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Gig review: PREACHER STONE – Cart and Horses, London, 29 January 2026
Pete Feenstra chatted to Preacher Stone co-founder member Ronnie Riddle for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. With tracks from the band’s album ‘Preacher Stone V’. First broadcast 29 September 2024. Many bands balk at the cost of making the trip … Continue reading
Gig review: AYNSLEY LISTER – 100 Club, London, 27 January 2026
Tonight’s gig was part of the 100 Club’s regular Tuesday Blues events and a decent crowd was already in situ by the time Albany Down took the stage. I’ve been a quiet appreciator of this band for a while now … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Club, 27 January 2026, Albany Down, AYNSLEY LISTER, blues, blues rock, gig, live review
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Gig review: MIDNITE CITY – Black Heart, Camden, London, 24 January 2026
Midnite City continue to entertain with their feel good revival of the glammy melodic hard rock sounds of the late eighties (or hair metal as it was never called in the day). This show was originally scheduled for November but … Continue reading
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Tagged gig, glam rock, hair metal, melodic rock, Midnite City, Miles Meakin, Nasty Ratz, Rob Wylde, Shawn Charvette
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Gig review: LAURENCE JONES – Pizza Express, Holborn, London, 23 January 2026
The past year has been a life changing one for top blues guitarist Laurence Jones who has really struggled with the inflammatory bowel condition Crohn’s Disease. It left him unable to stand the rigours of touring, and needing to focus … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Amy Eftekhari, blues, blues rock, gig, Laurence Jones, On My Own
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY – Wax and Beans, Bury, 19 January 2026
This is my first time attending one of these intimate record shop gigs, and what a delight it was. Elles Bailey, with her acoustic guitarist and best friend Demi Marriner in front of an audience of around fifty people. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 January 2026, blues, Bury, Can't Take My Story Away, Demi Marriner, Elles Bailey, gig, melodic, review, singer, soul, Wax and Beans
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Gig review: PAULIE BOY BLUES – The Eagle Inn, Manchester, 23 January 2026
Coincidentally, I have been thinking recently, where are all the up and coming guitar heroes? Starting in the late 60’s, early 70’s your favourite band would always have a guitar hero wouldn’t it, Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi, Jimi Hendrix, Eric … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 January 2026, gig, guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, Manchester, Paulie Boy Blues, review, The Eagle Inn
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Gig review: NINE BELOW ZERO – 229 London, 16 January 2026
This gig was part of the January Blues Festival, now a regular fixture in the gig calendar at the very fine 229 Club on Portland Street. Nine Below Zero are hardly ever off the road. This festival appearance was shoe-horned … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 January 2026, 229 Club, blues, Dennis Greaves, gig, January Blues Festival, live, London, Mark Feltham, NINE BELOW ZERO, r n b, review, rock 'n' roll
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Gig review: BAND OF FRIENDS- 229 Club, London, 4 January 2026
On a day when the rock world marked the 40th anniversary of Philip Lynott’s passing, it was a fellow all-time great of Irish rock that was also on my mind as I attended my first gig of the year- one … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Brendan O'Neill, David Cowan, Davy Knowles, Gerry McAvoy, gig, London Blues Festival, Rory Gallagher
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Gig review: PUNCHDRUNK SAINTS – Fairycroft House, Saffron Walden, December 27 2025
It is those no-man’s lands days between Christmas and New Year in 2025 and the Punchdrunk Saints have bravely decided to host their second ever gig after their debut in London’s 100 Club. Tonight’s gig at Fairycroft House, Saffron Walden … Continue reading
Gig review: 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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Tagged acoustic, AOR, FM, gig, Jim Kirkpatrick, Lara Brewer, melodic rock, Steve Overland
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Gig review: CURVED AIR – The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 20 November 2025
To those of a certain age and male – most of the audience here tonight in fact – Sonja Kristina was a poster girl for rock in the early 1970s. Pre-Stevie Nicks, pre-Debbie Harry. Interestingly she told me in 2015 … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 November 2025, Curved Air, gig, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Sonja Kristina, Stroud, The Sub Rooms
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Gig review: MARTIN BARRE & FRIENDS – Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 18 November 2025
Theatre Severn was a lot more salubrious than the Lomax in Liverpool 11 years before. In my recent interview with Martin Barre I reminded him of our last face to face chat before a gig he described as the … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 November 2025, acoustic, Alan Thomson, Alex Hart, classic rock, Dan Crisp, friends, gig, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Progressive Rock, review, Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
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Gig review: NINEBARROW – Harwell Village Hall, 21 November 2025
Ninebarrow (Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere) are back for another sold out gig at Harwell Village Hall and an early start & finish as they are now parents and have babysitters to consider! In fact, as seemingly many gig goers … Continue reading
Gig review: ERJA LYYTINEN- Half Moon, Putney, London, 18 November 2025
Finnish blues rocker Erja Lyttinen, dubbed ‘the queen of the slide guitar’, has been a familiar name on the British scene for a while. Indeed I see it was as long ago as 2005 that our blues guru Pete Feenstra … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 November 2025, blues, blues rock, Erja Lyytinen, gig, Half Moon Putney, London, review
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Gig review: JIM KIRKPATRICK – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 12 November 2025
Jim Kirkpatrick has been an even busier man than usual this year- with FM’s acoustic tour, new album and further tour, in between helping out The Sweet as Andy Scott got back to full fitness. Now a brief run of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 November 2025, Bernie Marsden, blues rock, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, Leon Cave, London, melodic rock, Ollie Collins, Rory Gallagher, The Cavern
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Gig review: SAXON – Hammersmith (Eventim) Apollo, 15 November 2025
A wonderful evening of classic rock at Eventim Apollo (that’s the Hammersmith Odeon in English), and well attended it was too, having the aura of a sellout. And after Saxon vocalist Biff Byford’s recent health scare (now clear of cancer), … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Biff Byford, classic rock, Dirkschneider, gig, Hammersmith Apollo, heavy metal, metal, November 15 2025, NWOBHM, review, Saxon, Udo Dirkschneider
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Gig review: 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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Tagged 7 November 2025, Alan Bell, AOR, Brian Badhams, Chris Dando, gig, Hastings, Kingdom Of Madness, Magnum, Mark Stanway, melodic rock, Mickey Barker, Mo Birch, review, Richard Bailey, The Carlisle
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Gig review: MIKE TRAMP’S WHITE LION – Camden Underworld, London, 5 November 2025
The White Lion itch is one that singer Mike Tramp feels the need to scratch every so often, despite the quality of his work with Freak of Nature and more recent stripped down and more personal material. On some of … Continue reading
Gig review: SAXON – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 9 November 2025
Mention Saxon to anyone and they will probably reply with ‘Ah, Wheels Of Steel!’. This song and album have become fixtures in any self-respecting rock fans collection and one of the defining albums from the NWOBHM period. The album has … Continue reading
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Tagged 9th November 2025, Accept, Balls To The Wall, Biff Byford, Brian Tatlet, Doug Scarrett, gig, live, metal, Nibbs Carter, Nigel Glockler, rock, Saxon, U.D.O, Udo Dirkschnieder, Wheels Of Steel
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Gig review: ROMEO’S DAUGHTER – Pizza Express, Holborn, London, 2 November 2025
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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Tagged 2 November 2025, acoustic, Andy Welsford, AOR, Craig Joiner, gig, Leigh Matty, London, melodic rock, Pizza Express Holborn, Romeo's Daughter, Steve Drennan
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Gig review: GONG – Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025
There are gigs you enjoy—and then there are gigs that leave you floating somewhere between dimensions. Gong’s performance at Bedford Esquires last night was firmly in the latter category. The support act Snorkel took the stage first, the evening promised … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 November 2025, ambient, Bedford, Esquires, gig, Gong, progressive, psychedelic, review, rock, Snorkel
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Gig review: SANANDA MAITREYA – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 November 2025
Sananda Maitreya, formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby, returned to the UK stage after a long hiatus, bringing his eclectic blend of soul, funk, rock, and psychedelia to a devoted London crowd. With a career spanning over three decades, this … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 November 2025, funk, gig, London, melodic, pop, psychedelic, review, rock, Sananda Maitreya, Shepherd's Bush Empire, soul, Terence Trent D’Arby, the Sugar Plum Pharaohs
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Gig review: THOSE DAMN CROWS – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 31 October 2025
Of all the many bands in the thriving New Wave of Classic Rock movement, it is Those Damn Crows who, along with Massive Wagons, have made the biggest commercial breakthrough. Indeed earlier this year their new album ‘God Shaped Hole’ … Continue reading
Gig review: GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, 20th October 2025
I have my son to thank for turning me on to Gregory Alan Isakov’s music. As an artist, he hadn’t been on my radar, and four years ago I don’t think he was on many other radars in the UK … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th October 2025, 3Olympia Theatre, Amsterdam, Appaloosa Bones, Big Black Car, Boulder, Colorado, Dublin, gig, GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV, live, Starling Farm
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Gig review: SUZANNE VEGA – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 25 October 2025
Suzanne Vega is one of those artists whose standards have never dropped. The native New Yorker’s tours of the UK have been rather infrequent and, somehow or other, I always managed to miss out – until her performance at Liverpool’s … Continue reading
