2013 saw the release of the first new material from Basement Jaxx in over two years when the ‘Back 2 To The Wild’ single emerged back in May. And the massively successful electronic dance act have been rounding off the year with a short run of UK dates which began …
Into December, and as the festive season rolls ever closer Live4ever’s 2013 Essential Listening series continues today with The Gigs.
As a regular fixture in the photo-pits across London during 2013, Live4ever’s Andy Crossland has witnessed a vast array of acts as the year has unfolded, taking in modern day …
Frontman Liam Fray has described the period immediately following the release of The Courteeners‘ third album ‘Anna’ as their ‘best six months as a band’, and they are currently in the middle of a UK tour which, as is becoming traditional, will end with a homecoming arena show next week. …
A gig at the world’s most popular live music venue – the O2 in London – brought Stereophonics‘ near month-long tour of UK arenas to a close on November 28th. Led by frontman Kelly Jones, the band have been touring their latest LP ‘Graffiti On The Train‘, a top 3 …
Three nights at the London Brixton Academy have just brought Imagine Dragons‘ sold-out, 11-date UK tour to an end this week. Fired up by the hit single ‘Radioactive’, debut album ‘Night Visions’ has sold strongly in both the US and UK since its release in September. Live4ever’s Andy Crossland was …
What a surprisingly bumper year it’s been for Pixies fans. Admittedly tempered somewhat by the departure of Kim Deal, the band’s long running reunion nevertheless finally produced some original material in the summer with the release of ‘EP 1’, with more promised from the band in 2014. Touring has always …
Gaz Coombes has been tailoring his set especially for a tour of UK churches which concluded at London’s stunning Union Chapel last night (November 21st). As Gaz himself explained, ““We’ve been busy creating new arrangements for the tracks from ‘Here Come The Bombs’ specifically to work with the acoustics of …
Live4ever’s Andy Crossland got right into the heart of the action earlier this week when They Might Be Giants arrived in London for a show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire. The perennial Brooklyn alternates are out on their road armed with their latest, and typically catchy album, ‘Nanobots’, released in …
Half Moon Run rocked up to a packed out Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on Monday (November 18th) for the start of a UK and Ireland tour which continues in Glasgow tonight. With debut album ‘Dark Eyes’ tucked under their arms, the band will also visit Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin and …
At the London Roundhouse on Saturday (November 16th), Gary Numan showed off his latest album ‘Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)’ with all the energy of someone half his age, proving to be arguably still the best exponent of the synth-led, moody rock diet which he pioneered all those years …
Temples‘ brand of mid-Sixties, Syd Barrett psychedelia is gradually winning them an army of fans ahead of the expected announcement of their debut album next week. Live4ever has followed their progress closely since the early single ‘Shelter Song’ and last night, at the Electric Ballroom in London, we finally caught …
Treetop Flyers were first brought to the attention of Live4ever back at the 2010 South By Southwest Festival, and not long after they landed a spot at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival after winning that year’s Emerging Talent competition. Last April finally saw the release of their debut album, ‘The Mountain …
Live4ever’s Andy Crossland presents Travis live at the London Roundhouse on October 24th as the Scottish band continued their UK tour which will end in Leeds next week. They then restart for more shows in Scotland next month, and end the year which saw them release the new album ‘Where …
In the ornate setting of London’s Bush Hall, surrounded by candle-lit tables and autumnal lighting, Live4ever’s Andy Crossland took in the Willard Grant Conspiracy‘s striking audio and visual live show, which promotes the best of their excellent 2013 album ‘Ghost Republic’:
Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes live at … Before jetting off for a North American tour at the end of this month, Kate Nash was in London last weekend as part of an ongoing UK and Ireland trip. The stop at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire was captured by our photographer Andy Crossland, and is followed this week with …
London’s Forum venue witnessed the last show of The Boxer Rebellion‘s European tour on Friday night (October 11th) as they played the only UK gig of the trip. Live4ever’s Andy Crossland captured the best of the night’s action:
Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes live at Manchester Academy…