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Simon Ricketts Dec 17, 2022

Loved getting properly back to #livemusic in 2022, back in crowds, with friends, volume up, the rest of the world on pause for a couple of hours. Some highlights:

#MeltYourselfDown (100 Club)
#PeterHook (Brixton Academy)
#FirstAidKit (Eventim Apollo)
#SaucerfulOfSecrets (Portsmouth Guildhall)
#Villagers (Roundhouse)
#PsychedelicFurs (Royal Albert Hall)
#SteelPulse (O2 Kentish Town Forum
#CowboyJunkies (Royal Festival Hall)
#Queen (O2)
#BillLaurance (Kings Place)

ActiveCultures Nov 29, 2022

I’d totally go to @activecultures #instafest. And I’d discover some artists I don’t really know too.

#music #festivals #musodon
#beyonce #marisamonte #davidbowie #congotronics #elviscostello #kendricklamar #rophnan #taylorswift #lealani #cecilemclorinsalvant #sonicyouth #gilscottheron #alicecoltrane #SampatheGreat #aroojaftab #freek #fafa #phoebebridgers #tomwaits #biaferreira #charlesmingus #meltyourselfdown #tamikrest #galcosta #goldenalaminos #allesandroallesandroni #bjork #queen #more

Simon Ricketts Nov 20, 2022

Every Sunday I’ve been posting my personal #AlbumOfTheWeek, new or old, that I have been playing repeatedly. Do tell me yours. This week, before and after seeing them live on Friday which was exhilarating, I have been playing #MeltYourselfDown’s Pray For Me I Don’t Fit In, from February 2022. It now makes more sense having seen them. I love the swirling #jazz #punk #afrobeat vibe. Play loud. #ThisIsMyJam #vinyl #music

Simon Ricketts Nov 18, 2022

#MeltYourselfDown were absolutely amazing at the #100Club in #London tonight. Sweat dripping off the ceiling, whole place jumping. Cathartic end to the week. #livemusic