17 November 2018
GIG REVIEW: Billy Ocean | Blackpool Opera House | 9 November 2018
Sea swells, a soaking seaside town and headful of Blackpool soul. Not one but two soul events on the same night and we almost crammed in both. First the Pug…
8 April 2018
GIG REVIEW: Cabbage | She Drew The Gun | Mold | Brewery Arts Centre Kendal 6 April 2018
If the NME was still in print, Cabbage would be its new cover stars. In years gone by the legendary music paper would announce the future of music with headlines…
8 March 2018
“Some fans expect greatest hits and free vegan soya-shake”: 12 things I’ve learned from the 2018 Morrissey tour…
From the granite of Aberdeen to the gold of the Royal Albert Hall, the UK sees the return of indie icon Morrissey. Dickie Felton first watched the charismatic crooner in…
6 February 2018
FOOTBALL: “We have the most dramatic finish, maybe in the entire history of the football league…”
By Dickie Felton The Arsenal supporter danced on the Anfield turf and hurtled towards me in a trance-like trajectory. I feared the worst. But his intentions were more friend than foe. He…
24 January 2018
GIG REVIEW: Meet me at the matinée: This Is The kit’s ace afternoon | Lancaster Library | 21 January 2018
The walls of Lancaster Library are emblazoned with silhouettes of children wandering through words. A speech bubble from one figure says: “I wish she was real”. And it was with…
15 December 2017
MUSIC: AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE LP | CASSETTE | CD
I badgered my local record shop for weeks. Stalking around for a piece of REM to hang in my bedroom. Quirks Records kept their word - and a few weeks after…