Tag: Stereophonics

Far From Saints are transcendent at EartH

Post author By Nils van der Linden
Post date June 5, 2023
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Kelly Jones clearly remembers the first time he saw Patty Lynn sing. It was about 10 years ago. Stereophonics are touring the US with their album Graffiti On The Train. The Wind and The Wave (Lynn and Dwight Baker), are the support act. Jones watches them from the side of the stage.

“There are lots of people that can sing. There are lots of people who can hit those high notes, all that bullshit on the telly. But there aren’t many people who can move you when they sing, and I was moved by Patty’s voice,” Jones says from the stage at EartH in Hackney.

Tags Earth, Kelly Jones, Live music review, Patty Lynn, Stereophonics, The Wind and The Wave

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Pearl Jam preach inclusion at Hyde Park

Post author By Nils van der Linden
Post date July 11, 2022
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During a vigorous State Of Love And Trust, Eddie Vedder notices something. He motions at the camera operator to point at the audience. A boy, around 10 years old, appears on the massive screen behind Pearl Jam, smiling broadly. He’s at the rail with his dad, holding up a disposable take-away tray repurposed as a sign. It says: “1st show”. The singer welcomes him to the fray and recounts how, as a 16 year old, guitarist Mike McCready’s life was changed from the front row of a Van Halen show. In that moment, it’s clear Pearl Jam have grown into a band for everyone. The young adults who listened to Ten back in 1992 have now grown up and are bringing their families, while new generations of teens connect with the rage and anguish of songs like Once and Jeremy.

Tags BST Hyde Park, Eddie Vedder, Imelda May, Johnny Marr, Pearl Jam, Stereophonics, The Last Internationale, The Wild Things

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Stereophonics revisit Just Enough Education To Perform

Post author By Nils van der Linden
Post date December 8, 2021
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Just Enough Education To Perform was, recounts Kelly Jones, a massive album for The Stereophonics. It reached number one in the UK charts not just once, but twice. It went six times platinum. It resulted in three young Welshmen headlining Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage and touring America with U2.

“It was all police escorts and helicopters at that time,” he tells a sold-out Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

Tags Just Enough Education To Perform, Shepherds Bush Empire, Stereophonics