The Greatest Showman: Robbie Williams' Most Extravagant Moments
Robbie Williams has lived quite the life. Since he broke through as a fresh-faced 18-year-old with pop titans Take That, he has balanced one of the most eye-popping careers in British music — he’s had more number one albums than any solo artist, with only The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in his league on this front — with lifestyle choices that Keith Richards would be proud of and an admirable frankness with regards to the rigours of fame and his mental health.
Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Without Equal: Paul McCartney's Journey From Ex-Beatle to Stadium Rock Lifer
Photo: courtesy of Disney. Washington Coliseum, February 1964: The Beatles are playing their first concert in the US. Paul McCartney steps up to the mic and delivers a rock ‘n’ roll tour de force, raising the roof with a screaming cover of Little Richard’s Long Tall Sally. It’s a truly electrifying moment in Martin Scorsese’s new Disney+ Beatles ’64 documentary, distilling the excitement of that tumultuous year into two minutes of raw energy amid the Fab Four’s conquest of America.
Written by: Jeremy Blackmore | Date: Thursday, 12 December 2024
The List: Stereoboard's Top Tickets Of 2024
td#right {display:none !important;} There were a whopping 56,752,487 searches for the top 200 most popular artists' tour dates over the past 12 months via Stereoboard, down from the post Covid-19 lockdown surge that led to an astonishing 62,138,717 in 2023, but significantly higher than 2022's total of 39,128,765. Taylor Swift continued to dominate headlines with The Eras Tour, but the Oasis and Linkin Park reunions, as well as Chappell Roan's meteoric rise, also took up a sizeable amout of real estate. Check out our Top 50 tours of 2024 below.
Written by: Laura Johnson | Date: Thursday, 12 December 2024
The List: Stereoboard's Best Albums of 2024
td#right {display:none !important;} Welcome to Stereoboard's Album of the Year rundown for 2024, where we delve into 12 months of head-spinning, pulse-quickening, thought-provoking music. Join us.
Written by: Stereoboard | Date: Tuesday, 10 December 2024
The View From The Merch Table: Teenage Wrist
Photo: Joe Calixto If you love music, your wardrobe is likely stuffed full of band shirts. You might have a bunch of hoodies or a cap or two as well, or maybe something even more eclectic than that. It’s a conversation starter with fellow fans, a way of announcing that you belong to a certain scene, and a way of shouting about bands you love. On top of that, it’s also a vital way of putting money in artists’ pockets at a time where making enough money is harder than ever. Put simply, it’s the lifeblood of music.
Written by: Emma Wilkes | Date: Tuesday, 26 November 2024
The Cure: Twists and Rewards on the Long Road to 'Songs Of A Lost World'
Crawley has changed beyond all recognition since Robert Smith’s family moved to the New Town from Blackpool in the mid-1960s. The West Sussex town’s bandstand, an early spot for a bit of (Easy) Cure entertainment, has been relocated to its memorial gardens, for example, offering a small glimpse at the incremental shifts that add up to a complete transformation over time. That’s something The Cure understand intimately.
Written by: Graeme Marsh | Date: Friday, 08 November 2024
The 10 Songs We NEED to Hear on Kasabian's UK and Ireland Arena Tour
Photo: Neil Bedford For all the talk of rock music having died over the past couple of decades, Kasabian sure have done alright for themselves. The Leicester-based band has been on a tear since their self-titled debut album in 2004, firmly planting themselves in that conversation of biggest British bands.
Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Wednesday, 06 November 2024
The View From The Merch Table: Softcult
“I love to use merch as a statement,” Mercedes Arn-Horn says. “Not only as a piece of our identity, but also sometimes as a social and a political statement, too.”
Written by: Emma Wilkes | Date: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Entry Level: Gatecreeper on Making Extreme Music for the Masses
Photo: Joey Maddon In death metal circles calling a band ‘entry level’ is an insult, implying the artist in question isn’t heavy or authentic enough to truly belong. For Gatecreeper, though, being ‘entry-level’ is the ultimate career goal. “I think that it’s a good thing, I think that it’s necessary,” says singer Chase Mason. “Everyone has to start somewhere. I’m OK with being an entry level band if it means we’re getting people into death metal.”
Written by: Matt Mills | Date: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
The 10 Songs We NEED to Hear on Sugababes' Massive Arena Tour
It’s been more than a decade since Sugababes’ OG trio officially reformed, but in the past few years the group has gone from strength to strength. Alongside a wild comeback slot at Glastonbury, we got an album of rescued and reworked recordings plus headline shows that were celebrations of outsized pop brilliance.
Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Thursday, 24 October 2024
A Different Bird Sang: Indie-Rock Greats Mercury Rev Talk 'Born Horses'
The idea of flight permeates ‘Born Horses’, Mercury Rev’s latest album. “I dreamed we were born horses waiting for wings,” sings frontman and lyricist Jonathan Donahue during the title track, while on the closing song he declares “there’s always been a bird in me”.
Written by: Jeremy Blackmore | Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024
RedHook: Meet The Australian Rockers Who Want You To Embrace Your Inner Mutant
RedHook wear their outsider badge with pride. It has already landed the Australian alt-rock band two appearances at Download, most recently last year where they played to a heaving tent, along with a tour with fellow Sydney outfit Stand Atlantic. Now, they’re about to land in the UK again to support Dream State, with shows planned in Cardiff, Derby, Leeds, London and Portsmouth prior to the release of their second album, ‘Mutation’.
Written by: Will Marshall | Date: Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The 10 Songs We NEED To Hear On Sum 41's Farewell Tour
They soared to the top of pop-punk’s mountain in the early 2000s. They came back from the brink in the 2010s. Now, with eight albums under their collectivebelt and their legacy sealed, Sum 41 are set to call it quits. It feels only right that their UK victory lap will feature their biggest headline shows on this side of the pond, including Manchester’s 23,500-capacity Co-op Live and a mighty London show at the OVO Arena Wembley. Ahead of these dates – which kick off in Leeds on October 26 – we have rounded up the 10 songs that need to hear, just one last time.
Written by: Rishi Shah | Date: Monday, 21 October 2024
Aussie Punk From Amyl and the Sniffers to The Saints
Photo: John Angus Stewart With Amyl and the Sniffers selling out venues like nobody’s business — leading them to confirm their biggest headline show to date at London’s Alexandra Palace next autumn — there’s a spotlight being shone on the world of Aussie punk at the moment.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Music Beyond Analysis: Understanding Oranssi Pazuzu, Metal's Strangest Band
Photo: Rainer Paananen The second you tap play on Oranssi Pazuzu’s new album, ‘Muuntautuja’, you’re sucked ear-first into an immersive yet nightmarish void. Bioalkemisti begins the record with a series of pulsing synths, their ever-quickening speed pulling you closer. It’s a hypnotic induction into a 42-minute maelstrom of black-metal screams, krautrock, psychedelia and noise, which swirls and disorients while the rhythms stay simple, keeping you stuck in place and bobbing your head as all manner of hell unfurls. In 2024, no other metal album has felt so challenging while remaining accessible at the same time.
Written by: Matt Mills | Date: Thursday, 10 October 2024
Their Velocity: Maxïmo Park on 'Stream of Life' and Staying True to Themselves
Photo: Moja “Every year that we release a new record, we’re further and further away from being the hot new thing,” Maxïmo Park vocalist Paul Smith says with a laugh. Almost 20 years on from their debut, the Newcastle indie-rockers can reflect on becoming one of UK’s most consistent and recognisable bands, even if they have to work for it each and every day. “There are more and more new bands,” Smith continues. “Unless we do something controversial to go viral in some way, we’ll always be battling as an independent band to be heard. It keeps you on your toes.”
Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Nothing Feels Good: Crows Unpack The Exhilarating Gloom Of 'Another Reason'
Photo: Sandra Ebert For all the hype surrounding the UK post-punk revival that has partly defined the past decade, how much of it has tapped into the doom and gloom of so many of the genre’s greats? Witty lyrics and danceable grooves are all well and good, but the prevailing vibe in the country is pretty despondent right now, saddled with endless austerity, far-right violence and terrible weather that’s only getting worse. So, where’s the glum musical catharsis?
Written by: Tom Morgan | Date: Monday, 07 October 2024
Frank Carter and Sex Pistols: A Night of Grubby Punk To Treasure
Photos: Jason Miller Why can’t bands ever call it a day and keep it that way? It’s a question that’s been asked regularly of late, not least because of Oasis and Linkin Park reuniting almost simultaneously, stealing headlines and selling a bazillion tickets in the process. More quietly, too, there was the small matter of perhaps the most pioneering and mythologised punk band ever regrouping after 15 years away back in the summer.
Written by: Matt Mills | Date: Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Coldplay: What Makes a Blockbuster Tour?
With the news that Coldplay’s massive Music of the Spheres World Tour will continue into 2025 with more UK stadium shows next summer — at Hull’s Craven Park Stadium on August 18 and 19, before a record-breaking run of 10 shows at Wembley Stadium in London between August 22 and September 8 — it’s a good time to reflect on the marathon run’s place in the all-time list of blockbuster tours.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
'We Were Confident In Ourselves': How Heriot Became The UK's Most Exciting New Metal Band
“We shouldn’t have been allowed to do as much as we have done,” Heriot guitarist Erhan Alman says with a laugh, and it’s true that their rise has been blood-fizzingly rapid since the release of the crushingly intense ‘Profound Morality’ in 2022. It’s also warranted. The EP’s arrival through Church Road Records, the label run by Employed to Serve’s Justine Jones and Sammy Urwin, set in motion an arena tour with Architects and packed out festival sets, including a memorable opening of the Dogtooth stage at Download. “It was all the things we’d ever dreamed of doing,” Alman continues. “We were playing shows with bands we adore, and still not off a real album.”
Written by: Will Marshall | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
The View From The Merch Table: Health
Photo: Mynxii White “I mean, it just amuses me to no end,” says Health’s John Famiglietti, musing on his favourite piece of merch the industrial-rock band have ever produced. He’s talking about the butt plugs that he’ll soon load up for their European tour in support of their brilliant new record ‘Rat Wars’, which will take in UK and Ireland shows in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, Liverpool and London.
Written by: Emma Wilkes | Date: Monday, 23 September 2024
Five Artists Who Could Headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show in the Next Decade
Having been announced for Super Bowl LIX’s halftime show — set to take place on February 9, 2025 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans — Kendrick Lamar is poised to join one of the most elite clubs in music, following in the footsteps of Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, The Rolling Stones and last year’s headliner, Usher. The Compton rap titan has already had a taste of that rarefied air after guesting with Dr. Dre at Super Bowl LVI two years ago, but he’s now tasked with creating some iconic moments of his own.
Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
'You've Got A Family': Delilah Bon On Loud Fans, The LGBTQ+ Community and 'Evil, Hate Filled Female'
In the four years since Delilah Bon was born, she has evolved at a rapid pace. The alter-ego of Hands Off Gretel’s Lauren Tate, her blend of nu-metal and hip-hop is thoroughly addictive, with a sharp focus on hard-hitting topics that many musicians wouldn’t risk engaging in. Find her standing up for trans rights one moment and calling out the dangers posed to young men by incels the next.
Written by: Issy Herring | Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2024
'You Can Feel It Shake Your Ribcage': Fat Dog on debut album 'WOOF.'
Photo: Pooneh Ghana Few bands would dare to announce a headline show at the 2,300-capacity O2 Forum in London’s Kentish Town with just three songs to their name. Unless you’ve become the next Chappell Roan or Sabrina Carpenter overnight, any sensible promoter would laugh at such a proposition. Unless you’re Fat Dog, that is. In the case of the mind-bending dance-punks, it simply felt like the natural next step of their journey. It’s happening on November 23, following up a wider UK and Ireland tour in support of their recently released, hotly anticipated debut album ‘WOOF.’.
Written by: Rishi Shah | Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2024
'I'm Still Here': Yours Truly's Mikaila Delgado Talks 'Toxic'
Photo: Max Pasalic Yours Truly’s rise was a whirlwind. Inspired by viral songs that took off before their debut album was released, they booked huge support tours with bands such as You Me At Six and Pierce the Veil, whom they’d idolised as fans. But whirlwinds do tend to leave damage in their wake.
Written by: Will Marshall | Date: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Brotherly Love: Five Pivotal Oasis Gigs
Photo: Simon Emmett Be honest, you never thought it would happen. But it has. Oasis are back. Liam and Noel have patched things up to announce a gargantuan stadium tour of the UK and Ireland, beginning with two nights at Cardiff's Principality Stadium next July.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Dead Pony: Ignore This At Your Peril
Photo: Euan Robertson “We started calling it nu-rock because it’s a big modern, shiny sound,” Dead Pony vocalist Anna Shields says, describing the irrepressible, dancefloor-ready blend of big riffs and even bigger choruses that has propelled the band out of the Glasgow scene. “We take a lot of influence from nu-metal as well as early 2000s rock bands and pop stars. We also have a lot of electronic influences, like The Prodigy and Pendulum.”
Written by: Will Marshall | Date: Thursday, 22 August 2024
Here Be Legends: 10 Iconic Reading and Leeds Sets
Photo: Dee McCourt (Borkowski Arts) Every year, Reading and Leeds rolls around with the promise of one more blowout before summer is over. This year, headliners Blink-182, Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Fred Again.., Catfish and the Bottlemen, and Gerry Cinnamon will head to Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park over the bank holiday weekend, hoping to write themselves into the history of the fests alongside the legends we’ve collected here. Here are 10 unforgettable sets to get you hyped for what’s to come.
Written by: Huw Baines & Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Wednesday, 21 August 2024
The View From The Merch Table: SeeYouSpaceCowboy
Photo: Errick Easterday Festival season is in full swing, meaning that you probably recently saw someone across a field and felt an instant kinship with them because of the band shirt they were wearing. It’s one of the immutable truths of being a music fan — merch lets us know when other people are on our wavelength.
Written by: Emma Wilkes | Date: Tuesday, 20 August 2024
A New Lease of Life: Hockey Dad on 'Rebuild Repeat', Support Slots and Creative Gambles
“We’re on, g’day mate,” Billy Fleming opens with a smile on his face. Hockey Dad’s vocalist and guitarist has not long returned home from rugby training, but there’s much to discuss before he can wind down for the night.
Written by: Jack McGill | Date: Wednesday, 07 August 2024
Follow The Leaders: The Evolution of Korn
Photo: Tim Saccenti We’re always being told that everything is cyclical, but for a certain strain of millennials the recent reappearance of enormous, suffocatingly heavy jeans on the youth of today will have sparked a massive nostalgia hit. Nu-metal, that much-maligned beast, is back. From Fontaines D.C. riffing on its tropes in the build up to their new record to hardcore bands far and wide — shout out to Candy’s recent album ‘It’s Inside You’ — tuning down to its stomach-rupturing heaviness, it’s sidestepped novelty status for the first time in decades. Well, unless you’re talking about Korn, that is.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2024
'A Distorted Guitar Remains Undefeated': Twin Atlantic's Sam McTrusty on 'Meltdown'
Photo: Stevie Kyle For a man about to check off a long-simmering career goal, Sam McTrusty cuts a jovial, relaxed figure. The Twin Atlantic frontman is calling us en route to soundcheck at Glasgow’s Garage, taking Stereoboard on his journey – quite literally – from home to the venue’s back door, via a brief taxi ride. Tonight will complete a jigsaw puzzle, ticking off the last major venue in their hometown the band are yet to play. “I'm delighted, because now I can literally say that we’ve played every venue in Glasgow,” he beams.
Written by: Rishi Shah | Date: Monday, 05 August 2024
Billy Joel: Five Pivotal Performances From The Piano Man
It’s a busy season for Billy Joel. The Piano Man recently closed a major chapter in his life with his 150th and final show as part of his marathon residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden — it began a decade ago — and he will soon head across the pond for a massive standalone date at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, his only European engagement of the year and his first show in the Welsh capital. There are still rooms left for him to conquer, it seems, so he’s doing it. In anticipation of one door closing and another opening, here we take a look back at some of the pivotal live performances in Joel’s 50 plus years in showbiz. Sing us a song etc etc etc.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Monday, 29 July 2024
Stray Kids: K-Pop Titans Offer Jaw-Dropping London Spectacle
Photos: Jennifer McCord News broke at the start of the year that Stray Kids were returning to London for the first time since 2019, sending their massive fanbase — known as Stays — into a heightened state of anticipation as their headline performance as the closing act for BST Hyde Park’s 2024 season loomed large. And, make no mistake, the K-pop titans delivered on that promise in truly jaw-dropping style.
Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 18 July 2024
The Stevie Nicks Songs We'd LOVE to See Her Hyde Park Supporting Cast Cover
There’s only one Stevie Nicks, as we’re about to discover all over again when she touches down for massive shows in Dublin, Glasgow and Manchester ahead of a London headline set as part of the British Summer Time series. On July 12 at Hyde Park, Nicks will top a bill studded with women — much like Taylor Swift — whose own music owes something to the trail she blazed while fronting Fleetwood Mac or, later, drawing up blueprints for high-sheen pop-rock as a solo artist.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Monday, 08 July 2024
'Our Memories of Things Matter': Rap Trio Previous Industries On Their Singular Debut
Photo: Robyn Von Swank The pandemic was a well-documented time of upheaval. It was a period when things either came together or broke apart, with little in between. Comprising Open Mike Eagle, Video Dave and STILL RIFT, the inventive, reflective rap trio Previous Industries fall into the former camp.
Written by: Tom Morgan | Date: Thursday, 04 July 2024
Macca, Billy, AC/DC And Me: Stereoboard's Guide To The Best Tours In The Second Half Of 2024
That’s half a year in the books. Mad, right? But, fret not, that just means it’s time to look forward to all the fun, noise and chaos accompanying the biggest, best tours still to come in 2024. You’ve got pop megastars new and old, rock legends, rock innovators and hip-hop royalty all set to land in the UK and Ireland before Santa packs his sleigh (it’s July, I know). Dig in below as we run through a handy list of what’s on offer in the next six months.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
'I'm Ready Now': Sananda Maitreya on Making His UK Live Return After 22 Years Away
Photo: Manuel Scrima Sananda Maitreya’s journey through music has been a Promethean odyssey for an artist focused on following his own direction and sense of integrity even when others failed to support or recognise his vision. Now, after 22 years away, he is ready to make a triumphant live return to the UK when he steps on stage at Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which runs from July 5 to 7 at Glynde Place in East Sussex.
Written by: Jeremy Blackmore | Date: Monday, 01 July 2024
'The UK Represents': Ice-T On Body Count's UK Tour, New Music and The End of The World
Photo: Alessandro Solca There’s no better way to describe Ice-T than as a seasoned veteran. The New Jersey-born, LA-raised rapper and actor’s 42 year career is bursting with stories, controversies, accolades and accomplishments in hip hop and heavy metal.
Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Thursday, 27 June 2024
The View From The Merch Table: Spanish Love Songs
Photo: Hannah Hall If you love music, your wardrobe is likely stuffed full of band shirts. You might have a bunch of hoodies or a cap or two as well, or maybe something even more eclectic than that — a keychain or a bottle opener or a coffee mug. All this stuff is a conversation starter with fellow fans, a way of announcing that you belong to a certain scene, and a way of shouting about bands you love. On top of that, it’s also a vital way of putting money in artists’ pockets at a time where making enough to survive and keep creating is harder than ever. Put simply, it’s the lifeblood of music.
Written by: Emma Wilkes | Date: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Goat Girl: The Journey, Not The Destination
Photo: Holly Whitaker Goat Girl’s ‘Below The Waste’ finds the south London band taking a voyage of discovery into the personal and political, where the journey itself is more important than the destination. Pieced together like a collage, the record explores different soundscapes and genres, transitioning effortlessly between expansive, industrial-tinged noise-rock, psychedelia, delicate folk experimentation, stark minimalism, candid, fragile ballads and engaging electronica.
Written by: Jeremy Blackmore | Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
The 10 Songs We NEED To Hear At Cyndi Lauper's Upcoming Shows
Photo: Ruven Afanador For more than 40 years, Cyndi Lauper’s idiosyncratic sense of cool has maintained her spot as one of pop’s most unique figureheads. With a voice you could pick out of a 1000-person choir and a body of work that boasts iconic singles, global-hit musicals and needle drops in cinema classics, she recently announced that her forthcoming tour would be her last as she hangs up the mic (bar the occasional hometown show, maybe). So, with just a handful of opportunities remaining to see her live — including a slot at this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival and a newly announced European tour next February — we have rounded up the 10 songs we NEED to hear at her upcoming Royal Albert Hall show and beyond.
Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Monday, 24 June 2024
One For The Books: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Pairs Spectacle With Sincerity In Cardiff
All photos: TAS Rights Management I’ve learned that red lipstick and a confident stomp are all it takes for a couple of strangers to throw their lot in with someone. I’ve barely taken 10 steps off the bus and a mother and son from Gloucester have pegged me as someone who knows where they’re going — luckily I’m Cardiff born and bred, so I do — and soon I’m guiding them through the droves of pink cowboy hats on sequin-flecked streets towards the Principality Stadium, where Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is about to light up the Welsh capital. As we walk, I hear about how tonight will be the 10-year-old boy’s first gig — mum surprised him with tickets and took him out of school that day. Cool points: maximum.
Written by: Laura Johnson | Date: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
The 10 Songs We NEED To Hear At P!nk's Summer Carnival Shows
Almost 25 years on from the release of her debut album, P!nk has become a multi-hyphenate. As well as being a stadium-filling songwriter and performer, she’s also now an acrobat, daredevil and human cannonball thanks to the high-flying exploits that drive her stage show.
Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Richard Hawley: Kindness as an Act of Resistance
Photo: Dean Chalkley Sheffield is in Richard Hawley’s DNA, his albums infused with the indefatigable spirit of the proud northern industrial city even as he plays music inspired by American rock and roll, country, bluegrass and gospel. While many of his albums have borne the names of its landmarks, it is from the camaraderie and resolve of the place’s people that the songwriter draws the most inspiration.
Written by: Jeremy Blackmore | Date: Monday, 10 June 2024
The Setlist Draft: Curating Our Perfect Foo Fighters Show
Foo Fighters don’t really do downtime. This summer they’ll return to Europe for another run of truly massive shows, including enormous stadium dates in Manchester, Glasgow, London, Cardiff and Birmingham.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Thursday, 06 June 2024
'I Enjoyed the Heck Out of It': Reflecting on The Beach Boys With The Beach Boys
Photo: Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios For more than half a century The Beach Boys have represented the endless sound of summer against a backdrop of the Californian surf, set to some of the most gloriously transcendent harmonies ever committed to tape. In a remarkable run of success that produced some of the 60s’ most memorable and beloved hit singles, the band also produced one of that decade’s most revered albums in ‘Pet Sounds’, one that rivalled even The Beatles in ambition and creativity.
Written by: Jeremy Blackmore | Date: Thursday, 30 May 2024
Summer Noise: Stereoboard's Ultimate Guide To Festival Season 2024
Festival season is almost upon us (again) so it’s time to dust off your tent/flags/Doc Martens/wellies/fold-away chair/cooler/camping stove/disregard for societal norms and get back in a field. Here’s our one-stop selection of the best this year has to offer.
Written by: Huw Baines & Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Bruce Springsteen Delivers a Celebration of Life and Rock and Roll At Euro Tour Opener
Photo: Rob DeMartin Fancy mulling over the passing of time, grief, and death for three hours or so? Normally, probably not. But if you’re spending a Sunday night with Bruce Springsteen at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium? Hell yes.
Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 08 May 2024
'It's a Perfect Ending': Ville Valo on Signing Off From His 'Neon Noir' Era At The Royal Albert Hall
Ville Valo isn’t quite sure what to do with himself. When he speaks to Stereoboard, he’s had his feet in one place – home, specifically — for longer than normal, such is the fast-moving nature of touring life. The ordinariness is unsettling. Should he sing? Should he hoover? Both at once? (The latter is our suggestion, and as he laughs he promises to take note, thinking it could be a good vocal exercise).
Written by: Emma Wilkes | Date: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
