Sophie founded Music & Gigs because she saw a gap and decided to fill it. She leads all editorial direction, has interviewed the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Pale Waves, and Tom Grennan, and has a reputation for spotting great artists early. Writer, photographer, designer — Sophie wears a lot of hats, but the thread running through all of it is the same: a lifelong obsession with music and the people who make it.
Live Reviews
Motionless in White turn Nottingham inside out
★★★★☆
From there it was relentless. ‘Disguise’ had everyone clapping and headbanging in sync, ‘Slaughterhouse’ delivered huge call-and-response screams, and the...
Single Reviews
ZAYN Is Back: New Era KONNAKOL Begins with Powerful Single ‘Die For Me’
★★★★☆
The name KONNAKOL itself comes from the South Indian art of vocal percussion, creating rhythm purely with your voice, but for ZAYN,...
Concert
Funeral For A Friend Announced as 2000trees 2026 Headliners
The Welsh emo legends will headline on the Friday night, joining Alkaline Trio and Glassjaw on an already jaw-dropping bill....
Concert
Lily Allen announces Australia & New Zealand tour for 2026
This marks a long-awaited return for an artist whose influence has only grown in her time away from touring, with West...
Single Reviews
BIG SPECIAL Keep It Real, Raw and Unapologetically Human on New Single ‘SLUGLIFE’
★★★☆☆
SLUGLIFE sounds like it was built from exhaustion and defiance in equal measure. Hicklin’s voice hits like poetry shouted down a...
Live Reviews
Mika turns HMV Vault into a living room of love, laughter, and lyrical tea spills
★★★★☆
A love-in with laughter, lyrics, and tea? Only Mika could make a chilly January night feel like a glowing hug...
Album Reviews
Only The Poets – And I’d Do It Again Album Review: A Debut Built for Feeling Everything
Only The Poets’ debut album And I’d Do It Again captures the highs, hangovers and hard truths of love gone...
Live Reviews
Love, chaos and cowbells: Marmozets and Goo tear up Nottingham
★★★★☆
Support slots rarely feel like a full body workout, but Goo clearly didn’t get the memo. From the first punch...