On this page you can scroll through a selection of concerts and live events I’ve reviewed for the Daily Echo. Above is me after one such event, meeting Take That’s Howard Donald. I did tell him I was a Take That fan but he didn’t seem too bothered as he must get that all the time. Instead he chatted to me for five minutes about house music.
Simple Minds at Southampton Summer Sessions 2025
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Picture credit: Cuffe & Taylor
Train at Southampton Summer Sessions 2025
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The Human League at Southampton Summer Sessions 2025
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Picture credit: Peter Nicholson
The Stranglers (left) and UB40 featuring Ali Campbell (right) at Southampton Summer Sessions 2025
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Picture credit: Cuffe & Taylor
Rag ‘n’ Bone Man at Southampton Summer Sessions 2025
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Picture credit: Kate Hunter Photography
Air at Southampton Summer Sessions 2024
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Picture credit: Allan Jones
Placebo at Southampton Summer Sessions 2024
Picture credit: Allan Jones
Nile Rodgers & Chic and Sophie Ellis-Bextor at Southampton Summer Sessions 2024
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Picture credit: Southampton Summer Sessions
Madness at Southampton Summer Sessions 2024
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Picture credit: Allan Jones
Caity Baser at 02 Guildhall Southampton in 2024
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Picture credit: Supplied to Newsquest
The South at The Concorde Club in 2024
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Picture credit: Bradley Stacey
Howard Donald at the Engine Rooms in 2024
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Picture credit: Glitterati
Nile Rodgers & Chic at Broadlands in 2023
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Picture credit: Stuart Martin
ABBA Voyage
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Picture credit: Matt Davey
Mamma Mia! The Party
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Picture credit: Grant Walker
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