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The Cult, Mission and Killing Joke tour has been downsized…

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

The Cult, Mission and Killing Joke September “arena” tour has been, er, downsized, to more of a “hippodrome” tour.  Tickets are to be re-issued, and, if you booked through the same customer friendly website I did, a tape recording will soon be calling … Continue reading →

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Gary Numan live, Tuesday 29th May 2012, Bristol O2 Academy

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

I haven’t really kept up with Gary Numan’s career.  I love Tubeway Army, especially the eponymous debut LP, when he was riding high on high energy, proto-punk rhythms and before his burgeoning PUNK! career was de-railed by his chance encounter with … Continue reading →

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Killing Joke live, Friday 9th March 2012, Sheffield Corporation

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

From Metal Storm: Thirty-two years is a long time. It is also how long ago Killing Joke released their debut album. It has also been nine years since the band released their comeback second self-titled album. Plenty of time then, … Continue reading →

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Killing Joke live, Thursday 8th March 2012, London Roundhouse

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Excellent Killing Joke Roundhouse gig review from “The Arts Desk“: With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Nostradamus-predicted apocalypse both imminent (possibly), now is clearly an auspicious time for a doomsaying veteran punk combo such as Killing Joke to return … Continue reading →

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Killing Joke live, Tuesday 5th March 2012, Bristol O2 Academy

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Another Killing Joke gig.  Always a good thing.  This is the first time I have seen the original line-up play together.  My first gig was Killing Joke at Digbeth Civic Hall in July 1983, with Raven newly arrived on bass … Continue reading →

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You want Killing Joke rarities? Here’s a rundown of their compilations and live releases over the last ten years… Part Two

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

In part one of this fascinating post, I gave a rundown of the Killing Joke’s many live and compilation albums from 2008 to early 2012.  This concluding post discusses the decidedly mixed bag of releases from 2001 to 2007. Killing … Continue reading →

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Killing Joke, live at the Subterranea, Ladbroke Grove, London, 15th July 1994 (video, entire gig, 90 minutes)

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

I was at this show and it was mental. I have seen Killing Joke too many times to recount, but this gig sticks in the memory.  I had moved to London about a year earlier and was living less than … Continue reading →

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Peter Hook returns to perform Joy Division album Closer

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

After the success of his 2010 Unknown Pleasures 30th Anniversary Tour, Joy Division bassist, PETER HOOK, will return in 2012 with his band THE LIGHT, to play songs from CLOSER – back to back – with shows in Wellington and … Continue reading →

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You want Killing Joke live? Here’s a rundown of their compilations and live releases over the last ten years… Part One

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

Killing Joke recently released Down by the River – a twenty track live CD… and its pretty bloody good.  I am a MASSIVE Killing Joke fan and over the last few years they have produced a vast amount of live, … Continue reading →

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STUNNING photos from the Cure Reflections gig at the Royal Albert Hall, Nov 15 2011

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Stunning photos from photo journalist MICHAEL LEVY - photos for 22 of the mammoth 44 song set, presented beautifully. I am a French freelance graphic designer & photographer living in Paris. I had the chance to “be there” in London, 25 years after … Continue reading →

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