Gig Reviews

Leftfield to headline Liverpool Music Week 2010
Chase And Status, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, more
More names confirmed for Freeze Festival 2010
Diagram Of The Heart among eight new acts
Everything Everything to headline OX4 Festival 2010
Abe Vigoda, Crocodiles, more set for one day event
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster for NME Weekender
Trash Talk also added to the line-up of inaugural event
Watch: Glastonbury Mutoid Waste Company film
Documentary meets founder, checks out their festival work
WEATHER WATCH: what to pack this weekend
Offset Festival, Jersey Music Live, Bingley, more
Chase And Status, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, more
More names confirmed for Freeze Festival 2010
Diagram Of The Heart among eight new acts
Everything Everything to headline OX4 Festival 2010
Abe Vigoda, Crocodiles, more set for one day event
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster for NME Weekender
Trash Talk also added to the line-up of inaugural event
Watch: Glastonbury Mutoid Waste Company film
Documentary meets founder, checks out their festival work
WEATHER WATCH: what to pack this weekend
Offset Festival, Jersey Music Live, Bingley, more

Rage Against The Machine @ Finsbury ParkThe internet campaign and its historic victory over X Factor after five years of the show laying claim to Christmas number one may now be a mere distant memory, but today Rage Against The Machine came good on their promise - a free show for the people who made it all possible.
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Kiss - "You wanted the best!"
"You wanted the best you got the best". The 'Kiss Army' have reported for duty at London's Wembley Arena for Kiss' first arena tour in 11 years, and with fireworks, bazookas and flying bass players on this evening's agenda, tonight is guaranteed to be nothing short of a rock spectacle.
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"You wanted the best you got the best". The 'Kiss Army' have reported for duty at London's Wembley Arena for Kiss' first arena tour in 11 years, and with fireworks, bazookas and flying bass players on this evening's agenda, tonight is guaranteed to be nothing short of a rock spectacle.
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Bowling For Soup bare all"I think I've just burst a bollock," is just the latest of many personal updates given by Jaret Reddick during the Bowling For Soup acoustic tour at the ever intimate Islington Academy.
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Glastonbury awaits: Mos DefJay-Z fully kicked open the door for hip hop at Glastonbury in 2008 and with reviewers, revellers and the Eavis' all thoroughly convinced, the organisers followed suit and invited Q-Tip to perform at last year's event.
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Feral beauty: Wild Beasts in Portsmouth
Returning to Portsmouth for the first date of their UK tour from the relative paradises of Australia and the US, Wild Beasts, like this city's struggling football team, must have felt a slight sinking feeling.
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Returning to Portsmouth for the first date of their UK tour from the relative paradises of Australia and the US, Wild Beasts, like this city's struggling football team, must have felt a slight sinking feeling.
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A Place To Bury Strangers @ Camden Barfly
The fact that free gigs are free can be one of their downfalls. People will attend simply because of the price tag rather than their particular interest in the music. Luckily tonight's gig avoids falling fowl of this, writes SG Parson.
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The fact that free gigs are free can be one of their downfalls. People will attend simply because of the price tag rather than their particular interest in the music. Luckily tonight's gig avoids falling fowl of this, writes SG Parson.
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Them Crooked Vultures
It's difficult to avoid using the word 'supergroup' but this is exactly what Them Crooked Vultures are - either that or Dave Grohl's wet dream come alive, writes Kerry Mason.
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It's difficult to avoid using the word 'supergroup' but this is exactly what Them Crooked Vultures are - either that or Dave Grohl's wet dream come alive, writes Kerry Mason.
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Arctic Monkeys @ Wembley Arena
"It's the intensity of the songs that shines through like a bank of halogen; the addicted legions are taking hit after hit and beg mercifully for more during noticeably lengthy breaks between songs", writes Neil Stone
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"It's the intensity of the songs that shines through like a bank of halogen; the addicted legions are taking hit after hit and beg mercifully for more during noticeably lengthy breaks between songs", writes Neil Stone
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Green Day @ Wembley Arena
"This is not a fucking tea party, this is Green Day in London!" incites a wild-eyed and clearly energised Billy Joe midway through 'Holiday'...
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"This is not a fucking tea party, this is Green Day in London!" incites a wild-eyed and clearly energised Billy Joe midway through 'Holiday'...
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Bloc Party @ Plymouth Pavilions
With an extended break in the pipeline, Kerry Mason checks out Bloc Party at Plymouth Pavilions before it's too late...
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With an extended break in the pipeline, Kerry Mason checks out Bloc Party at Plymouth Pavilions before it's too late...
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Doves @ BBC Electric PromsDoves performance with the London Bulgarian choir for the BBC Electric Proms erupts as a stunning cultural hybrid of indie rock merged with traditional folklore, writes Samantha Merrydrew.
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Shirley Bassey @ BBC Electric PromsWales' number one diva, Shirley Bassey, shows her experience, but not her age, as she makes being a showstopper look effortless writes SG Parson.
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