Diary of a Pandaman – January 2024
There may well be healthier ways of blowing away the new year cobwebs than indulging in a breezily raucous weekend...
In 2022 the Pandaman promised us he'd see 365 performances throughout the year. This was a lie, as our doomed diarist barely managed 318. This year, to save us from tears, we have sent the slacker back out and told him to buck his ideas up. This is his 2024 gigging diary..."
There may well be healthier ways of blowing away the new year cobwebs than indulging in a breezily raucous weekend...
The Pandaman’s task at the start of 2023 was maddeningly simple: go to see 365 live performances through the year,...
You know the Chriiiiiiiiiistmaaaaaaaaaas countdown has begun when someone like Noddy Holder holds the front page of Big Issue, topper...
The mad thing about this music malarkey is that the freshness usually always prevails: new sounds are the very lifeblood...
There were sometimes this summertime when you’re caring, sharing Pandaman was getting a bit fretful about the festival circuit, I’ll...
They say only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun in the middle of the festival season...
Readers of a certain rage may recall a photograph which rather brilliantly captured the essence of women in punk, rock,...
Here comes the summer! Sun's out, guns out, buns out and of course bands are very much out and about...
Contrary to unpopular mild disbelief The Pandaman isn't just all about wall-to-wall new bands all the wonderwalling time. Sometimes we...
Once more unto the beach, my friends. It’s May, which means Spring has sprung, so it simply has to be...