Festival Review: Takedown Festival 2025 (Day 1) – Portsmouth Guildhall (4th April 2025)

Takedown Festival had to be cancelled last year and so I was very pleased to get the green light to attend this year’s festivities instead. Having been brought up in Fareham (a kind of no-mans-land between Pompey and Southampton), I went to some of my earliest gigs at Portsmouth Guildhall, Hawkwind being the very first. … Continue reading Festival Review: Takedown Festival 2025 (Day 1) – Portsmouth Guildhall (4th April 2025)

Gig Review: Raging Speedhorn / Kill The Lights / Sunk – The Joiners Arms, Southampton (18th March 2025)

The Joiners Arms in Southampton is a compact venue with quite some history behind it. They are celebrating their 55th Anniversary as a live music venue this year, which is pretty incredible in this day and age, when you think about it. All I can say is: long may this friendly and welcoming venue continue … Continue reading Gig Review: Raging Speedhorn / Kill The Lights / Sunk – The Joiners Arms, Southampton (18th March 2025)