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My review of last Friday’s show at The Pit Guernsey with Sleep Thief, Hanging Pieces and Vessels: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/s...

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Sleep Thief, Hanging Pieces and Vessels – The Pit at St James, Guernsey – 16/01/26
First live music events of the year often have a feeling of drawing something of a line in the sand between the year that’s gone and the 12 months to come and this was certainly the case as I heade…
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January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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ICYMI my review of Apothis, Our Tomorrow and Yas at The Yacht last weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/a...

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Apothis, Our Tomorrow and Yas – The Yacht – 27/12/25
By the day after boxing day there is a general feeling that people are looking to get out of the house after all the food and family based celebrations, so it was no surprise that town was busy on …
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January 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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My review of Apothis, Our Tomorrow and Yas at The Yacht between Christmas and New Year: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/a...

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Apothis, Our Tomorrow and Yas – The Yacht – 27/12/25
By the day after boxing day there is a general feeling that people are looking to get out of the house after all the food and family based celebrations, so it was no surprise that town was busy on …
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January 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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ICYMI my review of All Eyes On You, Bloomfield and Rosemary at The Fermain Tavern on Monday evening… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/a...

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All Eyes On You, Bloomfield and Rosemary – The Fermain Tavern – 22/12/25
All Eyes On You Those couple of weeks around Christmas often lead to some stand out moments of live music as the shows have something of a homecoming feel with many familiar faces returning to the …
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December 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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My review of All Eyes On You’s Christmas week show at at The Fermain Tavern with Bloomfield and Rosemary: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/a...

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All Eyes On You, Bloomfield and Rosemary – The Fermain Tavern – 22/12/25
All Eyes On You Those couple of weeks around Christmas often lead to some stand out moments of live music as the shows have something of a homecoming feel with many familiar faces returning to the …
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December 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Before I get to my ‘year in review’ type posts I thought I’d take a look back at Guernsey venue The Vault which closed its doors recently: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/t...

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The Vault, Guernsey: A Retrospective (2014-2025)
It’s in the nature of Guernsey’s music scene that things wax and wane; bands and performers come and go and the same is certainly true of venues. Just over the years I can recall I’ve seen Chandler…
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December 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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ICYMI my review The Wildhearts and Meryl Streek at the o2 Academy Islington last Thursday evening… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/t...

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The Wildhearts and Meryl Streek – O2 Academy Islington – 11/12/25
Having last seen The Wildhearts live back in 2018, when they were celebrating the 25th anniversary of their Earth Vs… debut album, I think it’s fair to Britain’s favourite cult rock ‘n’ roll soap o…
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December 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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My review of The Wildhearts with Meryl Streek at O2 Academy Islington last Thursday evening: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/t...

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The Wildhearts and Meryl Streek – O2 Academy Islington – 11/12/25
Having last seen The Wildhearts live back in 2018, when they were celebrating the 25th anniversary of their Earth Vs… debut album, I think it’s fair to Britain’s favourite cult rock ‘n’ roll soap o…
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December 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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My review of the School of Popular Music Guernsey Under-18s Battle Of The Bands last weekend at Beau Sejour: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/s...

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School Of Popular Music: Under-18s Battle Of The Bands – Beau Sejour, Guernsey – 22/11/25
Aviation (by Andrew Le Poidevin) All photos by Andrew Le Poidevin/TallPictures.com, unless otherwise noted, you can see more of his photos from the event by clicking here. It is often commented qui…
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November 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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My review of PAVÉ’s return to St James Guernsey last weekend alongside CARNE, Sleep Thief, Certain Life and Out Of Sync: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/g...

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Global Collection: PAVÉ, Carne, Sleep Thief, Certain Life and Out Of Sync – St James Guernsey – 14/11/25
Hot off the back of the inaugural Global Collection Festival the series returned to St. James Guernsey on Friday 14th November with a show celebrating new, more rock and pop inclined, music as Manc…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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ICYMI my review of the closing night of St James Guernsey’s inaugural Global Collection Festival… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/g...

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Global Collection Festival: Myele Manzanza, Margomool and Maddie Ashman – St James Guernsey – 01/11/25
When St James Guernsey’s Global Collection series launched back in December 2022 with a show from Plastic Mermaids, Volleyball and SpaceSoul its cited long term aim was to develop towards a festiva…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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My review of the closing night of last weekend’s inaugural Global Collection Festival at St James Guernsey: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/g...

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Global Collection Festival: Myele Manzanza, Margomool and Maddie Ashman – St James Guernsey – 01/11/25
When St James Guernsey’s Global Collection series launched back in December 2022 with a show from Plastic Mermaids, Volleyball and SpaceSoul its cited long term aim was to develop towards a festiva…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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ICYMI my review of ‘The Nightmare On Riff Street’ with From Darkness, Apothis and Skampi & Fryends at Canvas… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...

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A Nightmare On Riff Street: From Darkness, Apothis and Skampi And Fryends – Canvas Guernsey – 31/10/25
Guernsey has a long tradition of celebrating heavy metal on (or as near as possible to) Halloween night and while in the past the main venue for this was The Fermain Tavern, and more recently The V…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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My review of last weekend’s Halloween heavy metal spectacular at Canvas Guernsey with From Darkness, Apothis and Skampi & Fryends: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...

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A Nightmare On Riff Street: From Darkness, Apothis and Skampi And Fryends – Canvas Guernsey – 31/10/25
Guernsey has a long tradition of celebrating heavy metal on (or as near as possible to) Halloween night and while in the past the main venue for this was The Fermain Tavern, and more recently The V…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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A flashback, to the Vale Earth Fair 2009, including a full set of redone photos from the day: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/v...

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Vale Earth Fair 2009 – Vale Castle, Guernsey – 30/08/09
There’s no denying that for several reasons the 2009 Vale Earth Fair was something of a landmark edition of the Channel Islands’ longest running music festival as it not only saw one of the biggest…
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November 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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ICYMI my review of Sleep Thief and Vessels at The Vault last weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/s...
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Sleep Thief and Vessels – The Vault – 18/10/25
With summer festival season and the expansion of other venues it had been a few months since my last visit to The Vault as I headed down on Saturday 18th October 2025 to catch Sleep Thief and Vesse…
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October 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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My review of Sleep Thief and Vessels at The Vault last weekend: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/s...

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Sleep Thief and Vessels – The Vault – 18/10/25
With summer festival season and the expansion of other venues it had been a few months since my last visit to The Vault as I headed down on Saturday 18th October 2025 to catch Sleep Thief and Vesse…
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October 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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ICYMI my throwback to when alt-rockers Reuben visited Guernsey to play in the nightclub then know as Rogues… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/r...

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Reuben – Rogues – 07/09/07
I’m reviving this now as Guernsey nightclub Canvas (previously known, amongst other things, as Rogues) is gearing up for a live music event for Halloween 2025 so it seemed appropriate to take…
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October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Another flashback today, back to 2007 when UK alt-rockers Reuben visited Guernsey in 2007: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/r...

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Reuben – Rogues – 07/09/07
I’m reviving this now as Guernsey nightclub Canvas (previously known, amongst other things, as Rogues) is gearing up for a live music event for Halloween 2025 so it seemed appropriate to take…
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October 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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ICYMI my review of the Sound Guernsey ‘Class of 2015’ Reunion show in The Pit at St James with Sarnia, New Place, Rosemary, Bloomfield, Ellie Amber and Hanging Pieces last weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/s...

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Sound Guernsey Class Of 2015 Reunion: Sarnia, Rosemary, Bloomfield, Ellie Amber and Hanging Pieces – The Pit at St James – 10/10/25
Ten years ago Sound Guernsey held its first event at The Venue at Fermain (now Buho restaurant) giving youngsters aged between 11 and 18 a place to experience a range of live music at a time when n…
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October 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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ICYMI my review of last weekend’s Fête Des Bêtes at St James Guernsey celebrating a range of folk and roots music with a twist… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/l...

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La Fête des Bêtes – St James Guernsey – 27/09/25
Having originated as a two day Weekender in Sark back in 2021, La Fête Des Bêtes aimed to champion folk and traditional music with a modern twist but after that first happening seemed to disappear,…
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October 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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My review of last weekend’s La Fête des Bêtes at St James Guernsey: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/l...

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La Fête des Bêtes – St James Guernsey – 27/09/25
Having originated as a two day Weekender in Sark back in 2021, La Fête Des Bêtes aimed to champion folk and traditional music with a modern twist but after that first happening seemed to disappear,…
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October 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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ICYMI my review of The Recks with Tantale and Tim Corbett at St James Guernsey last weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/t...

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The Recks, Tantale and Tim Corbett – St James, Guernsey – 13/09/25
Five years ago the ten-legged, Sark originated, psychedelic folk monster The Recks headlined a most unique Vale Earth Fair and then, what with one thing and another, vanished from stages, studios a…
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September 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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My the review of The Recks big return show at St James Guernsey last weekend with support from TANTALE and Tim Corbett: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/t...

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The Recks, Tantale and Tim Corbett – St James, Guernsey – 13/09/25
Five years ago the ten-legged, Sark originated, psychedelic folk monster The Recks headlined a most unique Vale Earth Fair and then, what with one thing and another, vanished from stages, studios a…
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September 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM