My last job before Christmas 2024 was a shoot for the cover art of Paige Monroe’s next single, Angel.
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A Look Back at McFly @ Bournemouth International Centre, October 2023
Can you pinch me please, because I’m pretty sure I’m dreaming. Having grown up with their music over the last 20 years, I was excited to say the least to get the opportunity to live out another little teenage dream and shoot their show at the end of October 2023 in Bournemouth for Bring The Noise.
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1000 Lights by Uprawr Mental Health Foundation
Back in August I attended and photographed a unique charity concert at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, put on by Uprawr Mental Health Foundation. The event was called 1000 Lights, and was a tribute to the late Chester Benington of Linkin Park, raising money for Uprawr to put on free counciling sessions for people in the rock and alt community.
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Enter Shikari @ Utilita Arena, Cardiff - February 2024
I’ve got to be honest, I had been waiting for this day to come for a LONG TIME. I’ve been following Enter Shikari for around 17 years. Their music has been with me through the highest of highs and lowest of lows, with Take To The Skies being a pinnacle album for me, and then finally, there I was, in Cardiff Utilita Arena, ready to shoot the band that had instantly got me hooked all those years ago.
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Bring Me The Horizon @ BIC, Bournemouth
A look back at Bring Me The Horizon’s Bournemouth show on the Nex Gen tour.
Read MoreSkindred @ O2 Guildhall Southampton
Saturday saw the genre-crushing sounds of the mighty Skindred take to Southampton’s O2 Guildhall, and what a show it was.
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The Return of Black Foxxes
2020 saw the last Black Foxxes album, which helped many of us get through a tough year or two. During the last 3 years social media has shown us there’s been the odd show, lots of travels, and an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign for the band which will bring us the eagerly awaited new album, ‘The Haar’. Friday night kicked off a set of three 2-hour set shows by the band, with the first being in the town of Newport, Wales. No supports. Just 2 straight hours of those good old Black Foxxes riffs and melodies we all love (with a quick interval/wine break, in the middle.)
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