Category: Music

I didn’t go to London to find The Clash. I went, like most northerners of a certain age, for crap temp jobs, late buses, and the hope of catching a…

If you’d told teenage me that one day people would pay good money for an “Adele Tottenham walking tour”, I’d have laughed and asked if it came with a free…

I didn’t set out to write a Led Zeppelin UK travel guide. I was trying to work out why a band that broke up before I was born still feels…

If you’d told my fourteen-year-old self in Newcastle that one day someone would ask for a “Britpop walking tour UK”, I’d have assumed it meant trudging from HMV to Our…

I first cared about Sex Pistols because of a bus stop in Wallsend, not some grand moment in rock history. I was about fourteen, it was lashing it down, and…

I’ve always hated those “David Bowie London travel guide” listicles that tell you to stand outside Brixton station, take a photo with the mural, then go for a flat white…

Tracing the Rolling Stones Across Britain: A Rock ’n’ Roll Map of the UK I first typed “Rolling Stones UK travel” into a search bar in about 2004, half-hoping someone…

From Top of the Pops to TikTok: How TV Locations Shaped Britain’s Pop Culture Map I grew up thinking British pop culture lived in two places: the Top of the…

London’s Hidden Music Venues: Discovering the Local Sound Oh, London! The city where the streets pulse with life and the air vibrates with notes of creativity. It’s a music lover’s…

So, you’re thinking about gigging in the UK? If you’ve got your backpack packed with a couple of t-shirts, a questionable amount of snacks, and a dream of seeing some…