After my first visit to Buckle & Boots Festival twelve months ago, I was expecting to find myself making another trip to Whitebottom Farm again this year. But of course, like so many others, the event succumbed to the lockdown restrictions imposed by the coronavirus and was initially […]
As BOON and the world celebrates International Country Music Day (17 September), we here at BOON were incredibly excited to hear that Gloucester Business Improvement District (Gloucester BID) has announced a brand new event called Gloucester Country Music Festival Taster Event which will take place on Friday 4 […]
In 2015 we saw Kip Moore live for the first time in the UK at C2C Festival with an exceptional set. He returned to C2C in 2018 and we were baffled to why he wasn’t higher up on the bill after last time as his set was worthy […]
We adore Lauren Alaina in the UK. It’s not just her fantastic music and her outstanding vocals but also her infectious personality that has us completely hooked. When she first graced a UK stage back in 2016 at C2C Festival, new fans and old have been eager for […]
When you have seen an artist live many times, it sometimes hard to continue to review them, especially when the amount of times have been so closely together. The first time I became a fan of Twinnie was when I saw her songwriting credit on The Shires song […]
Despite Nashville Meets London running for a few years now, this was actually the first one I could attend. Going from a two day event to one day this year, the line up on Saturday July 27th was pretty stellar and a dang good mix. Having Lauren Alaina […]
Corinne Bailey Rae brought sunshine on a sunny day to Hyde Park, with her versatile blend of jazz-tinged soul. Accompanied by keyboards, guitar and drums, she opened with Been To The Moon and Closer before a Bob Marley cover of Is This Love showed her warmth and soul. […]
Review by Sherry Middleton I have always been torn between wanting to go to a festival to see live music and being put off by the shear volume of the crowds, and the thought of Portaloos being foul smelling and overflowing was something I dreaded. As my two […]
Stevie Wonder gave an emotionally-charged performance to 65,000 people at London’s Hyde Park as part of the of the Barclaycard presents British Summer Time programme. Escorted to the stage to the by two of his six backing singers, Stevie appeared emotional. He was to explain the reason for […]
Lionel Richie looks good for 70. Lionel Richie looks good full stop. As an audience member who had seen Lionel 25 times put it before the show: “You know what you’re going to get with Lionel, he always delivers.” And deliver he did. Hit after hit. Singalong after […]
