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Soundwave 2011 @ RNA Showgrounds, 26.02.2011: Part 4

The evening before Soundwave I’d seen a fantastic set by Gang Of Four, who were playing a sideshow at The Hi-Fi.  It was so good that I decided that I really needed to go see them play again at Soundwave.  They are playing Stage 3, the stage furthest away from anything else. There should be a […]


Soundwave 2011 @ RNA Showgrounds, 26.02.2011: Part 3

The late starting Bullet For My Valentine means there’s not enough time to head over and photograph The Gaslight Anthem on Stage 3.  The size of the festival is even bigger than last year and with the stages all starting within 20 minutes of each other, photographing a band and then moving on to get to another […]


Soundwave 2011 @ RNA Showgrounds, 26.02.2011: Part 2

Although the day had ended triumphantly with Iron Maiden’s headline set, the beginning of the day gets off to a much more inauspicious start. I get to the front of the queue at the Guest Tickets booth to pick up my photo pass only to find it’s just a green paper wristband with “Photo” written […]


Soundwave 2011 @ RNA Showgrounds, 26.02.2011: Part 1

I’m now at a point where I’ve photographed hundreds of gigs and think I must be closing fast on having photographed 1,000 bands.  But out of all those hundreds of gigs and bands, I don’t think any of those times has been as thrilling as being in the pit for Iron Maiden tonight. When it […]