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WitchDoktors: On Location!, Location!!, Location!!! The WitchDoktors are your number one source of supercharged hypnosonic rock’n’roll. A new single and video “Before The War”. We go behind the scenes with words and video and thoughts on this new release. A warm sunny afternoon saw us jump in the car, yep […]

WitchDoktors: Before The War released!

April 8, 2024 in music / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Special Kinda Madness: A Specials and Madness tribute act performing in venues across the UK. 2 Bands + 2 Tone=1 Fantastic Night! & The Riffs as guests. Special Kinda Madness – The Riffs: Concorde 2, 24 September 2022 Concorde 2 were hosts for another top tribute night brought to us […]

A Special Kind of Madness in Brighton!

April 26, 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

MADNESS – BRIGHTON CENTRE 7.12.21 After the pandemic, the city of Brighton need a bit of a knees up! Last here in Christmas 2018 it was a joy to see Madness schedule a Christmas tour and drop in a return to Brighton. They have become a regular “Christmas Night […]

Its pure Madness in Brighton

December 10, 2021 in Uncategorized by Scene Sussex Editor

Piranhas 4: New Year’s Eve eve gig – for people who don’t like NYE! It’s going to be a corker I reckon. And with three top bands on the line up, it was certainly way better than the post Boxing day slump. The Piranhas 4 – scroll down for some […]

Piranhas 4 – New Years Eve Eve gig!

January 4, 2020 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

The Specials I hadn’t seen The Specials live before, but had grown up on a steady and constant number of Top Of The Pops appearances and various other music TV shows at that time, and like most had a fistful of their 7″ vinyl releases. The Specials, also known as […]

The Specials: 40 years. Encore in Brighton.

April 20, 2019 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

I’m always keen on seeing and meeting new bands. Skindred, who were headlining two sold out shows at Concorde 2 matched what I love perfectly. SKINDRED are a band I had only heard of in passing and a few friends were going on both nights. I had to go see […]

SKINDRED: BIG TINGS live in BRIGHTON

December 11, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

The Skints — The Skints: The Skints are a band from London, described by Clash Music as “the torchbearers for modern British reggae music.” With a sound that has been described as “music from Jamaica in a London style”, The Skints mix reggae, ska, dub, punk rock, dancehall, soul, grime and hip hop, […]

The Skints live and playing a SOLD OUT Brighton gig.

September 28, 2017 in Uncategorized by Scene Sussex Editor

The Beat: Live at Concorde 2 in Brighton. Nov 2016. “We’ve got a style to suit everybody,” affirmed long-serving Beat frontman “Ranking” Roger Charlery during this lengthy set of classics from the group he led for five years and three albums around the turn of the 1980s.” Ranking Roger […]

Feel The Beat: Mirror In The Bathroom – Concorde 2

January 4, 2017 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor