Subscriptions

"THIS SONG is my favourite," screams part-man-mostly-dog guitarist Slash, Guns N'Roses' mascot pimple. "It's for all you thrashers out there and it's dedicated to BLOW-jobs ...

Guns N' Roses, Skid Row: Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Lloyd Bradley, The Independent, 2 September 1991

Bad attitude ...

Guns N' Roses, Nine Inch Nails, Skid Row: Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, Nine Inch Nails: Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Andrew Mueller, Melody Maker, 7 September 1991

APPETITE FOR INSURRECTION ...

Faster Pussycat, Guns N' Roses: Guns N' Roses, Faster Pussycat: Apollo Theatre, Manchester

Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 17 October 1987

FUN IN THE DANGER ZONE ...

Metallica, Extreme, Def Leppard, Bob Geldof, Spinal Tap, Guns N' Roses, David Bowie, George Michael, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Robert Plant, Lisa Stansfield, Liza Minnelli: Various Artists: The Freddie Mercury Tribute, Concert For Aids Awareness, Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, 2 May 1992

IT'S, UH, KINDA TRAGIC ...

Mötley Crüe: Entertainment Centre, Sydney

Live Review by Andrew Mueller, Melody Maker, 26 May 1990

THAT T'CRÜE'S latest single, 'Kickstart My Heart', is from the title down a towering work of dumbo rockin' genius must surely be unarguable. Like Guns ...

Texas: New Morning, Paris

Live Review by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 24 June 1989

I DON'T know if I can get across to you just how depressing it is to be standing, sweating in a tiny Parisian jazz club ...

Silverfish, Soundgarden, Swervedriver: Soundgarden, Silverfish, Swervedriver: Astoria, London

Live Review by Barbara Ellen, New Musical Express, 21 July 1990

ARRIVING HALF way through Swervedriver's set I canter expectantly to the front hungry for my first encounter with Thrash Metal Sub Hardcore Pop Noise. I ...

2CELLOS: Shepherds Bush Empire, W12

Live Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 19 February 2015

TAKE A COUPLE OF tousled-haired, classically trained Croatians; mix in Michael Jackson, AC/DC and a dash of Il Divo's cheesy charm; simmer on YouTube. The ...

Pink: Birmingham NEC

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 22 March 2004

EVERY NIGHT, Pink goes down on Christina Aguilera. She pins her to the floor and dominates her sexually before serenading her with one of her ...

Anthrax, Living Colour: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Push, Melody Maker, 1 April 1989

FAVOURITE COLOURS ...

Faces, The: The Faces: British Music Experience, London

Live Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, August 2010

SO MUCH FELT wrong about the first official comeback show by 1970s Britrock veterans the Faces on Wednesday. Ominously held at the O2 Arena's new ...

Paul McCartney: Docklands Arena, London

Live Review by Jon Young, Musician, April 1993

"THE WEEKEND starts here," beamed a well-preserved Paul McCartney, surveying the friendly crowd at London's Docklands Arena one dank Friday night in February. Say what ...

Lana Del Rey: Jazz Cafe, London ****

Live Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 12 April 2012

BEING pop's latest It Girl clearly has its downsides. ...

Macklemore: Victoria Warehouse, Manchester

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 2 April 2018

WHEN HE WAS A STRUGGLING UNKNOWN, Seattle's Ben Haggerty, AKA Macklemore, pondered being a white rapper: "I give everything I have when I write a ...

Paul Westerberg: Borderline, London

Live Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 5 July 1993

Grunge godfather or master melodist? ...