The XS Noize team review the latest live shows from bands/artists on tour.
The last time Rock icon Liam Gallagher played in Belfast was 2011 with the now-defunct Beady Eye, and a lot has happened since then. After spending a few years in the Rock N Roll wilderness, […]
Having seen JP Cooper support The Script on their Freedom Child Tour, I knew I was in for something special last night at Camden Roundhouse in London. With his debut album Raised Under Grey Skies […]
There has been a lot of international excitement with Placebo’s “A Place for Us to Dream – 20 Years of Placebo” tour. There was dismay when Placebo cancelled and didn’t reschedule the Perth leg of […]
From Warehouse Live’s Ballroom ceiling, there hung spiralled, candled chandeliers above a packed-house of eager metal-heads, decked out in all varieties of Between the Buried and Me T-shirts from decades past. These progressive-metal giants attracted […]
After an extensive and well-received UK tour earlier this month with The Dears, one would have thought that Murray Lightburn would want to put his feet up. Instead, he embarked upon a solo London show […]
Frontman Murray Lightburn has been compared vocally to both Damon Albarn and Morrissey. Like Morrissey, Murray is not afraid to express himself. Even in the twenty-first century, “the music press won’t ever allow a black […]
“Indie rock’s lowest common denominator.” This is how Cabbage describes their sound. What inspired this five-piece band from Mossley, 8.9 miles east of Manchester to form in 2015? Answer: Coronation Street. Most notably “Peter Barlow […]
Ex-lead singer of 90s cult band Mansun, Paul Draper is due on stage. It’s his second gig in fourteen years and the air is charged. Last night it was Leeds, tonight Manchester. The crowd are […]
Coming right off of their 2014 reunion tour and the release of their eagerly anticipated sophomore record, Midwest Emo legends American Football play their first ever Irish show and they did not disappoint at all. […]
The Script Are Back!! The Script are back and they performed at Derry’s Millennium Forum last night (Tuesday 22nd August). Entering the stage with an entirely new song called Rock the World from their brand […]
Last Sunday, June 11th, Miike Snow and Klangstof captivated the crowd for their sold-out show at Stubb’s in Austin, Texas. Indie rock trio, Klangstof, opened up the show with some sweetly soothing synth-infused songs that […]
Simple Minds moved on up to Belfast’s Waterfront last night on their extensive UK Acoustic tour. Playing under a glittering chandelier Simple Minds had the usual ‘up for it’ Belfast crowd going from the start […]
Depeche Mode’s headlining appearance at the BBC6 Music Festival was always going to be a very, very special event. This is a band that pulls in stadium attendances of in excess of 68,000 – tickets […]
The VO5 NME Awards Tour 2017 landed in London last night and Blossoms were worthy headliners. The guys from Stockport filled the Roundhouse from floor to ceiling with devoted fans that would be worthy of […]
Baltimore Pop Punk giants All Time Low made their triumphant return to Belfast last night. Performing once again in Belfast’s Ulster Hall, the band again proved after 15 years together, they are showing no signs […]
The Pigeon Detectives are BACK After performing Southsea Feast last year it was no surprise that they were back in Portsmouth this time at The Wedgewood Rooms, within 5 months of their last gig. Lead […]
It was a windy and cold Brighton on Tuesday night. Kaiser Chiefs soon made you forget the tails ends of Storm Ewan outside. With support from Howl and Spring King. Ricky Wilson and co. brought […]
The Sherlocks Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms A whistle stop tour of the UK did not stop The Sherlocks from pulling out a worthy show at Portsmouth’s Wedgewood Rooms on Thursday night. The indie rock band from […]
Despite the title the reference is not to do with Kate shouting at the crowd, it is what her tour was called. Mental. To highlight people’s mental health state and to go and get help […]
Green Day w/support from The Interrupters, Leeds First Direct Arena, 05/02/17 It’s been a long 4 years, but it was with great pleasure that Green Day graced the First Direct Arena in Leeds to set […]