Mark Beaumont

Music

Super Furry Animals live: A joyously irrepressible experience

Back for a reunion tour, the Welsh cult heroes easily devour O2 Academy Brixton in their yeti gear

28 May 2026
Wet Leg Perform At O2 Forum Kentish Town
Music

Wet Leg at Kentish Town Forum gig review: a stand-alone phenomenon

The crowd danced like they’d finally found the pivotal party band of their generation

24 Nov 2022
Theatre

Hot Chip, Brixton Academy review: crying out for the big guns

The stage came alive when the band rolled out the classics

23 Sept 2022
Music

Suede secret gig at the Moth Club review: left the crowd wanting more

The band followed the likes of REM and The Strokes to play incognito as Crushed Kid

6 Sept 2022
Gaz Mayall/ Illustration: Lee Martin for ES Magazine
Lifestyle

My London: Gaz Mayall

The host of the capital’s longest-running club night dines like Dickens at Rules, sticks to the market stalls of Notting Hill and never misses Carnival

28 Jul 2022
British Summer Time festival - London
Music

Pearl Jam at BST Hyde Park review: Earnest rock from grunge titans

Lead singer Eddie Vedder added levity to the proceedings

11 Jul 2022
Music

Olivia Rodrigo at the Eventim Apollo review: Pop, but pissed off

Rodrigo is every inch the tortured idol in this emotional powerhouse of a show

7 Jul 2022
Glastonbury Festival 2022 - Day Three
Music

St. Vincent at the Eventim Apollo review: Minimalist and theatrical

The chameleonic performer produced a show that was plotted, perfected, then gloriously coloured in

30 Jun 2022
Music

Jack White at the Eventim Apollo review: A torrent of virtuoso riffing

The former White Stripes star was not so much possessed as unleashed

28 Jun 2022
61st Annual GRAMMY Awards - Inside
Music

Diana Ross at the O2 review – A still-gleaming star

Six decades in, Ross still relishes the music and remains ravishing in performance

24 Jun 2022
Lifestyle

Celeste won’t let anything — not even a pandemic — stand in her way

Celeste is set for very big things and is not going to let anything — least of all a pandemic — stand in her way

13 Nov 2020
Music

Gorillaz review: Noel Gallagher joins Damon Albarn’s almighty troop

The former Britpop rivals unite for a triumphant show at the O2 Arena

11 Dec 2017