Concert Reviews

NEC, Birmingham October 7 th – 9 th 2016 A certain fictitious character, a Vulcan no less, once said: ‘The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few – or the one’ and although the positive memories I have outweigh the negative there were lots of things that were an absolute disgrace and for someone who boasts about their event being: ‘the largest official Star Trek convention celebrating 50 years’, one thing about all else clearly was dismissed: the fan, the Trekkie, the people that have kept Star Trek alive for 5 decades. Yes, there were many big names associated with the franchise but for those of us who also come to a convention to browse endless stalls, pick up some unique stuff and/or a bargain this convention was a real let down and in total there must have been less than a dozen vendors. On the Friday afternoon, after having to queue for nearly two hours to get a wristband for entrance over the next three days, an empty hall awaited us. Apart from a single Borg

08.10.2016 Barclaycard Arena Birmingham It isn’t the norm that a gig is stunning sound-wise (first class sound) and visually (the lighting effects were out of this world) and when you add an artist that has been around for 4 decades and doesn’t write  sub-par  material EVER (in my humble opinion) then what you have is a perfect night out. And that is exactly what that was – a perfect night out, a perfect concert, genius level. ‘Electronica’ and ‘Electronica 2’, Jean-Michel Jarre’s last two albums, underline the fact that he is one of the godfathers of electronic music and that he has inspired millions of musicians around the globe and that the world’s best feel honoured and humbled to be on an album with him.  The Electronica albums impressively show his versatility and clear timelessness in his approach to music. 68 years old Jean-Michel proofed a tour de force on stage and said that he is very happy to have started his tour in the UK and that the UK is his second