Eventim Apollo
Paul Simon, Hammersmith ApolloThursday, 30 June 2011Paul Simon is now nearly 70 years old and as he walked onto the Hammersmith Apollo stage last night it struck me that he is beginning to look like the little old man he will eventually become: still nimble, enviably trim, but nevertheless, he was... Read more... |
Fleet Foxes, Hammersmith ApolloWednesday, 01 June 2011Music folklore has it that this band from Seattle changed their name from Pineapple back in the hazy days before their debut album went platinum because frontman Robin Pecknold thought Fleet Foxes sounded like a weird, outmoded English sport - a bit... Read more... |
Frankie Boyle, Hammersmith ApolloMonday, 01 November 2010The last time I saw bouncers standing at the foot of the stage at a comedy venue was at a Roy "Chubby" Brown gig. Back then, I remarked how nicely behaved his fans were, as indeed were Frankie Boyle’s last night; however, another quality the two... Read more... |
Iggy Pop and Suicide, Hammersmith ApolloMonday, 03 May 2010Sir Mick Jagger was not, by any means, a street fightin’ man, but his charisma and the conviction with which he sang the line, allowed us to suspend our disbelief. The song would have seemed ludicrous, pathetic even, if it had not. Iggy Pop is not,... Read more... |
Dave Gorman, Hammersmith ApolloSunday, 21 February 2010Dave Gorman, it could be said, invented a genre of comedy. His reality-based documentary tales - about hunting down people with the same name or finding unique Google searches - were meticulously researched and generously illustrated; he was the... Read more... |
Ray Davies, Hammersmith ApolloSunday, 20 December 2009Ray Davies, that old curmudgeon, has said he’s not keen on touring alone since the demise of The Kinks. But he’s sorted that out for the moment by choosing to play alongside 45 new people – the members of the Crouch End Festival Chorus, with whom... Read more... |
Mott The Hoople Reunion InterviewWednesday, 30 September 2009Reputations, it seems, can grow in ways that elude even their owners. When the original five members of Mott The Hoople finally decided to re-form, 35 years after they drifted apart, they booked two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo in October and... Read more... |
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