Tag Archives: melodic rock

Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson

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: Festivals UK & Europe (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
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Please check artist and festival websites for latest information. Your festival not listed? Contact us!   Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall … 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 05.12.2025 UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025) To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, … 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 28.11.2025 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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Single reviews: ROXY AND THE LOCKHEARTS, BIG TALL SHADOWS

Posted on September 2, 2025 by jason
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Now there’s a bit of a backstory here…  whilst both bands will be judged as single entities, these guys have in fact worked together before as the mighty King Voodoo whilst they disbanded and have gone their separate ways musically. … 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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Album review: ROULETTE – Go!

Posted on August 17, 2025 by andynathan
ROULETTE- Go!

Black Lodge Records [Release Date 25.07.25] Swedish melodic rockers Roulette have had a chequered history- around since the eighties, they never got as far as releasing an album till 2008. It was another eleven years before a very well received … Continue reading →

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Gig review: TEN – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, 9 August 2025

Posted on August 15, 2025 by andynathan
TEN - Leo

Back in the mid-nineties, when melodic rock was at its lowest ebb, Ten were one of the first shoots of hope as a thriving underground scene emerged and I was a huge fan. They were the great white hope of … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MALMO MELODIC – Plan B, Malmo, Sweden, 25-27 July 2025

Posted on August 7, 2025 by andynathan
MALMO MELODIC- Plan B, Malmo, Sweden, 25-27 July 2025

Last year’s inaugural ‘Malmo Melodic’ was such a success that it was swiftly clear that a 2025 version would build the brand further. The line-up was stronger, and Johan Nylen and his team from Wind Up Productions brought into the … Continue reading →

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Album review: FIRST LIGHT – Elemental

Posted on July 31, 2025 by andynathan
FIRST LIGHT- Elemental

Pride and Joy Music [Release Date 25.07.25] There are not enough British AOR bands around, so it is always a pleasure when one arrives with some pedigree. First Light released an EP a couple of years ago and, on top … Continue reading →

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News: BAD COMPANY, TRIVIUM, DAVID GILMOUR (August 2025)

Posted on July 29, 2025 by jason

AFI will release a new album, ‘Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…’, on October 3 via Run For Cover Records. Alcatrazz release ‘Prior Convictions’, an album of re-recorded songs plus two new songs, in November through BraveWords Records. The band plan to release … Continue reading →

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Album review: STAR CIRCUS – From The Wreckage

Posted on July 25, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
STAR CIRCUS - From The Wreckage

Renaissance Records [Release date 13.06.25] There’s a big debate going on about the use of AI and whether it compromises modern music making and musicians. After a lifetime of exposure to classic rock I for one am receptive. Time and … Continue reading →

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Album review : HONEYMOON SUITE – Wake Me When The Sun Goes Down

Posted on July 15, 2025 by brianmc
HONEYMOON 150 SUITE Wake me cover

Frontiers Music [Release date : 25.07.25] Words to live your life by. As one who frequently mainlines on the band’s uncut 2006 Anthology, Feel It Again, a new Honeymoon Suite album is cause for celebration. Previous album, Alive was the … Continue reading →

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Album review: STYX- Circling From Above

Posted on July 10, 2025 by andynathan
STYX- Circling From Above

Alpha Dog 2T/UMe (Release Date 18.07.25) While many ‘heritage’ classic rock acts on both sides of the pond have chosen to give up on writing new material and rely on their legacy catalogue, in recent years Styx have proved a … Continue reading →

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Album review : DEGREED – The Leftovers

Posted on July 10, 2025 by brianmc
DEGREED 150 theleftovers-Vol.1COVERHI

Frontiers [Release date 18.07.25] Only a year after their last full length studio album, Public Address, Degreed now release The Leftovers, a 9 track EP. The title is self explanatory, but there’s a negative connotation there, hinting that these tracks … Continue reading →

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Album review – DOUBLE VISION – S/T

Posted on July 8, 2025 by brianmc
double 150 vision image

Frontiers Music [Release date : 11.07.25] For many years, Double Vision were a Foreigner covers band, as the band name might suggest. They’ve now been given the opportunity by the Frontiers’ label to make their own way. It’s fronted by … Continue reading →

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Album review : LAGUNA – The Ghost Of Katrina

Posted on July 6, 2025 by brianmc
LAGUNA 150 Ghost cover

Frontiers Music [Release date : 11.07.25] A choir and a spoken word intro, in Spanish, introduces us to Mexico’s rock festival junkies, Laguna. And that’s the thing about putting the miles in. You learn what works and what doesn’t. Then … Continue reading →

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News: FM, STEVE PORCARO, FOREIGNER (July 2025)

Posted on July 5, 2025 by jason
FM- Chelmsford Social Club, Chelmsford, Essex, 21 February 2025

The Acacia Strain will release a new album, ‘You Are Safe From God Here’, on October 24 via Rise Records. All Time Low release their new album ‘Everyone’s Talking!’ on October 17 through their own label, Basement Noise Records. Alter Bridge release their … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (April – June 2025)

Posted on June 28, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
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A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website.  The star rating … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALIEN – When Yesterday Comes Around

Posted on June 25, 2025 by andynathan
ALIEN- When Yesterday Comes Around

Pride and Joy Music (Release Date 21.03.25) Its nearly five years since Alien’s last album, ‘Into The Future’, an attempt at a heavier sound that was a major disappointment – reviewing for GRTR! my verdict was ‘the experiment with a … Continue reading →

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Album review: WHITE WIDDOW – Reissues

Posted on June 17, 2025 by jason
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Pride & Joy Classix [Release date 27.06.25] White Widdow were formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2008 and centred around the Millis brothers Jules (vocals) & Xavier (keyboards) with guitarist Enzo Almanzi. They have released five studio albums to date, with … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEARTS ON FIRE – Signs & Wonders

Posted on June 14, 2025 by jason
Hearts On Fire

Pride & Joy Music [Release date 25.07.25] Seven years after their debut album, 2018’s ‘Call Of Destiny’, Hearts On Fire are back and have a new vocalist, non-other than Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire, Royal Hunt and many, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ELECTRIC BOYS – Water Rats, London, 10 June 2025

Posted on June 13, 2025 by andynathan
ELECTRIC BOYS- Water Rats, London, 10 June 2025

Sweden’s Electric Boys must be among the most Anglophile of bands as they constantly seem to be on tour here. They were last in London only last November playing the Camden Club, and I missed that, but have always enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARIO VAYNE – The Moment

Posted on June 12, 2025 by jason
MARIO VAYNE - The Moment

Facebook [Release date 23.05.25] I’ll get straight to the point, new album “The Moment” by Australia’s Mario Vayne is my favourite release of 2025 so far. I’d heard debut single “Rock n Roll Day” on Planet Rock and it’s Def Leppard … Continue reading →

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