Rolling Stones at Anfield
The Rolling Stones UK tour review: 60 years on and still turned up to the max. Metro, June 22 The most telling moment in this quite remarkable display of rock’n’roll’s enduring power came when Mick […]
MUSIC
Little Mix at Utilita Arena, Sheffield
Utilita Arena, Sheffield. Metro, April 22 For all the banging pop anthems, confetti cannons and writhing street dancers, it was a quiet interlude in Little Mix’s celebratory blast through their last decade which really struck […]
Sam Fender at M&S Bank Arena
Metro, March 2022 For all the soaring rock anthems and TikTok hits that characterise Sam Fender’s two propulsive albums and underpin this striking arena show, it was the quiet moment during Spit Of You which […]
Malcolm Gladwell on how diversity can be an engine for creativity
The bestselling author and journalist’s audiobook ‘Miracle and Wonder’ tackles the subject by diving deep into musician Paul Simon’s career. The National, December 2020 Paul Simon’s multimillion-selling 1986 album Graceland might not sound like the most obvious […]
Concert review: Elvis Costello at Liverpool Olympia
Metro, March 2020 Elvis Costello Liverpool Olympia ★★★★✩ WHEN Elvis Costello was a teenager, his bus journey to school in Liverpool used to take him past the slightly weathered — putting it politely — venue […]