26 in 2026 #9

Frank Turner.

The Gliderdrome, Boston.

Incredibly, only our second gig of the year.

The Gliderdrome in Boston is an icon venue, began life as an ice rink in 1930s, went through various incarnations to become what it is today. The greatest names in music have played The Starlight Room over the years. Tonight it was the turn of Frank Turner.

It’s the 20 year anniversary of Frank’s first EP ‘Campfire Punkrock’ and he was playing a short run of dates across the country. Boston was the closest. Although it was a 2 hour drive away!

The gig was fantastic, solo show, Frank on top form. Great to hear the tunes without the band.

Of course, having only been to two gigs, Frank goes top.

  1. Frank Turner
  2. RnR Show

26 in 2026 #5

The RnR Show @ Norwich Arts Centre

This was one of those gigs that you find when scrolling through the ‘What’s On’ of your favourite venue website: Romeo and Ren.

Romeo is Romeo Stodart, him of The Magic Numbers fame. Ren is Ren Harvieu a singer/songwriter from Salford.

There are a bit of a weird duo. But it was an entertaining enough evening.

It goes in at number 4:

  1. Operation Mincemeat
  2. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
  3. Hamnet
  4. The RnR Show
  5. 2.22: A Ghost Story