• Splendour Festival: A Weekend With Nottingham at its Heart

    Amelia Cropley and Sasha Andresier  “Okay Nottingham! Are you ready for Splendour?”  Celebrating its seventeenth birthday, Splendour Festival returned for another year in Nottingham for a weekend celebration in the rain and the shine. As the biggest festival of Nottinghamshire, Splendour sets large expectations for itself; but the year...
  • Ethan Tasch ‘Mixtape (Edit)’ EP: A Musical Love Letter

    Jacob Edwards  Ethan Tasch’s debut album Got Him! was the soundtrack to my year abroad — its summery indie-folk vibes and country twang were the perfect accompaniment to sunny spells in southern Germany. Now, he’s back with a fresh EP, Mixtape (Edit) that feels like it’s been lovingly curated...
  • Bryan Adams: The rockstar who brought nostalgic rock back into 2025

    Amelia Cropley As one can find in Impact Reviews’ Bryan Adams preview, Nottingham (and Impact alike) have been waiting impatiently for a worldwide rockstar to reenter Nottingham for his new and fresh tour, Roll With The Punches.  After 50 years in the business, there aren’t many more artists with...
  • Tom Grennan: Boys Don’t Cry

    Katie Barr Tom Grennan continues to establish himself as one of the UK’s most formidable pop talents with his latest single, ‘Boys Don’t Cry.’ This powerful track, the third to be unveiled from his upcoming album Everywhere I Went Led Me To Where I Didn’t Want To Be, showcases...
  • BRYAN ADAMS: ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES COMING TO NOTTINGHAM

    If I got you to think of some of the most iconic, leading artists of the 1980’s, I would bet good money that Bryan Adams makes it onto that list....
  • Third Time’s The Charm: Inhaler’s Electric Return to Rock City

    Leah Khor Impact reviewer Leah Khor, very excitedly attended her favourite indie band Inhaler’s concert last month at Nottingham’s favourite venue, Rock City. However, this was not the band’s first performance here, but instead their third, on the stage they quickly made their own. Today, Leah Khor reviews the...
  • “… A DEFINITIVE AND EXCITING NEW DIRECTION …” – REVIEW: THE PANIC YEARS ALBUM

    Bradley Simpson has officially stepped into the spotlight on his own, and I think it’s fair to say —it suits him. Best known as the lead singer of The Vamps, Simpson’s debut solo album, The Panic Years, was released on the 28 February 2025. Marking a departure from the...