http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk Music Festivals, Gigs, Camping, Fun & Frolics Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2010/05/26/gig-review-lcd-soundsystem-leeds-academy-27-04-2010/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2010/05/26/gig-review-lcd-soundsystem-leeds-academy-27-04-2010/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 21:53:06 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/?p=670 Nobody’s bitter about this Murphy Over the years there have been some notable rock stars who don’t really look like rock stars at all. Charlie Watts springs to mind. James Dean Bradfield of the Manics looks like an electrician, and need we even mention Jarvis Cocker’s librarian chic look? To this list can be added one [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2010/05/26/gig-review-lcd-soundsystem-leeds-academy-27-04-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2010/03/18/album-review-gorillaz-plastic-beach/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2010/03/18/album-review-gorillaz-plastic-beach/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:45:24 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/?p=650 Released 8th March EMI Albarn’s cartoon band get in the swing On the face of it a vast eclectic trawl through the history of electro pop music featuring more special guests that you can shake a banana at, but scratch the surface and there is a serious ecological theme going on here. A concept album, set in a [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2010/03/18/album-review-gorillaz-plastic-beach/feed/ 2 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/21/gig-review-doves-manchester-central-181209/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/21/gig-review-doves-manchester-central-181209/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:42:10 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/?p=568 The Choir’s on Fire This is a one off sort of show, Doves are marking the end of a successful year by playing their largest ever gig in Manchester, technically their home town – They actually hail from nearby Wilmslow in Cheshire. The chosen venue is the excellent Manchester Central (formerly GMEX), the old mainline railway [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/21/gig-review-doves-manchester-central-181209/feed/ 0 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/14/gig-review-placebo-bridlington-spa-111209/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/14/gig-review-placebo-bridlington-spa-111209/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:27:54 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/?p=505 Oh we do like to be beside the Seaside. Bridlington. Once upon a time a bustling resort, packed out all summer with good folk from West and South Yorkshire, huge trains bringing trippers into the town for sea, sand, and John Bull rock. Nowadays the tourist trade has declined somewhat, though the place in nowhere as [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/14/gig-review-placebo-bridlington-spa-111209/feed/ 0 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/09/gig-review-alice-in-chains-rock-city-nottingham-061209/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/09/gig-review-alice-in-chains-rock-city-nottingham-061209/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:30:17 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/?p=416 “In your darkest hour you strike gold” It has been said before, but Rock City is a superb venue in which to watch a band, definitely in the top five in the UK. Dark, dingy and an expensive bar it may have, but its a pretty good view from wherever you choose to go, and the [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/12/09/gig-review-alice-in-chains-rock-city-nottingham-061209/feed/ 0 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/26/gig-review-green-day-sheffield-arena-261009/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/26/gig-review-green-day-sheffield-arena-261009/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:48:52 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/test/?p=267 A marathon effort You know that when a band comes on at eight o clock that its going to be a long show. Most of the punters seemed to know this and there was no milling about outside, everyone seemed to be in their place when the familiar roadie in a rabbit suit came on and [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/26/gig-review-green-day-sheffield-arena-261009/feed/ 1 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/26/gig-review-motorhead-manchester-apollo-211109/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/26/gig-review-motorhead-manchester-apollo-211109/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:30:13 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/test/?p=259 Lemmy – 63 and still doing it This was one of those shows when you wonder just how many folk would turn up. One of the great rock bands of all time, one of the great punk bands of all time and the original all girl metal band all under one roof, but in truth all [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/26/gig-review-motorhead-manchester-apollo-211109/feed/ 1 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/25/gig-review-muse-sheffield-arena-251007/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/25/gig-review-muse-sheffield-arena-251007/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:22:00 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/test/?p=230 Not of this world The return of Muse promised to be memorable for a couple of reasons. Firstly the stage show was rumoured to be one of the most costly and spectacular this side of a U2 concert, and secondly we have missed the little buggers. There is a real lack of acts who have no [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2009/11/25/gig-review-muse-sheffield-arena-251007/feed/ 3 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2008/06/13/glasvegas-the-cockpit-leeds-13062008/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2008/06/13/glasvegas-the-cockpit-leeds-13062008/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:38:56 +0000 Rob http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/test/?p=38 Short but still astonishing. I must admit to being in a bit of a dilemma. You see I had got myself all geared up to writing a long detailed review of this gig. In the end the band were onstage for barely 45 minutes, using this series of shows as a kind of showcase and warm up for their summer festival shows and thus are honing the set to fit around their allotted and anticipated time slots. And to be fair tickets were a bargain basement £8. Singer James explained that the songs are designed to flow into each other, creating an almost continuous wall of sonic delights. So did this bold claim bear fruit and did the band rise up to justify recent hype? We will see, but first off a wee bit about the band.]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2008/06/13/glasvegas-the-cockpit-leeds-13062008/feed/ 2 http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2008/06/12/the-sex-pistols-carling-academy-birmingham-110608/ http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2008/06/12/the-sex-pistols-carling-academy-birmingham-110608/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:21:40 +0000 Warro http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/test/?p=63 Older, wiser, fatter, love Gazza, still good. The Sex Pistols are just one of those bands I thought I’d never get to see so when, a few months ago, it was announced they were playing the Birmingham Academy as a warm up for their Isle of Wight Festival appearance, I was straight on that mouse and [...]]]> http://www.peaceandlove.org.uk/2008/06/12/the-sex-pistols-carling-academy-birmingham-110608/feed/ 0