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GIG REVIEW: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band perform The River Tour at The Ricoh Arena Coventry on Friday 3rd June 2016Images and Review by Kevin CooperAsking if it is quality or quantity that attracts the fans to see Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band, it didn’t matter as 50,000 fan ...
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GIG REVIEW: Stereophonics

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Stereophonics performing their Keep The Summer Alive Tour at The Motorpoint Arena on Thursday 2nd June 2016Images and Review by Kevin CooperThere are a few bands that have split critics and fans over the last two decades to the same degree as the Stereophonics, and yet fans still clamo ...
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