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Nick Lowe

The Masked Band

by Bernard O'Keeffe

There’s something about a mask. Not the ones we wore in the pandemic for protection, but the full-face ones we wear for…well, for what, exactly? Disguise? Fancy Dress? Criminal Acts? I hadn’t given masks much thought until I went to a concert in 2019 at Shepherds Bush Empire with my wife. It was to see … Read more

Categories BLOG Tags David Bowie, Los Straitjackets, Masks, Nick Lowe, Paul McCartney, The Masked Singer

Live!: Why We Go Out.

by Bernard O'Keeffe

The first word in the title of Robert Elms’s excellent book – Live!:Why We Go Out — is interestingly ambiguous. ‘Live!’ can be taken as an exclamatory adjective describing the concert experience – in the flesh, immediate and happening – but it can also be read as an imperative verb. “Live!” says Elms, as if … Read more

Categories BLOG Tags Live! Why We Go Out, Music, Nick Lowe, QPR, Robert Elms
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