oh you definitely need to hear this…….
Music is huge for me, mostly because it’s probably the last true refuge of honest emotion. I drive a lot, so I listen a lot. Good and Bad is a really weird way to talk about it, I’ll just say that when something catches me for whatever reason the first thing I want to do is share it with my friends.
Gigs.
I’m sure I’ve forgotten loads, newest first. Most come with the setlist as a playlist, so you can hear the night as it happened. Seen someone I should catch next? Tell me.
2026
KhakiKid at the Lower Third
Antony Szmierek at the O2 Forum
Bruno Mars at Wembley
Harry Styles at Wembley
James in Newcastle
Dave at the O2
Damien Dempsey at the Dublin Castle
2025
The Wailers in Oxford
Little Simz
Coldplay at Wembley
Oasis at Wembley
Waxahatchee
Doves
2024
Vampire Weekend in Wolverhampton
Fontaines DC
B. Dolan at the Moth Club
P!NK at Anfield
Holly Humberstone at the Apollo
2023
Little Simz in Manchester
New Order at the 3Arena
Pulp at St Anne's Park
Springsteen at the RDS
The 1975 in Birmingham
2022
Holly Humberstone in Birmingham
Kendrick Lamar
Liam Gallagher at Belsonic
Ed Sheeran at Croke Park
2021
James & Happy Mondays in Birmingham
New Order at Heaton Park
The Specials in Manchester
2019
2018
2017
Sage Francis & B. Dolan in Edinburgh
House of Common 2017
Pet Shop Boys in Birmingham
2015
2014
Speech Development Tour at the Workman's
Indiependence 2014
Suggs at the Olympia
Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip at Vicar Street
2013
Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip at the Workman's
Indiependence 2013
Rascal Flatts at the Olympia
Scroobius Pip in Belfast
Songs.
One song at a time, and why it stuck.
Not Strong Enough
boygenius, 2023. It sounds like a summer anthem. It’s actually about feeling like a fraud.
Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys, 1990. It's not the decades you think it is.
Years.
A look back at each year in music, with a playlist for every one.
2025 in Music
Big gigs, new artists and some fantastic returns.
2024 in Music
Brat summer, a beef for the ages, and an Irish band at Ally Pally.
2023 in Music
Back on the road, and back at the gigs.
2022 in Music
All sorts of everything.
2021 in Music
Pop had a stellar year.
2020 in Music
The year everything stopped.
2019 in Music
The last normal year, as it turns out.