{"id":5226,"date":"2014-12-06T16:52:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T16:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2016-05-22T10:17:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T09:17:42","slug":"thatwasdecember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/thatwasdecember\/","title":{"rendered":"ThatWasDecember"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h1>December<br \/>\nLeicester&#8217;s live music 2014<\/h1>\n<p>Last edited: 1st January 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our round-up of the gigs we went to in December 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 27th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Shed. <strong>Goldstein<\/strong> played punk with plenty of rhythm. <strong>The Bowbridge Band<\/strong> were without a drummer tonight so their two guitarist\/singers did an acoustic set.<strong> Casino Empire<\/strong> have stood out this year playing almost every month throughout the year on one stage or another. \u00a0It was good to see them back at The Shed tonight. As a band they are five individual characters but they all work together exceedingly well. Some young bands look like something out of Attack of the Clones but this is one that does not. Lead singer Tommy Cobley seems to be the one rock star of Leicester that everyone remembers. <strong>Lois<\/strong> from Nottingham had three good singers at the front and brought forth many favourable from members of the audience. &#8220;Say they are a happy-go-lucky band&#8221; one person said to me and I think that was a good comment. They played plenty of punchy rhythms and their guitar work was amazingly good. It was music to dance to. The evening closed with a performance by <strong>Doc Savage<\/strong>. A four-piece band with a lead singer nand singing drummer. Engaging songs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 23rd December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Soundhouse. The open-mic Christmas party hosted by Rhett Barrow. Many exceptionally good singers and groups on stage and also a magician Colin Skinner. \u00a0Numerous acts but <strong>Initial Thought<\/strong> and <strong>Suicide B&#8217;s<\/strong> stood out for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 21st December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>City Link-Up brought a talented line-up of young artists to the stage at The Cookie Jar; this afternoon&#8217;s show was a celebration of youthful musical talent from all over the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 20th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leicester band <strong>Resin<\/strong> held their Christmas show at The Firebug. With support from Leicester&#8217;s <strong>Temple of Lies<\/strong>, <strong>Martyr de Mona<\/strong> from Stourbridge and <strong>Slam Cartel<\/strong> from London, the headline slot went to Resin. It was a night to remember.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/resin2014\/\">See our review of this gig<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/resin-firebug\/\">See photos from this show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 19th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5434\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Midnight-Wire-selfie.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Midnight-Wire-selfie-600x400.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"Midnight Wire do a selfie\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Midnight-Wire-selfie.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Midnight-Wire-selfie.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Midnight Wire do a selfie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Y Theatre was the setting for the release of <strong>Midnight Wire&#8217;s<\/strong> <em>Crossing the Rubicon<\/em> album launch. Support from <strong>Casino Empire<\/strong> and <strong>Stop That Train<\/strong> gave a great lead-up to the headline set of <strong>Midnight Wire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MidnightWire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/midnightwire\/\">Read our review &#8211; up now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 18th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Velocity-singer-KG.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Velocity-singer-KG-600x452.jpg?resize=600%2C452\" alt=\"Velocity singer KG\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Velocity-singer-KG.jpg?resize=600%2C452&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Velocity-singer-KG.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Velocity-singer-KG.jpg?w=708&amp;ssl=1 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charity night for Rainbows at The Shed with <strong>Castle Hill<\/strong>, <strong>Velocity<\/strong>, <strong>Stating The Obvious<\/strong> and <strong>The World Can Wait<\/strong>. An unusual feature of the line-up was that Velocity played twice. They played so well that everyone wanted to hear them again.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Velocity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/velocity\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read our full review of the night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 16th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5426\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Catalogues-Shed-Dec-16.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Catalogues-Shed-Dec-16-600x529.jpg?resize=600%2C529\" alt=\"The Catalogues playing at The Shed on 16th December\" width=\"600\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Catalogues-Shed-Dec-16.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Catalogues-Shed-Dec-16.jpg?resize=300%2C265&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Catalogues playing at The Shed on 16th December<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Shed played host to the last audition gig for 2014&#8217;s round of Glastonbudget Festival selection shows. On the line-up were <strong>5th Pier<\/strong> from Mansfield, <strong>Fifty Four Plates<\/strong> from Essex) and <strong>The Catalogues<\/strong> (from Coventry and Leicester.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 13th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A brilliant night of music at The Soundhouse.<\/p>\n<p>with <strong>8 Miles High<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5286\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8Miles-High-at-soundhouse.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5286\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8Miles-High-at-soundhouse.jpg?resize=600%2C510\" alt=\"Oliver Kidd-Martin of 8 Miles High at The Soundhouse\" width=\"600\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8Miles-High-at-soundhouse.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8Miles-High-at-soundhouse.jpg?resize=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oliver Kidd-Martin of 8 Miles High at The Soundhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>who did a fantastic set, with support from <strong>Beneath The Lights<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5287\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Beneath-The-Lights-at-The-Soundhouse.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5287\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Beneath-The-Lights-at-The-Soundhouse.jpg?resize=600%2C503\" alt=\"Beneath The Lights at The Soundhouse\" width=\"600\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Beneath-The-Lights-at-The-Soundhouse.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Beneath-The-Lights-at-The-Soundhouse.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beneath The Lights at The Soundhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>and songs from <strong>Reuben Wisner<\/strong> who opened the show<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5290\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Reuben-Wisner-at-Soundhouse.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5290\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Reuben-Wisner-at-Soundhouse.jpg?resize=600%2C468\" alt=\"Reuben Wisner at Soundhouse\" width=\"600\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Reuben-Wisner-at-Soundhouse.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Reuben-Wisner-at-Soundhouse.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reuben Wisner at Soundhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Scribble Victory<\/strong> &#8211; two guys on guitar and drums &#8211; delivered beautifully harmonised vocals and a set of energetic songs. A performance full of vibrancy and musical quality, their unusual act was very likeable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5293\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5293\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Scribble-Victory.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5293\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Scribble-Victory.jpg?resize=600%2C523\" alt=\"Scribble Victory at The Soundhouse\" width=\"600\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Scribble-Victory.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Scribble-Victory.jpg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scribble Victory at The Soundhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All round good night of music from top artists.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/the-bobcats-and-8miles-high-at-the-musician\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>8Miles High<\/strong> when they played with <strong>The Bobcats<\/strong> at The Musician on 8th December 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/leicester-band-are-8-miles-high\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read our feature article on 8 Miles High band<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 12th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5422\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Barley-Mow.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5422\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Barley-Mow-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"Aaron Stratton at The Barley Mow\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Barley-Mow.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Barley-Mow.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Stratton at The Barley Mow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Barley Mow for the Glastonbudget Christmas party, with <strong>Aaron Stratton<\/strong> and <strong>Big Bad<\/strong> band.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5424\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Big-Bad-at-The-Barley-Mow.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Big-Bad-at-The-Barley-Mow-600x583.jpg?resize=600%2C583\" alt=\"The Big Bad band playing at The Barley Mow, 12th December\" width=\"600\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Big-Bad-at-The-Barley-Mow.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Big-Bad-at-The-Barley-Mow.jpg?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Bad band playing at The Barley Mow, 12th December<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Shed. <strong>Jonezy<\/strong> did a surprise performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cookie Jar<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5359\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/4-Casino-Empire-The-Cookie-12th-Dec-2014-e1419005179258.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5359\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/4-Casino-Empire-The-Cookie-12th-Dec-2014-600x338.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"Casino Empire at The Cookie Jar Photo Keith Jobey\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casino Empire at The Cookie Jar<br \/>Photo Keith Jobey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cookie Jar. <a title=\"CasinoEmpireGig\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/casinoempiregig\/\"><strong>Casino Empire<\/strong> did their \u00a0single launch. Keith Jobey was there<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 11th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Shed. The last showcase gig for Leicester&#8217;s young bands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before The Crash<\/strong> launched the night with a rousing song led by singer\u00a0Shezza Wileman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5304\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Before-The-Crash.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5304\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Before-The-Crash.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"Before The Crash\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Before-The-Crash.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Before-The-Crash.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before The Crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mid City<\/strong> (previously known as Murmur) delivered a sizzlingly good set.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5299\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mid-City-lead-singer.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5299\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mid-City-lead-singer-449x600.jpg?resize=449%2C600\" alt=\"Mid City at The Shed\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mid-City-lead-singer.jpg?resize=449%2C600&amp;ssl=1 449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mid-City-lead-singer.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mid-City-lead-singer.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mid City at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Flight 15<\/strong> put on a sensational set.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5296\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Flight-15-at-The-Shed.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5296\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Flight-15-at-The-Shed.jpg?resize=600%2C591\" alt=\"Flight 15 at The Shed\" width=\"600\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Flight-15-at-The-Shed.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Flight-15-at-The-Shed.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flight 15 at The shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The night was headlined by <strong>Midnight Wire<\/strong>, playing a special guest appearance ahead of their big album launch gig at The Y Theatre on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5301\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Midnight-Wire-at-The-Shed.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5301\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Midnight-Wire-at-The-Shed.jpg?resize=600%2C500\" alt=\"Midnight Wire at The Shed\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Midnight-Wire-at-The-Shed.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Midnight-Wire-at-The-Shed.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Midnight Wire at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/midnightwire\/\">See our feature article on Midnight Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 9th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Shed.<\/p>\n<p>A cold wet Tuesday evening and The Shed was not exactly heaving with people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5249\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5249\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys.jpg?resize=600%2C583\" alt=\"The Greys\" width=\"600\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Greys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Leicester three-piece band put on a set og strongly ear-grabbing songs. <strong>The Greys <\/strong>had plenty of energy and attack which they laced with some sparkling guitar solos. They played their own version of The Arctic Monkey&#8217;s <em>I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor<\/em>, a favourite cover of young bands. As student bands go, they are not at all bad. Strong drumming and solidly good singing from the band&#8217;s vocalist Declan Robertson they showed that they have their fingers on the pulse of what makes exciting music.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5248\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys-at-the-Shed.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5248\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys-at-the-Shed-582x600.jpg?resize=582%2C600\" alt=\"The Greys at The Shed\" width=\"582\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys-at-the-Shed.jpg?resize=582%2C600&amp;ssl=1 582w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys-at-the-Shed.jpg?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Greys-at-the-Shed.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Greys at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Greys<\/strong> played some of their own songs and finished with a mash-up of some well-known rock classics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Taylor<\/strong> played his first gig at the start of the show. He delivered an animated performance with well-articulated singing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 5th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A busy night for live music in Leicester with shows at The Cookie Jar, The Musician, The Shed and The Soundhouse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cookie Jar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Keith Jobey<\/p>\n<p>It may be cold outside, but inside the Cookie it&#8217;s as warm as the welcome and now there are winter warmers on the drinks menu. In case you need to be even warmer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5258\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Courtney-Askey-05-12-2014-Rob-Gurney.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5258\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Courtney-Askey-05-12-2014-Rob-Gurney.jpg?resize=600%2C404\" alt=\"Courtney Askey at The Cookie Jar Photo Rob Gurney\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Courtney-Askey-05-12-2014-Rob-Gurney.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Courtney-Askey-05-12-2014-Rob-Gurney.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtney Askey at The Cookie Jar<br \/>Photo Rob Gurney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Courtney Askey<\/strong> only found out she was playing this gig a few hours prior to performing.\u00a0The original support, To Abolish (previously called Numbers On The Board) pulled out late on the day. Which was a shame because I enjoyed them at the Shed during Oxjam this year. \u00a0At least Courtney is a worthy replacement. With her sparkling guitar set off by the twinkling, swirling lights, she opens with Back To The City, a great song that epitomises her style.\u00a0That&#8217;s three times I&#8217;ve caught her live in as many months and I&#8217;ll happily catch her again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5257\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Acid-Haystack-and-the-Shattered-Villain-05-12-2014-Rob-Gurney.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Acid-Haystack-and-the-Shattered-Villain-05-12-2014-Rob-Gurney.jpg?resize=600%2C404\" alt=\"Acid Haystack at The Cookie Jar Photo Rob Gurney\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Acid-Haystack-and-the-Shattered-Villain-05-12-2014-Rob-Gurney.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Acid-Haystack-and-the-Shattered-Villain-05-12-2014-Rob-Gurney.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acid Haystack at The Cookie Jar<br \/>Photo Rob Gurney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Acid Haystack and the Shattered Villain<\/strong> (Andrew Mills and Daniel Heath) are another act I caught at Oxjam. They play a kind of acoustic Dropkick Murphys style, a gypsy\/folk\/punk vibe.\u00a0Declaring that the theme of their set was drinking and killing they performed with a great deal of humour. The humour overflowed during the final song as they asked Rich on sound to &#8216;fiddle&#8217; with some\u00a0knobs on the mixing desk to add lots of effects, a task he performed masterfully, bringing about laughter from both the audience and the band. It went down so well they decided to play an encore! I know this is a nice thing to do but what it meant was some of us lost out on some of the headliners\u00a0set as we had to leave for last busses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5259\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Echolocation-05-12-2014-Keith-Jobey.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Echolocation-05-12-2014-Keith-Jobey.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"Echo Location at The Cookie Jar Photo Keith Jobey\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Echolocation-05-12-2014-Keith-Jobey.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Echolocation-05-12-2014-Keith-Jobey.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Echo Location at The Cookie Jar<br \/>Photo Keith Jobey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Echolocation<\/strong> were playing with a full line up, that&#8217;s 8, so it was a fairly busy stage and\u00a0a really full sound. With tight playing, great sound and an array of instruments the music \u00a0they make is fantastic. Peter Ingram&#8217;s spoken Fallesque vocals adding another element that helps make this band stand out as one of Leicester&#8217;s most original. With several years as a band under their belt they have a decent back catalogue of songs to call upon and these gigs they put on showcase some super bands for the price of a cheap pint.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it was good to see Andy Askey in the Echolocation line up after his recent stroke. This night giving him a target to drive towards on the road to recovery. We wish him the best of health in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Musician<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A great line up of artists supported this charity fund-raiser for the PDSA.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5227\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Musician.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Musician-591x600.jpg?resize=591%2C600\" alt=\"Aaron Stratton at the Musician\" width=\"591\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Musician.jpg?resize=591%2C600&amp;ssl=1 591w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Musician.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aaron-Stratton-at-the-Musician.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Stratton at the Musician<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AaronStrattonMusic\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Stratton<\/a> gave a fine performance; \u00a0he is an artist we have followed since he started. Tonight the 18 year old singer put on a very good performance. \u00a0<strong>The Elastic Band<\/strong> put on a superb set, featuring the work of Mike Sole on Keyboards. <strong>Multimorph<\/strong> were there with their light-show projection generated from water and drops of coloured oil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5228\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/We-Are-The-Brave.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5228\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/We-Are-The-Brave.jpg?resize=600%2C451\" alt=\"We The Brave at The Shed\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/We-Are-The-Brave.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/We-Are-The-Brave.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We The Brave at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At The Glastonbudget auditions it was good to see Leicester&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wethebraveuk\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We The Brave<\/strong><\/a>. Members of this band were Adam Gent &#8211; Vocals\/Piano, Aaron Murray &#8211; Guitar, Andy Winfield &#8211; Drums, Martyn Preston &#8211; Bass. \u00a0I have known Adam Gent since he was the drummer in ICTUS, and Aaron Murray, the then lead singer of the band, \u00a0back in the early OOs. We Are The Brave did a hugely good set, with sensational singing from Adam and strong backing vocals from other members of the band. They were phenomenal. So good to see these guys making music again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5305\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bella-Diem-at-The-Shed.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5305\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bella-Diem-at-The-Shed.jpg?resize=600%2C563\" alt=\"Bella Diem at The Shed\" width=\"600\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bella-Diem-at-The-Shed.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bella-Diem-at-The-Shed.jpg?resize=300%2C281&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bella Diem at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We also saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bella.diem.music\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Diem<\/a>, from Birmingham and very much liked the vocals from Lucy Dines and other band members. \u00a0A good performance that drew much favourable comment from many people in the room.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Soundhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>was supposed to be one of the venues on tonight&#8217;s itinerary but sadly it was not possible. \u00a0 A great shame because it would have been good to see <strong>The World Can Wait<\/strong> once more.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5152\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Shed-TWCW-Sully.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Shed-TWCW-Sully-565x600.jpg?resize=565%2C600\" alt=\"Sully Archer of The World Can Wait\" width=\"565\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Shed-TWCW-Sully.jpg?resize=565%2C600&amp;ssl=1 565w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Shed-TWCW-Sully.jpg?resize=282%2C300&amp;ssl=1 282w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Shed-TWCW-Sully.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sully Archer of The World Can Wait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a band we rate highly for their engaging music and the fine vocals of lead singer Sully Archer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/theworldcanwait\/\">See our feature article on The World Can Wait<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 4th December.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Curve, we went to see <em>The Sound of Music<\/em>,\u00a0Rodger\u2019s and Hammerstein\u2019s classic musical. It was a fine production and the singers and the band were high quality. \u00a0A great show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsinleicestershire.co.uk\/soundof\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read our review of <em>The Sound Of Music<\/em> on Arts in Leicester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 2nd December<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Soundhouse.<\/p>\n<p>At Rhett Barrow&#8217;s Open Mic night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthenshaw11\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Matt Henshaw<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0gave a superb performance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5229\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Matt-Henshaw-Soundhouse-for-Facebook.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5229\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Matt-Henshaw-Soundhouse-for-Facebook-600x403.jpg?resize=600%2C403\" alt=\"Matt Henshaw at The Soundhouse\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Matt-Henshaw-Soundhouse-for-Facebook.jpg?resize=600%2C403&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Matt-Henshaw-Soundhouse-for-Facebook.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Matt-Henshaw-Soundhouse-for-Facebook.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Henshaw at The Soundhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fine singing from this increasingly well-known Leicester artist. Matt has been in tour recently, experiencing what live music is like outside of Leicester. It will be interesting to see what Matt has to say about this. Also on stage tonight was Leicester beat-boxer <strong>Steve Shuter<\/strong>, \u00a0whose technical abilities are amazing. We saw him when he played at Carol Stein&#8217;s alternative music show at the Musician. <strong>Joe Scott<\/strong> was another of the acts we saw tonight. We are all looking forward to the <strong>Open-Mic Christmas party<\/strong> at the Soundhouse on 23rd December. It&#8217;s always been a good event and a highlight of music at Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ThatWasNovember\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/thatwasnovember\/\">That was November<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ThatWasOctober\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/thatwasoctober\/\">That was October<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ThatWasSeptember\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/thatwasseptember\/\">That was September<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">December Leicester&#8217;s live music 2014 Last edited: 1st January 2015 Our round-up of the gigs we went to in December 2014. Saturday 27th December The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/thatwasdecember\/\" title=\"ThatWasDecember\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":5283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[110,91,54,4],"tags":[124,117,126,121],"class_list":["post-5226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-from-2014","category-gigs-in-leicester","category-gigs-music-home-page","category-music-home-page","tag-cookie-jar-venue","tag-shed-venue","tag-singers","tag-soundhouse-venue"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8-Miles-High-Feature-photo-300.jpg?fit=300%2C268&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-1mi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8456,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/contents2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":5226,"position":0},"title":"Contents2015","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"12\/01\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Contents of this magazine in 2015 archive page","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2015&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2015","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/history-of-leicester-music\/the-year-2015\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/proper-MIL-loho-from-arj.jpg?fit=370%2C369&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5366,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/thatwas2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":5226,"position":1},"title":"ThatWas2014","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"20\/12\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Page last edited: 1st January 2015 That Was 2014 The year has been good for music. 2014 was a bumper year for bands, singers, rappers and music artists of all kinds. 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