Agnes Obel at a sold out Royal Albert Hall tonight, hauntingly beautiful and hynoptic as ever, I could have listened all night and it would still have finished too soon

What an incredible 6 weeks 750 miles travelled 3 fantastic matches Brilliant atmospheres everywhere Face painting A lot of Bon Jovi Selfies with Natasha 'Mo' Hunt, special thanks for making that so personal & memorable & a lifetime of memories Congrats Red Roses, World Cup Winners & inspirations

What an incredible day, England World Champions ! Congratulations the red roses 🌹 🌹 absolutely stunning and a privilege to follow

Juniper Blood at the Donmar tonight, the dicotamy of what must be done vs what we're prepared to do. So relevant.and superbly told by a brilliant cast n with a thank you to the @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social for the upgrade :)

Mary Page Marlowe at the Old Vic. Gritty, complex and quite captivating. A stitching together of moments in time, memories and decisions

Joy Crookes in great form last night at the Lower Third playing mostly tracks from Juniper, the fantastic new album

Super LSO programme at the Barbican last night, the standout being South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho's sublime performance and the treat of an encore

The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return at the Southwark Playhouse. Sublime, evocative and quite touching, with some Lynx for added 00's authenticity. Superbly performed, a fav of 2025

Red Sky at Sunrise at Wilton's Music Hall, a beautiful blend of words and music telling the story of Laurie Lee in his own words including his time in 30's Spain and of course, Rosie

More Suede from tonight. Back for more in a few days and can't wait

Suede tonight at the Southbank Centre, utterly brilliant live, what a gig

Born With Teeth. Marlowe and Shakespeare's rivalry, the sexual tension amid the politics of the time. Enormous fun, two super leads, plus Ncuti Gatwa prowling and pouncing around the stage, wonderful stuff

An acoustic CMAT set last night at Rough Trade East. Gig, standup comedy routine and immersive experience, absolutely fantastic, what a star. The new album's pretty amazing too

Dua Lipa!!! And then Charli xcx

A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge Theatre. Fantastic fun from a fab cast. It's raucous, rowdy and radiant, and a must see

Summer's evening, sunset over London and a match that goes down to the final ball

1536 at the Almedia. Outstanding. 1536? Could have been 2025

Fantastic first visit to the Yard Theatre for The Glass Menagerie, superbly staged and completely absorbing from start to finish Time is the longest distance between two places

George Eliot in Words & Music at Wilton's Music Hall tonight, Harriet Walker's wonderful telling of the life of George Eliot, set to a contemporary score sung with passion and aplumb by the marvelous SuRie If life has no love, then what else is there

Mama Terra at Pizza Express Dean St, 2 great sets and loads of fun, fantastic to catch live at last. And as someone said to me: more trombone, it reaches into your soul. Very well said imo

Playhouse Creatures The story of the 17th century's pioneers of the stage superbly told at the Orange Tree theatre

The Cartier Exhibition at the V&A, the most fabulous pieces imaginable. From room to room, one exquisite design after another. Dazzling in every way

Fantastic to see Pem for a second time at the ICA the other night, playing a super atmospheric set ahead of The Orchestra (For Now)

The Orchestra (For Now). A storming and sublime set at the ICA tonight, plus 3 x Guest List tshirts, 1 of which was on stage. Absolutely superb, what a band

Brainleak at the Windmill, first chance to catch and sounding very impressive already, can't wait for more. With the exceptional Cikho opening, and that's just half the line up

Magical night at the Southbank Centre for Sultan Stevenson's El Roi launch. Fascinating insights in the creative process, a quiet stunning film, Soweto Kinch guesting and of course the most amazing and inspiring music. Best gig of the year (& best bucket hats too)

Gifthorse and Harvey Jay Dodgson opening last night at The Old Blue Last, both very different and both really good and great fun. Cracking night

Better Joy selling out The Old Blue Last tonight and putting on a blistering show. Belting songs, tons of energy and so much fun

Much Ado About Nothing Therein do men from children nothing differ

Mary And the Hyenas at Wilton's Music Hall. Wonderful telling of Mary Wollstonecraft's inspirational story, superbly scored by Billy Nomates

Such a good night at The Lexington, also on the bill The Parallels, fantastic layered guitar driven sounds and a joyous trombone, and Rosie Miles' evocative and poetic lyrics

Finally got a chance to see the excellent Dilettante last night at The Lexington. An absolutely brilliant set of exquisitely crafted songs, so worth the wait

The Years at the Harold Pinter, magnificent storytelling across a lifetime. Seamlessly shifting between profound, tragic & comic. All performed by such a fantastic cast

Eletktra, very contemporary yet still classical. Spoken, sung, angry and vengeful Brilliantly led by Brie Larson and superbly performed

Splendid and visually magnificent performance of Il Trovatore this afternoon, particularly enjoyed the RO chorus' fantastic rendition of the anvil chorus

Beautiful performance of Romeo & Juliet this afternoon at covent garden, with Iana Salenko (appearing at short notice) dancing so exquisitely Not to mention the duelling, stage combat level 4 that would make Phoenix Buchanan proud.

Tremendous production of Richard II at the Bridge Theatre. Royce Pierreson & Jonathan Bailey manifesting the intricacies and subtleties of their power struggle Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour

Nightbus capping off a great night at the Sebright Arms, such a gorgeous sound and so atmospheric

What a treat! Punchbag also on the line up at the Sebright Arms, cracking songs, performed with so much energy & so infectious. Absolutely have to catch again

Wanted to catch Slate for ages so chuffed to find them on the line up for Thursday night at the Sebright Arms. Fantastic live & cane away with Deathless on vinyl

Beautiful day for the Young Barbican Takeover, tons going on, including free gigs the highlight of which was the chance to see Pem for the 1st time, can't wait to see again

Oedipus at the Old Vic, magnificent production raised even higher by a quite spectacular & compelling contemporary dance dimension. Rain, it's just rain

Street Car Named Desire, incredible performances, fragile, vulnerable, insecure, violent. Theatre at its best

Exquisite performances, quite beautiful through both dance and song, Phedra + Minotaur at covent garden last night

Final day of Natasha, Pierre n the Great Comet of 1812. An absolute corker of a show. The opening number sets the pace and it doesn't let up, Totally brilliant

Oreglo at Margate Arts Club last night, 2nd time seeing them (lower 3rd was the best gig of 2024), totally infectious music and amazing live. All in such a fantastic, gorgeous & friendly venue. Can't wait to come back again, thanks Independent Venue Week, 2 brilliant new venues found, 2 great nights

First chance to see Barbican Estate and what a gig, absolutely fantastic live, can't wait to see again. A cracking start to independent venue week at Soho Poly

A light hearted & very entertaining end to the week with The Pirates of Penzance Majorly good unlike that Infernal nonsense Pinafore

Save the best til last they say, the last gig of the year & without doubt one of the absolute best, Ailbhe Reddy at Servant Jazz Quarters, can't wait to see again

Fantastic to catch Mattiel last night at a sold out Rich Mix. The new songs sounded great plus plenty of older ones too and the very entertaining Cosmic Crooner opening