Sunday 19 October 2025.

Sunday 19 October 2025. SAM MORRIL live at Shepherds Bush Empire New York City based stand up comedian Sam Morril heads out on his ‘Sammy is Leaving America (and coming back) Tour’. ---------------------- Level 3 is closed, but may 700 or 800 folks are here. Both supports did 15 mins each, and both had some funny bits. TADIWA MAHLUNGE arrived on stage at 8pm for his 15 mins set. Billed as “one of the country's top new comedy acts” by The York Press, Tadiwa Mahlunge has performed at, among others, the Latitude, Greenman, and Greenwich Comedy Festivals, and regularly performs at Top Secret Comedy Club, The Frog and Bucket, The Comedy Store, Glee, Monkey Barrel and Just the Tonic. MICHAEL ODEWALE arrived on stage at 8.15pm for his 15 mins set. Odewale began performing in 2014 while at university. In 2016 he was nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award and was a finalist for the Chortle Student Comedy Award.He was named on the BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017. Odewale's 2019 show, #BlackBearsMatter, was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival and won Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. SAM MORRIL on at 8.30pm for his 60 mins set. Sam has been doing stand up comedy for 20 years. Clearly, Morril is a busy man. Specials, his own whiskey, podcasting, touring, writing, the list goes on. This level of work can come along with being popular . With each joke, he uniquely spins the premise into a darkly humorous commentary with a deadpan, effortless that brings to mind Steven Wright. They are some naughty X rated jokes , but i presume most of the crowd know this. Around 15 mins from the end , he read out a couple of bad one star reviews he had, and then invited the crowd to shout out requests and themes Plenty of funny jokes and routines in the enjoyable comedy show. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Saturday 18 October 2025 NATIONAL ALBUM DAY Sex Pistols - 'Never Mind The Bollocks' This limited edition 1LP pressing is exclusive to National Album Day in the UK and Colour Vinyl Campaign internationally. Looks like it will be clear vinyl. --------------------------------------- Saturday 18 October 2025. GLENN HUGHES live at Shepherds Bush Empire Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee is playing a UK tour....The Chosen Years. Glenn will be playing a full two hour show , from his 50 plus year career of being in various bands. I first saw him in 1974, when he was in Deep Purple. 1973: Hughes joined Deep Purple, replacing bassist Roger Glover. 1974: The band released the album Burn, which featured Hughes on bass and vocals. They also released Stormbringer this year. 1975: Hughes played on the album Come Taste the Band. 1976: Hughes left the band. Support comes from blonde female rock and metal guitarist SOPHIE LLOYD , who has a great four minute guitar instrumental on YouTube , from when she performed at the 2025 Women's Rugby Cup Final. Sophie's set will feature tracks from her debut album ' Imposter Syndrome', alongside some well known classic rock cover versions. Her debut live show was only a year ago. --------------------------------- No surprise it is 90% older males tonight Level 3 is closed as unsold , and Level 2 is half empty. SOPHIE LLOYD and band on at 7.45pm for their 45 mins set. Most of the crowd have got here early to see her. Sophie is very striking , as she has model girl long blonde looks. Sone very nifty guitar shredding from her. The three classic rock covers were all played as instrumentals. A female singer with a powerful voice joined her for a few songs. A very enjoyable set from her. Full SOPHIE LLOYD setlist played tonight... Top Gun Anthem ( Harold Faltermeyer cover) Battleground You Give Love a Bad Name ( Bon Jovi cover) (Instrumental version) Hanging On ( with Marisa Rodriguez) Won't You Come (with Marisa Rodriguez) Runaway (with Marisa Rodriguez) Thunderstruck ( AC/DC cover) (Instrumental version) Delusions Imposter Syndrome ( with Marisa Rodriguez) Let it Hurt Guitar Solo (Sophie Lloyd) Enter Sandman (Metallica cover) (Instrumental version) Do or Die ( with Marisa Rodriguez) GLENN HUGHES and band on at 8.45pm for one hour 55 mins. Glenn is now aged 74, but still looking like a proper rock star. Three of them on stage, and certainly a power trio , as his drummer and guitarist were superb. His high pitched voice is there on several tracks. More Trapeze songs played tonight, than Deep Purple tracks. A very nice heavy rock sound mixed with elements of funk and soul. Glenn remains an engaging frontman, and shared entertaining anecdotes from throughout his career with a tip of the hat some of his former bandmates and collaborators. He talked fondly of playing in his nans front room , and his early 1970s days with Trapeze . He repeatedly thanked the crowd for their 50 years of supporting him A great show Full GLENN HUGHES setlist played tonight... Soul Mover Muscle and Blood (Hughes/Thrall song) Voice in my Head One Last Soul (Black Country Communion song) Can't Stop the Flood First Step of Love ( Hughes/Thrall song) Into the Fade Way Back to the Bone ( Trapeze song) Medusa (Trapeze song) Grace / Dopamine (Iommi cover) Chosen You Are the Music ( Trapeze song) Stay Free ( Black Country Communion song) Encore: Coast to Coast ( Trapeze song) (Acoustic version performed solo by Glenn on guitar) Black Country ( Black Country Communion song) Burn (Deep Purple song) (with Sophie Lloyd) (Sophie Lloyd featured as dual lead guitarist) See my Facebook page for a nice video of this final encore . -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Friday 17 October 2025. EMF + JESUS JONES live at Shepherds Bush Empire. I have seen both these 1990s bands just the once each before. EMF had that mega hit track ' Unbelievable'. Jesus Jones had that great track ' Right Here, Right Now '. Sporting 16 Top 40 hits between them, Jesus Jones & EMF added glorious colour to the charts during a vintage era for indie and alternative-dance music. First band on are BIS, who also were around in the 1990s. I have seen them the once before too. ------------------------- Levels 2 and 3 are closed, but stalls and Level 1 look pretty full. Random sighting of actor BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH dancing along to EMF. Nice to see manager / tour manager / merch manager LIAM here. Thinking of all the miles he has done with various bands over the past 30 years. BIS arrived on stage at 7.30pm for their 30 mins set. The trio from Glasgow played a good set of indie pop. The drum beats were provided by backing tapes JESUS JONES arrived on stage at 8.20pm for their 60 mins set. Their indie dance old favourites are all there:' International Bright Young Thing', ' Real, Real, Real ' and ' Right Here, Right Now ' all went down well here tonight . EMF arrived on stage at 9.45pm for their 65 mins set. Things certainly get a bit livelier when EMF come on stage. Their infectious 1990s indie dance rave tunes go down a treat. Energetic singer James Atkin bounds all over the place, seemingly only stopping to conduct the crowd with big gestures. Midway through the set , we get a superb version of ' Unbelievable ' that had all of the Level 1 seats up dancing. EMF doing a great job of keeping 1990s dance rave alive and kicking. A very enjoyable show. Full EMF setlist played tonight... The Day the Music Died I Believe Lies Hands in the Air Reach For the Lasers (Medley W/ Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now), Pump Up The Jam, Breathe, Blue Monday) Children Long Summer Days Unbelievable ( with Utah Saints djs) I'm a Believer (Neil Diamond cover) LGBTQ+ Inside EMF ( with local town crier intro from Jer Holland)

Posted 18th October 2025