Hove Reviews

HOVE PART FIVE
HOVE FESTIVAL PART TWO
Venue: Hove, Norway Teaser: It’s day two at Norway’s Hove Festival, and our correspondent Richard Davis is becoming increasingly strange and twisted. In today’s report he encounters fascist rallies, psychedelic haircuts and the dancing habits of rival music magazine hacks… Pull quote 2: they happily slip into every nu-metal stereotype in the holy book...
HOVE FESTIVAL PART FOUR
Venue: Hove, in Scandinavia somewhere Teaser: Richard’s Hove festy odyssey continues, with predictable behaviour from king twat Pete Doherty and a nice night time lullaby from The Raconteurs. Pull quote 2: Because, no matter what Babyshambles do, bar re-writing all their material, the music would still be a half-arsed regurgitation of parodic renderings of the ghosts of...
HOVE FESTIVAL PART ONE
Venue: Hove, Norway Teaser: Richard Davis brings us the first of his daily reports from Norway, where he’s assaulted by girls in frilly underwear, the non-controversy of Jay-Z headlining, and the bizarre antics of Les Savy Fav. Stay tuned for part two! Pull quote 2: he steals a bike from an audience-member and starts riding it around the arena while singing through his...
HOVE FESTIVAL PART THREE
Venue: The other Hove, the one in freaking Norway Teaser: Richard Artrocker is led astray by Blood Red Shoes, given free beer tokens, and left to ponder the very obvious size difference between Jack White and Beck. Who would win in a fist fight between those two? I know who the smart money would be on… Pull quote 2: We are able to ascertain two things. One, that Jack...
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