A music Q&A I did with upcoming musician Brad Dear in the run up to the recent Splendour Festival. Have a read and enjoy, the full interview’s on the Published Pieces page.
Subba-Cultcha review piece
An article I did for online magazine/website Subba-Cultcha; MacMillan Fest 2016. Have a read and enjoy at your own leisure.
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/reviews/1833
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The infamous single-day-event otherwise known as MacMillan Fest has returned to Nottingham again, this can only mean one thing, two of the town’s best known venues; Rock City and Rescue Rooms, will be heaving with non-stop rock all day long with a mixture of new and returning bands, and some pretty good headliner to. With 67 bands listed on the band bill for the music crammed day the organisers have put everything they’ve got to make this date a must-see event in your dairy. MacMillan Fest is hosted ever year by Kris Davis, who has undeniably worked very hard to make this day one to remember. Over its’ past few years MacMillan Fest has pulled in numerous big names such as Bleed from Within to help it become extraordinary. This time around, two of the headlining acts that got the people packed into the main venues were Seafret and Sikth, whom managed to fill both venues on both the main stages. Seafret, who only came onto the music scene two years ago but have been building momentum ever since they clo
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Nottingham Post Q&A
A Q&A piece I did with local artist Tom McCartney for the Nottingham Post. You can read the full thing on Published Pieces page.

Biffy Clyro @Reading (R+L)Festival 2016
So, after three days of sheer music madness the North/South music mecca of Reading+Leeds has come to a close, and only on BBC4. Tonight’s headliners, Biffy Clyro, made their second appearance on the Main Stage, three years since their last one, and it was just amazing. Led by frontman Simon Neil the Scottish trio sang many of their infamous hits including Rebel Chord, 57, Bubbles, Black Chandelier, The Captain, Many of Horror and Stingin’ Bell to name but a few. For me it was just sheer bliss to watch and to hear some of my favourite songs by Clyro was definitely worth staying up for (armed with a glass of JD &coke). So, that wraps it up for next year, see you again next year R+L.
RHCP @Reading (R+L) Festival 2016
Not long finished watching RHCP play the main stage @Reading on BBC4, and this will have been their fourth time now, it seems that we just can’t get enough of them. With a jammed-packed set crammed full of hits including Californication, Under The Bridge, The Getaway and By The Way this was just the perfect reason to stay up till the wee (early hours). As always stage antics aren’t too far away the it comes to the Chilli Peppers as at one point, Flea, hand-walked across the stage with a small person (either one of the band members’ kid’s or a fan). However they saved the best till last and performed their monster hit Give it Away, just fantastic to watch. RHCP feel free to come back anytime.
Disclosure @Reading (R+L) Festival 2016
Not long finished watching Disclosure headline the main stage (alongside The Foals) at the Reading (R+L) Festival via the red button service, it was a great hour spent watching them. It was amazing listening to them perform the hits from both their Settle and Caracal albums including When a Fire Starts to Burn, Holding On including one of their recent new singles Boss. They were joined on-stage by new artists Brandon Reilly for another new song Moving Mountains which sounded fantastic, seriously that guy’s got some vocals on him. They ended their set on their hit debut track Latch which is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Over on the NME/Radio 1 Stage American duo Twenty One Pilots performed set their and I have to admit that I’ve never really heard any of their music till now; I have missed a lot. I have to say they did an impressive cover of House of Pain’s Jump Around and got to crowd surf.
Though I’ve said it before I’ll say it again; this is one reason why BBC3 was brilliant as a TV CHANNEL!!!
The Rise of LGBT Athletes in Sports
A small article I did for WhatsOn magazine. In two recent articles Team GB is said to have showed more support for LGBT athletes over the past decade or so than any other and that we had at least 44 openly LGBT athletes at the recent Olympic Games in Rio. Overall I think this is an amazing achievement in the sporting world and definitely shows an increase in role models for the LGBT community with people such as Tom Daley, Nicola Adams, Tom Bosworth and Helen Richardson-Walsh
http://uk.whatson.uk.com/lgbt-in-athletics/
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Has representation of the LGBT community in sport increased as more athletes come out all over the world in support?
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Go Team GB @Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Currently watching the Closing Ceremony on BBC1. So, after two weeks of Olympic madness in Rio Team GB have achieved what many could only ever have dreamt of and actually beat Team China (and Team Russia, boo hiss) and made it to second place on the medal board winning an impressive 27 Gold Medals along with 23 Silver and 17 Bronze taking their total to 67 medals, probably the highest it’s ever been. I could not feel more proud of Team GB if you could ask me to be. Congratulations Team GB, you did us proud in Rio. Congratulations to all of Team GB including Nicola Adams, Jade Jones, Chris Mears, Jack Laugher, Mo Farrah, Greg Rutherford, the Brownlee Brothers, Joe Joyce, Mark Cavendish, Louis Smith, Adam Peaty, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Joanna Roswell-Shand, Tom Daley, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny; you did us proud
GO TEAM GB!!!!!
Go Team GB @Rio2016 Olympic Games
Though I mostly talk about music in this blog I thought I’d give a special shout out to Team GB who are busy competing in this year’s Olympic Games in Rio. At the last count they’ve managed to win 14 Gold 16 Silver and 7 Bronze taking their current medal total to 37, go Team GB, all the way from the UK.
WhatsOn: Beyoncé dominates MTV Award Nominations
This was written in the run up to the MTV Awards in the U.S on the 28th August. To all those who have been nominated and to all those who will also be in attendance have a great night. Have a great night America. Good luck Adele, all the way from the UK
http://uk.whatson.uk.com/beyonce-dominates-the-mtv-award-nominations/
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Global superstar leads the way in the MTV Awards with an astounding 11 nominations, though
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