A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in September 2025
This month featuring, among others, Everything But The Girl, the Manics (again), Hot Chip, Ash, Suede, my beloved Dog Race, Kevin Rowland talking about his life and Erasure in a place where you couldn’t drink beer while watching them ……
A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in July and August 2025
This instalment got rather behind schedule while I was having a tricky summer, but anyway, my gig reviews are back, featuring, among others, Duran Duran in Exeter, The Human League in Halifax, Kaiser Chiefs, The New Eves, the Manics, Natalie…
#Sparkstember2025 is on, and today is the best day for the Sparks-curious
Regular readers know I love Sparks. Even more regular readers will know that September is #Sparkstember. The plan is that you listen to every Sparks album in order, once a day during September. A few years back, as part of…
A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in June 2025
This monthly series is probably as much for my benefit as yours. I go to a lot of gigs and it is nice to have a way to remember them all. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of…
A one-line review of everything I saw at Forever Now
This monthly series is probably as much for my benefit as yours. I go to a lot of gigs and it is nice to have a way to remember them all. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of…
![[Wet Leg are in this picture somewhere, I promise]](https://martinbelam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/600_wet_leg_victoria-150x150.jpg)
A one-line review of the other half of the gigs I’ve been to in May 2025
This monthly series is probably as much for my benefit as yours. I go to a lot of gigs and it is nice to have a way to remember them all. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of…
A one-line review of half of the gigs I’ve been to in May 2025
This monthly series is probably as much for my benefit as yours. I go to a lot of gigs and it is nice to have a way to remember them all. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of…
![[Yuuf at Wide Awake Festival, Brockwell Park]](https://martinbelam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/600_yuuf_wa25-150x150.jpg)
A one-line review of every artist I saw at Wide Awake 2025
This series is probably as much for my benefit as yours. I go to a lot of gigs and it is nice to have a way to remember them all. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the…
Eurovision o’clock!
It is that time of the year when I turn into a one man walking Eurovision content machine. In the last couple of days I have supplied for the Guardian my annual Eurovision quiz, and also put on my “Negative…
Come and see m-orchestra in Walthamstow in the middle of the night!
This won’t be the first time I’ve played an m-orchestra gig at the witching hour, as during lockdown I did a livestream from my garden at midnight, but I’m excited that Sunday night/Monday morning I will be playing my haunted…