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pUnK SUnDay LuNcH – Prince Albert, Brighton 8 May 2022 with Guitar Gangsters. Three huge helpings of class tunes from three top bands with Guitar Gangsters, Emergency Bitter and Smokin Prophets. A huge meal of live music! An Alternative Gathering did it again! Three great live bands, no more […]

Punk Sunday Lunch 5: Live GIG report!

April 9, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Are You Experienced? Jimi Hendrix Tribute – Patterns 02/09/2022 Are You Experienced? – Jimi Hendrix tribute. Back in Brighton. Hendrix classics live! Experience the extraordinary! Guests Elephant Hawk. Now, if you’re going to replicate a musical icon such as Jimi Hendrix then firstly you better know the material, and then […]

Are You Experienced? Hendrix music live!

April 5, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Coldplace live at The Factory Live in Worthing 10 June 2022 Coldplace brought with them big songs and big emotions to The Factory Live in Worthing. They did it to such a scale it was almost overwhelming. Coldplace: Coldplace are a tribute band whose quality and experience on the tribute […]

Coldplace bring Coldplay to Worthing

April 4, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Alabama 3 – The Dead Reds: Concorde 2, Brighton, 31 March 2022 The Alabama 3. First – they are not from Alabama. And second, their style? In their own words – “sweet pretty country acid-house music” The group was born at an all-night squat party during the ’90s. Charismatic front […]

Alabama 3 live in Brighton. Gig Review!

April 1, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

The STORY of GOTH Tour – Feat: The CUREheads, Chalk 26/03/2022 After several date changes and venue changes due to the Pandemic and various lockdowns, they made it! Since 2018, The Cureheads have been opening their shows with an extensive set of songs, tributing Siouxsie and the Banshees fronted by […]

GIG REPORT: The Cure we needed! The CUREheads

March 28, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Sunday 20 March 2022: The Prince Albert. Event by An Alternative Gathering: Brighton saw Damage UK, Hazard and headliners Screaming Dead assemble for Punk Lunch Picnic 4. What an afternoon – from An Alternative Gathering. The audience in The Prince Albert created a wonderfully vibrant atmosphere thanks to the […]

A punk Sunday lunch – 3 tasty courses!

March 22, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

THE UNDERTONES and HUGH CORNWELL: March 17 2022 – Brighton, Chalk THE UNDERTONES had confirmed a run of rescheduled UK live dates throughout March and April 2022. Support was from the legendary Hugh Cornwell! Playing live on on St Patrick’s Day! Excited? Oh yes! Covid thankfully did not […]

The Undertones/Hugh Cornwell live in Brighton!

March 19, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Lips Can Kill2 – The Prince Albert – Sunday 6 March 2022 (school night!) Lips Can Kill was back in town in Brighton at The Prince Albert. If I recall the concept was launched in 2019. Lips can Kill 1 hit the Albert in November 2019, and I was being […]

The Lips Can Kill team return. Gig report!

March 12, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

THE STRANGLERS and RUTS DC: LIVE – BRIGHTON DOME 17.02.2022 The Stranglers and guests RUTS DC live in Brighton. Gig Review. A great night showing both bands bands continue to light up the music world. The Stranglers The Stranglers are an English rock band who emerged via the punk rock […]

Go Buddy GO! The Stranglers live. Gig Report.

March 10, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

BUZZCOCKS and CITY DOG: LIVE AT CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 3.3.2022 Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, […]

Buzzcocks are still buzzing Brighton live! Gig Review

March 9, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

FROM THE JAM and THE SELECTER: Live! BRIGHTON DOME 13.12.2021 Two Bands celebrating 40th Anniversaries: From The Jam “Sound Affects” and The Selecter “Too Much Pressure” gig review and pics! From The Jam It has been many a year since I first saw The Jam, in fact I was on […]

From The Jam and The Selecter: Live gig review!

March 9, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

BIG COUNTRY – ‘Wonderland’ Tour – Concorde 2 04/03/2022, Support: Gabi Garbutt BIG COUNTRY Big Country was originally formed in 1981 by guitar playing founder members Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson both native of the band’s hometown Dunfermline in Scotland. Initially driven by a shared vision of widescreen guitar […]

Big Country: Wonderland in Brighton

March 8, 2022 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor