Lee Campbell writes...

Lee Campbell writes... has been a member of Linktree for 2 years and joined in September 2023. Besides social media accounts, leecampbellwrites has populated their site with Beth Orton on “The Ground Above” and the 30th Anniversary of “Trailer Park” | Under the Radar | Music Blog for the Indie Music Magazine, Neil Young - As Time Explodes - Album Review - www.undertheradarmag.com, Rolling Stone UK - Barry Manilow: 'I want people to feel better when they come to my shows', The Guardian - ‘We only agreed to do it if they shook hands’: Bono on the gig that helped end the Troubles, Duran Duran – Nick Rhodes on Their New Halloween-Themed Album “Danse Macabre”, Irish Independent: Singer Gemma Hayes: ‘When my mum died, I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m definitely a grown-up now’. I feel like I’d been pretending until then’ | Irish Independent, Wallis Bird: ‘Grief is not a sexy subject’: Sunday Times Ireland, Tarragon: "I've always been drawn to textures and colours" | Interview | The Line of Best Fit, Tori Amos on “In Times of Dragons” | Under the Radar | Music Blog for the Indie Music Magazine, The Guardian - ‘People were panicking over whether I could do the Ian Curtis dance’: how we made Control, Rolling Stone UK - Punk legend Don Letts on telling his life story in new doc 'Rebel Dread', The Pet Shop Boys on family history in Orange Order and ‘depressing’ Troubles trip to Belfast, ‘I won’t let the bastards grind me down’: John Lydon on grief, feuds and being an unlikely optimist, Irish Independent: Rugby star turned musician Barry Murphy: ‘I’m a creative person. I was frustrated how we played the game in Ireland’ | Irish Independent, "The Energy Is Still There!" Bob Mould On Sugar's Reunion | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Read how Goldfrapp made Ooh La La - The Guardian, The WAEVE are drawing out the blood and guts of their influences, "It's Quite A Natural Thing" Katherine Priddy Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary Edition) | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, ‘It’s the first time the whole band is together’: REM guitarist bringing new supergroup to Belfast, Various Artists: HELP(2) (War Child Records) - review | Under the Radar Magazine, Rolling Stone UK - Mike Campbell: "Fleetwood Mac pulled me out of my grief", Simon Yates: Touching the Void and near-fatal Tajikistan fall | Belfast Telegraph, Jack Moore on following his father Gary’s legacy: ‘He's like a spiritual guide in a lot of ways’ | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Next Wave #1165: Dark Tropics | Next Wave | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Brandi Carlile ‘Returning to Myself’ review: A superb sonic evolution from Americana star, Gustavo Santaolalla @ Alexandra Palace, London, UK November 12, 2025 | Under the Radar MagazineUnder the Radar | Music Blog for the Indie Music Magazine, Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla: ‘The Last of Us has been a gift’, THE WHITE KNIGHT RIDES INTO TOWN - Gridiron Magazine, ‘The vocals were on another level’: how Counting Crows made Mr Jones | Culture | The Guardian, CROKE PARK REFLECTIONS - Gridiron Magazine, 'Physical Graffiti' At 50: The Bloated Brilliance of Peak Led Zeppelin | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Del Amitri frontman Justin: Parkinson’s diagnosis was liberating… I don’t care what people think of me anymore | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, ‘Her hand was shaking when George Best came over’: Encounter with football legend floored Thin Lizzy star’s normally unflappable wife, Brandi Carlile @ The National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, June 22, 2025, Scissor Sisters frontman ready to let his hair down in Belfast: ‘I was put on this earth to do this’, Belfast Telegraph - Climbing legend on summiting Everest 18 times: ‘I’ve a wife and kids, I’ve no plans of dying on a mountain’, The Guardian - Guy Garvey on Elbow’s One Day Like This: ‘Every week, someone tells me they got married to it’, Morcheeba - Escape The Chaos | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Guitar Player - Jack Moore, son of Gary Moore, is cutting his own path with a Les Paul, ‘I realised this is where I belong’: Tyrone guitarist’s journey from the London music scene and back home again, Thin Lizzy star ready to move family to NI after growing disillusioned with divided US, Dom Brown On Duran Duran, Auditioning For Liam Gallagher, And His Future Plans | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Daily Express - Mountaineer Chris Bonington says he may be 90 but he has not peaked, Rolling Stone UK 'Becoming Led Zeppelin': The story behind 2025's most anticipated rock-doc, Next Wave #1212: Skinner | Next Wave | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Robbie Williams - His 15 Best Songs | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Sentimental Reasoning: Mark Lanegan At 60 | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, Living in the Material World (50th Anniversary Edition), Mary Black: ‘I told the label I’m not going back out to America to record. It would have probably brought me to a huge audience’, Belfast Telegraph - Ciaran McMenamin: ‘I might get shot for telling you this...’, Learning To Let Go: Gemma Hayes Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews, The Irish Times - Neil Finn of Crowded House: ‘We could represent Ireland at Eurovision! If John Lydon can go for it, then why not us?’, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan: ‘Belfast is one the friendliest cities I’ve ever been to’, ‘We’ve been living in a manic dream’: Belfast-bound They Might Be Giants look back on 40-year career, ‘Cheaper than Oasis, funnier and I won’t be grumpy’: Tim McGarry on journey from law to comedy ahead of new tour, Pixies / Sprints - European Tour 2024 Custom House Square (CHSq), Belfast 28.08.2024 - Mc Gig Music, Sunday Times Ireland - Neil Hannon on his dream Wonka project, Stevie Nicks @ British Summer Time Festival, Hyde Park , London, UK, July 12, 2024, Sarah McLachlan on “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” and its 30th Anniversary Tour, L.A. Times by Travis for Under the Radar, Elbow @ The Trinity Summer Series, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland,  July 1, 2024, Gavin James: ‘The new songs are upbeat but not all happy, thank God’, Album Review: Síomha, Infinite Space | Hotpress, Villagers’ frontman: ‘I’m the John Hume of folk rock’, Elbow – Guy Garvey on Their 10th Album “AUDIO VERTIGO”, Suzi Ronson: ‘David Bowie called me, sobbing, the day after Mick died ... He hadn’t done anything to help’, The Dandy Warhols’ Courtney Taylor-Taylor: ‘It was me against them. Earrings, high hair, eyeliner, army boots, Mom’s blouse’, Rick Astley in Belfast review: The singer looks to be loving life on stage. It’s hard to dislike him, A walk down memory lane with David Bowie’s tour photographer ahead of the Dublin festival, ‘National treasure? It’s better than crackhead’: Shaun Ryder and Kermit on the return of Black Grape, ‘They found ways to do the impossible’: Hipgnosis, the designers who changed the record sleeve for ever, ‘Bruce Springsteen was very nervous about his cameo’: Nick Hornby and Stephen Frears on High Fidelity, The artists behind some of Britain’s most iconic album covers, How 'An Irish Goodbye' charmed Hollywood and triumphed at the Oscars, Lyra McKee documentary airs on Channel 4: 'she always gave us hope', Depeche Mode 'Memento Mori' review: music icons sing through the darkness, Depeche Mode live in Dublin: a stunning celebration of life and music, Elbow – ‘Flying Dream 1’ review: Mancunian legends return with comforting balm, The War on Drugs - 'I Don't Live Here Anymore' review: Fatherhood looms large on fifth album, IDLES - 'Crawler' review: Bristol punks evolve on soul-baring fourth record, Meet Jordan Adetunji, the Belfast alt-rock sensation loved by Oli Sykes, Ain't Too Proud: the story behind the new musical celebrating The Temptations, Foals - 'Life Is Yours' review: The party-starting soundtrack to a glorious summer, Arcade Fire - 'WE' review: Montreal heroes return to greatness on sixth album, NI singer Ben Glover: ‘I was on a tour bus with a stoned Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard… they gave me the Ulster nod’, Gareth Dunlop: The people and the craic in Belfast stopped me leaving home for a new life in US, Big Country’s Mark Brzezicki: ‘We’re keeping the spirit and legacy of Stuart’s music alive’, Teenage Fanclub: We weren’t even Kurt Cobain’s favourite band from Glasgow, ‘14-year-olds were offering us vodka’: Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s wild night in Belfast, Simple Minds @ SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 19, 2024, Liam Gallagher & John Squire @ 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland,  March 16, 2024, Sprints - Letter to Self - Album review for Under the Radar, Substance 1987 (2023 Reissue), Danse Macabre Review for Under the Radar, Duran Duran – Roger Taylor on “Future Past” and Their Upcoming Arena Tour, Simple Minds – Charlie Burchil on “Direction of the Heart”, Cowboy Junkies – Michael Timmins on Their New Album “Such Ferocious Beauty”, Unloved – David Holmes on “Polychrome”, The War On Drugs, Beth Orton @ Trinity College Summer Series, Dublin, Ireland, June 27, 2023, Lanterns on the Lake – Hazel Wilde on Their New Album “Versions of Us”, INTERVIEW: Mark Lanegan On Dark Mark Vs. Skeleton Joe - His New Collaborative Project With Joe Cardamone | XS Noize | Latest Music News, INTERVIEW With PASSENGER - “I Was On Lockdown On My Own With My Cats And Feeling Fairly Weird & Sad About Things” | XS Noize | Latest Music News, ALBUM REVIEW: Duran Duran - Future Past | XS Noize | Latest Music News, INTERVIEW: The Levellers' Mark Chadwick - "This Is The Worst Time I've Ever Known In My Life" | XS Noize | Latest Music News, IN FOCUS// Peter Hook & The Light @ The Limelight, Belfast Saturday 14th September 2019 | XS Noize | Latest Music News, Classic Album: Unknown Pleasures By Joy Division Hits 40 | XS Noize | Latest Music News, IN FOCUS// KT Tunstall At St Malachy's Church, Castlewellan | XS Noize | Latest Music News, INTERVIEW: Nerina Pallot On Her Brilliantly Diverse Seventh Album, 'I Don’t Know What I’m Doing' | XS Noize | Latest Music News, INTERVIEW: Mike Peters Of The Alarm - “I Thought, If We're Going To Do This Record, It's Got To Come Out Before The Lockdown Ends.” | XS Noize | Latest Music News, ALBUM REVIEW: The Coral - Coral Island | XS Noize | Latest Music News, LIVE REVIEW: New Order Bridge Generation Gap In Stunning Dublin Set | XS Noize | Latest Music News, Album Review: Duran Duran, Future Past | Hotpress, Album Review: Erasure, Day-Glo (Based On A True Story) | Hotpress, Album Review: Lindsey Buckingham, Lindsey Buckingham | Hotpress, Live Report: Imelda May at the Isle of Wight Festival | Hotpress, Album Review: Dark Tropics — INK | Hotpress, Album Review: First Aid Kit, Palomino | Hotpress, Live Report: Duran Duran at St Anne's Park in Dublin | Hotpress, Duran Duran at St. Anne's Park (Photos) | Hotpress, Album Review: Cat Power, Covers | Hotpress, Music Book of the Month: Ben Wardle, Mark Hollis - A Perfect Silence | Hotpress, Album Review: Rory Nellis - 'Written & Underlined' | Hotpress, Album Review: Wallis Bird, Hands | Hotpress, Crowded House at Trinity College Dublin Summer Series 2022 (Photos) | Hotpress, Album Review: Cowboy Junkies, Such Ferocious Beauty | Hotpress, Album Review: Rebel Irishwomen | Hotpress, Album Review: Ben Reel, Come A Long Way | Hotpress, Philip Selway's best songs and performances, as chosen by him | Interview, Remembering Belfast gig venues that are no longer with us, Belfast's Rory Nellis on music, dreams and gigging again, Love, folklore and fairy tales inspire 'wonderful' new album.