Category: Matt Barnes
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Venue: Cardiff Castle, Cardiff Date: 2026-07-06T21:41:33.032Z The co-headline tour between Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls and Bowling for Soup was created in friendship, admiration and a magic syncing of schedules. Their musical styles don’t necessarily align but their shared defiance and punk rock ethos definitely do. As I stepped off the train, it felt…
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Venue: BRISTOL BEACON Date: Jun 4, 2026 Five albums in, and somehow I’ve never managed to see Aldous Harding live. But after hearing her new album’s first single One Stop I finally committed, headed to the Beacon and joined a devoted crowd. It was all Kiwi‑no filler from the start, with fellow New Zealanders and…
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Venue: TRINITY Date: May 12, 2026 I walked into the Trinity Centre battling hay fever and walked out with something far more powerful: Reggae fever. Toots and the Maytals have always held a special place in my heart. Their music has travelled through the generations of my family, becoming part of our shared soundtrack. Few…
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⚠️ Venue: not auto-detected – needs manual entry Date: 2026-04-16T19:13:52+0100 I arrived at Outertown 2026 full of hope and armed with a fluid, ADHD‑friendly map, the only sensible way to navigate Bristol’s most meandering day festival. Now in its fifth year, Outertown has grown into something beautifully unruly: a takeover of Old Market that floods…
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Venue: STRANGE BREW Date: Mar 16, 2026 It all started in 2004 when Jens Lekman sang: “If you ever need a stranger to sing at your wedding, a last-minute choice, I’m your man”. Except he’s no longer a last-minute choice, he is a wedding singer, meeting couples and writing them a song before performing it…
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Venue: ST GEORGE’S Date: Mar 9, 2026 If ever a venue was fit to stage two phenomenal artists, the grand surrounds of St. George’s is the one. Lucy Rose is in town in the middle of her UK tour, a prelude to the upcoming release of her sixth studio album. She’s invited Margaret Glaspy as…
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Venue: THE LOUISIANA Date: Feb 2, 2026 Sometimes a gig exceeds your expectations and sometimes your mate carries the drummer out of the venue. This was a secret gig wasn’t it? I’m not sure if it was or not, but it sold out, so it must have done the trick. Having two of Bristol’s finest…
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Venue: EXCHANGE Date: Jan 23, 2026 I’m no expert on refurbishment but when they managed to find both space and glamour in the Exchange’s basement, they mined gold. It’s now a bright, inviting venue. Less of a dungeon and more a creative space, where the band fit on stage: pure luxury, with rough edges still…
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Venue: ELECTRIC BRISTOL Date: Dec 23, 2025 When I grow up, I want to be in Doreen Doreen. For a band founded in 1982 they are full of childlike mischief, maintaining the wonder and still ecstatic to be together on stage after all these years. The Bristol legends brought their annual Doreen Doreen party two…
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Venue: ELECTRIC BRISTOL Date: Dec 15, 2025 “We outdate Myspace!” Frank Turner exclaims with a grin. Million Dead are back, for one tour only. 20 years have passed since the band split – but not before building a hardcore following for the post hardcore band that means the world to a lot of people. The…