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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Dirty Rockers, Dudley, Saturday 24 October 2020
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Gig review: MARK MORRISS- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 3 October 2020
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Gig review: GARY FLETCHER AND NICK RITCHIE – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 2 October 2020
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Gig review: COLLATERAL – Leo’s, The Red Lion, Gravesend, Friday 4 September 2020
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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – The Victoria, Swindon, Thursday 27 August 2020
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Feature: Albums that time forgot … NATIVE CAIN – The Primitive Soul
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Feature: Albums that time forgot…EUROPE – Secret Society
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Feature: Albums that time forgot…JAMES LABRIE – Elements Of Persuasion
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Feature: Albums that time forgot…DON DOKKEN – Up From The Ashes
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Feature: Albums that time forgot … CODE OF SILENCE – Dark Skies Over Babylon
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Feature: Albums that time forgot … BLACKTHORNE – Afterlife
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Category Archives: Special Events
Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 3 – Mote Park, Maidstone, 30 July 2017
After the deluge on Saturday the forecast for the Sunday was looking a lot brighter and judging by the size of the crowd in the arena the sun had enticed a few extra bodies along for another top day of … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 July 2017, blues, Devin Townsend Project, Focus, gig, Kent, Magnum, Maidstone, Mote Park, progressive, Ramblin' Man Fair, review, rock, Snakecharmer, Stone Broken, The Quireboys, UFO, Wishbone Ash, ZZ Top
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 2 – Mote Park, Maidstone, 29 July 2017
I awoke in the hotel with lovely Kent sunshine streaming through the window, however the forecast for later in the day was looking grim and I did pass Noah on his way to B&Q for nails and some MDF. No … Continue reading
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Tagged 29 July 2017, Black Star Riders, blues, British Lion, Dan Baird, Deep Purple, Extreme, gig, Glenn Hughes, Iron Maiden, Jared James Nicols, Kent, Maidstone, meta, Mote Park, Ramblin' Man Fair, review, rock, Steve Harris, Tenacious D, the Kyle Gass Band, The Nile Deltas, Toby Jepson, Toseland, Trucker Diablo, Wayward Sons, Xander and the Pirates
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 1 – Mote Park, Maidstone, 28 July 2017
The Ramblin’ Man Fair is now in its third year and is going from strength to strength. It is situated in Mote Park right in the centre of Maidstone in Kent, it is a bit bizarre passing a children’s playpark … Continue reading
Gig review: HUE AND CRY Album Launch – PRS Building, King’s Cross, London, 3 August 2017
Kicking the night off in great humour, Pat Kane informs his attentive audience that tonight we are to be locked in a room 8 floors above the ground for a 20 minute jazz odyssey. Luckily this was a joke. Instead, … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 August 2017, album, funk, gig, Hue And Cry, King's Cross, launch, London, Pat Kane, Pocketful Of Stones, pop, PRS, review
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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL, Ebbw Vale, 30 July 2017 (Part Two)
Mud and music – what more can a hardened rock fan ask for? Sunshine? Well it was in short supply again today. Cars had been marooned in the muddy field but it wasn’t going to deter the faithful… The Texas … Continue reading
Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL, Ebbw Vale, 28-29 July 2017 (Part One)
The annual pilgrimage climbing the mountain in the valleys of South Wales seems to have come around far quicker this year than any other, and the reliable Welsh weather played a major part in some issues regarding camping and parking. … Continue reading
Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK – Butlins, Minehead, 27-30 January 2017
David Randall sets the scene… Giants of Rock. Geriatrics of Rock? It’s where we’ve ended up. The bracing sea air, the faded resort town, the surfeit of hand-wash. These events as much remind us of our own mortality as that … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events, The Best of 2017
Tagged Atomic Rooster, Bernie Marsden, Butlins, Dare, Eric Sardinas, Focus, Giants Of Rock, gig, Ian Anderson, January 2017, John Lees Barclay James Harvest, Minehead, Oliver Dawson Saxon, Popa Chubby, Rebecca Downes, review, Steve Hackett
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Gig review: WATCHET FESTIVAL – 27-28 August 2016
Watchet Festival – The small festival with a huge heart… Saturday 27th August After spending what felt like half my lifetime sitting in the giant car park that is the M5, he beautiful scenery as we drove along the winding … Continue reading
Gig review: MOONDANCE JAM – Walker, Minnesota, USA, 21-23 July 2016
Considering the previous generation thought rock n roll was a passing fad, and given the pace of change in the industry, it is a substantial feat for any rock festival to reach a 25 year milestone. It is even more … Continue reading
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Tagged 21-23 July 2016, Blues Traveler, Boston, Bush, Chevelle, Chicago, festival, Firehouse, Foghat, gig, Godsmack, Kix, LITTLE RIVER BAND, Loverboy, Minnesota, Moondance Jam, Queensryche, review, Sixx:AM, Thundherstruck, USA, Walker
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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL – Ebbw Vale, South Wales, 24 July 2016 (Day 2)
After the success of the previous day and coupled with great weather, arriving on site on the Sunday morning to damp and drizzly conditions soon brought us back down to earth with a bump. Sunday’s line up for myself was … Continue reading
Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL – Ebbw Vale, South Wales, 23 July 2016 (Day 1)
As a founding fan from the very first event where a couple of hundred people showed, I have been fortunate to see Steelhouse grow year on year. Along with many others I heard the rumours almost every year that Thunder … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 July 2016, Blues Pills, Ebbw Vale, gig, review, South Wales, Steelhouse Festival, Tax The Heat, THE ANSWER, Thunder, Vega, Von Hertzen Brothers
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Gig review: SOS FESTIVAL, Manchester, 15-17 July 2016
With suitable tunes on the car stereo we headed over to Prestwich, Manchester for the Rocksector Records annual get-together, ‘SOS Festival’. Now in its ninth year it has a new home and has moved out of the now demolished Civic … Continue reading
Gig review: Festival D’ete De Quebec, 7-17 July 2016
If I was to ask you if you had ever heard of Festival D’ete De Quebec I am betting the answer would be NO … me neither so when I was handed the opportunity to experience this event I jumped … Continue reading
Gig review: Breaking Bands Festival – Stoke Prior Country Club, 27-29 May 2016
Still in its infancy, Breaking Bands Festival has yet again shown how to organise, run and sell a music festival that was sold out way before the event. And, over the May bank holiday weekend and following days, it was … Continue reading
Gig review: DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, 10-12 June 2016
My last visit to Donington was back in 1988 when – as ‘Monsters Of Rock’ – it also featured Megadeth and headlined by Iron Maiden. I never really embraced the three day event and with not enough bands of interest … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-12 June 2016, Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Donington Park, Download, festival, gig, Halestorm, Inglorious, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Rammstein, review, Rival Sons, Shinedown, Sixx:AM, The Amorettes, The Temperance Movement, the Wildhearts
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Gig review: BEARDED THEORY FESTIVAL – Catton Hall, Derbyshire, 26-29 May 2016
Bearded Theory A field full of happiness… In May 2013, Bearded Theory festival captured a piece of my heart and has steadfastly refused to give it back since. It’s impossible not to love this place and I’m not the only … Continue reading
Gig review: HRH PROG – Pwllheli, Wales, 17-19 March 2016
I remember the first time I attended the HRH Prog festival which was held at the ice cold Magna Centre in Rotherham; boy was it cold, even the artists had coats on whilst they performed! But it looks like we … Continue reading
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Tagged 17-19 March 2016, Arthur Brown, Caravan, festival, Focus, gig, HRH Prog, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, prog, progressive, Purson, Pwllheli, review, rock, sci-fi weekend, The Enid, Wales
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Gig review: HAMMERFEST – Pwllheli, Wales, 10-13 March 2016
Hammerfest is hard, it’s loud, and it’s brutal and yet again it threatens apocalyptic damage on the peaceful site in Pwllheli. Now in its 8th reign yet again it is being hosted under the HRH United umbrella along with HRH … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-13 March 2016, Cradle Of Filth, Evile, Exodus, Extreme, festival, gig, Hammerfest, heavy rock, metal, Pwllheli, Quemists, review, Thrash, Turisas, Wales
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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL AOR – Pwllheli, Wales, 12 March 2016 (Quiet Riot, Dan Reed Network)
My first experience of any of the Hard Rock Hell festivals was HRH AOR in March last year, enjoying it so much I bought my own accommodation for this year’s event before any bands were announced. You cannot imagine how … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 March 2016, Dan Reed Network, festival, gig, Hard Rock Hell AOR, melodic rock, NEWMAN, Pwllheli, Quiet Riot, Radio Sun, review, rock, The Burning Crows, Wales
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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL AOR – Pwllheli, Wales, 10-11 March 2016 (Joe Lynn Turner, Tyketto)
Thursday 10 March With a mass of indoor festivals throughout the year mainly at holiday camps out of season, Hard Rock Hell and it’s offshoots – AOR, Hammerfest, Prog and Blues – are fast becoming favourites, selling out in ridiculously … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-11 March 2016, festival, gig, Hard Rock Hell AOR, HRH, Joe Lynn Turner, Knock Out Kaine, melodic rock, metal, Pwllheli, Quireboys, review, rock, Russ Ballard, Tyketto, Wales
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