Monday 20 April 2026

Monday 20 April 2026. MAGGIE LINDEMANN live at Shepherds Bush Empire. Maggie Lindemann ( aged 27 ) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 2016 breakout single "Pretty Girl", which peaked at number 8 in the UK. Maggie is touring to promote her second album ' I Feel Everything '- released in 2025. Her tour covers North America then UK then mainland Europe then Australia . ------------ Level 3 is 90% unsold , so maybe around 1400 here. Many of the crowd have an Emo look to them, especially the females. All three bands did really good sets tonight. THE RUNAWAY CLUB arrived on stage at 7.30pm for their 30 mins set. This new band hail from Glastonbury . A lively female singer in sparkly bra and tiny shorts with very provocative posing. The sounded good and were very enjoyable to watch . AFTERDRIVE arrived on stage at 8.15pm for their 30 mins set. This four piece must have good music biz connections , as I saw them supporting at this same venue just eight days ago. A lively male singer who kept moving around the stage. Good songs played in their enjoyable set. MAGGIE LINDEMANN arrived on stage at 9.10pm for her 80 mins set. Maggie has long black hair , and a slim body and model girl looks. Not much chat as she whizzed through her set , with 26 tracks in 80 mins . The band had a nice crunching emo rock sound to many of the tracks. Maggie got singer Julia Wolf from the front row on stage to sing a track with her . A really good show. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Sunday 19 April 2026. CAT BURNS live at Brixton Academy. Multi-BRIT and 2024 Mercury Prize nominee Cat Burns is playing a UK tour. Following her greatly received top ten debut album 'Early Twenties', Cat returns with her second album, ' How To Be Human'.Spanning 16 tracks including singles “All This Love” and sapphic anthem “GIRLS!”,. Both her albums made the UK Top 10. Her breakthrough hit single ' Go' reached number 2 . Cat Burns was an original Traitor in the first series of The Celebrity Traitors UK, which aired in October and November 2025. She reached the final episode, which aired on November 6, 2025, before being banished at the final round table, ultimately placing 5th. -------------- Nice surprise to see this 5000 capacity venue is fully sold out. Lots of under 30's females here. Her fellow traitor ALAN CARR was sitting a couple of rows in front of me. NXDIA and her two member band arrived on stage at 8pm for their 35 mins set. Nxdia is dressed in a full shiny silver outfit and oozes pop star quality . Performing with a "riotous" confidence, the Manchester-based artist frequently engages directly with the crowd, engaging in banter, sharing personal stories, and performing hits like "Boy Clothes" with raw emotion. Nxdia released the EP In the Flesh (2023); the single "She Likes a Boy" charted at No. 74 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. Nxdia next released their debut LP ' I Promise No One's Watching ' in June 2025 and by August it had amassed over 100 million streams on Spotify. CAT BURNS and band arrived on stage at 9pm for their 75 mins set. A nice stage production , with plenty of lights and lots of plants , trees , lampshades dotted around the stage and a cosy armchair where Cat sings a couple of tracks from . Her voice and warm stage banter are great and the band sound is perfect. The main set is her 16 track second album with highlights ' GIRLS' and 'Something About Her'. Encores include ' People Pleaser ' and 'Go' which sent the crowd home happy. A really good confident show by Cat Burns. Full CAT BURNS setlist played... Main set of 16 tracks was the ' How To Be Human' album in full. Come Home Can Time Move Faster? I Hope It’s Me Small Talk Sad Forever All This Love I Love You, But Today Gemini GIRLS! There’s Just Something About Her Lavender Please Don’t Hate Me I Wish You Well When I’m With You How to Be Human Encore: Ghosting People Pleaser Is It That Deep (Unreleased) Go

Posted 19th April 2026