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Gig review: PANIC ROOM – Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens, 2 June 2017

Tour preview broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 4 June 2017 (9:47) It is two years since I last saw Panic Room, and, musically, what a difference two years can make. Back then, the band played a fantastic ‘double … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 June 2017, Anne-Marie Helder, Citadel Arts Centre, Dave Foster, gig, Panic Room, progressive, review, rock, St Helens
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Gig review: MAGENTA – The Citadel Arts Centre, St. Helens, 13 May 2017

With the band celebrating fifteen years together and with a fabulous new album to promote, Rob Reed’s Magenta completed their (all too) short Spring tour in front of a suitably appreciative audience at The Citadel in St. Helens – a … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 May 2017, Chris Fry, Christina Booth, gig, Magenta, Progressive Rock, review, Rob Reed, St Helens, The Citadel Arts Centre, Vulture Cult
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Gig review: PANIC ROOM – The Citadel, St. Helens, 9 May 2015

The last time we caught up with Panic Room was at the Zanzibar Club in Liverpool during last summer’s World Cup – a venue that, at best, can be described as ‘grimy’. The Citadel has seen equally better days. A … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 May 2015, Anne-Marie Helder, gig, Panic Room, prog, progressive, review, rock, St Helens, The Citadel
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Gig review: RENAISSANCE – The Citadel, St.Helens, 24 April 2015

If this short and sweet tour was bookended by a couple of false starts, it demonstrated the easy charm of the bandleader. “Is there anyone here from Bolton?” she enquired as she marked time. “Is there anyone who went to … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 April 2015, Annie Haslam, prog, Progressive Rock, Renaissance, review, St Helens, symphonic rock. gig, The Citadel
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