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The Revival Tour

Thursday, October 20th, 2011. Published in Albert Road, Music & Bands by

The Revival Tour is an acoustic collaboration including Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Dave Hause (The Loved Ones), Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio) and Brian Fallon (Gaslight Anthem).

I’ve been to many gigs at the Wedgewood Rooms over the years and this one has got to be my favourite. What made the show special for me was the non stop music. There were no breaks between sets, just the artists taking turns and guesting on each other songs.

When being in a crowd at any gig I like to know the band are enjoying themselves too. All the artists and musicians involved were obviously having lots of fun. There was an obvious sense of friendship between them and the crowd shared the love for them and the performances. Brian Fallon even treated the crowd to some new songs from his new project The Horrible Crowes.

Here are some photos taken by Joe Watson and a video taken my myself. You can see more of Joe’s photo’s from the gig at rocksound.tv and more of his work on www.visionincision.co.uk

Brian Fallon

Neil Young ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ cover

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1 Comment to The Revival Tour

  1. One of the best gigs I’ve ever seen – Loved the Line and the set was off the wall..
    Last gig night of the revival tour in the Portsmouth gave it so much more quality and punch.. There was a whole lot of love in that room that night.

    Lets hope the Revival Tour shows its face next year!

    Brad on October 20th, 2011

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Features

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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