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There’s no doubt that New Model Army is an appropriate choice for support for this gig in terms of their vintage and likely cross over in terms of fans. While they have always been in a bit of a class of their own, they were always more Goth than Rock and this expresses itself in lyrics about bodies, war and death. These days they very much look like a Rock band and they are very loud, but the haunting storytelling nature of their songs persists.

I wouldn’t have necessarily put The Spangles in the same breath as The Electric Boys, but there’s no doubt that the former were very pleased to be on the same bill. Full of beans from the off, they are lively and engaging. They play Punky Rock ‘n’ Roll right up my street, so a win for me. Not far into the set Ben Marsden on guitar and vocals declares “We don’t give a f*ck we’re not in Wembley... Might be selfish, but I’m here for a good time too!”

The 100 Club is a historic venue that has hosted many greats over the years and on offer tonight was a great roster of acts, starting with opener Kirris Rivière and The Delta Du Bruit who brought a lovely helping of Ol’ Black Blues, a mixture of originals and covers such as Muddy Waters’ ‘Can’t Be Satisfied’. The fact that they sat beside one another so easily is a testament to their songwriting and chops.

I still remember my first Bryan Adams concert very well, especially given it was my first concert in general. He was the main support for ZZ Top at the Milton Keynes Bowl on a hot sunny July day in 1991. There is even a very nice, wide-angle photo of that day in the program that I bought later that year during the continued ‘Waking Up The World’ tour. Since then, I have seen him somewhere between the late twenties and early thirties.

There has been much excitement about this Scandinavian Sleaze orientated festival with every band being from Sweden. It’s all the nicer for me, as one of the promoters is a lady I used to go clubbing with back in the day, someone I know is passionate about the music and not doing it for the money.

The Frontiers Rock Festival in Italy provided a nice opportunity for Canada’s Harem Scarem to take a quick flight across Europe for a headline show in London (amongst a handful of others that followed). In addition, the Saturday and Sunday festival openers – Seventh Crystal and Cassidy Paris – made up the rest of the triple bill.

To dry ice flowing like a river across the stage and into the audience, The Darkness came on stage triumphantly with their first song a

Skin bounced on stage in an oversized overcoat and enormous Balenciaga bovver boots as big as her head.

I’m sure I am like many of us who go to gigs regularly. More often than not, a gig is just that, a gig… a band/artist I have seen several

Support Yaki Dah (meaning Cheers! In Welsh) from Swansea are a shouty Punk band like the Beastie Boys, with some Nu Metal and Thrash influen

The Quireboys have always cheered me up when I see them. Despite the cost of living crisis, the crowd are here to have a good time

CJ Wildheart opened with his own band, following the split of the classic line up of The Wildhearts. It’s Punky, trashy Rock ‘n’ Roll

On almost the exact anniversary of her gig at the Palladium last year (which was the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Can The Can’) Suzi Quatro

This was a double headliner bill dubbed as ‘The Grand Union Tour’ with The Struts and Barns Courtney taking it in turns to actually go last.

I have to say when it was first announced that AC/DC were going on tour, I did not take much notice

For me, a classic riff played on an electric guitar, through an overdriven amplifier, is about as good as it gets.

Wolfgang Van Halen is a genius. Now that I’ve got that out of the way I will attempt to explain why.

Uriah Heep are a band that have adapted in order to survive. At the start of their illustrious career

Rock icon is probably the highest accolade any musician could hope for. Throughout history every generation has produced a handful

This was my first time at the RAH. It is a very iconic venue, although the inside was a bit smaller than I envisaged