ROCKER Ricky Warwick brought his Fighting Hearts to Reading last week, for a night to remember.
Joining him at Sub89 was support acts the VirginMarys, and The Howling Tides.
The gig, on Tuesday, March 8, saw him back on the road for the first time since the pandemic started.
Last year saw him release his fifth solo album, When Life Was Hard and Fast.
Of it, he said: “I wanted to create an album that had the simplistic melodies of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers charged with the electric hedonistic fury of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers. Working with Keith Nelson was a no brainer for me as we are kindred spirits..plus he has a great vintage guitar collection.”
The tour is his chance to perform songs from it.
“I’m grateful that after 30 years of making records my appetite for writing and playing is the same as it was that day all those years ago when I got my first electric guitar,” he said, referring to saving up takings from his newspaper round to buy the instrument when he was just 14.
Our photographer Dijana Capan was on hand to capture the moment.
