I went to in Liverpool for what was billed as Cabaret Voltaire’s final tour, with Gazelle Twin in support. My ticket This was my 22nd gig in the main downstairs room of this venue, with most of them having previously been reviewed for this blog. That places it as joint eighth in my personal most-visited list, alongside the…

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This is the only the second in a very occasional series of interviews with interesting music-related people, this time with Russell Barker, the brains behind the excellent Lunchtime For The Wild Youth fanzine. As well as that link, you can seek them out on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. My previous interview for this blog was with the much shorter-lived, but still excellent…

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I headed downstairs in The Jacaranda to see Robyn Hitchcock for just the fifth time – an unexpected treat as I had only last seen him in the city eleven months earlier. His partner Emma Swift was in support. My ticket This was my seventh show here – you can read about all of the previous six here. However, these had all been as part of…

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I saw 83-year-old Billy J. Kramer at the Live Lounge of The Cavern Club – my first time seeing the Merseybeat legend. He was backed by Cavern resident band Carousel, also being interviewed by local scriptwriter and comics illustrator Tim Quinn after the show. My ticket This was my seventeenth show in this room, just a month after my…

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I went to Rough Trade on Hanover Street for Westside Cowboy’s album launch show, with my gig ticket also including a signed CD copy of their debut album It Goes On. My ticket They had already played a gig here earlier in the day, as part of a brief tour where they had generally played the album in full, before adding a couple of older numbers at the end.

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My Beloved Wife and I went to see Nile Rodgers & Chic at the outdoor Salt And Tar Festival, being held at the Lock & Quay, accompanied by her sister, a very rare gig companion. Support came from Brooke Combe. My ticket This was the third time the two of us been to a Salt And Tar Festival…

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I went to see Beatles Complete at the Live Lounge of The Cavern Club – my fourth time seeing them. Support came from ‘fifth Beatle’ Joe Red. Pint in The Queens Arms I was due to be accompanied by My Beloved Wife, but she didn’t feel up to it in the end, so I headed into town solo, stopping for a welcome, speedy pint of…

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