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News: A Year in Rock 2017 – Get Ready to ROCK! photo highlights
Get Ready to ROCK! ends 2017 by publishing a selection of photos taken by their photographers during the year following on from the publication of the Best of 2017 popular poll results. Says Reviews Editor Jason Ritchie: “Each year we … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, best of, Download, festivals, gigs, Glenn Hughes, highlights, HRH Prog, Kiss, Marillion, Michael Schenker, photographs, reviews, rock music, Steelhouse
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Gig review: The Choir Boy, A Bullet Belt & Lemmy by Tim Atkinson – Saffron Waldren, 28 December 2017
It is December 28th 2017 two years to the day of the passing of his lord Lemmy; after a treacherous walk uphill on sheet and black ice, a Jack Daniels and Coke is in my hand and I am compelled … Continue reading
Gig review: JIMMY BARNES – Islington Academy, London, 13 December 2017
The unofficial title of the World’s Greatest Living Australian is up for grabs at the moment. Don Bradman departed a few years back to the great pavilion in the sky, where more recently Richie Benaud has delivered a laconic ‘morning … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 December, Aussie, Australian rock, blues rock, classic rock, Cold Chisel, Danny Spencer, gig, Islington Academy, Jimmy Barnes, London, review
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Gig review: EXTREME/Dan Reed Network – Bristol Academy, 18 December 2017
A double bill tour that not only sees the return of Extreme to these shores – capitalising soon after a headline slot headline at this summer’s Ramblin Man – but also the return of the groove masters in Dan Reed … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 December, Bristol Academy, Dan Reed Network, Extreme, funk, Gary Cherone, gig, metal, Nuno Bettencourt, review, rock
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Gig review: THE SWEET – Nells Jazz & Blues, London, 15 December 2017
After perhaps rather too many Christmas tours of provincial theatres in recent years and, ahem, a tour supporting the Bay City Rollers last year it was gratifying to have Sweet do a short tour of proper rock venues this year. … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's rock, Andy Scott, classic rock, gig review, glam, Nell’s Jazz & Blues, rock, The Sweet
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Gig review: FISH – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 15 December 2017
French prog rock band Lazuli had pulled their support slot appearances on these London shows after frontman Dominique Leonetti was hospitalised. There was no time to fix up a replacement and news hadn’t got through to all the punters. As … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 December 2017, Clutching at Straws, Fish, gig, Islington Assembly Hall, live, Marillion, prog rock, review, Weltschmerz
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Gig review: GUN – Electric Ballroom, London, 9 December 2017
2017 has been arguably the biggest year for Gun in the near decade since the Scots reformed, with a critically acclaimed new album, ‘Favourite Pleasures’, radio airplay, prestigious festival slots such as Stone Free, and finally this winter tour. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 December 2017, Dante Gizzi, Electric Ballroom, Favourite Pleasures, gig, Gun, InMe, Jools Gizzi, Lauren Harris, review, rock, Tommy Gentry
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Gig review: THE QUIREBOYS – Tolbooth, Stirling, 7 December 2017
Almost exactly a year ago local man Ross Wilson managed to lure The Quireboys to Stirling for a show under the ‘Rock For Strathcarron’ banner. The premise is that all profits raised from the gigs are donated to nearby Strathcarron … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 O'Clock, 7th December 2017, acoustic, blues, Filip Rapp, gig, Guy Griffin, Hey You, Keith Weir, live, Paul Guerin, Quireboys, review, rock, Rock For Strathcarron, Ross Wilson, Spike, Stirling, Sweden, The Gloria Story, Tolbooth
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Gig review: THEA GILMORE – Telford’s Warehouse, Chester, 12 December 2017
No, the GRTR! Christmas Party was not being held in a phone booth this year, but my fellow scribe Pete Whalley and I instead felt the glow of Thea Gilmore’s traditional gathering at a favourite venue in Chester. In a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 November 2017, acoustic, Chester, Christmas, festive, gig, Nigel Stonier, party, review, singer, songwriter, Telford's Warehouse, Thea Gilmore, Xmas
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Gig review: ELECTRIC BOYS – Camden Underworld, London, 4 December 2017
When funk rock and metal was all the rage for a brief period at the turn of the nineties, the Electric Boys rode that zeitgeist very effectively with their debut album ‘Funk’ o’ Metal Carpet Ride’, allied to a striking … Continue reading
Gig review: LIONHEART/AIRRACE- Camden Underworld, London, 2 December 2017
Picture a brief point of time in the early to mid-eighties. With the New Wave of British Heavy Metal running out of steam, many of its more enlightened musicians turned their ears westwards to the more AOR sounds that then … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Payne, Airrace, AOR, Dennis Stratton, gig, Laurie Mansworth, Lee Small, Linda Foster-Kelsey, Lionheart, melodic rock, review, Rocky Newton, Steve Mann
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Gig review: STATUS QUO – Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 5 December 2017
Almost exactly a year ago I attended a Quo gig at the nearby Hydro which was billed as the ‘Last Night Of The Electrics’ tour. Yet here I am a year on looking at a stage lined with white amps powered up … Continue reading
Gig review: MR BIG – Shepherds Bush Empire, London,19 November 2017
Accompanying their first release in three years, ‘Defying Gravity’, Mr Big undertook an extensive tour, which also represented their first dates on these shores in the same period. Always noted for their relatively long sets, on this occasion further value … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 November 2017, Billy Sheehan, Cormac Neeson, Eric Martin, Faster Pussycat, gig, Guns 'N' Roses, live, London, Mr Big, Pat Torpey, Paul Gilbert, review, rock, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Taime Downes, THE ANSWER
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Gig review: BAD TOUCH/MOLLIE MARRIOTT- Islington Academy 2, London, 26 November 2017
The old saying that it takes years to become an overnight sensation was never truer in the case of Norfolk band Bad Touch. I’ve seen them play numerous support slots over the years but was unaware until singer Stevie Westwood … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Touch, blues rock, gig, Mollie Marriott, review, Stevie Westwood
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Gig review: BRIAN DOWNEY’S ALIVE AND DANGEROUS – Nells Jazz and Blues, West Kensington, 25 November 2017
If Philip Lynott was the creative force and public image of Thin Lizzy and their twin lead guitars their defining musical sound, Brian Downey was the rock on which the band was based. His understated but effective drumming style was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive and Dangerous, Brian Downey, classic rock, Federal Charm, gig, hard rock, Live and Dangerous, review, rock, Thin Lizzy
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Gig review: COLIN BLUNSTONE – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 24 November 2017
In an era when the term ‘The Voice’ generates much derision among rock fans, Colin Blunstone is here to remind us of the staple, old school values that have continued to provide a bedrock for the quality end of the … Continue reading
Gig review: H.E.A.T. – Islington Academy, London, 21 November 2017
H.E.A.T.’s return to the stage, hot on the heels of their long delayed, controversial but in my view excellent ‘Into The Great Unknown’ album, was eagerly anticipated. However November is a notoriously crowded month in the gig calendar, which this … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 November 2017, Black Diamonds, Crash, Dave Dalone, Degreed, Erik Gronwall, gig, H.E.A.T., Islington Academy, Jona Tee, London, melodic rock, review
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Gig review: CHRIS REA – Hammersmith Apollo, 26 November 2017
With a fine album of new material nicely tucked away in the kit bag, Chris Rea was out on tour for the first time since 2014. Songs about the road feature heavily in the set, so it’s no surprise that … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 November 2017, Chris Rea, gig, Hammersmith Apollo, live, review, Road Songs For Lovers, Road To Hell, slide guitar
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Gig review: MIKE GARSON performs Aladdin Sane – Birmingham O2 Institute, 25 November 2017
Lovers of 70s-era David Bowie have been in for a real treat this year. Not only have we had Tony Visconti and original Spider from Mars, Woody Woodmansey, touring the Ziggy Stardust album in full, we now have virtuoso Bowie … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 November 2017, Aladdin Sane, Birmingham, Classic Albums, classic rock, David Bowie, live review, Mike Garson, O2 Institute, rock, Roger Glover, Steve Harley
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Gig review – DEEP PURPLE – Hydro, Glasgow, 22 November 2017
On the 22nd June 1985 I made a very long trip south, on the oldest bus known to man to stand in a flooded field near Stevenage, to witness the return of Deep Purple mark 2 at Knebworth. It was a … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 November 2017, blues, Cats In Space, classic rock, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Europe, gig, Glasgow, hard rock, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Joey Tempest, John Norum, pop rock, review, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, The Hydro
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Gig review: HRH PROG VI – Pwllheli, North Wales, 17-18 November 2017
David Randall writes… Friday Edgar Broughton opened the proceedings on Stage 1 without his band but with tales of daring-do over a career spanning nearly 50 years and since his signing to the Harvest label in 1968. Apparently he presided … Continue reading
Gig review: LYNCH MOB – Islington Academy, London, 12 November 2017
A very rare appearance from former Dokken guitar maestro George Lynch – and the first with his band Lynch Mob in the capital since 1990 – should have been the hottest ticket in London town. It was therefore something of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 November 2017, Dokken, George Lynch, gig, Islington Academy, Jody Turner, Lynch Mob, Oni Logan, review, Rock Goddess, The Wild Lies
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Gig review: ALICE COOPER – Manchester Arena, 15 November 2017
The release of Killer in 1971 was a defining moment in my love affair with rock and I’ve waited 40 plus years to see Alice perform with what remains of the original Alice Cooper band, Glen Buxton having passed away … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 November 2017, Alice Cooper, Fee Waybill, Manchester Arena, metal, rock, shock rock, The Mission, The Tubes, Wayne Hussey
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Gig review – BLACK STAR RIDERS – Queens Hall, Edinburgh, 9 November 2017
During tonight’s gig Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick took time out during the show to remind us that the band have now been a around for five years. In that time a few members have come and gone and … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 November 2017, Black Star Riders, blues, Blues Pills, Damon Johnson, Edinburgh, gig, live, Queens Hall, review, Ricky Warwick, rock, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy
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Gig review: SQUEEZE – Royal Albert Hall, London, 6 November 2017
Nearly 40 years after emerging as one of the best bands from that burst of creativity known at the time as the New Wave, Squeeze are not content with the easy option coasting on the Rewind-style nostalgia circuit. Instead the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Difford, gig, Glenn Tilbrook, London, pop, review, rock, Royal Albert Hall, Squeeze
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