James Kirkland Photography

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31/12/2024

2024 What an incredible year with many awesome shows and energy packed festivals I have had the luck to shoot. Way too many highlights to include in a single post so do go back over my feed!

Huge thank you to everyone who has accredited me this year whether that be bands, venues, PR's and publications. Looking forward to what next year may bring.

30/12/2024

Year's End Festival 2024

28/12/2024

Live at Leeds In The City 2024

Live at Leeds – In The City took over the city on Saturday 16th November 2024 with an epic line up of acts spanning across 17 venues. The lineup featured many notable names such as Everything Everything, Alfie Templeman, English Teacher and many many more!

28/12/2024

Ferocious Dog Dogfest 2024

Following success in 2023 Dogfest returned to the iconic Boston Gliderdome to bring an action packed day of awesome live music. Headlined by the namesake Ferocious Dog the line up also featured music by Jack Kendrick, Not Quite Dead Yet, Darwin’s Rejects, Gaz Brookfield, Miskito, Jess Silk, Shangh...

14/12/2024

Rewind Festival 2024

On the weekend of 17-18th August I took a trip down South to the picturesque Henle on Thames attending Rewind Festival South as press. The hugely popular 80s festival brought huge crowds of people to enjoy music from the likes of Kim Wilde, Tiffany, Gabrielle, Bad Manners, Jason Donovan, Nik Kershaw...

12/12/2024

21/11/2024

A new music showcase for new music fans: Yorkshire city stake their claim all for the love of music. 

13/11/2024

Lincoln Concerts Live 2024

Launching for its first year Live at Lincoln Castle brought many fantastic acts to the historic landmark for an action packed series of summer concerts. Thorough the June spanning event I had the pleasure of going along to shoot the sets of many famous acts such as Jess Glynne, Paloma Faith, Madness...

14/10/2024

https://www.gig-guide.co.uk/news/dogfest-2024

I had the intention of writing this like I do every other review. Thought I’d be sitting here today penning a description of musicianship, stage presence, vocal performance- a practiced and sophisticated nod to what I saw play out. Thought I’d be producing something obvious, and glossy. But it h...

02/10/2024

26/09/2024

Punk rock legends The S*x Pistols descend on Manchester Academy for a celebration of their seminal album, whilst defying expectations in the process.

26/09/2024

📷 https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2024/9/26/live-review-the-sex-pistols-academy-1-manchester-24092024

11/09/2024

29/12/2023

https://jameskirkland.photography/2023/12/nightmares-daydreams-tour/

In 2018 I attended my first concert Against the Current at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, Deciding on that day to pursue getting into music photography. Years later on the 1st December 2023 I proudly returned to the venue that inspired my journey when the Nightmares & Daydreams World Tour brou...