After seeing The Damned at Vivaz in 2007 (and again in 2008) I made the punk trilogy with Stiff Little… Read more Revisiting my punk roots
Tag: Music
Music to our ears!
Today’s splash about a number of events in the city this weekend. Andrea Bocelli, Duran Duran, Skipinnish, Texas and the… Read more Music to our ears!
Diana Ross at Newcastle Arena in 1997
It was hard to avoid the blanket coverage of this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival and one of the highlights was a… Read more Diana Ross at Newcastle Arena in 1997
Reunion for Angels?
I was reminded of this story when a few of my friends were posting about this year’s Download Festival which… Read more Reunion for Angels?
Singing the Blues’ praises
Jake & Elwood in The Best Blues Brothers Show In The World … Ever!!! at The Futurist, Scarborough on Saturday.… Read more Singing the Blues’ praises
Thousands flock to return of The Gathering festival
As you may have read earlier I attended my first gig in two-and-a-half years over the weekend and initially the… Read more Thousands flock to return of The Gathering festival
It is good to get back to gigs after the past two years of the madness that was the pandemic
Today was a good day because I got to my first gig in two and a half years. I was… Read more It is good to get back to gigs after the past two years of the madness that was the pandemic
Leaving pages
There was a tradition in the newspaper industry that on your last day before moving to a new job that… Read more Leaving pages
Drumming his way to music success
The other Little Angel to make it to Scarborough People was drummer Mark Richardson who joined the band later in… Read more Drumming his way to music success
Angelic inspiration from near-death experience
There was a regular feature called Scarborough People which ran every week when I was working in North Yorkshire. Basically… Read more Angelic inspiration from near-death experience