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Sports Team have become one of the most praiseworthy groups of the decade. Known for their frantic unleashing of bedlam at live shows and thrilling as a day at the races, they have come to represent an era of indie guitar music that flung a fist out of live pandemic silence and opened a can of whoop ass on the UK Indie scene.

I first saw Irish post-punk band Gurriers on a whim. A former friend of mine had a ticket for their show at Rescue Rooms and said it would be up my alley. I ended up getting a ticket on the day and it absolutely blew me away. The crowd was in a daze of manic bliss-dancing and throwing themselves around like there was an IED hidden in the moshpit.

When LeftLion spoke to Freya Ridings a few weeks ago, she explicitly told us that she would be giving her all for this run of shows in the UK. We can attest to this. Her show at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall was simply superb. Opening with one of her many well-known tracks, the upbeat Weekends, Freya wore a black dress with a red, long-sleeved top underneath and her red hair in an elegant ponytail as she sat at the piano. The production for this show was very simple.

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The Sisters of Mercy chose to play not one but two shows at Rock City, the second one selling sold out, demonstrating beyond question the enduring popularity of the band. There have been many changes of personnel since the band was first formed in Leeds in 1980 at the height of the post punk music explosion, with co founder Andrew Eldritch being the sole survivor of the original line up, along with his creation, the iconic drum machine, Doktor Avalanche.

In 2026, the main costs to keep in mind are: £628 for the divorce application in England and Wales Around £600 to £1,500 plus VAT as a broad guide for a solicitor handling an uncontested divorce Around £150 to £400 for some paid online divorce services Separate fees for financial orders, mediation or court proceedings involving money or children These figures are indicative rather than quotes.

Positive energy personified: that was Daisy Peacock as she opened what was to prove an electrifying night at The Bodega. Fizzy indie pop seems to run through the Sheffield-born singers veins, and overflows in the form of peppy, personal songs with the general theme of relationship highs and lows. Several times, Daisy said how excited she was to be playing for us - and that was pretty obvious with just a glance at her face at any given moment.

Opening the evening were Portland’s Dying Wish, one of the sharpest, most emotionally charged metalcore bands of recent years. Sitting in that sweet spot between early-2000s metalcore resurgence and modern hardcore intensity, their performance was fiercely outspoken. Launching straight into I Don't Belong Anywhere, the band delivered heavy, nostalgic riffs that hit hard.

That is the territory explored in her Olivier-nominated Till the Stars Come Down, a funny, tender and increasingly painful family drama set around Sylvia and Marek’s wedding in Mansfield. Against the backdrop of a deindustrialised former mining community, Sylvia (played by A K Golding) is preparing to marry Marek (Ivan Ivashkin), a Polish immigrant, while her sprawling family gathers to celebrate.