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Parent Category: Concert Reviews

Published: 25 March 2022

• Live
• Festival Review
• Inkubus Sukkubus
• In Isolation
• Novus UK
• Corrosion Fest
• The Alhambra Morecombe
• Balaam and the Angel
• Long Night
• Fleisch
• 1919
• IAMWARFACE
• Gothzilla
• West Wickhams

The Alhambra, Morecombe, UK
11th and 12th March 2022
Corrosion Fest 2022 with Inkubus Sukkubus, Balaam and the Angel, In Isolation, Long Night, Fleisch, Novus UK, 1919, IAMWARFACE, Gothzilla, West Wickhams

The UK has a long-standing romance with seaside town Goth festivals with the twice-yearly world-famous Whitby Gothic Weekend. However, the weekend in Whitby seems to have stalled somewhat, with many Goths viewing the weekend as little more than a fancy dress weekend after the invasion of none-Goth visitors to the town seeking a Halloween style party. So, lately there has been several newer events in coastal towns that Goths can get their fix from without a drunken badly dressed Dracula or pirate throwing up on their Gothic finery. I sincerely hope all the festivals survive, including Whitby, and I welcome these newer events - especially when so well organised as this festival turned out to be.

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Published: 24 March 2022

• Concert Review
• Live
• Timo Kotipelto
• Netta Skog
• Krapinpaja Tuusula

Krapinpaja, Tuusula, Finland
18th March 2022
Timo Kotipelto & Netta Skog - “Acoustic Harmonies”

Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS, CAIN’S OFFERING) and Netta Skoog (Ex-ENSIFERUM) teamed up again to play a series of acoustic concerts. I had seen them with Pekka Heino and Jani Liimatainen in Hämeenlinna back in 2019 and as soon as the gig was announced, I was determined to cover the show, as the show in Hämeenlinna had been one of the best acoustic shows I ever witnessed.

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Published: 24 March 2022

• Concert Review
• Setlist
• Live
• OMD
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
• Royal Albert Hall London

Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
14th March 2022
OMD - “Atmospheric and Greatest Hits”

OMD need no introduction, they have provided electronic KRAFTWERK-inspired sounds for several decades after coming to many fans attention supporting GARY NUMAN on the 1979 “Touring Principle” UK Tour. This was the first night of two at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London.

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Parent Category: Concert Reviews

Published: 23 March 2022

• Concert Review
• Setlist
• Live
• Jo Quail
• Wardruna
• Royal Festival Hall London

Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London, UK
17th March 2022
Wardruna & Jo Quail

Tonight I had the pleasure of going to see WARDRUNA play their Nordic delights by the River Thames at the Royal Festival Hall. For those of you that don’t know, the venue is part of a sprawling and architecturally brutalist complex on the south side of the river that was built during the early 1950s to house the Festival Of Britain. It is located on the left side of the Waterloo Bridge approach and consists of The Hayward Gallery and The Purcell Rooms. The last time I saw a gig here was around 23 years ago when Brian Ferry played.

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Parent Category: Concert Reviews

Published: 08 March 2022

• Concert Review
• Live
• A.A. Williams
• Jo Quail
• Lafayette Club London

Lafayette Club, Kings Cross, London, UK
4th March 2022
A.A. Williams & Support: Jo Quail

Lafayette is a fairly new venue around the back of Kings Cross Station near to Granary Square. I’ve no idea how long it’s been there, a year maybe, but when I got the chance to go see JO QUAIL support A.A. WILLIAMS at the venue I jumped at the chance.

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