Category: Music

But You Look So Well at Kendal Calling Festival

Kendal Calling Accessibility Review

Kendal Calling Festival for disabled music fans – a review…. I went to Kendal Calling last year – this is my review of the festival in general and how accessible it is for disabled music fans. Kendal Calling prides itself on being a family-friendly and accessible Festival, but does it warrant the Silver award it has gained through Attitude is Everything?   The official blurb states… “Kendal Calling is a 3

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Leave from Hospital for CF patients

Going AWOL | Overnight Leave From Hospital

Leave from Hospital Actually that should be Absent With Leave from hospital but it doesn’t sound as fun. When you are an inpatient for a long period of time, it goes without saying that you miss home comforts. Not to mention becoming institutionalised! There is nothing better than your own bed, even if they aren’t motorised like the ones in hospital! The CF team is usually quite happy to let

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Front of Leeds First Direct Arena after Shed Seven

Shed Seven Leeds Live Review

Shed Seven Shedcember  Leeds 2019 The bi-annual Shed Seven “Shedcember” tour has become quite an event over the years in our household. We join forces with my other half’s sister and her boyfriend, as a pre-Christmas gathering to sing our hearts out to the Sheds. In the last few years I’ve not had the most success in my attendance of Shed Seven gigs. I was in hospital for the last

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The Smyths at Oxford

The Smyths Oxford Academy Review 

The Smyths Review, Oxford 02 Academy – November 2019 Despite the abundance of tribute acts listed at the O2 Academy Oxford, I have never seen a live tribute to a band. Having not been old enough to experience The Smiths in their heyday, I was keen to see some of favourite songs performed live.  A quick cheeky pre-gig meal at Red Star and we find ourselves one place-setting along from

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Liam Gallagher Birmingham Review

Liam Gallagher Birmingham Arena Review

Liam Gallagher Review – Birmingham Arena, 12th November 2019 After visiting the hospital the day before, I wasn’t filled with joy at the prospect of another trip to Birmingham. But for Liam Gallagher I could make an exception. My other half had seen Liam Gallagher at one of his big outdoor festival style shows in Finsbury Park last summer and come back with glowing reports of an Oasis heavy set.

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