Concert reviews

My age is showing, but I can’t keep up with all the different pop-punk bands popping up all over the scene. I love the pop-punk revival, don’t get me wrong, but it’s hard to keep all of them apart because let’s face it, most of them exist of white men. I’m curious to find out […]

They were here at the end of March to play an intimate show for the release of their latest album Never Let Me Go. And now, 7 months later, they played a big show in AFAS Live back in the Netherlands. I’m talking about Placebo of course! I had the pleasure of seeing them in […]

What a bill. After years and years, Sum 41 and Simple Plan came together and even became friends. The result? A Whibley feature on the new Simple Plan album and a huge tour featuring both bands with Sum 41 as headliner due to their ongoing popularity in Europe. The best part? Both bands focused on […]

Last night Nottingham’s own As December Falls closed out their October tour with a home-town show at Rescue Rooms. Having just completed a festival-filled summer, and a completely sold-out tour for their album Happier., in December 2021, As December Falls are on unstoppable form. Support came from The Tyne and Led By Lanterns, a real […]

June 2nd 2020. November 24th 2020. May 13th 2021. January 25 2022. It took a while, but The Driver Era finally had their forever-postponed show in The Netherlands on Friday evening in Utrecht. The band just released their third studio album Summer Mixtape this September, but this show is originally billed as part of the […]

After a very succesful show in Melkweg Amsterdam before the pandemic, AJR are back with a new album and a bigger show. This time, selling out Poppodium 013, which holds double the capacity as Melkweg does, months in advance of the show. Armed with a new album and a new show production, AJR amazed on […]