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Motörhead, Pink Fairies, The, Strife (UK): Pink Fairies, Motorhead, Strife: Roundhouse, London

Live Review by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 13 November 1976

Oh, wart a night ...

Dictators, The: The Dictators: live at El Sol, Madrid 24th November

Live Review by Lindsay Hutton, Rock's Backpages, 15 December 2001

HEY ANDY SHERNOFF! You tell us that your generation ain't the salvation of this R'n'R beastie but I beg to differ. ...

Ian Hunter: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 18 June 1977

Mutton dressed as lamb ...

Queens of the Stone Age: Mean Fiddler, London

Live Review by Ian Winwood, Kerrang!, 6 July 2002

THERE ARE people everywhere. Crowded at the front of the stage, clogging the bar, hanging on the stair rails, queuing for the toilets. The room ...

Bob Seger: Detroit '77: Seger's Open For Business

Live Review by Lester Bangs, Creem, August 1976

DETROIT– Pontiac Stadium is bigger than the Houston Astrodome. When they have football games here, they seat 80,000. ...

Rage Against the Machine: Cross: Rage Against The Machine: Élysée Montmartre, Paris

Live Review by Stuart Maconie, Q, November 1993

Grrrr! It's Rage Against The Machine. ...

Beastie Boys, The, Run DMC: Run DMC, The Beastie Boys: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 6 June 1987

FRIGGIN' AND SWIGGIN! ...

Breeders, The, Urge Overkill, Luscious Jackson: The Breeders, Urge Overkill, Luscious Jackson: The Plaza, Glasgow

Live Review by Paul Moody, New Musical Express, 9 October 1993

RAWK! THIS WAY... ...

Pavement, Flight of the Conchords: Flight of the Conchords: NIA, Birmingham/Pavement: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Simon Price, The Independent, 16 May 2010

Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie's anti-folk television duo are superstars of comic pastiche, now the Conchords show they're also top flight on stage. ...

Eric Burdon: The Ritz, New York

Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 16 July 1986

ERIC BURDON gave a party and nobody came. His Ritz gig was a testament to the ephemeral nature of the music biz and the rock ...

Cult, The: The Cult: Ritz, NYC

Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, June 1987

THE NIGHT the Cult played the Ritz on a few hours' notice was such a perfect media event, a seasoned rock publicist couldn’t have schemed ...

The Band: ...Mounties, Maple Syrup: The Band at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles

Live Review by Mick Farren, NME, 25 September 1976

RUMOURS HAD BEEN circulating (the way rumours always do) for some months. They claimed that there was some kind of rift between The Band and ...

Michael Jackson: The Starman Who Fell To Earth: Michael Jackson: Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield *****

Live Review by Paul Lester, Uncut, September 1997

THE MOST FAMOUS performer on Earth has just been introduced, as per protocol, as "the King Of Pop", by the Chief Barker of the Variety ...

Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, Patti Smith: Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent: Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Live Review by Robert Duncan, Circus, 28 February 1977

Sabbath & Nugent: The Heavy Metalists Battle It Out Before 20,000 Spectators ...

Who, The: The Who: Barclays Centre, Brooklyn

Live Review by Ira Robbins, Rock's Backpages, 15 November 2012

I'VE BEEN AFFECTED in many ways by the thousand-plus rock concerts I've attended over the years. Not all of my reactions have been pleasant, and ...