Having just completed two huge sold-out shows at London’s Alexandra Palace, Sam Fender now talks about life on the road in a new On Tour video, presented by menswear specialists scotts. Filmed at his recent gigs at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom, Sam is quizzed by members of his…
“more than ready to pack out stadiums.” Gigwise With swaggering indie anthems such as ‘Iconic’ and ‘Put Me Down As A Maybe’ plus huge reactions when supporting Kasabian and The Streets, The Skinner Brothers spent 2021 establishing themselves as an…
If you haven’t seen Red Rum Club live yet, you haven’t been trying. A proper old-fashioned success story, the Liverpool lads have seen the venues get bigger by being permanently on tour over until they’ve earned their first festival headline…
First record you bought? The first record I bought if memory serves me was Shawaddywaddy with Under The Moon Of Love. – First gig you went (who, where, when)? Other than watching local acts in pubs in my youth, the first ‘proper’ gig I went to was…
First record you bought First record I bought was OK Computer, Radiohead. I used to listen to it with my Dad on repeat for hours on end when I was a kid. I truly fell in love with that album,…
Photo: Fi Carroll First record you bought Good Charlotte – The Young and The Hopeless, I was a baby emo, i’m very much down with the pop-punk, emo resurgence that’s happening right now. I got a CD walkman for christmas,…
First record you bought First single I bought was a cassette of Vic and Bob’s version of I’m a Believer. Dunno why it was that song but I think it was probably the influence of my mum and all her old 60’s records that…
Photo: Mark Wilkinson First record you bought My brothers had all the Dylan and Beatles albums, so I listened to them a lot but the first record I physically went and bought myself was Space Oddity by David Bowie. First gig you went (who, where, when) The…
Photo: Will Ireland – First record you bought? Human League dare. There’s nothing I didn’t love about it. The cover art. The trip to Our Price on the bus. Spending all my saved up pocket money. Every single song. – First gig you went (who, where, when)? I…
Words: John Earls Photo: Jon Mo Fresh from his Noel Gallagher collaboration Where’s My Family Gone with Noel Gallagher, Newcastle’s finest young singer-songwriter Andrew Cushin tells John Earls how music helped him overcome a troubled home life – once he’d…