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Return To Sound has a review of the gig by Ratboys in Brighton at Patterns - Link in comments
Ratboys Patterns

It was a pleasure to photograph Tim Burgess and The Charlatans at Lakefest 2026 - full Festival Review is in the comments

Always great Day Festival and value for your hard earned cash!

🌊FINAL WAVE🌊

The full Night Currents Festival line up is here! Joining an already stacked bill is Welsh alt-pop singer CATTY, pop-rock artist SPIDER, and indie-rock rising musician jo from school💥

With no overlapping set times between the 2 stages, gig-goers will be able to watch all 12 artists as they alternate between The Wedgewood Room and its connected venue The Edge of the Wedge

Remaining tickets over on our website

👉 www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk 👈

LATER YOUTH aka Jo Dudderidge, formerly the frontman of the Manchester indie-folk band The Travelling Band dropped into The Railway Inn Wi******er recently. Worth seeing for some great songs and the sound of that Wurlitzer... stand out tune "On the missing"



Later Youth
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The Railway Inn

The Subways in their element on stage this tie at Wychwood Festival 2026 - more photos of The Festiva are on Return To Sound with a link in the comments below The Subways Wychwood Festival

Another smashing day wizzing around The Bearded Theory Festival 2026 Stages - Adult DVD, Better Joy, Westside Cowboy, She's In Parties, Girl Scout, The Molotovs, Panic Shack, Chalk, Sprints, The Damned, Smag Pa Dig Seiv, Bez, Getdown Services....
Bearded Theory Yes Please

It's been quite a while since Altered Images released their debut album HAPPY BIRTHDAY it was in fact in 1981 so 2026 makes it 45 years. I spoke to Clare Grogan about the album and going out to Tour this year where they will play the complete album - the link to the interview will be in the comments.
Altered Images

Always loved the first album by Howling Bells so was good to catch up with them touring the new album Strange Life... Return To Sound has the review online - link in the comments

Return To Sound interviewed Colin Blunstone and the resulting piece is in the comments below - There is much on the horizon with a solo Tour and news of Reissues of some of The Zombies material.
Colin Blunstone The Zombies