Gig reviews, gigs in Birmingham & West Midlands

Manic Street Preachers on song at Wolverhampton Civic Jun 03 2009

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Review: Lynyrd Skynyrd, at the NIA Academy, Birmingham May 29 2009

Andy Coleman sees Lynyrd Skynyrd blast out the hits at the NIA Academy, in Birmingham. Read

Review: AC/ DC at LG Arena, NEC Apr 24 2009

FOR those who have rocked at the NEC Arena, we salute you! AC/DC headlined the final concert at the arena - now sponsored by LG - before it closes for a five month refurbishment.Read

WITH PJ Harvey teaming up with John Parish again you know you’re in for a performance. Apr 24 2009

This isn’t Polly Jean strapping on her electric guitar and firing out grungey riffs as she commands the stage.Read

Review: Doves at Birmingham Academy Apr 20 2009

IT was just like they’d never been away as Jez, Jimi and Andy showed the Birmingham Academy crowd just what a band at the top of their game sound like.Read

Review: Pink at Birmingham NIA Apr 17 2009

IF Pink ever quits her day job, she can always turn to the circus.Read

Excellent entertainment from Brian Conley in Birmingham Apr 10 2009

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Review: Lionel Richie at LG Arena in Birmingham Apr 01 2009

HE’S one of the greatest Motown artists that has ever lived and Lionel Richie’s two-hour extravaganza at the NEC last night proved exactly why.Read

Review: The Rifles at Carling Academy 2 Mar 30 2009

IF hard graft counts for anything, Chingford’s Mod revivalists The Rifles must get their big break soon.Read

Review: Lemar at the Birmingham NIA Mar 30 2009

HE MAY not have won the BBC’s Fame Academy, but Lemar is a sure-fire winner as far as his fans are concerned.Read

Review: Pete Doherty at Birmingham Academy Mar 26 2009

YES, before you ask, he did turn up. And yes, Pete Doherty was on this planet.Read

Review: Metallica at Birmingham LG Arena Mar 26 2009

THE rock monster that is Metallica trundled into Birmingham aiming to prove it was bigger, badder and better than anything that had gone before.Read

Review: Lily Allen at Birmingham O2 Academy Mar 24 2009

IT’S been three years since Lily Allen released her acclaimed ska-pop debut album Alright Still.Read

Review: Razorlight at Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Mar 02 2009

JOHNNY Borrell - rock god or far too full of his own importance?Read

Review: The Killers at LG Arena in Birmingham Feb 27 2009

THE Killers combined the palm tree kitsch of their native Las Vegas, with cool Sci-fi, and delivering a brilliant blow at the LG Arena, last night.Read

Review: Errol Brown at Symphony Hall, Birmingham Feb 27 2009

Errol, we’ll miss you!Read

Review: Kaiser Chiefs at Birmingham NIA Feb 25 2009

THE Kaiser’s have been tagged by some as a bit “posh” for a Brit rock band and this concert was certainly a pretty grand and slick affair.Read

Review: Il Divo at LG Arena NEC Feb 25 2009

IL DIVO ended with The Impossible Dream, which it probably was when Simon Cowell put them together as the first popera group five years ago – The Three Tenors meets Take That.Read