Sleaford Mods - Live at The Beacon, Bristol - 5th March 2026

The contrast between tonight’s headliners and their support is stark.

Although confined to a small section of the stage, Heartworms’ fusion of gothic rock, electroclash and grand operatics is fully present across her half-hour set.

The spindly ‘Extraordinary Wings’ is eerie, the juddering ‘Warplane’ ratchets up the tension and closer ‘Jacked’ explodes.

Josephine Orme and her musicians make an impressive noise for a three-piece, and wherever she goes next will be worth watching.

There’s no preamble or walk-on music when Sleaford Mods appear; Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn simply shuffle onstage.

The latter presses play on his laptop while the singer offers a trademark squawk to throw the loyal crowd a bone, and we’re straight into a skipping rendition of ‘The Unwrap’, Williamson’s musings on the dopamine hit of home deliveries as a distraction from the chaos of the outside world.

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