Gig reviews, gigs in Birmingham & West Midlands

Review: Biohazard, at HMV Institute, Birmingham Feb 04 2012

“IT’S been a while,” admitted frontman Billy Graziadei, in reference to Biohazard’s long-overdue return to Birmingham, as he surveyed the sweaty crowd.Read

Review: Heartbroken Katherine Jenkins at Birmingham's Symphony Hall Jan 17 2012

Katherine JenkinsRead

Gig review and picture gallery: One Direction at Birmingham NIA Jan 05 2012

THOUSANDS of screaming fans nearly raised the roof off the NIA as the One Direction tour rolled into Birmingham. Read

Review: All smiles as Birmingham Rocks With Laughter Dec 17 2011

ROCK WITH LAUGHTERRead

Review: Whitesnake - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Dec 12 2011

DAVID Coverdale and Whitesnake had such a great time when they played Wolverhampton Civic in June they chose the venue for the final date on their year-long world tour.Read

Review: The Unthanks, at Birmingham Town Hall Dec 10 2011

SUCH is the growing appeal and popularity of The Unthanks that this refreshingly different folk outfit can afford to dedicate their latest live show to other performers’ music.Read

Gig review and setlist: Def Leppard, Motley Crue & Steel Panther at Birmingham's LG Arena Dec 07 2011

BIRMINGHAM rock fans received an early Christmas present as two of the genre’s biggest acts, and Steel Panther, joined forces to stage a value for money four and a half hour gig. Read

Review and Picture Gallery: Kasabian - NIA Birmingham Dec 07 2011

THEY don’t have the witty, street-wise lyrics of the Monkeys, the experimental genius of Radiohead or the planet-hopping soundscape Muse made famous.Read

Review: The Vaccines - The Assembly, Leamington Dec 06 2011

IT ONLY seems like five minutes since The Vaccines were turning heads as four fresh-faced rockers on Jools Holland’s Later show last December.Read

Review: Machine Head - NIA, Birmingham Dec 06 2011

REVIEWING a Machine Head show has become something of a challenge in that it’s a struggle to find superlatives which do justice to how awesome these titans of metal really are.Read

Review: Bryan Adams - LG Arena, Birmingham Dec 06 2011

MAYBE it’s the evocation of the raw emotion of my teenage years, perhaps it’s the catchy guitar riffs and easy rhymes or possibly it’s the warehouse full of people shouting ‘I love you, Brian’. Whatever the reason I’m a sucker for the Summer of 69.Read

Review: The Jungle Book - Old Rep, Birmingham Dec 06 2011

MY KIDS love The Jungle Book but I did feel a certain trepidation taking them to the Old Rep production.Read

In Pictures: Duran Duran at the LG Arena Dec 05 2011

Blasting out a sting of classics, as well as material from the new album, Duran Duran showed their patient fans that they have only improved with age. Read

Quofestive: Status Quo, Roy Wood and Kim Wilde at the LG Arena Dec 05 2011

THE countdown to Christmas has officially begun! Status Quo’s traditional pre-Christmas tour is always a signal that the season of good cheer is here but this year the band chose Birmingham to launch their festive shows, with guests Roy Wood and Kim Wilde.Read

Review: Trivium - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Dec 05 2011

TRIVIUM will always have an affinity with Wolverhampton, it was, after all, the scene of the Floridian metallers’ first-ever show in the UK in 2005.Read