So what on earth gives me the right to think I can write a review?

Well mainly cos I like music of course!! (After all why would I bother to go to gigs in the first place if I didn’t like music!) I love going to see bands, and generally prefer a more intimate venue than a massive stadium where, unless you are rolling in it, can only afford to sit in a seat where all you can see is a bunch of matchstick men running around the stage and what you are watching is a big screen… bleugh – should have stayed at home – my sofa is way more comfortable!... sorry I digress…

I’m straight forward and honest – so if the band is rubbish… I’ll tell you! Of course I will also let you know if the band are great [in MY opinion of course!!]

But if they are musically superb but dreadfully boring or if they are great fun but musically should have stopped at comb and paper because the guitar playing was appalling! – Well I think that is information you need to know – I suspect the average man [yeah, yeah I know – but I refuse to go all PC and say “person”!] on the street, hovering outside the venue deciding whether to go in or not will want to know if they are going to have a good night NOT what kind of guitar the band prefers, that the volume should have been turned up to 11 or that the drummer never remembers to practice his paradiddles to warm up before a gig…ok, ok, so SOME of you will decide based on that level of information and to those of you that DO want to know that I will apologise now!... Sorry…

I know the difference between “your” and “you’re” –In fact I could even go as far as to say I’m a professional writer [mainly because I really am a professional writer, but of a very dry scientific type so lets not dwell on that] so yep the review may not be full of muso-techno-speak – but I will endeavour to spell it right whilst I’m not doing it! –

Finally I take a mean picture so even if what I say makes no sense and bores you silly, at least you will get to see what the gig LOOKED like! (well you know what they say – a picture paints a thousand words!)