Seeing Chicago pop-punks Madina Lake announcing their return to the UK in 2025 took us right back to the early days of the American pop-punk scene when the band dropped a plethora of hit singles splashed all across the alt-tv stations of that time. They were fun times, and even though we’re all a little wiser and older, it felt no different in a very different era. What nights like these need is an electric special guest, and, in the case of Greywind, the Irish alt-rock duo Madina Lake had made the right choice. A wonderfully energetic mix of 80s rock, pop-punk and modern alt-rock, the duo Steph and Steph and Paul O’Sullivan have a set full of absolute bangers, with “Swing and Sway one of the highlights. First time around Madina Lake were one of those bands who captured the hearts of the U...