There was great excitement in Brighton on Saturday 18th May when Billy Bragg attended the Under The Influence showcase at Fitzherberts at The Alternative Escape (part of The Great Escape festival) and joined the acts onstage for a singalong of his hit “A New England”! Continue Reading →
To celebrate the release of the new album “Bloodsports”, we paid tribute to SUEDE. As well as great artists performing two of their own songs and one SUEDE cover we also had official Suede Biographer, David Barnett’s lovely and poisonous Suede Quiz and rare Suede tracks on the playlist… Continue Reading →
On 18th Feb we paid our respects to the great TERRY CALLIER who sadly passed away in 2012. Acts performed two of their own songs and one Terry Callier cover. Acts performing included Midé, Wildcuts, Alone Trooper, Roger Askew, Kit Sam Kirr, Mick Terry Continue Reading →
On Mon 21st Jan we finally paid tribute to Bob Dylan: Acts included: Mide, Dylan Walshe,
Zeth Townsend, Phil Jordan, Jade Townsend, The Lucky Face and Nat The Hammer Continue Reading →
On Mon 17th Dec we had our Xmas Party: Acts performed two of their own songs and one Festive track. Acts included: The Reverse, The Anti-Poet, Helen McCookerybook, Miranda Quammie, The Lucky Face, Paul Hawkins and Ruff John. A selection of some of the performances from the night are now available to see on our youtube page Continue Reading →
In Nov 2012 we paid tribute to”Lost Indie Bands Of The 90’s”. We had some superb acts as well as an ace quiz!! I had the nerve racking but incredible experience of performing two Kingmaker songs whilst the drummer sat in the audience singing along! Other lost indie bands that were covered included: Mansun, Babybird, KulaShaker, The Auteurs, Teenage Fanclub (in the style of Flying Saucer Attack) & Therapy? Continue Reading →
We had some superb acts performing at our Kate Bush night. A selection of some of the performances from the night are now available to view on our youtube page.
On 20th Aug 2012 we paid tribute to those enduring purveyors of gloomy pop, The Cure… Continue Reading →
To celebrate our second birthday here’s a short film about “Under The Influence” filmed at our One Day Festival on June 17th 2012
Made by James Dillon & Julia Bobbin. Continue Reading →
As this year sadly sees the tenth anniversary of Joe Strummer’s death and the remaining members of The Clash released a new version of London’s Calling for record store day this month, it seemed only fitting that The Clash were April’s dedicated featured artist at Under The Influence… Continue Reading →