- Daniel O'Connell
Profile
Working as the editor for allgigs.co.uk sees the majority of my waking hours taken-up editing and selecting news items, writing the odd news article and (where sleep is no longer required) going to a gig and writing a review-or-two. Whilst I may not have the widest-ranging taste (see some of my faves over there, on the right), we are blessed with a writing team with a diverse taste in music as well as other events, helping us to provide a nice selection of news articles and reviews to the general public.
Recent Articles
- Torvill and Dean - Dancing on Ice: The Final Tour 2014 to mark Bolero 30th anniversary
- Launched on ITV in 2006, Dancing on Ice has proven a popular formula, regularly hogging January TV audiences. Returning in January 2014, for the ninth - and final series, the show will once again be b...
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- The Week Ahead: Depeche Mode, Green Day, Elvis Costello, Rod Stewart, Keyshia Cole and more
- This week: ToursFestivalsTheatre, Comedy and Arts All prices are exclusive of booking fees. Tours Depeche Mode initially announced just two London dates for the launch of new album 'Delta Machine'...
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- Susan Boyle announces debut tour for summer 2013
- {Susan Boyle} has come a long way since that night in 2009 where she finished as runner-up to Diversity on Britain's Got Talent. In fact, both acts have come a log way, with Diversity regularly tourin...
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- Muse to headline special War Child Brit Awards 2013 Concert
- It's been a while since Muse played a venue as "small" as the Shepherd's Bush Empire, but play there they will as part of the annual Brit Awards War Child fundraiser. Nominated in two categories at t...
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- The Week Ahead: Rita Ora, Jake Bugg, Plan B, DJ Krush, Dinosaur Jr., Kerrang! Tour 2013, Harry Hill and more
Image: AllGigs Limited - This week: ToursTheatre, Comedy and Arts All prices are exclusive of booking fees. Tours Rita Ora was originally heading to the UK in January as support for Usher's tour, but with Usher cancelling...
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Reviews:
Keane - Silenced by the Night Single Review- Silenced by the Night is the first single from the forthcoming album 'Strangeland', the second to feature the band as a four-piece, with bass added as of 2008. Every time I see the...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses Single Review- Monarchy of Roses is the second single taken from the album ‘I’m with You’, released in August, the first being ‘The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie’. It’s by far-and-away the best...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You Album Review- I’m With You is Red Hot Chili Peppers’ tenth studio album, their sixth with prolific producer Rick Rubin and their first with “new” guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. In truth, Josh isn’t...
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Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar Single Review- On first hearing this song, I did an aural double-take worthy of Laurel and Hardy’s James Finlayson, thinking: “could this really be a modern Bill Withers song with a great groove?...
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- Poogie Bell @ Pizza Express Jazz Club Live Review
- Tonight, the Poogie Bell band kicked-off their all-too brief European ‘My America’ tour, with a solitary UK date at the intimate Pizza Express Jazz Club on Dean Street. Formed of f...
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Poogie Bell - My America Review- OK, let’s not beat (no pun) about the bush – I had quite high expectations of this album, given that I’ve admired Poogie’s work for some time during his (still active) time with ba...
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Cee-Lo Green - F*** You Single Review- This single landed on my desk, with Cee Lo staring out at me above the title ‘FU’. Thinking this was some kind of shortening for Kung Fu, and being a bit of a sucker for martial ar...
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Dominic Miller - November Album Review- Dominic Miller first came to my attention when I saw him playing live alongside Sting for Sting’s MTV Unplugged gig (remember those?!). Which tells you that I am officially old, se...
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Lee Ritenour,Keb' Mo',George Benson,Steve Lukather,John Scofield,Joe Bonamassa - Six String Theory Album Review- What we have here ladies and gentlemen is a rather classy collection of guitar songs, from “Captain Fingers” Lee Ritenour. “Class” is a word I have often used with Lee’s recordings...
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Raie @ Interchange Studios - 15/07/2010 - Live Review- Billed as Raie’s launch night for the single ‘Talkin’ ‘bout You’ as well as a celebration of the completion of album ‘Deeper than Love’ (due out soon), tonight would see a full hou...
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- Robert Cray Band,Andy Fairweather Low @ Barbican - 7/7/2010 - Live Review
- Guitarists that can play as well as they can sing are a relatively rare breed – let alone, those that write their own songs, but tonight that’s what we’re promised in the shape of ...
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Madness - Total Madness Album Review- “Total Madness” says the name on the disk – but is it? Well, it is in that it’s the madness of the Camden’s nutty boys, but, being that there are only two songs post 1984, it’s not...
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Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe Album Review- 2009 is the year of Depeche Mode’s “Tour of the Universe”, which takes place mainly on planet Earth, covering Europe, North-and-South America, Asia and pretty-much everywhere in-be...
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- Ray Lamontagne,Priscilla Ahn @ Barbican - 16/02/2009 - Live Review
- How many concerts can you truly say that you are comfortable enough and enjoying the music so much, that you will happily stay until the early hours, or until the entertainment run...
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Raie,The Soundtrack @ Ronnie's Bar [Ronnie Scotts] - 4/11/2008 - Live Review- “The Soundtrack” is a regular night hosted at Ronnie’s bar (above Ronnie Scott’s on Frith street), which features film shorts from up-and-coming producers, live music (usually with...
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Ray Lamontagne - Gossip in the Grain Album Review- To say I was pretty excited to hear that I would be reviewing Mr Lamontagne’s latest album ‘Gossip in the Grain’ is something of an understatement. With the excellent debut album ‘...
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- Stevie Wonder - A Wonder Summer's Night @ The O2 Arena - 1/10/2008 - Live Review
- This just so happened to be my second Stevie Wonder O2 gig in as many months – I went to the Sept 12th gig as well, so I was interested in seeing (hearing) whether it would be any ...
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Roger Waters @ The O2 Arena - 19/5/2008 - Live Review- OK, so first the confession: I’m not exactly a Roger Waters or Pink Floyd expert, being that I own the album that people who aren’t Floyd fans has to own: 'Dark Side of the Moon', ...
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The Latch - What's the Latch? Interview- The Latch are a relatively new band featuring guitarist/ drummer Simon J. Pinto ("Guitarist of the Year 2002" finalist) and singer Lee Latchford Evans. The duo came together throu...
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Nerina Pallot - Peg Single Review- Can Nerina Pallot do nothing wrong at all? [well, ermm… .there was that ill-advised “message in a bottle” duet with Charlotte Church a while back – Ed]. For her latest single Nerin...
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Ray Lamontagne,Akayzia @ Hammersmith Apollo - 08/02/2007 - Live Review- Support act Akayzia Parker from London came onto the stage at 8PM prompt, featuring vocalist Akayzia Parker accompanied by guitarist. The style was acoustic/ nu-soul, and was quite...
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Robbie Williams - Lovelight Single Review- Robbie Williams songs that I like are a pretty rare thing, in fact I can think of just a few that I have liked: Angels and errm... well... this one. So, it’s fair to say I’m not a...
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Depeche Mode - Best of - Volume 1 Album Review- For quite a few years of my life I was a die-hard Depeche Mode fan, discovering them at the Leave in Silence and Everything Counts stage, then again at the (admittedly few years l...
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Andrea Wittgens - Alibi EP Review- Canadian born, Seattle-based singer, songwriter and musician takes a break from her band – Sugartown – to release her debut solo EP, and what an EP it is. I stumbled upon her site...
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Ray Lamontagne - How Come Single Review- How Come is the latest single taken from debut album Trouble, and shows some variation from the title track of the afore-mentioned album, in it’s laid back country/ rock vibe, wher...
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