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La Securité / The Aide / Decent Wrestlers Voodoo Daddy's Showroom, Norwich  27th June 2026 Music lovers of Norwich always appreciate it when a band makes the effort to travel to the Viking market place that was Norvic.   La Securité came all the way from Montreal, Canada, which is a good effort and they were duly rewarded by a solid turnout at Voodoo Daddy’s Showroom on a Wednesday night.  Those who turned up to catch the band were rewarded too, as the band produced an excellent performance, amply led by the theatrically coquettish Éliane Viens-Synnott.  La Securité is a product of pandemic lockdowns and play what they describe as ‘dance-punk’ (or is it 'punk-dance?).   The Punk genre was always an attitude, not a sound.  The angry Sex Pistols , the social commentary of  The Clash , Pete Shelley’s love songs in Buzzcocks , the comedic Jilted John , the rather silly rapid-fire Ramones , the theatrical Talking Heads , even the quirky keybo...

The Annual Robin Evans Interview – July 2023 It’s another warm July Saturday and Robin Evans is up and out in the city, double-checking his preparations for the Lord Mayor’s Show, with annotated script to hand.  The event requires a light touch on the microphone and the city elders have turned again to Evans to navigate the crowds through this ever-popular event. Already with years of experience hosting and organising musical events and entertaining in his own right, Evans is aware that this is quite a responsibility for a man in his mid-twenties. “It’s looks like I have the role of Norwich City Council compere.” Evans confessed.  “I really enjoyed hosting the Christmas lights switch-on last winter and then I was asked back to do The Lord Mayor's Show for a second time, which is a great honour.”   What the city got when Evans was given the job of being public address voice to the people was someone with an eye for detail, an understanding of live performance and...