Tag Archives: live

Gig review: BEARDED THEORY’S SPRING GATHERING – Catton Park, Derbyshire, 23 – 26 May 2019

Posted on June 3, 2019 by david.wilson

Life, Love and Unity. The Dreadzone motto of “Life, love and unity” has never been more perfectly exemplified than at Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering. It’s a philosophy that seems to be embraced by the Beardy tribe. Fields full of friendly folk, a fantastic line up, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE WILDHEARTS – Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, 4 May 2019

Posted on May 6, 2019 by david.wilson

In the spirit of those bastions of journalism The Sun and The Star I am going to start the review with a sensational headline ‘Wildhearts Mime On Stage Shocker!!’. Fake news I hear you cry, but no this really did … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 4th May 2019, Baz Mills, Caffiene Bomb, CJ Wildheart, Danny McCormack, Edinbugh, Full Nelson, gig, Ginger Wildheart, Liquid Rooms, live, Massive Wagons, Renaissance Men, review, rock, Status Quo, the Wildhearts, Towers Of London | Leave a comment

Album review: STATUS QUO – The Vinyl Singles Collection – 2000-2010

Posted on April 8, 2019 by david.wilson

UMC [Release date 26.04.19] This box set is the last release in a series of 5 charting all the single releases from Quo throughout their long career. As with the previous box sets each single is lovingly recreated in its … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged 2000 - 2010, All Stand Up (Never Say Never), collection, Francis Rossi, Jam Side Down, live, Rick Parfitt, rock, singles, Status Quo, Vinyl | Leave a comment

Gig review: UFO – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 4 April 2019

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Davoski

Can this really be the end? Whilst part of me dearly hopes not, there is something of a delicious irony about ever-present vocalist Phil Mogg choosing to fold the band on his own terms. During a ride that for about … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 4 April 2019, gig, Last Orders, live, Michael Schenker, Paul Raymond, Phil Mogg, review, Shepherd's Bush Empire, UFO | Leave a comment

Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – Town House, Hamilton, 30 March 2019

Posted on April 8, 2019 by david.wilson

Big Country have been racking up the miles in recent years as they are constantly on tour somewhere in the world. The fact that the guys can still fill halls across the UK and beyond is testament to the quality … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 30th March 2019, Big Country, Brue Watson Simon Haugh, Celtic, Fields Of Fire, gig, Hamilton, live, review, Rianne Downey, rock, Steeltown, Town House | Leave a comment

EP review: THE SPITFIRES – Live EP

Posted on March 10, 2019 by jason

Hatch Records [Release date 15.03.19] The Spitfires hail from Watford and have released three albums to date. The line-up is Billy Sullivan (guitarist, vocalist), Sam Long (bass), Matt Johnson (drums) and George Moorhouse (keyboards), along with on the live shows … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews | Tagged EP, live, mod, punk, review, rock, ska, The Jam, the Spitfires | Leave a comment

Album review: QUIET RIOT – One Night In Milan

Posted on February 21, 2019 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 25.01.19] Veteran rock band Quiet Riot are the latest live offering from the Frontiers “One Night In Milan” series. Recorded at the 2018 edition of the annual festival in Milan, hence the title, highlighting the labels roster … Continue reading →

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Album review: CURVED AIR – The Second British Rock Meeting 1972

Posted on February 4, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

Curved Air [Release date: 05.10.18] Dawn breaks grey on the last day of the 1972 Second British Rock Meeting at Germersheim, Germany. The festival has included sets from Pink Floyd, Humble Pie, The Strawbs, Savoy Brown, Lindisfarne and many other … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, classic rock, Curved Air, festival, Germany, Germersheim, live, prog, progressive, review, rock, Sonja Kristina, The Second British Rock Meeting 1972 | Leave a comment

Album review: LOS PACAMINOS – Viva!

Posted on January 15, 2019 by jason

Recado Records [Release date 02.11.18] To describe Los Pacaminos as Paul Young’s band is slightly misleading, although he assembled the seven piece Tex Mex outfit back in 1992, the bands members are each of a high calibre and indeed highly … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Chris Difford, country, Jamie Moses, live, Los Pacaminos, Paul Young, Queen, review, rock 'n' roll, Squeeze, Tex Mex, Viva! | Leave a comment

Gig review: URIAH HEEP – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 14 December 2018

Posted on December 30, 2018 by david.wilson

Classic Rock doesn’t get much more classic than this, with Uriah Heep promoting their latest opus Living The Dream and this London show, given the amount of friends and family present, a bit like a homecoming. With two support bands, the doors opened at … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 14th December 2018, Bernie Shaw, Dante Gizzi, gig, Gun, Jools Gizzi, live, Living The Dream, London, Mick Box, Phil Lanzon, prog, rock, Shepherds Bush Empre, Uriah Heep, Von Hertzen Brothers | Leave a comment

Gig review: DEF LEPPARD – Wembley Arena, London, 8 December 2018

Posted on December 30, 2018 by david.wilson

In the Def Leppard career chronicles, 1987’s ‘Hysteria’ will always loom large. Although its predecessor ‘Pyromania’ was a 10 million selling phenomenon in the USA and opened a lot of doors for similar bands, ‘Hysteria’ was on a different scale level altogether. Four years in the crafting, the album fused a hard rock image with the crafted sensibilities … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 18th December 2018, Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, gig, Hysteria, Joe Elliott, live, London, Phil Collin, Rick Allen, Rick Neilson, Rick Savage, Robin Zander, Wembley Arena | Leave a comment

Album review: MAGNUM – Live At The Symphony Hall

Posted on December 28, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

SPV [Release date 18.01.19] Magnum started 2018 in shaky form when we saw them at Giants Of Rock. With great expectations that we’d hear a smidgeon of the new album, they appeared for a few songs and disappeared due to … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged Al Barrow, album, Birmingham, Bob Catley, classic rock, Lee Morris, Lee Small, live, Live At Symphony Hall, Magnum, melodic rock, pomp, Rebecca Downes, review, Rick Benton, Tobias Sammet, Tony Clarkin | Leave a comment

News: Heavy rockers MASSIVE WAGONS, IRON MAIDEN and THOSE DAMN CROWS named in popular poll (December 2018)

Posted on December 17, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

On 16 December, David Randall presented a two hour special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio reflecting the reviewer and popular choices for “Best of 2018″ Readers and listeners have had their say in the annual ‘Best of 2018′ popular … Continue reading →

Posted in NEWS, The Best of 2018 | Tagged album, best of 2018, breakthrough, December 2018, Full Nelson, Get Ready to ROCK!, heavy rock, Iron Maiden, live, Massive Wagons, popular poll, Those Damn Crows | Leave a comment

Gig review: THE DEAD DAISIES – O2 Islington Academy, 19 November 2018

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Davoski

I’ve come to love the Massive Wagons only relatively recently. This year’s excellent and decent-selling album ‘Full Nelson’ seemed to move the band into different territory. This awakening finally cemented in my dulling brain that Massive Wagons and Monster Truck … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged David Lowy, Deen Castronovo, Doug Aldrich, Full Nelson, gig, John Corabi. Burn It Down, live, Marco Mendoza, Massive Wagons, O2 Islington Academy, review, The Dead Daisies | Leave a comment

Album review: BETH HART – Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Posted on November 20, 2018 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date: 30.11.18] The double set ‘Live At The Albert Hall’ squares the circle of Beth Hart’s roller coaster career. The former wild child and rock chick has matured into a stellar performer who delivers a career defining live … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN – Symphonized

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Yiannis

Inside Out [Release date 16.11.18] In the summer of 1992 a good friend came to mine for a visit carrying with him “Always…”, the debut release of an atmospheric Death Metal outfit named The Gathering. My attraction to the work … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Album reviews | Tagged album, Anneke van Giersbergen, live, metal, review, Symphonized, The Gathering | Leave a comment

Gig review: SAXON – Barrowlands, Glasgow,18 October 2018

Posted on October 22, 2018 by david.wilson

Saxon, as Biff reminded us during tonight’s show, are rapidly approaching their 40th anniversary. With this in mind the band would be forgiven if they decided to slow down a bit and started taking things a bit easier. However, on tonight’s … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 18th October 2018, Barrowlands, Biff Byford, Denim And Leather, FM, gig, Glasgow, heavy metal, Iron Maiden, Jim Kirkpatrick, live, Nigal Glockler, review, rock, Saxon, Steve Overland, Toby Jepson, Wayward Sons, Wheels Of Steel | Leave a comment

Album review: SAXON – The Eagle Has Landed

Posted on October 21, 2018 by jason

BMG [Release date 19.10.18] To coincide nicely with their latest opus Thunderbolt, we get this reissue of Saxon’s classic 1982 live album. This rounds off the BMG reissues of the Carrere and Phonogram catalogue. Originally a single LP, this comes … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Album reviews, Reissues | Tagged album, Biff Byford, classic metal, heavy metal, live, metal, MWOBHM, re-issue, review, Saxon, The Eagle Has Landed | Leave a comment

Gig review: GLENN HUGHES – Electric Ballroom, London, 15 October 2018

Posted on October 17, 2018 by david.wilson

For many years, high on my diminishing bucket list was a reformation of Mark 3 Deep Purple, from the years when the contrasting vocal talents of David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes revitalised the band, throwing fresh soul, blues and funk … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged blues, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, gig, Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonnamassa, Jon Lord, Laurence Jones, live, review, rock, Smoke On The Wate, Stormbringer, Tommy Bolan | Leave a comment

Gig review: (Ricky) WARWICK (Damon) JOHNSON – Audio, Glasgow, 12 October 2018

Posted on October 14, 2018 by david.wilson

Ricky Warwick - Audio, Glasgow, 12 October 2018

Audio isn’t the biggest venue in the world but on this particular Friday night had you been passing you would have been given to think that it was TARDIS like and contained thousands such was the volume of the crowd. … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 12 October 2018, acoustic attack, audio, Black Star Riders, Damon Johnson, Gill Montgomery, Glasgow, Gun, Jools Gizzi, live, Ricky Warwick, Sam Woods, The Almighty, The Amorettes, Thin Lizzy, Wayward Sons | Leave a comment

Album review: DEEP BLUE SEA – Live It Up

Posted on October 1, 2018 by petefeenstra

Krossborder Rekords [Release date 20.07.18] Deep Blue Sea are an international blues-rock band who describe themselves as: “new shoots from old roots”, and musically speaking they aren’t too far off the mark. ‘Live It Up’ is a live album that offers … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Amanda Dahl, Americana, blues, Deep Blue Sea, Dregas, funk, Graeme Wheatley, Iago Banet, Jimi Hendrix, live, Live it Up, Mark Knopfler, review, rock | Leave a comment

Gig review: KRIS BARRAS BAND – 100 Club, London, 24 September 2018

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Davoski

The support slot on this tour has featured a few different acts and the London show provided an opportunity for blues trio the Matt Edwards Band. We arrived mid-set and the delta-blues drawl of Matt’s vocals and gritty guitar playing … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 100 Club, 24 September 2018, blues, blues rock, gig, Kris Barras Band, live, Matt Edwards Band, review, The Divine and The Dirty | Leave a comment

Album review: STATUS QUO – Down Down & Dignified At The Royal Albert Hall and Down Down & Dirty At Wacken

Posted on September 22, 2018 by david.wilson

Status Quo - Down Down & Dirty At Wacken

earMUSIC [release date 17.08.18] These two albums have been released in tandem to demonstrate the two different sides of Quo and to prove that live they are still a must see. The Albert Hall show captures the band in full … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALL POSTS | Tagged 2017, album CD, Aquostic, blues. Albert Hall, EarMusic, Francis Rossi, Germany, live, Mullet, Rick Parfitt, rock, Status Quo, Wacken Open Air | Leave a comment

Gig review: BIG BOY BLOATER/Jack J. Hutchinson – The Blackheart, London, Camden 20 September 2018

Posted on September 20, 2018 by petefeenstra

BIG BOY BLOATER - The Blackheart, London, Camden 20 September 2018

If there was something incongruous about finding Big Boy Bloater & The Limits and in a dark biker pub in Camden, it’s nothing that bothers Bloater and his powerhouse trio, who revel in a typically boisterous show built from the … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 20 September 2018, Big Boy Bloater, Big Boy Bloater & The Limits, blues, blues rock, Camden, gig, Graham Parker, Jack J. Hutchinson, live, London, review, The Black Heart | Leave a comment

Gig review: ROSE TATTOO & GIRLSCHOOL – 02 Islington Academy, London, 13 September 2018

Posted on September 16, 2018 by jason

Girlschool - HARD ROCK HELL, Pwllheli, 15 November 2014

Rose Tattoo’s first appearance in London in far-too-many years and it was hotly anticipated. And for those not familiar with the Aussie rock band, led by the short in stature but no way in attitude Angry Anderson, they formed in … Continue reading →