It is time to tick of another one from my bucket list as Eric Gales plays only his second show in Glasgow and he proves worth the wait 100 times over.

With the sun cracking the flags and streaming through the windows of the Patti, the second day of music kicked off with ANCHOR LANE. Dynamic, energetic, talented with smoking riffs and catchy songs.

So three decades on Floridian Ska-Punks Less Than Jake return to Belfast to celebrate their 30 year anniversary at one of Belfast’s oldest / newest venues The Points, a bar that has been on the scene for years but with a recently renovated interior offering a new option for live bands in the city.

So, tonight Nottingham is a veritable hive of activity. Its three main venues are all hosting formidable talent.

Is there anything in the world as reliable as Magnum? The rock veterans still very much producing the goods five decades after they first formed, all revolving around the enduring partnership of guitarist and writer Tony Clarkin and vocalist Bob Catley.

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.