Concert reviews 2017

The room which last year hosted the Kerrang! Fresh Blood Stage, which has now been rebranded as the RockSound Breakout Stage for this year’s festival, is a room full of new discoveries for me, as the place where I discovered With Confidence at their first UK festival after their support run for As It Is […]

Simple Plan, the legendary poppunkers from Canada are touring the globe in order to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of their career defining debut record ‘No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls’. While the band has been releasing albums ever since, the debut album has some tracks that are still fan favourites even 15 years later. Simple Plan […]

In 2017, Powerfest made its glorious return. After a few years of inactivity the Amsterdam-based indoor festival was back with some of the biggest names in poppunk and post-hardcore. With headliners Pierce The Veil and Sleeping With Sirens, Powerfest 2017 was bound to be epic and nothing could have been more true. Poppunk mayhem would be […]

After 15 years of playing Download Festival, working their way up through the ranks as their reputation has grown, finally resulting in them being donned the colossal title of Britain’s best band, it seems only fitting that the jewel in their crown would be a headline slot on the prestigious Main Stage to close the […]

After a quick pit stop for food and a quick loo break, it was time for the set that I was in equal parts excited and terrified for: Bury Tomorrow, a five piece metalcore band from Southampton whose live shows, rumour has it, can get pretty rowdy! I’d been joking with some friends earlier in […]

In 2017, Powerfest made its glorious return. After a few years of inactivity the Amsterdam-based indoor festival was back with some of the biggest names in poppunk and post-hardcore. With headliners Pierce The Veil and Sleeping With Sirens, Powerfest 2017 was bound to be epic and nothing could have been more true. Kicking off the […]