Oct 13

Jorja Smith at O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 13th October 2018

Jorja Smith Team Gig Junkies have been lucky enough to find themselves in delectable company of a certain Miss Jorja Smith twice this year. In the summer, on the day that a cartoon blimp depicting the American President was floating around London being roundly booed and jeered by 1000s of revellers like a modern day Court Jester, she was putting on a more classy showpiece at the wonderful surrounds of Somerset House. It was the perfect anecdote to all the political craziness.


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Oct 11

The Daniel Wakeford Experience + Tricky Business + Jack Cattell at O2 Academy 2, Birmingham, UK – 11th October 2018

The Daniel Wakeford Experience The Daniel Wakeford Experience's adoring audience chanted Daniel's name eagerly as they waited for the Brighton singer to come to the stage.


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Oct 10

Toots and The Maytals + Captain Accident at The O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 10th October 2018

Toots and The Maytals 1964 was a big year in history the first pirate station went live the civil rights act came into play making a big impact on music and what musicians could record and Toots and The Maytals burst onto the music scene a as pioneers of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae music with debut hit 'Never Get Weary'.


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Sep 27

Rex Orange County at The O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 27th September 2018

Rex Orange County As I stood in the enormous queue outside the O2 Institute, I noticed the rare September sunset had turned a beautiful Peach colour. It seemed even the sky was excited for Rex Orange County’s sold out set tonight.


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Sep 25

Pale Waves + Swimming Girls at The O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 25th September 2018

Pale Waves Birmingham's O2 Institute was awash with teenage angst as Manchester band Pale Waves rocked into the city on Tuesday night, as scores of young fans waited excitably for their upcoming idols they were treated to support from indie rock band Swimming Girls.


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Sep 19

Biffy Clyro at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK – 19th September 2018

Biffy Clyro As storm Ali blows a hooley across the UK, inside, amongst the stunning surroundings of Birmingham’s Symphony Hall we are comfy and snug for a magical night courtesy of Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro.


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Sep 19

50 Cent at Arena, Birmingham, UK – 19th September 2018

50 Cent Coming into a half filled Arena, the usual buzz seemed to be lacking, a fight broke out with disgruntled fans but rap megastar 50 Cent saved the day, whether intentional or not by putting back the headline for 30 minutes he allowed the Birmingham venue to fill up and all in attendance managed to beat the gruelling queue beforehand to see their idol.


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Sep 16

Wooden Shjips + The Lucid Dream at the O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 16th September 2018

Wooden Shjips Wooden Shjips open their set with fragments of sound and a TV static type lighting effect. The lights pulsate as the beat creeps in, and I find myself being hypnotised by ‘Eclipse’. This is the opening song of their 2018 album ‘V.’, and a gorgeous representation of their ‘garage-styled psychedelia’. The firm bass and drum instrumentals, layered with murmuring vocals from Erik ‘Ripley’ Johnson, are entrancing.


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Sep 08

Garbage + Maxïmo Park + Honeyblood at Digbeth Arena, Birmingham, UK – 8th September 2018

Garbage Let me begin with a word on the venue. Digbeth Arena is not an arena. That would be too grandiose a term for what is essentially a small space between a railway track and a old viaduct. The enclosed nature of the space acts as a natural amphitheatre that results in possibly the best sound quality I have ever heard at any gig. In short, this is a dream performance space for any artist worth their salt. In Birmingham, we are treated to three bands worth enough salt to keep the second city in fish and chips for a lifetime...


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Sep 04

Incubus + Ecca Vandal at O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 4th September 2018

Incubus “Is Incubus still a band?” is mounted as one of the top 4 Google searches to include the word ‘Incubus’ at the moment, which is interesting considering they’re currently getting ready to wrap their final dates of a world tour, their first in many years. That being said, the atmosphere in tonight’s completely sold out o2 Academy definitively confirms that an army of people in Birmingham never forgot about them for a second.


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Sep 02

Moseley Folk Festival at Moseley Park, Birmingham, UK – 31st August, 1st + 2nd September 2018

Moseley Folk Festival 2018 The festival god's blessed the 13th Moseley Folk Festival with glorious sunshine for the whole three days, which is only fair and right seeing as how they damned Moseley’s sister festival, Lunar to a torrents of rain for much of that weekend. And no matter how much rain makes for the "proper" festival experience, being dry, warm to hot (possible for the last time this year), makes for a much more pleasant festival. So karma readdressed and lucky 13 for some and all, Moseley got under way on the afternoon of Friday 31st August.


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Aug 27

Justin Timberlake at The Arena, Birmingham, UK – 27th August 2018

Justin Timberlake Arriving at The Arena Birmingham there were queues and confusion all over the place; I quickly discovered that this was the result of a well-known ticket vendor having a hiccup resulting in long queues and ID checks at the box office, but this didn’t dampen the spirits of the eager fans waiting to get inside for Justin Timberlake.


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Aug 24

Brian Wilson + Turin Brakes at Digbeth Arena, Birmingham, UK – 24th August 2018

Brian Wilson A rainy underpass in Digbeth is an unlikely place to experience a bit of California on a Friday night, but that's exactly what the crowd at the Digbeth Arena were treated to when Brian Wilson brought the legendary Pet Sounds album to the newly formed Skyline Series. An audience of all ages donned raincoats and jumpers in perhaps what was ironically the worst day for weather all summer.


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Aug 22

Qujaku + Kuunatic + The Contact High at The Hare & Hounds, King’s Heath, Birmingham, UK – 22nd August 2018

Qujaku A Kushikatsu Records event always promises to be just that little bit different from most other events. Specialising in promoting Japanese acts over here in the UK since 2016, Kushikatsu have put on a diverse array of bands over in the last 2 years, from J-Punk, J-Rock, J-Pop and J-Psych groups, such as Mutant Monster, Shonen Knife, Touch My Secret, Kikagaku Moyo, Hibushibire and Necronomdol to name a few.


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