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Review: Future Islands, Bristol Beacon – ‘Raw, emotive and energetic’
The band celebrated their seventh album with an excited sold-out Beacon crowd
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Review: Kings of Leon, Ashton Gate stadium – ‘A show of epic proportions’
Twenty years since their last Bristol appearance, the stadium rockers pulled out all the hits
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Review: Fenne Lily, Strange Brew – ‘A heartbreakingly good storyteller’
Local indie alt-folk artist returns from America for a hometown show full of emotion
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Preview: Fenne Lily, Strange Brew
Expect folk-tinged indie on introspective themes with stunning vocals
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Review: Take That, Ashton Gate stadium – ‘Everything you could possibly want’
'The boys' deliver a perfect pop performance to the delight of ecstatic fans
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Review: Doreen Doreen, Long Ashton Community Centre – ‘Smiles, tears and dance moves’
Bristol's most flamboyant ten-piece supported a community fundraiser
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Review: St Vincent, SWX – ‘Note-perfect, raucous and mesmerising’
Anne Erin Clark delivered an intense show that simply blew fans away
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Review: Hot Water Music, SWX – ‘Filled with passionate anthems’
The American punk rock band delivered a mighty set
