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Mud, mud, glorious mud! The swampy boglands of Glastonbury Festival in photos, June 2005
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Mud, mud, glorious mud! The swampy boglands of Glastonbury Festival in photos, June 2005

Tue 16th June, 2020Tue 16th June, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I think it’s fair to say that the Glastonbury festival of fifteen years ago wasn’t one of the best. After a promising sunny start, the site swiftly degraded into a …

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Bands of my past: the East London soul/funk outfit with an unlikely connection to black metal
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Failed bands of my past: east London soul/funk hustlers, Apartment

Thu 4th June, 2020Thu 4th June, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s another glimpse into one of the long and many ‘lean’ years of my music career. This time it’s June 1983, and I can be seen youthfully posing at the …

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From the Valleys to the Roxy: Welsh punk rock dreams from the 1970s
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From the Valleys to the Roxy: Welsh punk rock dreams from the 1970s

Sat 25th April, 2020Sat 25th April, 2020 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Here’s the story of how the punk revolution changed everything for this Welsh boy living in Cardiff in the 1970s, and how the dreams of rock’n’roll stardom took a blow when …

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North London music venue The Lexington launches crowdfunding campaign
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North London music venue The Lexington launches crowdfunding campaign

Thu 23rd April, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It’s a brilliant venue – and one I’ve visited and performed at many times – but The Lexington in Islington is now struggling to stay afloat as the coronavirus lockdown …

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In photos: A drinking night out in Liverpool - Jimmy's, The Grapes and the Motel Bar
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In photos: A drinking night out in Liverpool – Jimmy’s, The Grapes and the Motel Bar

Mon 3rd February, 2020Mon 3rd February, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

On the weekend, I was back up in one of my favourite UK cities, with the Monochrome Set playing a show at Jimmy’s in Liverpool. Here’s some photos from my …

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In photos: Street art, slogans and anarchist graffiti of Exarchia, Athens, Greece
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In photos: Street art, slogans and anarchist graffiti in Exarchia, central Athens, Greece

Wed 9th October, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Following on from my set of photos taken around Exarchia at night, here’s a selection of images showing off some of the abundant street art in the area: 0

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In photos: Exarchia, Athens at night - street scenes, bars, street art and landscapes
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In photos: Exarchia, Athens at night – street scenes, bars, street art and rooftop views

Wed 25th September, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Last weekend, I was wandering around the Athens Exarchia neighbourhood late at night, enjoying some of the bars and taking in the sights. Here’s some photos from my nocturnal travels: …

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On tour in America: signs, street lights, snow, wires and stop signs
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On tour in America: road signs, street lights, snow, wires and traffic signs in 100 photos

Thu 30th May, 2019Thu 30th May, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a set of photos of road signs, street lights, wires and traffic signs from the east and west coasts of America. I grabbed the pictures as I toured with …

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Tour diary - The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA
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Tour diary – The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA

Wed 1st May, 2019Wed 1st May, 2019 - by Contributor - 1 Comment

In March this year, The Monochrome Set embarked on a breakneck USA tour, packing in nine gigs in ten days on both the East and West coasts of America. Merchmeister …

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Dispatches from the Monochrome Set's USA tour, March 2019
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Dispatches from the Monochrome Set’s USA tour, March 2019

Wed 27th March, 2019Wed 27th March, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Earlier this month, I was with The Monochrome Set on a whistle-stop tour of the US, taking in no less than nine gigs and three radio sessions on both the …

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London 10 Years Ago: photos of The Astoria, 12 Bar Club, Denmark St and street scenes, Nov 2008
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Lost London: photos of The Astoria, 12 Bar Club, Denmark St and street scenes, Nov 2008

Tue 26th February, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a selection of London scenes photographed over a decade ago. Above, you can see the much-missed Astoria Theatre which was cruelly flattened to make way for CrossRail. Read more …

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"The party singalong Mrs Mills Experience are back - check out the crazy photos from their last London show, Feb 2014
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The Mrs Mills Experience party singalong band are back!

Mon 1st October, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

South London’s rowdy singalong tribute to the much-loved queen of the honky-tonk piano, Mrs Gladys Mills, have announced that they’ll be dusting off the party hats and playing some gigs …

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P'tit Faystival - where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018
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P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018

Tue 24th July, 2018Mon 30th July, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Located in the tiny village of Petit-Fays, near Bièvre, in the south of the province of Namur in Belgium, the P’tit Faystival is one of the most unlikely places to stumble …

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The fabulous La Ferme Electrique festival, Tournan en Brie, France, with The Monochrome Set, Fri 6th July 2018
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The fabulous La Ferme Electrique festival, Tournan en Brie, France, with The Monochrome Set, Fri 6th July 2018

Tue 10th July, 2018Tue 10th July, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

La Ferme Electrique is a fabulously friendly small musical festival in Tournan-en-Brie, some 25 minutes from Paris via train, that runs over two nights in July. Small scale, alternative, fiercely …

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Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018
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Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018

Wed 30th May, 2018 - by editor - 1 Comment

Located on the River Rhine, Mainz was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and is famous as the home of the movable-type printing …

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