Category: London
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have we lost our punk?
Revisiting the life and times of Pistols and Clash and their whole ‘scene’ got me thinking about where we are now with it all. Being punk now in 2022 is starkly different to what it meant to being punk in the 1970s. Of course, that will come naturally over time as music preferences bend and […]
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The Power of Cover: Are Tribute Bands Overrated?
Why do we go to live music tribute shows? We do we fork out – almost the same monetary equivalent of that as an original act – our hard-earned money to sit and listen to a mildly generic and a poorly modified version of a band we actually like? If we loved that band so […]
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Adele ’30’: Album Review
After an excruciating wait … the definitive voice of heartbreak returns. That’s right. Adele is back. With the album portraying an emotive struggle as she stands at the ultimate cross-roads, the new sounds of Adele is fresh, immersive and simply brilliant. Becoming written gospel at this point, it’s classic Adele at its best. There is […]
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World of Music Licensing: Field Visit to London
Trepidation, fascination and in-depth insight, field visits for work within the realms of music licensing is certainly no easy feat – but they are exciting. By fully understanding who we’re working with as venue owners, what we’re working with in terms of venue scale, allocation of music events and spaces, it is a marvellous idea […]
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London: The UK Music Hub
As I plan to embark to the capital this Friday for a field visit scouting out a new live music venue as part of my work, I started to cast my mind back to all the pivotal and fantastic live music venues, scenes and works that can be seen shaping and evolving out of London. […]
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