It’s a sign of how far we’ve come in the UK that organisations like CMT are seeing the market here as a viable option for promoting tours. A few years back, shows like their ‘Next Women Of Country’ events probably wouldn’t have been packing out venues, but last week, we […]
Gig Reviews
GIG REVIEW: Chris Young – Live At O2 Academy, Birmingham
It had been a while since we last had Chris Young in the UK. He set the O2 alight with his brilliant set at C2C back in 2017, and it was great to see him returning this Spring for his first headlining tour on our shores. We were lucky enough […]
GIG REVIEW: LANCO – Live At O2 Institute3, Birmingham
The latest country act having a crack at the UK scene is LANCO, who are currently on their first headlining tour over here, the ‘Hallelujah Nights’ Tour. The Nashville five-piece made a huge impression at last year’s Country2Country festival, particularly with a rocking set at the Indigo which certainly raised […]
GIG REVIEW: Gretchen Peters – Live At Cadogan Hall, London
Cadogan Hall, situated in the heart of London’s Chelsea, is far distant from where Gretchen Peters sets her songs but such is the way she draws her audience into her characters and places that distance disappeared. Peters is a superb communicator who speaks straight from the heart about struggle, adversity, […]
C2C Pop-Up Stage Highlights (Shannon Hynes)
So, C2C has long gone for another year and we’ve all fallen in love with Cam even more than before, still have goosebumps from Chris Stapleton’s set and have well and truly started our countdown to C2C 2020. As well as the draw of the main arena acts, C2C highlights […]
C2C REVIEW: Chris Stapleton – The O2, London
Three years ago, when Chris Stapleton made his C2C debut, we all knew we were in the presence of greatness. The world just hadn’t quite discovered him yet. The announcement of him returning to C2C to headline Sunday night at The O2 was pretty much universally welcomed, and you could […]
GIG REVIEW: I’m With Her – Live At Hackney Empire, London
This was my third I’m With Her show in a little over a year and it was the best. Not that the previous two were wanting in any respect, but this one felt the most complete. As well as their own material this time they explored their roots a bit […]
C2C REVIEW: Lyle Lovett – The O2, London
C2C have a decent track record of coming up with the goods when it comes to the ‘Legend’ slot on the Sunday evening. Marty Stuart was the pick of the bunch for his outstanding, standing ovation-provoking performance, whilst Emmylou Harris impressed us with her gorgeous back catalogue of legendary recordings. […]
C2C REVIEW: Ashley McBryde – The O2, London
Just last year we bumped into Ashley McBryde wandering outside the Indigo before her first UK appearance. Most people probably didn’t know who she was; no radio hits, no major label album release and no international profile. Fast forward twelve months – there we were, sitting in the O2 Arena, […]
C2C REVIEW: Drake White – The O2, London
The UK has become a second home for Drake White in recent years. He’s the perfect example of an artist who has seized the opportunity given to them at C2C and built a very strong, loyal fan base on the back of it. We first saw him at the after […]