Yard Act
News: Yard Act’s Australian Tour to Ignite Stages Across the Continent
Yard Act to embark on an Aussie Adventure
Live Review: Yard Act / Gustaf – Brighton Dome, Brighton 25.03.2024
By Henry Groves The uprising of Yard Act has been a rapid one and Brighton showed that off as well as any city. From playing a sold out Patterns only 2 years ago, the band were back playing the spectacular Brighton Dome. I for one was incredibly excited for this show, which led to me …
Bearded Theory – Did The Festival Live Up To The Hype?
Words and Pics by Andi Callen – All Rights Reserved Bearded Theory was touted by many to be THE line up of the summer, Glastonbury not included. And with a roll call including The Pretenders, Gary Numan, Public Service Broadcasting, Primal Scream, Echo & The Bunnymen, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Interpol, Gogl …
Gallery and set-list: Yard Act / Baba Ali – Vicar Street, Dublin 26.04.2023
Yard Act playing their biggest ever Irish venue, last year the guys sold out Dublin venue Whelans at a capacity of 450, this time around they jumped to a venue capacity of 1,050. That’s in just slightly over a year as the Whelans date was March 2022.Opening the night and a new favourite of mine …
News: Bearded Theory – Best Festival Line Up Of 2023?
Do you ever look at some of the major European festivals and think wow, that’s a great line-up, wish we had more like that in the UK? The constraints of a Post-Brexit world may preclude British music fans from ever experiencing exact replicas, but this year organisers, DHP Family, have certainly put a bill together, …
LIVE REVIEW: Yard Act – The Caves, Edinburgh 28.07.2022
You just knew Yard Act would do the right thing. This gig was originally booked for 2 March but had to be rearranged due to illness. In the intervening months Yard Act have played SXSW, too many other festivals to list, become best mates with Elton John and just this week been Mercury Music Prize …
Say Psych: Album Review: Yard Act – The Overload
In many ways, Yard Act exist through the fusion of seemingly opposing entities. Old friends in a new band, they seek out shades of socio-political grey, imbibing their stories with sharp, satirical spoken-word humour. Spearheaded by James Smith (vocals) and Ryan Needham (bass), the now four-piece, completed by Sam Shjipstone (guitar) and Jay Russell (drums), …