David Rose's Gig Diaries

  Wow, how to sum that up with something as wholly inadequate as words…! Gigolo Aunts were undoubtedly my 1990s musical obsession, and st...

  The Big Man and I had already done this tour earlier this year in Bristol (gig 1,323), but I guess you don’t refuse when they’re playing a...

  A bit further to go than I’d have liked for this one, but needs must when gig schedules clash; I’ve been on board with the post-reunion jo...

  Dust has blown, years have flown, yet The Men They Couldn’t Hang are still going strong, and this tour marked the Magnificent 40 th Anniv...

  After yesterday’s shlep up that Big Smoke, here’s a closer one, down to Bristol’s relatively new Strange Brew for Durham’s own bouncy anar...

  A late shout, this one, but once I heard about it, it was pretty much essential… Matthew Caws, leader of pretty much the best band making ...

  This hectic 3-in-3 closes out with a rare excursion to the Black Country; only my 3 rd ever gig in Wolverhampton, and this time it’s a de...