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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – London Palladium, 13 November 2024
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Gig review: HRH XVII, Great Yarmouth, 7-9 November 2024
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Gig review: WHEN RIVERS MEET, CHANTEL MCGREGOR, XANDER AND THE PEACE PIRATES – Dingwalls, London, 7 November 2024
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 6 November 2024
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024
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Album review: THE DARK ELEMENT (featuring Anette Olzon & Jani Liimatainen)
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Album review: JIZZY PEARL’S LOVE/HATE – Hell, Ca
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Album review: BUDGIE – The MCA Albums 1973-1975
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Album review: EMERSON LAKE & PALMER – Out Of This World: Live (1970-1997)
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Album Review: 21OCTAYNE – 2.0
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Album review: 38 SPECIAL – Special Forces and Wild Eyed Southern Boys (Remasters)
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Yearly Archives: 2024
Gig review: DEFECTS – Key Club, Leeds, 1 November 2024
Once again I was impatiently awaiting this gig. Filled with excitement I headed off to the Key Club in Leeds. Upon arriving I found the venue was small and intimate which was a massive bonus, the Stage was raised so … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 November 2024, alt rock, Defects, gig, Knife Bride, Leeds, modern rock, nu-metal, Profiler, review, rock, the Key Club
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Album review: KINGS OF MERCIA – Battle Scars
Metal Blade Records [Release date 25.10.24] One thing you can’t accuse Steve Overland of is being work shy. The revival of his first love, FM, is not enough for the industrious frontman. Since 2004 he’s also produced albums as Shadowman … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Battle Scars, Fates Warning, FM, hard rock, Jim Matheos, Kings Of Mercia, melodic, review, Steve Overland
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Album review: SEVENTH CRYSTAL – Entity
Frontiers [Release date : 08.11.24] It’s hard to pin Seventh Crystal down. Is that a good thing? Yes and no. Vocalist and songwriter, Kristian Fyhr leads the band with assurance and direction. Entity is the band’s third album, a progression … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Frontiers, heavy rock, Krystian Fyhr, progrock, review, Seventh Crystal
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Album review : IMPELLITTERI – War Machine
Frontiers [Release date : 08.11.24] Chris Impellitteri has always had something to say about the world and the way of it, illuminated by the occasional religious overtone. This new album, his band’s 16th, is not much different. We should be … Continue reading
Album review: THE QUIREBOYS – Wardour Street
Cadiz Music [Release date 01.11.24] When I heard Spike had been ousted by his own band but had drafted in original Quireboys guitarist and co-founder the late, great, Guy Bailey to help resurrect the true Quireboys, rejoined by most of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Frankie Miller, Guy Bailey, Luke Morley, Nigel Mogg, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, Spike, The Quireboys, Thunder, Wardour Street
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Gig review: KING KING, THESE WICKED RIVERS – Sub 89, Reading, 27 October 2024
King King’s extensive touring schedule has included this autumn jaunt to some new places including what Alan Nimmo suggested was their first ever visit to the County town of Berkshire. With no London date, a trip on the Elizabeth line … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Nimmo, Arran Day, blues, blues rock, gig, John Hartwell, Jonny Dyke, King King, Stevie Nimmo, These Wicked Rivers
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your tour not listed? Contact us! To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, AOR, gigs, Ireland, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, rock, tour dates, tours, uk
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2024)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your tour not listed? Contact us! To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024, AOR, gigs, Ireland, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, rock, tour dates, tours, uk
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2025
Compiled by Jason Ritchie To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on the keyboard. The “F” stands for “Find,” and it works in every … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, album, blues rock, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, hard rock, heavy rock, melodic rock, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, reissue, singer songwriter
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News: Albums of the Month (July – September 2024)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation KALANDRA A Frame Of Mind (By Norse Music) Turn on the heat, settle down with your favourite tipple, and let ‘A Frame … Continue reading
News: BONFIRE, MOGWAI, KID KAPACHI (November 2024)
Ambush have signed with Napalm Records with a view to release a new album next year. Tori Amos releases a new live album, ‘Diving Deep Live’, via Decca on December 6. A remastered 2CD/2DVD box set version of ‘An Evening Of Yes Music Plus’ … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, AOR, blues, Bonfire, folk, gigs, Kid Kapachi, melodic rock, metal, Mogwai, news, re-issues, RIP, special editions, tour dates
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Album review: FATAL VISION – Three Times Lucky
Art of Melody [Release date 22.11.24] Fatal Vision originated in Ottawa, Canada during the late 1980s, carving out a niche in the Melodic Rock scene with influences from iconic bands like Asia, Bad English, Journey, Survivor, and Van Halen. After … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's rock, album, Fatal Vision, hair metal, hard rock, melodic rock, review, Three Times Lucky, Van Halen
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) 2024
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Updated 28.10.24 To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on the keyboard. The “F” stands for “Find,” and it works … Continue reading
Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 11.11.24 UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025) To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, AOR, dates, Europe, gigs, melodic rock, metal, our, pop, progressive, rock, ROW, USA
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Gig review: FM – The Carlisle, Hastings, 17 October 2024
Recently in the news, we heard how tours have shrunk and cover fewer towns and cities than they did 30 years ago. For FM the opposite seems to be the case – as well as playing the established big cities, … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, melodic rock, Steve Overland, The Carlisle, White Skies
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Album review: JOHN WETTON – Concentus (10-CD box set)
David Randall chatted to John Wetton in April 2009. This interview was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio 19 April 2009 and now reissued in “The GRTR! Archive” series. Spirit Of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red Records [Release date 15.11.24] … Continue reading
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Tagged art rock, box set, classic rock, Concentus, interview, John Wetton, live, Progressive Rock, radio, recordings
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Album review: DEVIN TOWNSEND – PowerNerd
InsideOut Music [Release date 25.10.24] PowerNerd is the latest musical instalment from the over-active mind of Devin Townsend. With Devin you are never 100% sure what you are going to get, however, you know it won’t be boring! Over the … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th Oct 2024, album, Canada, CD, coffee, country, Devin Townsend, Insideout Music, metal, PowerNerd, Rammstein, rock, Ruby Quaker, Strapping Young Lad, Vinyl
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Album review: GARFUNKEL & GARFUNKEL – Father and Son
BMG [Release date 08.11.24] The legendary Art Garfunkel teams up with his son, Art Jr. to produce an album of covers. As Art. Jr. explains, “This one is truly a father-son project, it’s all about this unique connection. We recorded … Continue reading
Gig review: THE NEW ROSES- The Black Heart, Camden, London, 16 October 2024
On the very same day Thomas Tuchel was announced as the English football team’s new coach, some other Anglophiles from Germany were the musical attraction. The New Roses are on an extensive UK tour as they now seem to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Attracted to Danger, gig, Leonie Jakobi, New Wave of Classic Rock, the New Roses, Timmy Rough
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Gig review: ALICE COOPER – Hydro, Glasgow, 14 October 2024
Come October the mind starts to stray to thoughts of Halloween, of ghosts and ghouls and things that go bump in the night! What better to soundtrack those dark thoughts than a night with the king of scare himself, Alice … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th October 2024, Alice Cooper, Billy Gillespie, gig, Glasgow, Glen Sobel, Hydro, indie, live, Nita Strauss, No More Mr Nice Guy, Poison, Primal Scream, rock, Ryan Roxie, Schools Out, Tommy Henriksen, Too Close For Comfort, Vincent Price, Welcome To My Nightmare
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Album review: TRUCKER DIABLO – Social Hand Grenade
Big Unit Records [Release date 25.10.24] It’s a sad fact that many of the NWOCR bands doing the rounds at the moment started out at least 10 years ago. The likes of Doomsday Outlaw and Sons Of Liberty come to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, heavy rock, NWOCR, review, Social Hand Grenade, Trucker Diablo
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Album review : WARRIOR FEATURING VINNIE VINCENT – The Complete Sessions (3 CDs)
Cherry Red Records [Release date 25.10.24] Ninety days in 1982. That’s how long the love affair lasted between three quarters of New England and Vinnie (Kiss) Cusano/Vincent. Vincent’s unconsummated love affair with Kiss, brought about by Ace Frehley’s sacking, was … Continue reading
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Tagged Ace Frehley, Gary Shea, Hirsh Gardner, Jimmy Waldo, John Fanning, Kiss, New England, review, Vincent Cusano, Warrior
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Album review: NO FAVORS – The Eleventh Hour
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 22.11.24] Can’t not give No Favors a listen as they hail from my home town of Stoke-on-Trent! No Favors were formed in the ’80s, which included rhythm guitarist Carl Ogden, who remained a constant … Continue reading
Gig review: FIREFEST – Manchester Academy, 11-13 October 2024
For a decade through to 2014, Firefest built a reputation that most festivals would kill for. It wasn’t just the stellar line ups of melodic hard rock acts, from the rising stars through to long dormant bands from the eighties … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Atlantic, Cats In Space, Coney Hatch, festival, Firefest, Gabrielle de Val, gig, Grand Prix, Heavy Pettin', Hurricane, Jaded Hard, Jelusick, Kingdom Of Madness, Lionheart, Lost Weekend, Mad Max, melodic rock, Michael Bomann, Midnite City, Oliver's Army, Overland, Quiet Riot, Robin McAuley, Skagarack, Supremacy, Touch
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Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – Royal Albert Hall, London, 23 October 2024
Steve Hackett continues to tour relentlessly, playing to packed houses of knowledgeable and enthusiastic fans, year after year. Tonight, the venerable Royal Albert Hall was sold out and brimming with anticipation. A couple of tracks in and even the vastly … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis, gig, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, live, prog, review, Royal Albert Hall, Steve Hackett
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