Category: About Blue Roses Fanzine

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 the world. It is very exciting that location is no longer a barrier to reaching music fans.

Hello world!

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Highlight

The Merch Market was incredible and allowed me to fully immerse myself in grassroots music and zine culture. 

Read about my day at the Merch Market, The Cords, Tim Burgess and Zine Age Kicks. Plenty more to come over the coming months of my discoveries from the day.

Earworm of the month

“Fell on your sword

In a rush to be bored

I of course realise it was my mistake

But the point was just too hard to make”

A Point Too Hard To Make by The Cribs, from their new album Selling a Vibe, has been playing in my head for weeks. An upbeat, swirling tune with alternating vocalists for the chorus. It’s urgent, it’s raucous and the lyrics helped me navigate through a tough situation.

Coming up…

Excited that two 90s legends are back at Circuit next week – Cast and James playing back to back!

I’ve also got some exciting news about interviews with fantastic bands. Watch this space!!

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 have enjoyed the live shows in Kingston for many years. The original Blue Roses had me traipsing up and down the country to see great bands, and these days I mostly see them in Kingston!

My resolution for 2026 is to see even more live music. Plenty of my favourite bands from the 90s are touring and I also hope to discover some new and exciting artists.

I haven’t written in a while so I set myself a challenge of reflecting on some of the gigs that I went to in 2025. Some are more detailed than others as I’m writing from memory but I wanted to share some of the live music that I have experienced in the last 12 months.

OK, yes I am a huge fan of The Charlatans and they were partly the inspiration for this reboot.

I’m excited to see what 2026 has in store.

Thanks for reading. Get in touch and let me know what you think!

Anita