The Courteeners for NME.
https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-courteeners-manchester-old-trafford-big-moon-blossoms-johnny-marr-3055780 Last weekend I got a call up from NME to cover The Courteeners Live in Manchester. Terri Hall of Turner Hall, who represent the band had asked for me. I photographed The Courteeners a few times for Q magazine and when an opportunity like this crops up, it always feels like people are kind […]
BBC Radio 2 Live with Steps.
I’m finally back photographing live music. Brilliant! Radio 2 Live is currently on tour around the UK and for the England leg, Steps were in Manchester with Sara Cox. Fans of the band entered a ballot to be part of a select audience for the live show at the O2 Ritz. Thousands more can now […]
Loud and proud.
The worlds of photography and rock music have been historically male dominated, but since they are the two things I have really loved in life, I’ve chosen to ignore that and carry on regardless. Fortunately, other women have done the same, sticking to their guns and driving a create wedge into these industries. And in […]
Music – rocking and rolling in 2020.
There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a tough year for the music business. My life as a music photographer clearly reflects that. For a start, we had to contend with a lack of live music. No festivals, a handful of gigs and just a continuous stream of cancellations and postponements. With little of that […]
A fresh-faced Christmas at BBC Radio 1.
From Boxing Day to New Years day, a whole bunch of new faces will be taking over at BBC Radio One. Presenter applications were invited in September and needless to say, they arrived in their thousands! From this, a shortlist of the brightest and best emerged and Loftus Media asked me to photograph four of […]
Big Fat Big and more for Loftus Media.
Finally, I’m back photographing bands again! In fact, thanks to Loftus Media, this month’s blog is a bumper, two for the price of one. Of course under normal circumstances, we’d be reflecting back on highlights of another festival season. Sadly this year, we were scuppered from the start. Much as we’d hoped that things would […]
Eccentronic and adult at Hebden Bridge Trades’ club.
I’ve been to the Hebden Bridge Trades club a few times now. It’s a quirky venue with a really interesting performance programme which often includes one of my favourite Sheffield bands, International Teachers of Pop. On this occasion Maxine Peak and the Eccentronic Research Council were heading the line-up, supported by Adult Entertainment and Sister […]
On the campaign trail for Armley Trees.
There’s no doubt that trees contribute a huge amount to our environmental health and sense of wellbeing. And with the climate change agenda ramping up, cutting down any healthy tree is a controversial business. In Leeds, campaigners are currently protesting against Network Rail’s proposed cull of trees in the Armley Park Road area. Their efforts […]
Alice Cooper & The Stranglers
He may be in his 70s but on a fairly dismal Monday night Alice Cooper still managed to drag fans off their sofas to pack out Leeds Arena. Having said that, they did have to wait a bit longer for him to come on. Perhaps the stamina doesn’t quite run to a 90 minute set […]
Milk Teeth own the main stage at Leeds.
For once, this year, I wasn’t planning to do Leeds Fest. I had some work pencilled in and had already done a couple of other festivals over the summer. Then, a week before the event the work was confirmed for another date and I heard from Sony that one of their new signings to the Music for […]