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- Sandi Thom
24th March 2026, Limelight, Belfast While The Feeling are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Twelve Stops and Home, Sandi Thom has joined them on tour also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of her … Continue reading “Sandi Thom” - McGrath
24th March 2026, Limelight, Belfast Supporting The Feeling in Belfast, McGrath is a musician from Donegal with a guitar. He has songs about the mica property scandal and Rotha Mór an tSaoil, … Continue reading “McGrath” - Alex James Britpop Classical
11th March 2026 at Royal Albert Hall, London This is the first night of the tour: “A celebration of Britpop, brought to life by Blur’s Alex James, a full orchestra and special … Continue reading “Alex James Britpop Classical” - Magic Seas Are Rising
Magic Seas are a hidden gem I discovered at the London Merch Market in January. Brothers James and John Prudence recorded with Mark Gardener from Ride at his OX4 Sound studio, and … Continue reading “Magic Seas Are Rising” - February Round-Up
I never expect much from February, but this has been a great month in Blue Roses world. Back to the 90s with incredible gigs from Ash, Cast and James. Discovering a fantastic … Continue reading “February Round-Up” - Ash
3rd February 2026 at London Scala I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve have seen Ash live but I remember the first time vividly- it was during their residency … Continue reading “Ash” - Bag of Cans
3rd September 2026 at London Scala Supporting Ash at the Scala and for part of the tour are Norwich five-piece band Bag of Cans. Appearing on stage in matching orange boiler suits, … Continue reading “Bag of Cans” - James
6th February 2026 (early) at Circuit, Kingston Rescheduled from last November due to illness, this is an acoustic set with Q&A and the first of two intimate shows this evening. There are … Continue reading “James” - Cast
5th February 2026 at Circuit, Kingston Cast! Another blast from the past! Reformed and with new material, Cast are promoting their 8th studio album Yeah Yeah Yeah in Kingston. The last time … Continue reading “Cast” - January Round-Up
Blue Roses Fanzine 2.0 is off to a flying start. I’ve already had about as many visitors as I sold paper copies in the early days of Blue Roses, from all over … Continue reading “January Round-Up” - Zine Age Kicks – Book review
Visual evidence of a life in music and magazines by James Brown At first glance, the white cover of this book doesn’t give much away. Something about the Beastie Boys. Actually, the … Continue reading “Zine Age Kicks – Book review” - Kula Shaker
25th January 2026 at Banquet Records, Kingston Kula Shaker were included in the Britpop cohort of the late 90s, even though their mystical sound was quite different from their contemporaries. I’m wondering … Continue reading “Kula Shaker” - Tim Burgess at the Merch Market
11th January 2026 at Troxy, London The headlining act at Troxy was an acoustic set from organiser and self-proclaimed ‘Merch Market guy’ Tim Burgess, playing a selection of Charlatans classics accompanied by … Continue reading “Tim Burgess at the Merch Market” - The Cords at the Merch Market
11th January 2026 at Troxy, London The Cords are a Scottish sibling duo, sisters Grace and Eva Tedeschi. They have already played with BMX Bandits, Camera Obscura and Belle and Sebastian, and … Continue reading “The Cords at the Merch Market” - My Day at the Merch Market
11th January 2026 at Troxy London and other venues The Merch Market was created by Tim Burgess to support bands by allowing to meet and sell directly to the public, following a … Continue reading “My Day at the Merch Market” - The Cribs
8th January 2026 at Circuit, Kingston On the eve of the release of their ninth studio album, Selling A Vibe, The Cribs are back to play in Kingston to kick off their … Continue reading “The Cribs” - Introducing… Blue Roses fanzine 2.0
I’ve heard a lot of great music recently which has inspired me to reboot Blue Roses fanzine… but where to start?! I’m incredibly lucky to have Banquet Records on my doorstep and … Continue reading “Introducing… Blue Roses fanzine 2.0” - The Charlatans
10th December 2025 @ The Roundhouse, Camden Doors are opening extra early at each venue on this tour. Instead of having a support act, there will be a two-part set with an … Continue reading “The Charlatans” - The Charlatans (warm up gig)
4th November 2025 at Circuit, Kingston This is the afore-mentioned warm up gig to the December UK tour but I’ll save my review for the Roundhouse and just share some photo highlights. - The Charlatans (album preview)
2nd November at Circuit, Kingston The release of The Charlatans 14th studio album We Are Love brought them to preview their new songs here at Circuit. Opening with the album title track … Continue reading “The Charlatans (album preview)”
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