The Soup Kitchen has no light, no photography pit and no restrictions so if the right band are in there it can be a right sweaty mosh, and Surfbort were no exception. Knowing Dani’s reputation it wasn’t too long before she hit the crowd and I think I got some of my best shots of 2022 that night.
As part of our end-of-year retrospective series, Live4ever’s lead photographer Gary Mather has been looking back on a busy 2022 packed with festivals, arena concerts and club shows by picking out (in no particular order) ten of his favourite gigs of the year.
Click each picture to revisit the galleries in full, and catch-up with all of Live4ever’s photo coverage from 2022 at this link.
10: Foals @ Sounds Of The City, Castlefield Bowl
9: Surfbort @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester
8: Pixies @ Sounds Of The City, Castlefield Bowl
7: Wet Leg @ Neighbourhood Weekender
6: The Prodigy @ O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
5: Bilk @ Leeds Festival
4: The Cure @ First Direct Arena, Leeds
3: Bring Me The Horizon @ Leeds Festival
2: Self Esteem @ TRSNMT Festival
1: The Music @ Temple Newsam, Leeds
