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Placebo @ O2 Academy Leeds – 9/3/15

Placebo @ O2 Academy Leeds – 9/3/15

Rachel Yates March 11, 2015 0

Seeing Placebo, in the flesh, is to be part of a hazy, quite surreal and yet completely exhilarating sound world. It appears to be working. Marking the 20th anniversary of the band’s eponymous album and

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Basia Bulat @ Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds – 13/2/14

Basia Bulat @ Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds – 13/2/14

Rachel Yates February 13, 2014 0

The spongy, velvet couches and tea lights at the Belgrave Music Hall possessed an introspective charm akin to the vocal pull of Canadian-born folk artist, Basia Bulat. An eclectic display of instruments from a keyboard to

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Bob Dylan @ Blackpool Opera House – 23/11/13

Bob Dylan @ Blackpool Opera House – 23/11/13

Rachel Yates November 23, 2013 0

‘Take off yer hat, Bob!’, so shouted one of the singer-songwriter’s 3,500 disciples. Testimony to his elusive presence, Bob Dylan’s mysterious stage persona can only be described as both revered and resented by his devout followers.

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