Reading Rocks Steady

Rare hometown gig for The Colours

MY BIGGEST Reading band-crush, The Colours, are playing in town tomorrow.

For Pete's sake

PETE Doherty may still look like a sad scarecrow in need of dialysis, but his icon status is cemented for me after Thursday's fantastic show.

In the mail this week: Chew Lips

It was with excitement that I opened this particular jiffy bag, after the storming performance electro trio Chew Lips gave when I saw them at the Oakford earlier this year.

Life as a Loser

LAST Friday I met Tom Bellamy - former guitarist with the much-missed Cooper Temple Clause - as he rehearsed at the newly relaunched Play studios.

Breathtaking scene

READING is on the rise again - that's the view of promoter, DJ and all round Reading-music-scene-hero Pete Wheeler in his exclusive column for The Guide this week