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Television: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Live Review by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 21 June 2002

IT WAS SOMETHING of a coup to recruit Television for David Bowie's Meltdown festival. The glacial new-wavers made rock history with their 1977 debut album, ...

Gary Numan: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Richard Williams, The Times, 18 September 1980

IF YOU choose to sow in the field of fashion, you must expect to reap a brief harvest. There were empty seats at Gary Numan's ...

Jobriath: The Bottom Line, New York NY

Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 26 July 1974

Jobriath Displays A New Rock Voice But Familiar Face ...

Gary Numan: Apollo Theatre, Glasgow

Live Review by Jon Savage, Melody Maker, 29 September 1979

THE FACE of '79 doesn't belong to a mod, punk, or to anyone so sectarian, but to Gary Numan, and it's time we faced up ...

Kate Bush's Before The Dawn: Eventim Apollo, London

Live Review by John Lewis, Metro, 28 August 2014

IT WAS A comeback that had been hyped up for months. ...

Mick Ronson, Sandy Dillon: Sandy Dillon And Mick Ronson: Ronnie Scotts, London

Live Review by Dave Thompson, Melody Maker, 17 August 1985

FIRST some background. ...

David Gilmour: Royal Albert Hall, London

Live Review by Robert Sandall, Daily Telegraph, 31 May 2006

"LIKE SLEEPING with your ex-wife" was how David Gilmour dismissively described Pink Floyd's reunion for Live 8. Given that Gilmour has since insisted that his ...

PJ Harvey, Tricky: Red-blooded Chameleon — PJ Harvey, Tricky: Town & Country Club, London

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 8 March 1995

Enigmatic as ever, PJ Harvey returns in red satin and fine form, with Tricky in support ...

Mott The Hoople, New York Dolls: Mott The Hoople/New York Dolls: Felt Forum, NYC

Live Review by Michael Gross, Interview, September 1973

THE EVENING simply reeked of promise. Mott the Hoople, the Anglo glamour band of the moment, billed with New York's very own Dolls. ...

Mott The Hoople, New York Dolls: New York Dolls/Mott The Hoople: Felt Forum, NYC

Live Review by Michael Gross, NME, 25 August 1973

THE EVENING SIMPLY reeked of promise. Mott the Hoople, the Anglo glamour band of the moment, billed with New York's very own Dolls. ...

Ian Dury & the Blockheads: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by David Hancock, Evening News, 6 August 1979

Back to front for Dury's six ...

Jobriath: Troubadour, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 23 August 1974

Jobriath Potent, but Not Nuclear ...

Todd Rundgren: Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA

Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 1974

Rundgren Pop Machine at Santa Monica Civic ...

Ultravox: Lyceum, London

Live Review by Richard Williams, The Times, 18 August 1980

IN THE SEARCH to perfect a commodity which is being touted as White European Dance Music, Ultravox now occupy the ground between Gary Numan, who ...

Blur: Palace Theatre, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 21 March 1997

Blur Strays From Its Roots in Palace Show ...

Secret Machines: Ruby Lounge, Manchester

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 16 February 2009

IN AN IDEAL WORLD, the Secret Machines would be playing in a volcanic crater at Pompeii, or taking the stage in the Rocky Mountains as ...

Peter Murphy: Town And Country Club, London

Live Review by Cathi Unsworth, Sounds, 26 May 1990

"I WAS walking down the high street/When I heard footsteps behind me/And there was a receding blonde goth/In various shades of black and grey/Posing away." ...

Devendra Banhart: ICA, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 2 June 2004

AS HIS FIRST NAME SUGGESTS, Devendra Banhart's parents were "alternative" types. He has certainly done them proud, growing up into a folk-hippy with a beard ...

Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Roundhouse, London

Live Review by Brian Case, Melody Maker, 31 March 1979

PROBABLY THE only unanswered question by now for most of their followers on this side of The Big Moist, is how they look when they ...

Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Roundhouse, London

Live Review by Brian Case, Melody Maker, 31 March 1979

PROBABLY THE only unanswered question by now for most of their followers on this side of The Big Moist, is how they look when they ...