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Classy rock and roll: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis live in Sheffield

Many moons ago, we saw bright young things Kitty, Daisy & Lewis touring their debut album at Clwb Ifor Bach and were suitably impressed with their r'n'b/blues/swing/rock/you name it mix.  Moving forward 8 years and the recorded output of the band (definitely still bright and young!) has strengthened - I strongly recommend listening to latest album The Third - a lot more original writing and plenty of sass. The opportunity to hear them live again was a definite yes. Not to mention a good excuse for a weekend trip to Sheffield.  Dosed up on Remo's coffee and with a pit stop at The Devonshire Cat , we arrived at The Plug to see support band Kiziah and The Kings from Doncaster. We'd not researched the band before, but they are a pretty funky mix of soul/rock/reggae with a very confident manner; and a pretty good front singer with Kiziah. An enjoyable set - their sounds are available (and definitely worth a listen) at Bandcamp , Soundcloud etc.  Tan Tan an...

Fleetwood Mac shower the steel city with gold dust

M and I have just returned from a trip to Sheffield -too long since we last went, but then I always say that! The main reason for the trip was to see Fleetwood Mac on 2nd November, yay! We of course had our fill of lovely Remo's coffee and hot chocolate (link to a previous post included as there still does not seem to be a website), & of Record Collector -even made it to the pool at Pond's Forge this time! Winter had well and truly arrived on concert night! Sheffield Arena was pretty much full for the show. Very wisely the band did not have a support. Set list first (from this site ): Monday Morning The Chain Dreams I Know I'm Not Wrong Gypsy Go Insane Rhiannon Second Hand News Tusk Sara Big Love Landslide Never Going Back Again Storms Say You Love Me Gold Dust Woman Oh Well So Afraid Stand Back Go Your Own Way World Turning Don't Stop A very enthusiastic crowd with the applause/appreciation, but my only real criticism is that there was no standing area. We wer...