4 Music: NME Carling Premier Shows

This program is quite good if you like the bands they play but they are mostly indie bands that I never heard of that will never get into the charts. Basicly its just live giggs filmed at the Astoria probably ages ago, the only band Ive heard of that was on there was ash. If you like the bands great if you like that sort of music great but if you don't its like watching a load of greasy students playing. Halfway through it cuts to the NME journalists ...

zef 19.08.2000 · Read full review
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Having been to one of the nme premier shows (with ash, muse and angelica) I found it interesting watching the gig again several weeks later from the comfort of my own home, without having one of the tallest people in the world standing in front of me. It's always good to see more indie music on the tv - there are far too many top of the pops type programmes where you get the occasional band that doesn't mime and that's it. So being able to watch ...

carys 05.12.2000 (31.01.2001) · Read full review
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Review of 4 Music: NME Carling Premier Shows

Once there was only Top of the Pops, now music shows seem to have taken over the whole of the TV. Being a lover of music I see this as no bad thing, and I have particularly enjoyed these Carling Premier Shows. They feature a variety of well known and some lesser known indie bands live in concert, and are probably the next best thing to going to the gig itself. They are not, however, probably everyones cup of tea, as it depends on which music genre ...

SoosieK 10.03.2001 · Read full review
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