Even before tonight’s show at the O2 Institute chants of “Easy Easy Easy” could be heard around the building. In the past you may have heard it when attending a show from Leicester’s previous biggest exports Kasabian, but now its reserved for its future megastars Easy Life. Continue reading Easy Life @ O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 2nd November 2021
Five nights sold out in London, two in Manchester, and now two in Birmingham all within two months. Only one rising UK artist could pull this off, and that person is rapper and pop punk king Yungblud. Continue reading Yungblud + renforshort @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 14th October 2021
As one of the most incendiary live acts around, it’s hard to see their ascent to stardom stopping here. Continue reading Fontaines D.C. + The Altered Hours @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 11th October 2021
Whenever you go to see the Specials expect the following three things, pork pie hats, checkered shirts with suspenders and a lot of former skinheads. I hadn’t even got to the que at the O2 Academy before I ticked off all three. Continue reading The Specials + Pete Williams @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 16th September 2021
They always say that the third time’s the charm, and that’s what all the patient ticket holders were hoping for on Wednesday. Continue reading Sam Fender + Heidi Curtis @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 25th August 2021
Its been four long years since the New York shoe-gazers DIIV payed a visit to the UK. Continue reading DIIV + Chasity @ The Crossing, Birmingham, UK – 28th February 2020
It’s been about three years since HMLTD last played The Sunflower Lounge. A band with so much promise and media hype ended up kind of disappearing due to record label issues. However after fighting through the type of turmoil that might crush a normal band, they have returned to support their debut album “West of Eden” Continue reading HMLTD + SPQR @ The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham, UK – 16th February 2020
It was a full on Top Dawg Entertainment takeover in Birmingham when Schoolboy Q’s CrasH tour landed at The O2 Institute. Supported by label mate and fellow Black Hippy member Jay Rock, there was no better place to be for hip hop fans than at the O2 Institute. Continue reading Schoolboy Q + Jay Rock @ O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 4th February 2020
Krept and Konan has an interesting 2019. They released only their second full length album in ten year’s “Revenge is Sweet”, but had to reschedule the album tour dates due to a well-publicised incident at the Birmingham Radio 1 extra. Despite this setback, it seemed the duo were back on track to celebrate the album, an unusually large line built up around the venue to see what they had in store. Continue reading Krept and Konan @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 25th January 2020
Prince’s former band The New Power Generation touched down in Birmingham for a funky night that paid tribute to his purple majesity and showed off the talent that attracted him to them in the first place. Continue reading New Power Generation @ O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 10th December 2019
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