Fun Lovin' Criminals
Kelly Smith watches former Fightstar front man Charlie Simpson play an intimate, but brilliant show in one of his first solo performances at the Academy in Newcastle
We Are The Ocean
Kelly Smith finds much acclaimed post hardcore band We Are The Ocean monotonous and soon becoming dull at a show at the Acadeemy 2 in Newcastle
Ghost of a Thousand
While finding much to admire in the performances of bands such as Me Vs Hero, We Are Kings and the show-stealing Kids in Glass Houses, Kelly Smith finds one day Leeds punk pop festival overcrowded and badly organised
You Me at Six
At the Newcastle Academy, Kelly Smith watches much hyped pop punk five piece You Me At Six play a capable, yet almost entirely formulaic set which inds them rarely breaking out of their comfort zone
Fightstar
At the Newcastle Academy, Kelly Smith watches the still grossly under rated Fightstar in support to a dull Feeder play an energetic and atmospheric set