2023 gigs.
A list rather than a review but there will be the odd descriptive comment when warranted. The list will include accompanying fine dining.
13.1 Harry Hill. New Theatre, 'Boro. Nuts. Funny af, but nuts.
23.1 Frank Turner, Lottery Winners, Wildwood Buoys. O2 Academy, Leicester. The Marquis Wellington.
26.1 Francis of Delirium, Sloe Noon, Collars. Bedford Esquires. McDs. Great gig. 1st support, quirky (the drummer was also the guitarist), 2nd were superb, reminded me of Slothrust and FoD are always excellent.
2.2 Sprints, Langkamer, Eades. Bedford Esquires. Herd. Amazing, just brilliant. Missed Eades (fucked off 'bout that), Langkamer got me well in the mood and Sprints nailed it. Burger at Herd was one of the best I have ever eaten. Top night.
14.2 Mogwai, Brainiac. Rock City. Horn in the Hand. Brainiac are odd, Mogwai were fucking loud. HitH always delivers when it comes to burgers.
17.2 Doors Alive. Roadmender. Oriental Garden. Great tribute act. Great Chinese meal.
18.2 Dr. Feelgood, Dois Padres. Bedford Esquires. McDs. So glad I made the effort.
22.2 Hotel Lux, Average Life Complaints, The Barratts. The Craufurd Arms, MK. 81 The Original Diner. Three good bands. ALC stood out, HL were so interesting to watch. Burger was just 'good'.
25.2 Total Stone Roses, Oaysis. Met Lounge 'Boro. The College Arms. decent tributes, decent pub-grub katsu curry.
28.2 Young Fathers, Callum Easter. O2 Academy Leeds. Almost Famous. Wow. What a midweek trek, what a gig! YF did not disappoint and CE was intriguing - he played with YF also. And, the best burger I have EVER eaten. EVER.
3.3 Emily Breeze, Andrea Kenny. The Donkey, Leicester. Heritage India. EB was fabulous. The restaurant front of house thought I was a food critic, I am sure of it.
5.3 Grade 2, Clobber, Kings of Pigs. Voodoo Lounge, Stamford. McDs. Sunday gig, G2 were really good.
10.3 Suede, Desperate Journalists. Rock City. Horn in the Hand. DJ were fucking excellent. Also, saw great singer in the Lilly Langtrees pub after the gig....see 06.07 entry.
13.3 Self Esteem, Campbell King, Tom Rasmussen. Cambridge Corn Exchange. Honest Burger. SE was wonderful - great show, great songs, great voice, great live.
14.3 Slow Readers Club, Andrew Cushin. Lafayette, King's Cross. Cut and Grind. I loved this gig. SRC in a small venue - place was bouncing. Katsu chicken burger was good.
16.3 Mike Wozniak. The Core at Corby Cube. Nando's. Wonderful, laugh out loud ramblings.
21.3 Death Cab for Cutie, Slow Pulp. O2 Institute, Brum. Manzils. SP stole the show, DCFC were 'alright'. Great veg madras but with fucking mushrooms.
22.3 The Orielles, Pale Blue Eyes. MASH, Cambridge. Butch Annie's. Brilliant gig. TO were a different band live and PBE will play arenas one day, I'm sure of it. Marvellous burger, marvellous gaff.
24.3 Black Honey, The Howlers. Bedford Esquires. Herd. Bloody excellent night for food and music.
28.3 Anna B. Savage. Village Underground. McDs.
30.3 Jadu Heart, Gglum. Assembly Rooms, Islington. MEATLiquor, GDK. Gglum stole the show. She rocked, actually. I had a balcony ticket but snuck downstairs during a technical hitch with JH's kit; the upstairs bar ran out of beer (wtf?) so I went in search of booze only to find I could walk into the main hall unchallenged! Great burger followed by a really great kebab.
04.04 Gretel Hänlyn, Mary in the Junkyard. The Moth Club. McDs. Great little venue and MitJ were excellent (brilliant drumming and drummer) and GH was fantastic. No overground afterwards but jumped in an Uber to Finsbury Park with two fellas who'd been to the gig #lifesavers
11.04 Big Thief. Hammersmith Apollo. Chicago Grill. I found BT disjointed and out of tune at first, came good toward the end. Burger was fucking huge and beat me. Plus I had to use cutlery to eat it.
14.04 Joe Rooney., A Celebration of Father Ted. The Key Theatre, Peterborough. Interesting evening with the chap that was in one episode of Father Ted as Father Damo.
18.04 Waxahatchee, Indigo Sparks. Earth. GDK. No overground, walked there and back and still made GDK and caught the 23.00 train.
20.04 Fenne Lily, Naima Bock. Islington Assembly hall. GDK. Last minute gig (thanks to ReTickin') and I am glad I made the effort FL and her band (esp. the guitarist) was most impressive - great live sound.
21.04 Lemondaze, Treeboy & Arc. Portland Arms, Cambridge. Butch Annie's. Brilliant live sets from both and a flipping excellent burger.
04.05 Yard Act. Troxy.
05.05 Big Country, Spear of Destiny. Islington Assembly hall.
08.05 Haley Blais, Katie Tupper, Georgia Harmer. Bush Hall. Tiger's Diner. Three great artists and HB's voice is one of the best I have ever heard. Burger was a treat...I shovelled it down!
11.05 Foals. Pryzm Kingston. The first of two shows for the band on the night presented by Banquet Records and they were on top form.
16.05 Lael Neale, Guy Blakeslea. Lexington, Islington. McDs, GDK. LN was simply wonderful. 2-4-1 GDK is always a treat!
08.06 Crawlers. Omeara, Borough. The Kebab Shop. Last minute ReTickin' gig and I am very glad I made the effort. Lamb Shawarma was amazing.
10.06 Diane Cluck, Johanna Warren. Cafe OTO, Dalston. Only went to see JH and it was a performance workshop, so no singing. Not what I expected.
16.06 Arctic Monkeys, The Hives, The Mysterines. Emirates Stadium.
22.06 The Sherlocks. Bedford Esquires. Herd. Last minute gig 'cos Dara O Briain was cancelled due to flooding. TS were cracking.
26.06 Indigo de Souza, Rosie Alena. Village Underground. Fat Hippo, Shoreditch. IdS, and her band, flippin' rocked. I like it when the live performance is a real step up from studio. FH was also cracking.
06.07 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Girl Band. Craufurd Arms. GB were excellent - saw the guitarist/lead singer, Georgie, after the Suede gig 10.03 - chatting after their set, she remembered me! GCWCF lost the plot with the chatting, rowdy audience...it was embarrassing.
07.07 Breanna Barbara, Memory of Speke. Moth Club. Burke's Warehouse. BB was so good, fantastic. MoS were very good. Burger & chips were excellent.
19.09 My Baby. MK11 MB were really good value - rock enthused dance music and the lead singer's voice is exemplary.
22.08 Boygenius, Ethal Cain. Piece Hall, Halifax. 242 mile round trip was just about worth it. Both acts were OK. Venue is special, though.
28.08 Karen Jonas. Great Easton Village Hall.
29/08 Future Islands. Cambridge Corn Exchange. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. FI are so good live. Cajun chicken burger was fine.
05.09 Samia, Art School Girlfriend. Kentish Town Forum. One of the best gigs this year.
23.09 Flock of Seagulls, Enjoyable Listens. Bedford Esquires. Brewhouse & Kitchen. FoS were good value, EL were excellent as always and the burger was fine.
26.09 The National. Ally Pally. Views from the venue were spectacular.
04.10 Sprints. Scala. Ballache getting to the gig 'cos of the train strike, but well worth it. Aftershow gathering at The Lexington warranted an overnight stay!
05.10 Hard-Fi, Tom A. Smith. The Junction. Impressed with HF, even more impressed with TAS and his band.
06.10 The Undertones, Tom Robinson Band. The Junction. TRB were amazing. He is a great entertainer and his guitarist was superb.
18.10 Treeboy & Arc, Bo Gritz. The Moth Club. T&A are seriously good live.
23.10 Lande Hekt, Charley Stone's Actual Band. The Lexington.
26.10 Yumi and the Weather, Sunny Gym. The Craufurd Arms. Only caught the final song from SG but it was excellent. YatW were banging.
30.10 Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, James P. Honey. The Lexington. CSatLD were amazing. The violinist pulled out one of the best live solos of any instrument I have even witnessed.
08.11 Deadletter, The Joy Hotel. The Craufurd Arms. TJH were bloody good...including bass, 5 guitars! D were superb - great front man.
09.11 Nothing But Thieves. World Resorts Arena, Brum (old NEC). £7.50 a fucking pint. NBT is about right.
12.11 This Is The Kit, Gina Birch. The Glee Club, Brum.
15.11 The Murder Capital. Electric Ballroom. Mental gig. Haven't seena mosh pit like it since the 80s. Thoroughly enjoyed this gig.
16.11 Bleach Lab, Wings of Desire. Scala. WoD were right down my street and delivered - a nice surprise as I'd not heard of them before. One of those gigs where support > headliner.
23.11 Bdrmm, Damefrisor. Bedford Esquires. I flipping enjoyed this. B drummer cracked open a bottle of beer with the end of his drumstick which was the coolest thing I have ever seen.
03.12 The Rural Alberta Advantage, Zoon. Lafayette. I was not in the mood for travelling down to this on a Monday night. However, it was well worth it. RAA were every bit as 9, or so, years ago when I first saw them.
04.12 Coach Party, Bedroom High Club, House of Women. O'Meara. A free gig put on by Beavertown brewery and I'd have gladly paid. Each band were great. BHC were brand new to me and were the pick of a fantastic bunch. I will definitely catch all 3 live again.
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a very, very extensive list of ships i’d love to write with the faceclaims i happen to have. bold means i can play said faceclaim ! lots of them are ,,, pretty wild, truthfully . i just got way too into this .
taron egerton x colin firth
taron egerton x jamie bell
taron egerton x richard madden
joseph morgan x leah pipes
joseph morgan x candice king
joseph morgan x phoebe tonkin
nico mirallegro x sharon rooney
nico mirallegro x jodie comer
nico mirallegro x russell tovey
nico mirallegro x hayley atwell
daniel gilles x phoebe tonkin
finn cole x molly gordon
finn cole x asa butterfield
finn cole x margot robbie
tom hardy x cillian murphy
tom hardy x michelle williams
tom hardy x charlotte riley
tom hardy x annabelle wallis
tom hardy x jack lowden
tom hardy x chris pine
katherine langford x ross butler
katherine langford x alisha boe
katherine langford x dylan minnette
katherine langford x alexandra shipp
cobie smulders x jake johnson
cobie smulders x chris evans
henry golding x emilia clarke
henry golding x constance wu
ross butler x zendaya
ross butler x noah centineo
rami malek x ben hardy
rami malek x joseph mazzello
rami malek x gwilym lee
joe alwyn x emma stone
joe alwyn x margot robbie
paul bettany x jennifer connnelly
keanu reeves x winona ryder
gwilym lee x joseph mazzello
gwilym lee x ben hardy
alvaro rico x ester exposito
alvaro rico x aron piper
alvaro rico x miguel bernardeau
aaron taylor-johnson x elizabeth olsen
aaron taylor-johnson x karen gillan
aaron taylor-johnson x thomas brodie sangster
colin firth x hugh grant
colin firth x emma thompson
sam claflin x lily collins
sam claflin x emilia clarke
sam claflin x tom glynn carney
sam claflin x max irons
sam claflin x douglas booth
sam claflin x natalie dormer
josh dylan x jeremy irvine
josh dylan x lily james
michael b jordan x tessa thompson
michael b jordan x zendaya
khylin rhambo x dylan sprayberry
khylin rhambo x michael johnston
trevante rhodes x andre holland
henry cavill x armie hammer
henry cavill x jason momoa
henry cavill x amy adams
henry cavill x gal gadot
henry cavill x elizabeth debicki
brett dier x haley lu richardson
brett dier x gina rodriguez
james norton x imogen poots
james norton x jessie buckley
james norton x lily james
james norton x eleanor tomlinson
joe keery x charlie heaton
joe keery x natalia dyer
joe keery x dacre montgomery
jason sudeikis x olivia wilde
jason sudeikis x charlie day
aubrey joseph x olivia holt
chadwick boseman x danai gurira
chadwick boseman x lupita nyong'o
ella purnell x asa butterfield
ella purnell x fionn whitehead
ella purnell x tom holland
ella purnell x tom sturridge
armie hammer x timothee chalamet
armie hammer x alicia vikander
armie hammer x lily collins
armie hammer x felicity jones
alex hogh andersen x katheryn winnick
alex hogh andersen x georgia hirst
alex hogh andersen x alicia agneson
luke benward x olivia holt
luke benward x danielle macdonald
luke benward x dove cameron
tom hiddleston x brie larson
tom hiddleston x jessica chastain
david harbour x winona ryder
ansel elgort x aneurin barnard
ansel elgort x lily james
tom holland x jake gyllenhaal
tom holland x letitia wright
tom holland x laura harrier
tom holland x daisy ridley
paul rudd x jennifer aniston
paul rudd x evangeline lilly
paul rudd x sebastian stan
matthew daddario x harry shum jr
matthew daddario x kat mcnamara
david tennant x billie piper
david tennant x karen gillan
jack lowden x saoirse ronan
jack lowden x aneurin barrnard
jack lowden x margot robbie
allen leech x tuppence middleton
allen leech x jessica brown-findlay
allen leech x matthew goode
elizabeth olsen x chris evans
elizabeth olsen x sebastian stan
sydney sweeney x jacob eldori
sydney sweeney x alexa demie
kathryn newton x kristine froseth
kathryn newton x olivia dejonge
kathryn newton x natasha liu bordizzo
brie larson x gemma chan
brie larson x lashana lynch
brie larson x zachary levi
brie larson x alicia vikander
tuppence middleton x callum turner
tuppence middleton x brian j smith
rachel keller x dan stevens
billie piper x gemma chan
marilyn lima x michel biel
emilia clarke x kit harington
jamie dornan x cillian murphy
hugh jackman x michelle williams
hugh jackman x jake gyllenhaal
hugh jackman x james mcavoy
hugh jackman x ryan reynolds
logan lerman x alexandra daddario
logan lerman x lily collins
logan lerman x selena gomez
logan lerman x emma watson
jake gyllenhaal x tom sturridge
jake gyllenhaal x sebastian stan
chris pine x gal gadot
chris pine x reese witherspoon
chris pine x emily blunt
chris pine x anne hathaway
chris pine x gugu mbatha raw
lily james x matt smith
lily james x jeremy irvine
rachel mcadams x matthew goode
rachel mcadams x ryan gosling
rachel mcadams x domhnall gleeson
rachel mcadams x cillian murphy
chris evans x sebastian stan
chris evans x robert downey jr
jacob eldori x alexa demie
max irons x douglas booth
max irons x emily browning
max irons x holliday grainger
max irons x samantha barks
noah centineo x kristine froseth
noah centineo x ariana grande
noah centineo x alexis ren
noah centineo x lily collins
mark ruffalo x reese witherspoon
mark ruffalo x robert downey jr
bradley simpson x shawn mendes
bradley simpson x sabrina carpenter
aidan turner x eleanor tomlinson
aidan turner x russel tovey
aidan turner x lenora crichlow
alex fitzalan x kristine froseth
alex fitzalan x toby wallace
alex fitazalan x natasha liu bordizzo
damien molony x johnathan bailey
damien molony x michael socha
damien molony x michelle keegan
chance perdomo x tati gabrielle
chance perdomo x gavin leatherwood
joseph mazzello x sebastian stan
joseph mazzello x lucy boynton
adele exarchopoulos x lea seydoux
charlize theron x emily blunt
charlize theron x jessica chastain
margot robbie x saoirse ronan
margot robbie x cara delevingne
margot robbie x alexander skarsgard
naomi scott x dacre montgomery
naomi scott x mena massoud
ashley benson x tyler blackburn
ashley benson x cara delevingne
jennifer morrison x lana parrilla
jennifer morison x colin o’donoghue
dan stevens x michelle dockery
dan stevens x emma watson
timothy olyphant x drew barrymore
max riemelt x tina desai
max riemelt x brian j smith
max riemelt x miguel angel silvestre
tom glynn carney x nicholas hoult
tom glynn carney x harry styles
tom glynn carney x fionn whitehead
tom glynn carney x anthony boyle
chace crawford x blake lively
zac efron x zendaya
zac efron x lily collins
robert pattinson x suki waterhouse
tyler young x james paxton
bill skarsgard x landon liboiron
asa butterfield x maisie williams
asa butterfield x britt robertson
asa butterfield x emma mackey
james d’arcy x hayley atwell
james d’arcy x ben whishaw
herman tommeraas x lisa teige
herman tommeraas x thomas hayes
kj apa x madelaine petsch
kj apa x britt robertson
kj apa x casey scott
fionn whitehead x aneurin barnard
jessica chastain x emily blunt
jessica chastain x anne hathaway
zachary levi x yvonne strahovski
zachary levi x mandy moore
zachary levi x benton thwaites
devon bostick x lily collins
dvon bostick x peyton list
john krasinski x jenna fischer
jamie bell x kate mara
tom ellis x james mcavoy
tom ellis x lesley ann brandt
tom ellis x aimee garcia
tom ellis x jensen ackles
tom ellis x kevin alejandro
douglas booth x bel powley
douglas booth x gemma chan
douglas booth x ellie bamber
douglas booth x iwan rheon
matthew goode x jamie dornan
matthew goode x teresa palmer
anthony boyle x sam clemmett
sebastian stan x anthony mackie
sebastian stan x jessica chastain
sebastian stan x tom hiddleston
sebastian stan x dianna agron
sebastian stan x chris hemsworth
robert downey jr x jude law
robert sheehan x antonia thomas
robert sheehan x david castaneda
robert sheehan x jamie campbell bower
robert sheehan x iwan rheon
robert sheehan x sofia boutella
robert sheehan x david tennant
tom hughes x sophie cookson
michiel huisman x blake lively
michiel huisman x gugu mbatha raw
michiel huisman x teresa palmer
michiel huisman x tatiana maslany
aneurin barnard x iwan rheon
aneurin barnard x karen gillan
aneurin barnard x natalie dormer
aneurin barnard x jodie comer
aneurin barnard x sophie cookson
aneurin barnard x freya mavor
jon hamm x january jones
jon hamm x michael sheen
jon hamm x dakota johnson
jon hamm x eiza gonzalez
chris hemsworth x tessa thompson
dacre montgomery x courtney eaton
callum turner x vanessa kirby
thomas hayes x josefine pettersen
gavin leatherwood x abigail cowen
gavin leatherwood x ross lynch
gavin leatherwood x kiernan shipka
gavin leatherood x jaz sinclair
donald glover x rihanna
donald glover x alison brie
ryan reynolds x andrew garfield
ryan reynolds x blake lively
winston duke x lupita nyong'o
anthony mackie x frank grillo
ben barnes x andrew garfield
ben barnes x emma watson
sophie turner x asa butterfield
ewan mcgregor x jude law
ewan mcgregor x gugu mbatha raw
boyd holbrook x pedro pascal
ross lynch x jaz sinclair
ross lynch x courtney eaton
ross lynch x abigail cowen
lyndsy fonseca x hayley atwell
alycia debnam-carey x eliza taylor
alycia debnam-carey x maia mitchell
alycia debnam-carey x daniel sharman
leighton meester x adam brody
leighton meester x blake lively
leighton meester x penn badgley
lauren german x lesley ann brandt
lauren german x aimee garcia
kristine froseth x olivia dejonge
joe gilgun x michelle keegan
joe gilgun x ruth negga
joe gilgun x dominic cooper
joe gilgun x karla crome
blake lively x penn badgley
blake lively x gigi hadid
daniel sharman x frank dillane
daniel sharman x bradley james
daniel sharman x gregg sulkin
jensen ackles x sophia bush
jensen ackles x misha collins
oliver jackson-cohen x jessica de gouw
jeffrey dean morgan x hilarie burton
vanessa morgan x madelaine petsch
brandon flynn x miles heizer
brandon flynn x richard madden
odeya rush x timothee chalamet
lily collins x nicholas hoult
rachel weisz x rachel mcadams
rachel weisz x emma stone
sean berdy x jack mulhern
sean berdy x gideon adlon
tom austen x alexandra park
miles heizer x nick robinson
toby wallace x olivia de jonge (but cute)
joel kinnaman x olivia munn
luke hemmings x ashton irwin
luke hemmings x callum hood
luke hemmings x michael clifford
dominic cooper x gemma chan
gregg sulkin and sophie turner
gregg sulkin x katie stevens
gregg sulkin x danielle campbell
richard madden x gemma chan
zendaya x trevor jackson
alicia vikander x bill skarsgard
alicia vikander x eddie redmayne
alicia vikander x kit harington
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