Author: Sam Lawday


  • Preview: Secret Garden Party 2016

    SGP returns once again to its Cambridge routes with a recipe that just seems to work (21/07/16-24/07/16).

  • Preview: Wireless Festival 2016

    Wireless Festival returns for a 3 night festival to Finsbury Park this summer, and why wouldn’t you want to be there? (08/07/16-10/07/16)

  • Review: NME Awards Tour at O2 Guildhall, Southampton

    Bloc Party, Rat Boy and Drenge came together for an underwelming gig as part of the 21st NME Awards Tour (30/01/16).

  • Review: The Vaccines at O2 Academy, Brixton

    The Vaccines wow a sell-out Brixton Academy to concrete their reputation as live experts (26/10/15).

  • Review: Passenger at Bournemouth 02 (12/11/14)

    Passenger does it all in a fantastic performance at the Bournemouth 02 Arena

  • Preview: Passenger at O2 Academy, Bournemouth (12/11/14)

    Don’t miss out on your chance to see Passenger perform in Bournemouth.

  • Review:Boardmasters: Washed Out (6-10/8/14)

    Enjoyable acts and beautiful scenery, worsened by English weather, high prices, and young festival goers

  • Global Gathering: A festival at its very best

    A fantastic weekend partying in the sun with some surprise highlights. What a weekend!

  • Global Gathering: Get On Board, (25-26/07/2014)

    One of the UK’s premier dance festival with what is potentially the summer’s hottest line-up

  • Boardmasters: The English Summer’s Main Event, (6-10/08/2014)

    Love sun, sea and music? Then Boardmasters is the festival for you this summer.

  • Reverend and the Makers at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (12/03/2014)

    Sam Lawday reviews Reverend and The Makers as they perform at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth.

  • Preview: Reverend and The Makers: The Rennaisance Men, The Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth, (12/3/2014)

    Don’t miss Reverend and The Makers at The Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth!

  • ‘Car crashes, a dog named after me and even a marriage proposal’; an interview with Reverend and the Makers

    Sam interviews Reverend and the Makers, who are back with their fourth studio album but still keeping it real.