King Monkey comes to Lincoln….

As a longtime fan of The Stone Roses and in particular Ian Brown, this gig was probably my most eagerly anticipated for some time and Ian & Co did not disappoint.
Joined on stage by his always excellent band of musicians this time including the legendary Andy Rourke, Brown powered his way [...]

Two words….

….FECKING AWESOME!

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On a recent visit back home to Manchester, I went to see The Fratellis gig at the Carling Apollo.
As this was the first time I had seen them, I was really looking forward to a great show from this years “Big thing” and although a few things let the evening down a little, on the [...]

Went to see the excellent INSPIRAL CARPETS again on Friday night @ The Marcus Garvey Ballroom in Nottingham with Adam. Yet again they were top notch value but we had to wait quite a while before they appeared….
The doors opened at 19:30, so we arrived at 20:00 expecting to have maybe one support act before [...]

On Saturday night I went home (Oldham) to see the excellent Inspiral Carpets @ Tokyo Project.
Now I been lucky enough to see some pretty good bands live but the Carpets always stand out for me as one of the best live acts. It was a pretty intimate gig, (pictures to follow) and once again the [...]

Went to see “The Stone Roses Experience” at the Drill Hall in Lincoln last night.
This is probably the closest you can get to a Roses gig until Ian and John start talking again….with the band members already being joind onstage previously by Mani and reconstructing scenes for the documentry into the rise and fall of [...]