Tag Archives: AOR

Album review : CHEZ KANE – Reckless

Posted on March 22, 2026 by brianmc
CHEZ KANE – Reckless

Frontiers Music [Release date : 27.3.26] We’re cranking the machine back to 1986. Yes, sounding like every Desmond Child Holly Knight/Diane Warren penned AOR hit 40 years ago, the album launches with the title track, ‘Restless’. Only this time with … Continue reading →

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Album review: TYKETTO – Closer To The Sun

Posted on March 20, 2026 by andynathan
TYKETTO- Closer to the Sun

Silver Lining Music [Release Date 20.3.26] For so long one of rock’s best kept secrets, Tyketto’s mainstream exposure has grown over the past few years with well-received appearances at broader festivals outside their melodic rock genre and even a detailed … Continue reading →

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News: RUSH, CRIMSON GLORY, VON GROOVE (March 2026)

Posted on February 23, 2026 by jason

Acacia Avenue release ‘Chapter V’ via Pride & Joy Music on May 29. Amberian Dawn release their latest album, ‘Temptation’s Gates’, on June 26 via Napalm Records. The band have also announced Nicole Willerton as their new vocalist. Deko Entertainment release a 50th … Continue reading →

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Album review : TRANSATLANTIC RADIO – Midnight Transmission

Posted on February 12, 2026 by brianmc
TRANSATLANTIC RADIO – Midnight Transmission

Frontiers Music [Release date : 20.02.26] Swedish émigré and fully fledged Angeleno since the nineties, bass playing Victor Broden is a Grammy winning musician and producer. He moved to LA on a wing and prayer, with the echoes of the AOR … Continue reading →

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Album review: DENNIS CHURCHILL-DRIES – Crazy Is This Life

Posted on February 3, 2026 by jason
DENNIS CHURCHILL-DRIES – Crazy Is This Life

AOR Blvd Records [Release date 30.01.26] Former White Sister and Tattoo Rodeo vocalist Dennis Churchill-Dries is back with another album packed full of classy melodic rock. He’s joined by Steve Newman on guitar and keys, along with Newman drummer Rob … Continue reading →

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News: AEROSMITH, SAVATAGE, CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL (February 2026)

Posted on January 27, 2026 by jason
SUZI QUATRO-London Palladium, 15 November 2023

Acid Reign will release a new album ‘Daze Of The Week’ on May 15. Aerosmith release ‘Aerosmith (Legendary Edition)’ on March 20 as a limited-edition deluxe 5LP box, a 4LP slipcase, black and colour vinyl, 3CD, CD, and digital. Steven Tyler and Joe … Continue reading →

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Album review: PETRA – Hope

Posted on January 5, 2026 by jason
petra hope

Girder Records [Release date 12.01.26] 2026 could well be the year of the comeback and one highly anticipated is this new album from Petra, their first studio album since 2003’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde’. Petra have been touring on and off … Continue reading →

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News: DEMON, QUEEN, PETRA (January 2026)

Posted on December 28, 2025 by jason
Black Label Society - HARD ROCK HELL IX - Hafan Y Mor, Pwlhelli, Wales, 12-14 November 2015

The All-American Rejects release their first album since 2012. ‘Sandbox’ will be released in February via Too Lost. Alt Blk Era have announced a new EP, ‘Our World’, which will arrive on May 22 via LAB Records. Tori Amos releases … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIDNITE CITY- Bite The Bullet

Posted on December 26, 2025 by andynathan
MIDNITE CITY- Bite the Bullet

Pride and Joy Music [Release Date 21.11.25] Unapologetically promoting themselves as ‘hair metal’ when other more self-conscious bands might balk at the description, Midnite City are impressively now onto their fifth album since 2017. Rob Wylde’s men are not about … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STEVE OVERLAND AND JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Weir, Brentford, Middlesex, 9 December 2025

Posted on December 14, 2025 by andynathan
STEVE OVERLAND AND JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Weir, Brentford, Middlesex, 9 December 2025

In all my years gig going, I don’t think I’ve ever been to one this close, just ten minutes walk from my house. That it should be by two members of FM, a band I’ve devotedly followed for 40 years … Continue reading →

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News: BRYAN ADAMS, THE KARMA EFFECT, THE GEMS (December 2025)

Posted on November 26, 2025 by jason
URIAH HEEP, London Palladium, 26 February 2025

Bryan Adams releases ‘Bryan Adams & Friends: A Great Big Holiday Jam’ on December 8 via Bad Records – the same day the Christmas special of the same name premieres on Citytv and streams on Citytv+ in Canada. Asia release … Continue reading →

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Gig review: KINGDOM OF MADNESS – The Carlisle, Hastings, 7 November 2025

Posted on November 16, 2025 by andynathan
KINGDOM OF MADNESS- The Carlisle, Hastings, 7 November 2025

Kingdom of Madness, formed by one-time Magnum keyboardist Mark Stanway and boasting four past band members or contributors, have even doing a great job recreating the classic Magnum years before the original band split up in the mid-nineties. Their touring … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ROMEO’S DAUGHTER – Pizza Express, Holborn, London, 2 November 2025

Posted on November 9, 2025 by andynathan
P1220773 - Copy

2025 has seen Romeo’s Daughter explore a side to themselves that they have never previously pursued in their career with shows in an acoustic format. At the start of the year they recorded a live album in Barnoldswick, Yorkshire and … Continue reading →

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Album review: SMITH & LIDDLE – Songs For The Desert

Posted on November 2, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
SMITH & LIDDLE - Songs For The Desert

Legere Recordings [Release date 31.10.25] There must be something in the air at the moment, or at least this year. We’ve had excellent albums from Morganway, First Time Flyers, and now Smith & Liddle. The connecting theme is melodic classic pop … Continue reading →

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News: THE DAMNED, SAMMY HAGAR, MAID OF STONE (November 2025)

Posted on October 29, 2025 by jason
Whitesnake - DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, Donington Park, Leicestershire, 14-15 June 2019

Black Swan release their new album ‘Paralyzed’ on February 13 on Frontiers. Blackwater Drowning will release their new album ‘Obscure Sorrows’ on February 27. Brother Cane will release its first new album in 27 years, ‘Magnolia Medicine’, on April 17 on … Continue reading →

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EP review: ELLIOT PORTER – I Choose the Moon

Posted on October 19, 2025 by jason
Elliot Porter - I Choose The Moon EP

Website [Release date 30.10.25] Elliot Porter is a Cambridge based singer songwriter who has been building up a following, through gigging and a series of releases, including a cover of Frank Turner’s ‘Be More Kind’, which raised over £2,000 for … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAVLOV’S DOG – Essential Recordings 1974-2018 (5-CD box set)

Posted on October 10, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
PAVLOV'S DOG - Essential Recordings 1974-2018 (5-CD box set)

Ruf Records [Release date 27.09.24] What are we to make of a fairly basic box set from a band that have been described as “legendary” but who – this side of the pond – have largely gone unnoticed? ‘Essential Recordings’ … Continue reading →

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News: KING KING, ACCEPT, JULIAN LENNON (October 2025)

Posted on September 29, 2025 by jason
IAN ANDERSON (JETHRO TULL) - The Lowry, Salford, 14 September 2015

Jan Akkerman releases ‘My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow’ on December 12 via Artone/Music Theories Recordings. Black Label Society plan to release their new album early next year via MNRK Heavy/Spinefarm Records. Buzzcocks release their latest album ‘Attitude Adjustment’ through Cherry Red … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FM – Islington Academy, London, 18 September 2025

Posted on September 24, 2025 by andynathan
FM_London_pic by Adrian Hextall (48) - Copy

FM are on the road so constantly that it is hard to divine where one tour begins and another ends. However the release of their excellent latest album ‘Brotherhood’ marks the start of a long tour, with the set list … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
BLACK STONE CHERRY AND THE DARKNESS- Wembley Arena, London, 4 February 2023

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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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
HEART - O2 Apollo, Manchester, 30 June 2016

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 29.12.2025 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 … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Livestream review: METALLICA, AT&T Arena, Arlington, Texas, 18 & 20 August 2023

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 24.09.2026 UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026) To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIGHTSPEED – Delta

Posted on August 31, 2025 by jason
lightspeed delta

Website [Release date 15.09.25] Back in 2006 Canadian prog rockers Lightspeed released their third album ‘Waves’ and now we have their fourth album, ‘Delta’, which has had a challenging creation which including the passing of the band’s guitarist Gene Murray … Continue reading →

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News: BON JOVI, AVATAR, THE HARA (September 2025)

Posted on August 29, 2025 by jason
Rick Wakeman - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 9 May 2014

Aerosmith and Yungblud have teamed up for a new song entitled ‘My Only Angel’. It is the band’s first music in over a decade. They release an five song EP ‘One More Time’ on November 21 which features ‘My Only Angel’, … Continue reading →

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Album review: FM- Brotherhood

Posted on August 20, 2025 by andynathan
FM-Brotherhood

Frontiers Records (Release Date 05.09.25) You can set your watch by the fact that FM will release a new album every other year since 2018, no mean feat considering they seem to be perpetually on tour. Given that the live … Continue reading →

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