Live Music Review – leigh venus

Sunbeams on the bonnet: The Beach Boys Live

Driftwood lyrics and tall tales of surf, cars and girls.

The classically-trained East Londoner offers a glimpse into a bold new future for creatives.

An ethereal, shimmering show sees the stunning Birdy continue running up that hill to join the greats of our time.

Tossed tambourines, misplaced band members and ending on an argument. It can only be the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Charming the pants off the crowd with a brilliant – and brilliantly unexpected – mix of self-effacing comedy alongside songs old and new.

The famously genre-bending bunch return with the spiky energy of a new band with something to prove.

A breathless celebration of both the movies themselves and the stunning work of John Williams.

A warm, love-filled world of blissful orchestral psychedelia, poppy hooks and rainbow-infused lyrics.

The eighties’ finest torch singer is back in the spotlight once more.

Smashing onto the stage then came the Raglans, all mandolins, bar-brawl energy and proper Dublin attitude, taking the face clean off the crowd.