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News: GIANTS OF ROCK – Minehead, UK, 6-8 February 2015
Following the outstanding response from both guests and artists alike, GIANTS OF ROCK now sits proudly alongside The Great British Folk, Great British Alternative and Great British Rock & Blues Festivals – part of Butlins’ massively-successful and growing reputation for … Continue reading
News: FAITH NO MORE, DOWNLOAD, DEF LEPPARD – Wednesday 28 January 2015
Faith No More will release a new single, ‘Superhero’ in March. Beth Hart releases her new album, ‘Better Than Home’, on April 15th. Joe Clancy is the new drummer in Vardis. Tom DeLonge has announced his departure from Blink 182. … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, Re-issues/special editions
Tagged Def Leppard, Download, Faith No More, festival, festivals, gigs, news, Night Ranger, Steely Dan, Whitesnake
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News: MAGNUM, ECLIPSE, MASTODON – Monday 19 January 2015
In the studio and working on their next albums are Magnum and Mastodon. Soilwork will release their first live DVD/Blu-ray, ‘Live In The Heart Of Helsinki’ on March 13th via Nuclear Blast. HMV is the biggest seller of physical music … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged album, classic rock, Eclipse, festival, hard rock, Magnum, Mastodon, metal, news, rock, Spike, studio, Sweden Rocks, Tainted Nation
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News: HALESTORM, THE BEACHBOYS, DEGREED – Tuesday 13 January 2015
Halestorm release their new album ‘Into The Wild Life’ on April 3rd. Steve Hackett releases his new album ‘Wolflight’ on March 30th. Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish) releases his new country/southern influenced album, ‘Southern Style’ on March 30th. OMD … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged Degreed, festival, gigs, Halestorm, Hard Hell, Heart, Heart By Heart, metal, news, pop, rock, Saxon, THE BEACHBOYS
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News: MUDHONEY, BEARDED THEORY FESTIVAL – Monday 5 January 2015
Tony Mills (ex-Shy/TNT) releases his new solo album ‘Over My Dead Body’ on Feb 23rd. Guest musicians include Eric Ragno, Paul Sabu, Douglas Docker and Robert Sall. MUDHONEY Tue May 26 BRIGHTON Concorde 2 Wed May 27 BIRMINGHAM Library, Institute … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, NEWS
Tagged Alkaline Trio, alternative, Bearded Theory, festival, Mudhoney, news, NOFX, rock
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News: WINTER ROCKS in Sheffield on 6 December with THE ANSWER
Sheffield Corporation will play host to the first annual WinterRocks Festival in December. This extravaganza will mix international artists with some of Sheffield’s finest rising talents over two stages. THE ANSWER will deliver their stunning live show as festival headliners … Continue reading
Gig review: MELODIC ROCK FEST 4, H.O.M.E.Bar, Arlington Heights,Chicago, USA, 3-5 October 2014
After the success of the third Melodic Rock Fest last September, the attempt to bring to the Americans the cult melodic rock bands that are seen at Firefest and other places, melodicrock.com supremo Andrew McNeice swiftly moved forward with plans … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th Heaven, Adriangale, AOR, Bombay Black, Chicago, Eighty Six Happiness, festival, Gary Moon, gig, Grand Design, Guardian, H.E.A.T., Heaven's Edge, House Of Shakira, Jim Peterik, Johnny Lima, Madman's Lullaby, Maxx Explosion, melodic rock, Melodic Rock Fest 4, Mitch Malloy, Paul Laine, Radio Sun, STAN BUSH, Talon, Tango Down, USA, Work Of Art
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Gig review: CROPREDY, 7-9 August 2014 featuring STEVE HACKETT, MARILLION & FAIRPORT CONVENTION
It’s that time of year again when the time village of Cropredy opens its fields in preparation for the little party that Fairport Convention throws every year. Some 38 years ago they decided to have a shindig with 750 people … Continue reading
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Tagged 7-9 August 2014, acoustic, Blackbeards Tea Party, Cara Dillon, Chas & Dave, Cropredy, Deborah Rose, Edwina Hayes, Fairport Convention, festival, folk, gig, Marillion, Mischa Macpherson Band, Oxfordsgire, prog, progressive, review, Steve Hackett, The Australian Pink Floyd, The Churchfitters, The Waterboys, THE WONDERSTUFF
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Gig review: WEYFEST, Rural Life Centre, Tilford, Surrey – 29-31 August 2014
Now firmly established as one of the late fixtures on the summer gig calendar, Weyfest is a festival with a very distinct vibe. The wooded setting, in an olde worlde museum of rural life with reconstructions of old buildings, could best … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, August 2014, Big Country, blues, Deborah Bonham, Eddie & The Hot Rods, festival, gig, Jackie Lynton, Jo Harman, pop, review, rock, Sons of Icarus, Squeeze, Weyfest
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Gig review: MOONDANCE JAM – Walker, Minnesota, 17-19 July 2014
There cannot be many places that match the ambience of Moondance Jam as a rock festival, set in beautiful countryside of woods and lakes in northern Minnesota and with the friendliest atmosphere that can be imagined. Surely the Mid-West of … Continue reading
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Tagged ALTER BRIDGE, AOR, Autograph, Badfinger, classic rock, Don Felder, festival, Foreigner, George Thorogood, gig, melodic rock, Moondance Jam, REO Speedwagon, Styx, USA, Wallflowers
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Gig review: BEARDED THEORY FESTIVAL – Catton Hall, Derbyshire, 22-25 May 2014
Bearded Theory Festival – what’s all that about then? Well apparently they just wanted a theme for a bit of fun and decided on fake beards. That was 7 years ago and here we are now with an award winning … Continue reading
Gig Review: FRONTIERS ROCK FESTIVAL, Italy, 1-3 May 2014
Famous Italian bands can be counted on the fingers of one hand, yet it is an Italian label, Frontiers Records, who have emerged as the world force in melodic rock. Starting with the underground acts, they have accumulated a huge … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrenaline Rush, AOR, Crazy Lixx, Danger Danger, Eclipse, festival, Frontiers, gig, Hardline, Issa, Italy, Jake E Lee, Jeff Scott Soto, John Waite, LRS, May 2014, melodic rock, Moonland, Night Ranger, Pretty Maids, Red Dragon Cartel, review, Snakecharmer, Stryper, Tesla, Three Lions, W.E.T., Winger
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News: CELEBR8.3 Prog Festival 31 May and 1 June 2014
Now in its 3rd year and this time being held in Central London, the final line up for Celebr8.3 can confirm many exclusives: A one off London performance by Anathema Acoustic. The last performance from Twelfth Night, the first ever … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 June 2014, 31 May 2014, Anathema, Celebr8.3, festival, Frost*, Islington Town Hall, May 31 2014.1 June 2014, news, prog, progressive, rock, Sanguine Hum, The Tangent, Twelfth Night
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DVD Review – VARIOUS ARTISTS – Live At Wacken 2012
UDR ( Release date – out now) As anyone with an ounce of metal in their veins knows the Wacken Festival is one of the longest established and heaviest festivals in Europe. This three DVD package … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS, PURE METAL (All posts)
Tagged 2012, Amon Amarth, festival, Ghost Brigade, metal, Michael Denner, Nesum, rock, Saxon, Scorpions, Suffocation, Testament, VOLBEAT, Wacken
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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL 7 – Pwllheli, Wales, 28-30 November 2013
Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up (Rizlas? ed.) for the greatest show on earth, this certainly encompasses the feeling around the HRH community as “Hard Rock Hell 7 – Cirque De Rock” rolls into its now well established new home … Continue reading
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Tagged 28-30 November 2013, AIRBOURNE, Alunah, Arthur Brown, Attica Rage, Bernie Torme, Black Spiders, Black Star Riders, Blaze Bayley, Cage The Gods, festival, Hard Rock Hell 7, heavy rock, Kyrbgriner, metal, Michael Monroe, Pat McManus, Paul Di'Anno, Phil Campbell, Pwllheli, Skindred, THE ANSWER, THE JOKERS, The Screaming Eagles, The Treatment, Wales
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Gig review: FIREFEST X, Nottingham Rock City, 18-20 October 2013
Firefest’s status as almost a world convention for melodic hard rock seems to grow with each passing year. This year’s Festival was virtually sold out months in advance, reflecting the strongest line up to date and a festival that has … Continue reading
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Tagged 18-20 October 2013, AOR, Bobby Kimball, Brighton Rock, Dare, Eclipse, Eden's Curse, festival, Firefest, gig, Graham Bonnet, Hardline, Harem Scarem, HEAT, Heaven's Edge, melodic rock, Nottingham Rock City, Prophet, review, Shooting Star, Treat, Vixen, Von Groove, WET, Work Of Art, X
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Gig review: CROPREDY, 8-10 August 2013
34 years ago, an English electric folk band played what was intended to be there final show in a field in Cropredy village, Oxfordshire. However, as the saying goes, ‘best laid plans’, a reunion tour was announced shortly after and … Continue reading
Posted in GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 10CC, Alice Cooper, Ciara Algar, Cropredy, Dunwells, Fairport Convention, festival, folk, gig, Gregg Russell, Levellers, Martin Barre, Medieval Babes, review, rock
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Gig review: CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL, 1-4 August 2013
Haggis Farm Polo Club, Cambridgeshire Back in 2004 the first Rockingbeerfest three day festival took place under the blackened skies and torrential rain, quite contrastingly here we are today celebrating the 10th anniversary in 31degree bright sunshine. Under the leadership … Continue reading
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Tagged 1-4 August 2013, Bonafide, Cambridge Rock Festival, Caravan, Deborah Bonham, festival, gig, Hazel O'Connor, Magnum, Praying Mantis, Quireboys, review, rock, The Animals
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Gig review: SOLFEST, Cumbria, 23-25 August 2013
Solfest is a small festival with a big heart. It’s a celebration of music and community. Solfest feels like an enormous family reunion and perhaps even more so this year as it was Solfests 10th Anniversary. To celebrate the occasion … Continue reading
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Tagged 23-25 August 2013, Cumbria, festival, Flogging Molly, folk, Maximo Park, New Model Army, rock, Solfest, The Joy Formidable, The Undertones
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Gig review: SOS Festival, Manchester, 20-21 July 2013
Now in it’s sixth year, SOS festival is a chance for Rocksector Records to showcase it’s impressive repertoire of rock and metal acts alongside other established and emerging artists. Tucked in a pocket of Radcliffe, within ten miles of the … Continue reading
Gig review: MOONDANCE JAM – Walker,Minnesota,USA,18-20 July 2013
Few festival experiences can match the vibe of Moondance Jam. Set among the beautiful woods and lakes of Northern Minnesota, somehow the tiny town of Walker plays host to one of the Mid West’s premier rock festivals and draws crowds … Continue reading
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Tagged Bachman & Turner, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, classic rock, festival, gig, Halestorm, Head East, Minnesota, Moondance Jam, Motley Crue, Myles Kennedy, review, rock, Slash, Steve Priest, Sweet, Theory of a Deadman
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Gig Review: RAY DAVIES, ELVIS COSTELLO, JUSTIN CURRIE – Hyde Park,12 July 2013
Old hippies of a certain vintage reminisce fondly about the days of free festivals, which has been unthinkable to my generation, once the corporate world cottoned on to the fact there was money to be made out of live rock … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 July 2013, Del Amitri, Elvis Costello, festival, Hyde Park, Justin Currie, Kinks, London, Ray Davies
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Gig Review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – DAY 3 – Donington Park, 16 June 2013
When the alarm went off on Sunday morning it was a struggle to drag myself out of bed. After two days of rocking I was suffering from a bad case of metal fatigue (sorry!) but soon rallied at the thought … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 June 2013, 30 Seconds To Mars, AIRBOURNE, Amon Amarth, Download, festival, Five Finger Death Punch, Gaslight Anthem, Ghost, IAMI, Little Ceaser, metal, night by night, Rammstein, review, Rival Sons, rock
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Gig Review : DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – DAY 2 – Donington Park,15 June 2013
Saturday dawned bright, sunny and cold! It was an early start to ensure we were in prime position for the opening band of the day, rock legends UFO. My fellow scribe, Andy Nathan, was another early riser, keen to see … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 June 2013, Alice In Chains, Black Star Riders, Download, festival, Iron Maiden, Jimmy Eat World, Lit, Mastodon, metal, Motorhead, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, review, rock, Thunder, UFO, Young Guns
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Gig review: Bearded Theory Festival, Kedleston Hall Park, 17-19 May 2013
Bearded Theory is one of the multitude of smaller festivals that still holds its roots in the rue meaning of festivals. It’s not about big corporate sponsorship, VIP this and that to get the better camping/showers etc and making money … Continue reading
