There are plenty of ways for a venue to celebrate its first birthday. Some bring in a headline act. Some put on a special event. Some stick a few balloons up, hope for the best and call it a celebration….
Author: Gregg Howarth
I'm a live music obsessive. Happy to shoot anything with a pulse. Crowd, stage, band, and I'm in. From rock, through indie to electronic, new wave and dance. I've spent over a decade and a half chasing the thrill of a perfectly captured live moment, from British Superbikes to live gigs, and Weshootmusic has finally given me the opportunity to review and shoot all of my favourite genres as well as revisiting the genres I swerved or stubbornly ignored as an angry punk/rock teen.
Liverpool’s Academy 2 may be one of the city’s smaller live music venues, but the building itself has no shortage of history. Long before amplifiers and stage lights arrived, the nineteenth century warehouse had served a variety of purposes, including…
I’ve been lucky enough to photograph some incredible musicians over the years, but the ones that stay with me aren’t always the household names. Sometimes you walk into a venue and stumble across something genuinely magical. An artist who should…
Every year, festival reviews appear online everywhere. They list the best performances, discuss the sound, the bands, the weather, the crowd numbers and surprises. The smiles, the feel and the vibe. They then move on to the next festival or…
By the time we arrived at Newark Showground’s main gate late Sunday afternoon and entered our gate code to gain access, there really was no rush to do anything other than get ourselves settled in for the week ahead. One…
Maybe its my age (59), but I love digging to learn the histories of the venues I get to see live music in, and YES on Charles Street has one of those great Manchester origin stories where an old industrial…