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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · 24d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social This is all I can visualise right now . . .

Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Sep 29

The last day of @losteveningsfest.bsky.social and what an emotional rollercoaster. My waffly early-morning thoughts are on Insta but essentially just a massive thank you to @frankturner.bsky.social and crew for the beautiful community they’ve created. For now: coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Sep 28

Day 3 of @losteveningsfest.bsky.social and what a banger. The world’s most hilarious panel with @frankturner.bsky.social and The Sleeping Souls, then amazing sets from Uninvited, @skinnylister.bsky.social and FT and the boys, reminding us of just how stellar PSFNP is.

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Sep 27

Day 2 of @losteveningsfest.bsky.social was an emotional one. @christt.bsky.social’s solo set had me in tears, then his reunion duet with @frankturner.bsky.social destroyed me. So much love from the crowd. Great support from Nina Nesbitt and a perfect FT deep cut set: an all-time favourite show.

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Sep 26

Day One of @losteveningsfest.bsky.social (in a disconcertingly sunny Scotland) with great sets from the charming Ben Brown, the bonkers Koo Koo, the haunting Haiver, and the be-kilted @frankturner.bsky.social. Brilliant shows all round and lovely fan reunions at the queues and barrier. Perfect.

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Sep 17

Had me in stitches throughout. Although you missed out my favourite piece of sombre, comprehensive and respectful royal analysis:

“Clippetty clop, clippetty . . . *pause for dramatic effect* . . . clop”.

Sublime work from @mrjamesob.bsky.social

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Sep 17

Dammit, @barristersecret.bsky.social, that was so good that I now have to go and buy the audiobook version too.

Sneaky sales tactics (and I’m totally here for it!)

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Aug 26

I’m (fashionably) late to the party as ever but finally got to listen today. Utter lyrical genius as always, and impossible to pick between them (although Frank Bought A Drone knocked me for six . . . can I bill you for some new mascara??). Mr J-B does it again 💯

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Aug 24

17/08/25: Day 3 of Beautiful Days (swelteringly hot and dressed as a giant goldfish - don’t ask). But made all the better by The Bar Steward Sons, @themeffs.bsky.social, @jake-martin-muzic.bsky.social and (of course) The Levellers. The best festival there is.
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#beautifuldays #festival #levellers

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Aug 24

16/08/25: a belated (oops) download of Day 2 at Beautiful Days, featuring epic performances by Scott Doonican, Sleeper, @shedsevenofficial.bsky.social and the motherflippin’ Sex Pistols!
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#beautifuldays #sleeperband #sexpistols #gigphotography

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Aug 16

15/08/25: a face-meltingly brilliant headline set from @frankturner.bsky.social at @beautifuldaysfest.bsky.social. So much passion and pitch-perfect crowd interaction. My knees may never recover from all the jumping but worth every twanging tendon.

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Aug 16

15/08/25: the excellent @terrorvisionband.bsky.social understood the brief and delivered to perfection at @beautifuldaysfest.bsky.social. I wish I had half the energy of @terrorvisiontone.bsky.social, who could single-handedly power the national grid.

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Aug 16

15/08/25: kicking off @beautifuldaysfest.bsky.social in style with a beautiful set from The Levellers, the absolute masters of their craft.

#thelevellers #beautifuldays

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Jul 21

20/07/25: fantastic to see Southampton hero Sean McGowan back on stage again, supporting #frankturner at The Dell, East Meon.

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Jul 21

20/07/25: as local a homecoming gig as you can possibly get from @frankturner.bsky.social at The Dell, East Meon. Truly heartwarming.

#LiveMusic #frankturner

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Jul 12

11/07/25: Million Dead with the set of the year (decade?) on the Axiom Stage at @2000trees.bsky.social. Mindblowingly good.

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Jul 12

11/07/25: a spectacular @frankturner.bsky.social set playing Love Ire & Song in full at the Forest Stage, @2000trees.bsky.social

#frankturner #2000Trees

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Jul 10

10/07/2025: the swelteringly hot but triumphant return of #MillionDead after a twenty year break, revisiting the site of their final 2005 gig at @joinerslive.bsky.social

#frankturner #livemusic

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Jun 6

Definitely keep the banana. You could make your fortune!

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · May 11

10/05/25: the brilliant Ian Prowse & Amsterdam at @wedgewoodrooms.bsky.social in Portsmouth.

@ianprowse.bsky.social

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · May 11

10/05/25: Rob Clamp at @wedgewoodrooms.bsky.social (supporting @ianprowse.bsky.social)

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · May 2

02/05/25: Chuck Ragan at the Joiners, Southampton

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Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · May 2

02/05/25: Nate Bergman at the Joiners, Southampton (supporting Chuck Ragan)

Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Apr 28

It’s like being in a pre-internet world where you develop the ability to hear every single conversation everyone is having about you around the world in real time. Sounds like a rubbish 80s movie pitch but must be utterly overwhelming and definitely more than our brains were designed for.

Claire Siviter @clairesiviter.bsky.social · Apr 19

18/04/25: @frankturner.bsky.social at Southampton Guildhall

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