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  • Kent Duchaine – Sunday 27th January @ The Southgate Inn

    Kent Duchaine – Sunday 27th January @ The Southgate Inn

    By Andy Fawthrop “Great Lazy Sunday Entertainment!” Dave & Debbie have done a really great job in putting The Southgate back on the Devizes musical map since they took over the pub last year, booking a wide range of great acts from Friday nights through to Sunday afternoons. These gigs are all free entry and,… Read more

  • Rick Estrin & The Wildcats – Saturday 26th January @ Long Street Blues Club, Conservative Club, Devizes

    Rick Estrin & The Wildcats – Saturday 26th January @ Long Street Blues Club, Conservative Club, Devizes

    By Andy Fawthrop   Back to the top of the hill to The Conservative Club aka Long Street Blues Club to catch the last date of the UK tour by Californian band Rick Estrin & The Wildcats. The advance billing was impressive, and the short UK tour had had several sold-out dates. Not sure this… Read more

  • Will Lawton & Weasel Howlett – 8th February @ The Cause, Chippenham

    Will Lawton & Weasel Howlett – 8th February @ The Cause, Chippenham

    Not actually in D-Town, but we think this one is really worth schlepping up the road to Chippers for. A Concert For Ed – Preview   By Andy Fawthrop On 20th October last year, Ed Bowen was walking home in Bristol with his girlfriend, Nic, when a car reversed at speed towards them and swerved… Read more

  • No Clowning with Six O’clock Circus at The Southgate

    No Clowning with Six O’clock Circus at The Southgate

    So, yeah, broke my 2019 hibernation and ventured out last night. I know right, but Calne-based, Six O’clock Circus blasted an otherwise mild night at the Southgate with some passionately executed mod, punk and indie covers; right up my street and kicking down my door.   Loud and proud, regardless of the five-piece squashed into… Read more

  • Rick Wakeman’s KGB – 19th January 2019 @ Corn Exchange Devizes – Review

    Rick Wakeman’s KGB – 19th January 2019 @ Corn Exchange Devizes – Review

    By Andy Fawthrop   Well, yet again, we managed to put the lie to the ridiculous claim that “nothing ever happens in Devizes”. Last Saturday in the Corn Exchange, something very definitely happened. And there was a packed, sell-out crowd to witness it. Rick Wakeman’s impromptu, and occasional, band KGB (standing for “Keyboards, Guitar &… Read more

  • It’s all about Picture-Drome

    I’m leaning on the counter by the popcorn stand, not at The Palace to watch something on the big screen, rather the little screen of a phone. The clip shows how Picturedrome have transformed a previous cinema, and I’ve returned home to tell you, it’s impressive.   Some years ago, back writing the No Surprises… Read more