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[13 Dec 2011 | No Comment | 300 views]
Bob Dylan live at the Hammersmith Apollo 2011

Before I start this review, I should probably say I am a huge Dylan fan. This review may be biased, just a warning.
Anyway, I went to see Bob Dylan at the Hammersmith Apollo on the 21st of November with four friends, two of which had never even listened to the man (incredible to me as that is). With Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame as a warm-up act, this was looking to be a good night. Arriving extra early, on my insistence, we got very close to the stage. I …

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[9 Mar 2010 | 3 Comments | 1,534 views]

Some time ago I overheard someone complaining about Depeche Mode’s live performances, without actually attending one.  What can a 3 men in their late 40′s, be up to in a live performance?  Or better after the unfortunate event of David Gahan’s sickness, are they still good at it?  Do they still have what it takes to perform to some of the world’s poppiest tracks?
This was a good initiative for me, to book a flight ticket and a concert ticket, and go and check them out for myself.  So I’ve been …