Band Night NNF 2024

BBC Introducing Norfolk and Suffolk have championed and supported undiscovered, unsigned and under-the-radar acts for decades across the counties, bringing the magic and music to our eyes and most importantly ears.

Swim School & Ziggarettes

Swim School once described themselves as ‘Tesco value Wolf Alice’ on this occasion however it’s clear to see they will become more they just peers with Ellie Rowsell and co, Swim School can go to the very top.

Brown Horse

I’ve seen many, many bands since I’ve moved to this Fine City but tonight’s experience is quite possibly the greatest yet.

Goat Girl

Whilst we may have only had ten songs and a set that lasted forty-five minutes it was a set full of beautiful noise and powerful sounds

bdrmm, DEK

You Me At Six - Deaf Havana - Call Me Armour

This Is The Kit

All in all the night was a triumph of great musicianship, laughter, joy and beauty

The Amazons - Swim School - Fiona-Lee

Waterparks and Stand Atlantic

Matthew And The Atlas - Memorial

Lonely The Brave - What We Do To Feel

Pip Blom

The band seem very happy and confident on stage, relaxed in knowing they are producing the goods. I hope they return to their home from home soon.

Funeral For A Friend - Dashboard Confessional

The Xcerts

Long live The Xcerts, here’s to another 14 years and hopefully bigger things to come.

Teenage Fanclub - Nothing Lasts Forever

Hamish Hawk and Redolent

...as the evening comes to a close there’s smiles all around, from those on the stage to those who stood, danced and sang along. Thank you, Hamish and your wonderful band. Haste ye back!

Nothing But Thieves

The Rabbitts - Love

Reverend & The Makers - The Marijanovic -Michelle Bapoo - Ryan Redwood

Swim Deep

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Council Skies

DMA's

Girl Scout - Gabby Rivers

Beach Riot - Suds- Collars

DMA's - How Many Dreams?

DMA’S have drawn on a wider palette of influences and sounds than ever before to make a wonderful record, it is an album full of joy, emotion and party anthems.

Sleeping With Sirens

Hundred Reasons – Glorious Sunset

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Black Veil Brides + Lillith Czar

Overall, a brilliant night

Inhaler - Cuts & Bruises

Other Half - Soft Action

The Pretty Reckless - Other Worlds

...there’s a lovely, warm feel to the record and it offers you a great look into the band and their influences. It’s a very clever move.

October Drift - I Don't Belong Anywhere

Bush - Art of Survival

Norwich Psych Fest 2022

The Slow Readers Club & Klangstof

Spielbergs, Other Half & Suds

Editors- EBM

A band who have never stood still creatively, EBM is a breathlessly heavy step up and Editors’ most leftfield material yet

Black Midi- Hellfire

Our Man In The Field

Eliza Delf - Into The Wilderness

Norfolk Singer-Songwriter releases her stunning debut album Into The Wilderness

Neck Of The Woods Festival

I really hope this festival returns next year. It was a joy to witness and it proves that there is not only the audience in Norfolk but there's talent too. See you next year, same time, same place.

Liam Gallagher - C'mon You Know

C’mon You Know is Gallagher's best album thus far

Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong

The singer-songwriter’s sixth album is an immersive collection of songs, wrestling with trauma both collective and personal in an increasingly destabilising world and will be the greatest record you’ll hear this year.

The Ninth Wave - Heavy Like A Headache

The Batman

Stereophonics - Oochya!

Fatherson - Normal Fears

Ultimately the album shows an expressive side to the band, one that brings delight and hopefully a new swarm of fans while keeping the old ones happy

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Dry Cleaning

Idles - Crawler

Scritti Polliti

Free Guy

Old

Sunday at Latitude

So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs? With Dr Ben Garrod

Wojtek The Bear - Heaven By The Back Door

Dippy On Tour - A Natural History Adventure

Leon O’Leary - Mysabar Festival

$ebbuku - Young Norfolk Arts Festival

Gary Numan

I’ve only seen him live once before and again, I was struck by what an energetic performer he is, not at all the aloof persona I expected.

Sugarhill Gang With Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio's Furious 5

The show that these guys put on is from a different era. They are entertainers. The show is slick, they are pros and they work incredibly hard to get the maximum out of the crowd

Wooden Shjips

There was such a great atmosphere in the hall, with many completely lost in their own world

Lets Rock Norwich

In what has fast become an annual fixture on the Norwich musical calendar, it was back to Earlham park for another day of shameless nostalgia.

Fat White Family

Must be amongst one of the best gigs this year

Reggae Legends

Norwich still has a big appetite for Reggae ......

Dave

I have to keep reminding myself that Dave is still just 20 years old, yet the confidence he has on stage is remarkable

GZA

I had a lot of fun attending the GZA show. I hung out with some friends, I listened to some loud classic tunes and I got to see an actual member of the Wu-Tang Clan in Norwich.

Stefflon Don, Big Tobz and Russ

Stefflon Don brought the kind of show that I would normally never see, and it was very easy to see why she is so popular. …… I left buzzing after a brilliant night of musical exhilaration, feeling joyous, and having seen something that will live long in my memory.

Sleaford Mods

...the fact that the whole night ended on current single Discourse shows how well received their new material has been.

AJ Tracey

AJ.. was great, his rapping skills are second to none, spitting out bars with machine gun precision.  

UFO

It may have been a Sunday night, but the Waterfront was completely sold out with an expectant crowd ready to show the band how much they have meant to us over the years

Stiff Little Fingers

This was my 6th consecutive year seeing the band and I go because I know what I’m going to get – a cracking live band, a great crowd and the chance to bellow along to some much-loved punk classics.

Fredo – LCR

2019 is going to be a big year for Fredo.

Blue Oyster Cult

Beginning with Dr. Music and Before The Kiss, a Redcap it was a strong start, but there were also some pretty major sound issues affecting thing

808 State

Sadly at 10pm it was over, when it felt like we were just starting.

Molly Hatchet

Operation : Mindcrime

The Studio was packed, and as the lights went down I immediately felt myself perk up.

Stick in The Wheel

I have been fortunate enough to have visited the Cambridge Folk Festival on two occasions on behalf of Outline and they were brilliant days of sublime music. Pick of my trip in 2016 were Stick In The Wheel, and I’ve been impatiently waiting for them to visit Norwich ever since.

The Damned

Two things gave this year’s tour an extra edge of anticipation – firstly they are promoting their first new album in 10 years Evil Spirits, and secondly bassist Paul Gray has re-joined the band, having initially spent three successful years with them starting in 1980.

Acid Mothers Temple

Acid Mothers of Temple play Norwich once a year and you can always guarantee I will be in the queue to see them

Bugzy Malone + SL

The Melvins + Jon Spencer

Toots & the Maytals

Mono

Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi

St. Paul & The Broken Bones

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Ghostface Killah

Public Image Ltd

Let's Rock Festival

Akala

Rejjie Snow

Baxter Dury

GBH

Testament

MIST

The Bellrays

The Stranglers

Cannibal Corpse

Henry Rollins' Travel Slideshow

Richard Dawson

Dave

Happy Mondays

Wonk Unit

Status Quo

Hawklords

Macka B

Sleaford Mods

Krept & Konan

Declan McKenna

Jane Weaver

Acid Mothers Temple

Loyle Carner

Dizzee Rascal

Living Colour

Chas & Dave

Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble

Cambridge Folk Festival 2017 - Sunday

DJ Yella and Lil Eazy E

Let's Rock Norwich 2017

Voivod

Sugarhill Gang with Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio's Furious Five

Hawkwind

Kansas Smitty's House Band

Brad Mehldau Trio

Big Daddy Kane

FM

Giggs

PINS

Stormzy

Ventoux

The Wytches

New Model Army

Stiff Little Fingers

L.A Guns

KRS-One

Anthrax

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats

The Damned

Teenage Fanclub

The Specials

Buzzcocks

Y&T

Hawklords

Norwich Sound & Vision 2016

Gary Numan

Ronnie Scott's All-Stars

Ronnie Scott's All-Stars @ Norwich Playhouse

Exciting, beautiful, ambitious, emotional and ultimately 57 years old.

MDC @ Owl Sanctuary

A well drilled machine

Love Revisited @ Norwich Arts Centre

I wasn’t ever able to get over the fact that Arthur wasn’t there.

Saul Williams @ Norwich Arts Centre

Captivating, educational and entertaining.

St Paul & The Broken Bones @ Waterfront Studio

Truly good for the soul.

Mbongwana Star @ NAC

Didn’t quite match my extremely high expectations

Branford Marsalis @ Norwich Cathedral

A night of sophisticated, tasteful music

Sun Ra Arkestra @ Open

One of those once in a lifetime opportunities

Bad Breeding - Bad Breeding

This self-titled album is everything that has gone before, but better.

Udo Dirkschneider @ Waterfront

Heavy fucking metal made me do it.

Purson - Desire's Magic Theatre

9/10

Ulrich Schnauss @ NAC

Clean and crisp with plenty of bass.

Machine Head @ Open

A colossal set in a room full of craziness

Anthrax - For All Kings

6/10

Baaba Maal @ the Waterfront

A very special night of live music indeed.

Cancer Bats @ the Waterfront

A good gig, but not a great one

The Charlatans @ UEA

My love for the band has been completely reinvigorated

The Zombies @ Open

The very definition of seasoned pros.

Gentlemans Pistols @ the Waterfront

Left me wanting more

Talib Kweli @ Epic

Hip hop royalty was in the house

Hawklords @ Waterfront Studio

The kind of live show I probably thought I’d never see again.

This Is England '90 Soundtrack

7/10

Clutch - Psychic Warfare

9/10

Glenn Hughes @ the Waterfront

He has the purest falsetto I have ever heard

Acid Mothers Temple @ The Owl Sanctuary

A mind-blowing trip

Norwich Sound & Vision - full round up

Thank you Norwich Sound & Vision for everything you have done for us

PiL @ UEA

"My clothes were literally being blown by the bass wind"

Winterfylleth @ the Waterfront

My first black metal gig, but unlikely to be my last.

Blackalicious - Imani Vol 1

7/10

Barrence Whitfield - Under The Savage Sky

8/10

MDC @ The Owl Sanctuary

It’s always a special gig that turns a Sunday night into the best night of the week.

D.R.I @ The Owl Sanctuary

Killer Hurts, Back Down Or Die, Shrapnel and D.R.I go hardcore.

Roy Ayers @ Epic, Norwich

Roy just didn’t play his vibes enough

Wolfgang Flür @ Epic, Norwich

Techno and visuals from ex-Kraftwerk legend

Heaven 17 @ Waterfront, Norwich

Classic 80's songsmiths at the Waterfront

Abdullah Ibrahim

A captivating evening at the Theatre Royal

Django Django @ Waterfront, Norwich

A confident Django Django impress at the Waterfront

Songhoy Blues

Punk from Mali at the Spiegeltent

The Fall

The always controversial Mark E Smith at NAC

UFO

UFO play the Waterfront

Pony Up! feat Menace Beach

Mega bands at NAC

Stiff Little Fingers

Classic punks at the Waterfront

Jungle

Jungle busy earnin' at UEA!

Mungo's Hi Fi

Roots reggae, dub and dancehall at Open

Caravan @ NAC

I had my expectations hugely exceeded

Michael Schenker

A long set mostly filled with songs that I have known since my youngest teenage years

Turbowolf at the Waterfront

Macka B at The Owl Sanctuary

You can’t really argue with someone that only refers to himself in the third person, something I’m hoping to do myself one day.

Ebo Taylor

Yet another brilliant night at the Norwich Arts Centre.

Agnostic Front // Owl Sanctuary

A great band playing in a great new venue.

Machine Head // Waterfront

Hell, yes!

Vain // Waterfront, 06.07.14

Shameless rock 'n' roll the old fashioned way.

Brian Jonestown Massacre & The Vacant Lots // Waterfront, 02.07.14

Brilliant band, excellent show, we were lucky to have them.

Melt Banana & MFOTWU // Norwich Arts Centre // 29.05.14

Two memorable performances at NAC...

Polyphonic Spree // Waterfront // 09.06.14

They had us eating out of their hands from R.I.P. Rik Mayall.

Hugh Masekela & Andy Sheppard // Theatre Royal // 21.5.14

Hugh rocks the Theatre Royal

Clutch // The Waterfront - 02.05.14

Often lazily tagged as a stoner rock band, it’s fair to say in 2014 they are simply a great rock ‘n’ roll band.

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages // Norwich Arts Centre, 01.05.14

'I’m Sad About It' and 'Hangman’s Token' were sensational – ass kicking, hell raising, down ‘n’ dirty stuff.

Horace Andy // Norwich Arts Centre, 18.04.14

Like many of the older reggae artists Horace’s voice sounded absolutely perfect – sweet, delicate and soulful.

Stiff Little Fingers // The Waterfront - 26.03.14

Jake explained featured lyrics written in 1983 after a night on the town with Phil Lynott! Oh to have been a fly on the wall that night…

Michael Schenker // The Waterfront - 21.04.2013

It was a true privilege to witness a living legend in the flesh, especially one who was clearly having such a blast onstage.

UFO // The Waterfront - 28.03.2012

"His playing was tasteful, without ever being flashy, and he has been the main reason for the bands upturn in fortunes over recent years..."