The Hope & Social guys have been working really hard over the last few weeks to get this live album out. It is the recording of the gig they did at the Crypt back in October. What is also pretty cool is that they have used some of the images we took on the night...
Yearly Archives: 2009
Hope & Social: Christmas Gig
On Saturday the Hope and Social guys held their Christmas gig in the church where they recorded Architect of this Church. It was a very Christmassy affair to help raise money for repairs to the roof. A number of the parishioners were there serving up tea coffee or little drop of mulled wine if you...
Sunday Service // Mark Geary Special & October SS • by The Sound Gallery
Back in October the legendary Irish muso Mark Geary brought his pals Dan Wilde, Seamus McGloughlin & Ian Bailey to Verve for a special gig in association with my Sunday Service acoustic band night. We’ve had Mark & Dan down before and they both simply amazing. It may have been the hottest gig ever, because as...
Hope and Social – Update
Below is a little video of all the images from the gig at The Crypt – Enjoy!
Northern Vinyl
Yesterday was a promo shoot for a local Leeds band called Northern Vinyl. I have done some work with these guys before and were looking to get some new images for their agent.They are a three piece pop and rock function band and play a lot of 60’s hits by the Beatles and the Who...
Hope and Social – The Crypt 17th October 2009
Part 2: After seeing Hope and Social at Oporto it was off to the Crypt on Saturday for a really special night. This is the guys hope turf. It is where they recorded the album ‘Architect of the Church’ and has become a very special place for them. So to watch them play the whole...
Hope & Social – Oporto Leeds 12th October
We covered these guys back in June for their album launch party – See previous post and they have asked us to get involved with a special evening they are putting together on the 17th October. More than just a gig, the night will be a unique experience. In the first half they will...
Leeds Festival – Round Up
So as part of our Year of Sound we had access to Leeds festival and captured some amazing images of all the goings on and great bands. It’s so much fun hearing a load of new bands & being in the pit photographing at stages with full lighting rigs & smoke & fun stuff like that. ...
U2 – Don Valley Stadium
U2 Rolled into Sheffield tonight for their only gig outside of London in England. We have been working quite hard as The Sound Gallery to get press passes for this event and at 12.15 pm just 8 hours before the gig was due to start we got the green light. I will post later on...
U2 – Don Valley Stadium [from the crowd]
So – while TSG togs Barber & Booker got their U2 press passes & shuffled into the pit, a few of us went to see the show from the other side of the barriers. I took my Canon g10 to document the fun.
This is the crazy crab spaceship type stage used on the U2 360...