{"id":17473,"date":"2021-12-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17473"},"modified":"2021-12-21T11:42:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T11:42:52","slug":"rpm-online-the-best-of-the-best-live-shows-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17473","title":{"rendered":"RPM Online The Best of The Best – Live Shows in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, that\u2019s another year almost done. Its been tough for live venues running at reduced capacity punter hesitancy (understandable) It’s only really been half a year when the Governments mucked us about, major labels took over pressing plants at the expense of independent bands, the pandemic hasn\u2019t fucked off, we\u2019ve lost some special people from our Rock n Roll world and we\u2019ve all grown a little older and possibly unwiser (is there such a word?) but on times it felt fantastic to get back out there to some of our favourite venues for half the year. It did feel great to see some of our fellow live show warriors and on times it felt like we’d never been away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, there have been some fantastic albums released, concerts seen, books read people interviewed and new bands made.  Here at RPM Online we\u2019re going to celebrate those achievements with our lists.  We all love a list or a pigeon hole, or a debate as to what genre our favourites fit into but the bottom line is we need this thing called Rock and Roll more than ever to see us through some tough times as we reengage with old friends and make new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People, welcome to the next few days as the fine writers of RPM Online offer up their choices of the runners and riders of 2021.\u00a0 Before I open up this can of worms can I just thank this fine body of men for their efforts over the past year and if you\u2019ve bought an album on the recommendation of RPM then thank you. Also, The PR people who\u2019ve done right by their clients and of course the musicians and songwriters who put in the hard yards in these very difficult times thank you thank you thank you we love you all.\u00a0 So without further waffle here are the lists for 2021. Starting with some of the live shows that helped put smiles back on people\u2019s faces. There might no tbe the quantity yet but we sure as hell saw some quality shows in the latter half of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST LIVE SHOWS OF 2021 as seen by the writers of RPM Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0 Fraser Deathtraps<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hives \u2013 Guildhall, Portsmouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Wildhearts \u2013 Fleece, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Hip Priests \u2013 Chameleon, Nottingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Hives (Offspring & Bob Vylan) \u2013 CIA, Cardiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Wildhearts \u2013 Tramshed, Cardiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Hip Priests (& Electric Shakes) \u2013 Le Pub, Newport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Rebellion\/Hits (Maid of Ace & Dirtbox Disco) \u2013 Wintergarden, Blackpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Goldie Lookin\u2019 Chain \u2013 Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Fleur East \u2013 Butlins, Bognor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Platinum Queen \u00a0\u2013 Butlins, Bognor <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johnny Hayward<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger Taylor \u2013 Cardiff, St David\u2019s Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bar Stool Preachers \u2013 Flemfest, Pontllanfraith Rugby Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cock Sparrer\/Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions \u2013 Bristol. The Fleece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hip Priests\/Deathtraps\/Electric Shakes \u2013 Newport, Le Pub<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaye Bykers On Acid \u2013 Newport, Le Pub<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ben Hughes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Future Shape of Sound\/The Urban Voodoo Machine \u2013 Gypsy Hotel 15th Anniversary Show, Brixton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Vylan \u2013 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wildhearts \u2013 The Tramshed, Cardiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hands Off Gretel \u2013 The Crescent, York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Professionals \u2013 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gareth \u2018Hotshot\u2019 Hooper<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse Malin \u2013 Fleece And Furkin, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildhearts \u2013 The Tramshed, Cardiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hip Priests \u2013 Le Pub, Newport<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban Voodoo Machine \u2013 Bunkhouse, Swansea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dom Daley<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse malin. Fleece, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trampoline.\u00a0 The Globe, Cardiff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildhearts. Tramshed, Cardiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hip Priests, Deathtraps, Electric Shakes. le pub, Newport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bar stool preachers, Riskee & The Ridicule, Bottlekids. le pub, Newport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban Voodoo Machine. Bunkhouse, Swansea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shunkos. Neath, The Duke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dan Kasm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus and Mary Chain, Albert Hall Manchester<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mysterines, Grand Central Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crawlers, East Village Arts Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video Nasties and Zetra, Outpost Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panic Shack, Jacaranda Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nev Brooks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fields of the Nephilim- The Tiv. Buckley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse Malin, Kris Gruen \u2013 Bristol , Fleece<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cock Sparrer, Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions \u2013 Fleece, Bristol <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Gaye Bykers on Acid – LePub, Newport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bar Stool Preachers\/Riskee and the ridicule\/Bottlekids – LePub, Newport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ane Brun- Shepherds Bush O2, London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, that\u2019s another year almost done. Its been tough for live venues running at reduced capacity punter hesitancy (understandable) It’s only really been half a year when the Governments mucked us about, major labels took over pressing plants at the expense of independent bands, the pandemic hasn\u2019t fucked off, we\u2019ve lost some special people from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[1787,1710,1681,1833],"class_list":["post-17473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmnews1","tag-tourlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17480,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17473\/revisions\/17480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}