Given the 2008 concert connection and touring activity that year, this is clearly the Brighton, England band McQueen. Let me get a bit more detail on their lineup and history. I now have solid information about the Brighton, England all-female rock band McQueen, which fits the 2008 concert photography timeframe perfectly.
McQueen formed in Brighton, England, coming together as an all-female rock outfit in the town's local music scene in the early-to-mid 2000s. The band was formed in Brighton in 2003 by Leah Duors on vocals, Hayley Cramer on drums, Cat de Casenove on guitars, and Sophie Taylor on bass , though the group is also widely credited as officially starting its live career the following year. McQueen started performing live in venues around their home town of Brighton in February 2004, and by June of that year had started to play at venues in London , quickly building a reputation as an aggressive, punk-tinged hard rock act built around Duors' distinctive vocal delivery.
The band's breakthrough came with the January 2007 release of their debut album, "Break the Silence," on the Newcastle based independent label Demolition Records, home to acts like Hanoi Rocks and Twisted Sister. The album was recorded in between a touring schedule that had spanned two and a half years, with tracks sent to US-based producer Evil Joe Barresi, known for his work with Queens of the Stone Age and Tool, to mix . The record and the band's relentless live schedule helped them build a following well beyond the UK. McQueen toured all over Europe and played shows in the US and Asia, including headlining the Unite Festival in Vietnam in 2007 in front of a crowd of 15,000 . The classic lineup behind this breakout period consisted of Duors, Cramer, guitarist Cat de Casanove, and a rotating cast of bassists, most notably Sophie Taylor.
Throughout its run, McQueen built its reputation almost entirely on the strength of relentless touring alongside major rock acts. Since forming in Brighton, McQueen had played alongside Juliette & the Licks, Foo Fighters, Towers Of London and Kaiser Chiefs , and the band toured with W.A.S.P., Hanoi Rocks and Wednesday 13, and played the rock tent at Hyde Park Calling in June 2007 . Lineup changes were frequent on bass guitar, with the position passing through several players over the years, while Duors and Cramer remained the group's constant core. In 2008, the band also supported Velvet Revolver on various tour dates of their Revolution Tour , one of the highest profile support slots of their career, and they also appeared at American and European festivals including a set in Nashville and at Norway's Quart Festival.
By the end of the decade, McQueen's momentum had stalled. The band hasn't played any shows in the UK since the Velvet Revolver support tour in 2008 , effectively marking the end of their active touring years, and the group is now remembered as one of the more ferocious all-female hard rock acts to emerge from the UK's mid-2000s rock revival, often compared by critics to the Runaways for their unapologetic, Sunset Strip-inspired attitude. Though McQueen never released a follow-up to "Break the Silence," their run from Brighton's clubs to European festival stages and a headline arena support slot left a mark on the era's rock underground.
It is fitting, then, that McQueen's brief but hard-touring existence intersected with Wayne Dennon's camera in 2008, right at the tail end of their active years, when they were out supporting Velvet Revolver on the road. That single night's work has left behind 33 photographs in the archive, images that have since been viewed by visitors 26,078 times, a quiet testament to a band that burned fast and loud before disappearing from the stage.
