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Yes, a Journey…

Impresario Rick Wakeman retakes centre stage at The Palladium for the second night and puts the progressive into progressive rock. Same Wakeman, same musicians, even...

Wives, Wizards and Wakeman

Rick Wakeman celebrates 50 years of music at The Palladium (Night 1 of 2) This was night one of a two-night extravaganza dubbed "The Return...

Harvest Time is Upon Us

Tomorrow January 5th may be the last chance for a while to get to see the Neil Young documentary Harvest Time, at 3pm at...

A Not So Silent Night

Kicking off his “Grumpy Christmas Stocking” tour, Rick Wakeman CBE, pop impresario, author of over 90 solo albums and star of TV’s Grumpy Old...

Long Live the Grateful Dead

I went to the cinema to see an annual showing of a Grateful Dead concert - this one was 50 years old. I wrote a...

Stunt Says Gay Rights Are More Important Than Money

(Image taken from his video demanding Beckham pulls out of ambassador role) Comedian Joe Lycett live-streamed himself shredding ten grand this afternoon after football legend...

Bad Blessings Play First Headliner

Local UEL band Bad Blessing performed their first headlining gig at Lion Bar + Records in Hackney on Wednesday evening. Before the show, I met...

Thousands Support Limiting Sales Of Fireworks

Thousands of people have already signed a petition to ban the public from buying fireworks after a group of teenagers started a “firework war” at Westfield Stratford...

Revolver: Reloaded and Remixed

Following on from previous archival box sets and the acclaimed Get Back documentary from late last year, the latest Beatles release is a deluxe...

Roxy Brings Music To The O2

The seminal glam rockers Roxy Music ended their 50th anniversary tour at East London's O2 Arena, and I was there to see them. This was...

Steve Hackett At The Eventim Apollo

Capping off an impressive 25 date tour of the U.K., Steve Hackett brought his Foxtrot at 50 creation to the iconic Eventim Apollo –...