The Nottinghamshire market town of Newark has been in the news a lot this week, primarily because it’s the setting for the new TV sitcom Newark, Newark.

The two old Muppets Waldorf and Stadler are on a road trip. So, with packed lunches consisting of sandwiches, Jelly Babies, Yorkshire ales and Diet Coke, MPM Tog Manny and myself are off up to Yorkshire and The Steel City, Sheffield.

So, it’s less than 24 hours since MPM Tog Manny and I left the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham. After a cycle of getting home, kiss my wife, sleeping, working, kiss my wife and Manny picking me up, we arrive back at Nottingham.

So it’s Soundbay Festival tomorrow…thus one is very special to me…never in the last 30 years of doing this have we taken 3 ½ years to put a show together, 2 headline changes, 6 line up changes, 2 special guest changes, 2 pandemics, 40 tech riders, 12 tech rider changers

Snuggled in a quiet, seemingly, unassuming quarter in the west of Bonn lies Frongasse. At the tail end of a pleasant early-spring day in the evening shadows, cast by the imposing St. Maria Magdalena church,

For a couple of weeks, myself and MPM Tog Manny have criss-crossed the UK doing different things, so after a brief bout of “Separation Anxiety” the two old Muppets, Waldorf and Statler are re-united and heading off together back to familiar ground in Nottingham.

On hearing that the mighty Simon McBride was playing at one of my local venues, it was a simple decision to get my kit sorted and go and see this blues rock legend.

After what seems an eternity, Pat McManus and his band have, at long last, been able to embark on a small UK tour of thirteen shows, tonight being the ninth performance and fittingly, on St Patrick’s Day!

A sapphire blue six and a flaming red three; Crowley's spectre ethereally takes note of where the bone dice lie.

So, the much-awaited album release has happened, fans are happy with the arrival of the new album on their doormat. Now the band embark on a 15-night tour to promote the album.

Belfast giants ‘STIFF LITTLE FINGERS’ rolled into Nottingham ready to bring the late 70’s to the crowd already waiting to get in, as I arrive at the venue.

The musical powers that be have strongly advised up taking their recommended prescription. So on a wet Friday evening, it's off to the surgery, otherwise known as Cardiff's Tramshed, for a triple shot in the arm.

In these crazy times that we currently live in, the world of live music right now is both exciting and scary.

With so many of us starved of our live music through the pandemic, the anticipation of seeing a real band and soaking up the atmosphere is greater than it been in a long while.

The first segment of the incantation has worked incredibly well; the dark laird cracks a thin smile in reflection of a job well done. Terpsichore, atop her breezy vantage point, is a little bit frazzled around the edges and, like many, is a little worse for wear.

Planet Rock's now-annual honouring of the meteorological debarkation of spring is upon us. From its usual southern base, on the Dorset coast, it has trundled northwards – lock, stock and twenty-five smoking barrels - to the very heart of well-heeled Warwickshire.

Halestorm return to Belfast to what can only be described as an eager audience. Judging by the crowds that are queued around the iconic Ulster Hall.