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Festival review – Bank Holiday Sunday Alldayer at Firebug & Duffy’s Bar, Sunday 24th August 2025

03/09/2025 Kevin Gaughan 0
Yes, the overall sound was a humming fervour, but there were carefully manoeuvred rhythmic changes amongst the distorted riffs, and a groovy chug to bob your head along to.

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Preview – Firebug Bank Holiday Sunday all dayer Sunday 29th August – 30th August 2021

26/08/2021 Kevin Gaughan 0
As live music makes its long-awaited return, Firebug and her sister bar Duffy’s have teamed up to provide a stomping day of music this Bank Holiday Sunday and it is all for FREE! Headlining the evening on Firebug are Leicester’s own preachers of rock, the mighty Goldwater…

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Preview – Jonathan Eve & Liz Marriot + Andrea Kenny at The Musician, Saturday 22nd May 2021

15/05/2021 Kevin Gaughan 0
There is an old saying that one should never mix the grape with the grain, hinting that a nasty hangover will be on the cards. […]

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Preview – LARA one-dayer 50 bands over 5 stages, Sunday 22nd March 2020

15/02/2020 Kevin Gaughan 0
Since September 2019, an estimated 27 million acres of Australia have burned, 1.25 billion animals are thought to have perished, 1000s of individuals have been […]

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Review – The Whiskey Rebellion + Blackbeard’s Tea Party at The Cookie, Saturday 12th October 2019

21/10/2019 Kevin Gaughan 0
with Inlak’esh, Reviewed by Cain Barriskil As Leicester’s Saturday night revellers meandered their way down the city’s High Street preparing for an alcohol soaked night […]

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De Montfort Hall
Duffy's Bar
Firebug
O2 Academy
The Century Theatre, Coalville
The Donkey
The International Music Venue
The Musician (closed 2025)
The Queen Victoria Biker's Pub, Coalville
The Shed (closed 2025)
The Soundhouse
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