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Gig review: CATS IN SPACE – Highbury Garage, London, 16 March 2019
After a relatively quiet touring 2018 as they recorded their third album in a short space of time in ‘Daytrip to Narnia’, it was great to see Cats In Space, one of my favourite ‘new’ bands back and gigging, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cats In Space, Daytrip to Narnia, Dean Howard, gig, Greg Hart, Jeff Brown, Paul Manzi, pop rock, review
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Gig review: TYKETTO – Islington Academy, London, 12 March 2019
25 years ago this spring, Tyketto’s sophomore album ‘Strength In Numbers’ got a belated release after they were dropped by Geffen Records in the wake of the maelstrom that was the rise of grunge. Out of this difficult birth however … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Green, Danny Vaughn, Ged Rylands, gig, Greg Smith, Kane'd, melodic rock, Michael Clayton Arbeeny, review, Strength in Numbers, Tyketto
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Gig review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – O2 Ritz, Manchester, 17 March 2019
Releasing your sixth studio album right at the start of a UK tour may seem a little cavalier, especially given the inevitable lack of audience familiarity with new material, even though Sony have kindly uploaded most tracks via YouTube. ‘Reckless … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 March 2019. gig, Blackwater Conspiracy, blues rock, guitar, guitarist, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Manchester, O2 Ritz, review, southern rock
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Gig review: DAVE BICKLER/Chrome Molly – Highbury Garage, London, 11 March 2019
Sadly Survivor never made it to UK shores, the sad death of Jimi Jamison scuppering a scheduled show in 2014. However original singer Dave Bickler, who by that stage was back and sharing vocal duties, did play Rockingham Festival 18 … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Chrome Molly, Dave Bickler, gig, Glenn Quinn, Jim Kirkpatrick, John Footitt, Nic Wastell, review, Steve Hawkins, Survivor
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Gig review: BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND – Tingley Coliseum, New Mexico, USA, 5 March 2019
Few artists embody the spirit of the American heartland quite as much as Bob Seger. While others- John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty- can lay equal claim to creating that distinctively American take on classic rock, only the Ann Arbor, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alto Reed, Bob Seger, Craig Frost, gig, heartland rock, Jim 'Moose' Brown, Rob McNeeley, SIlver Bullet Band, USA
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Gig review: FM/DARE – Sub 89, Reading, 1 March 2019
FM and Dare were back in the UK for a couple more co-headliner shows following an eventful trip to Spain where FM had their equipment and merchandise stolen and in the FM set vocalist Steve Overland made it clear how … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, classic rock, Dare, Darren Wharton, FM, gig, Indiscreet, melodic, melodic rock, Pete Jupp, reading, review, Steve Overland, Sub 89
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Gig review: KINGDOM OF MADNESS (Classic Magnum) – The Tivoli, Buckley, 1 March 2019
Mark Stanway chatted to David Randall for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in February 2019 about his career including Magnum, Grand Slam and Kingdom of Madness. This two-part special includes many Magnum favourites. Part 2 Our first big musical disappointment … Continue reading
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Tagged Buckley, Chris Ousey, Classic Magnum, gig, hard rock, I March 2019, Kingdom Of Madness, Laurence Archer, Mark Stanway, melodic rock, Micky Barker, Mo Birch, Neil Murray, North Wales, review, Richard Bailey, The Tivoli
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Gig review: BLUE OYSTER CULT – Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, 22 February 2019
After a lull of a decade or so, Blue Oyster Cult have resumed their love affair with the UK in a big way in the past four years. Show stealing supporting appearances at Ramblin’ Man and Stone Free were sandwiched … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Oyster Cult, Buck Dharma, classic rock, Eric Bloom, gig, hard rock, review, Richie Castellano, Temperance Movement
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Gig review: THE SHARPEEZ/Deep Blue Sea/Spinout UK – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 22 February 2019
The 3rd Boom Boom Rocking R&B Festival might not win many prizes for it’s strap line, but The Sharpeez, Deep Blue Sea and Spinout UK more than make up for that with three engagingly varied and well received sets. All … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd Boom Boom Rocking R&B, Bruce Spingsteen, Deep Blue Sea, Dregas, funk, Gary Roberts, Graeme Wheatley, Hawkwind, Iago Banet, Jack Casady, Len Surtees, Loz Netto, psychedelia, R&B, rock, Spinout Uk, Stereophonics, stoner rock, The Edge, The Sharpeez, U2, Will Pike, William Mead
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Gig review: STEELY DAN/Steve Winwood – Manchester Arena, 21 February 2019
Could it be that for the past six years, Steve Winwood has been resting on laurels? When we last reviewed him – in June 2013 – he was playing pretty much the same set. With no new album since 2008, … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 February 2019, classic rock, Donald Fagen, funk, gig, Jazz rock, Manchester Arena, review, Steely Dan, Steve Winwood
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Gig review: KING KING/Sari Schorr – Manchester Academy, 15 February 2019
Is it really 10 years? King King’s progress over the last decade has been fully chronicled by Get Ready to ROCK! from their tentative blues rock debut album in 2011 to the more mainstream rocking ‘Exile & Grace’. And, in … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 February 2019, Alan Nimmo, Ash Wilson, blues rock, classic rock, gig, King King, Manchester Academy, melodic rock, review, Sari Schorr, Wayne Proctor
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Gig review: KING KING – Koko, London, 7 February 2019
King King’s steady rise to prominence over the past decade has now taken on a new chapter with the band signed to a stateside management agency. However there are always casualties in the process of change and in this case, … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 February 2019, Alan Nimmo, Ash Wilson, blues rock, classic rock, gig, Jonny Dyke, King King, Koko, Lindsay Coulson, London, review, Sari Schorr
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Gig review: INGLORIOUS – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 1 February 2019
What seemed the inevitable rise to superstardom of classic rock hopefuls Inglorious has hit something of a rocky road in the last year or two. While they were touring bigger venues, initially well received ‘Inglorious 2’ album in hindsight found … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, City Of Thieves, Dan Stevens, Danny Dela Cruz, gig, hard rock, Inglorious, Nathan James, Phil Beaver, review
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Gig review: THUNDER – St.David’s Hall, Cardiff, 1 February 2019
When the Please Remain Seated album and tour was announced, it brought a mixed response from myself: on the one hand, it was interesting to see Thunder doing something different from their usual electric shows. What I was fearful of: … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 February 2019, acoustic, Cardiff, Danny Bowes, gig, Luke Morley, Please Remain Seated, review, rock, St.David's Hall, Thunder
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Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK – Butlins, Minehead, 25-27 January 2019
Three more days of rock, roll and roast pork and “last man standing” is becoming an ever more recurring theme. “Last man” might mean, literally, the last remaining member of a particular touring band or maybe a sole representative plying … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Rooster, blues rock, Butlins, Carl Palmer, Cats In Space, Chris Slade, classic rock, Dare, Elliot Randall, festival, FM, Focus, Giants Of Rock, gig, H.E.A.T., January 2019, Martin Barre, melodic rock, Minehead, review, Skid Row, Sweet, Udo Dirkschneider, Vega, Zal Cleminson
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Gig review: GREAT BRITISH ROCK & BLUES FESTIVAL – Butlins, Skegness, 18 – 20 January 2019
Butlins in Skegness opened its doors to the holidaying masses back in 1936 and since then it has been serving up summertime fun and thrills as Billy Butlin intended. But during the cold winter months the site is mostly deserted, … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 to 20 January 2019, AC/DC. Sugarray Rayford, Billy Bremners Rockfiles, blues, Bon UK, Born Hunter, Burnt Out Wreck, Butlins, Dare, Darren Wharton, Dave Edmunds, Felix Rabin, FM, Gary Moat, Geordie, Graham Oliver, Great British Rock And Blues Festival, House Of The Rising Sun, Jack Broadbet, Jethro Tull, JFK Blue, Jim Kirkpatrick, John Verity, Kingdom Of Madness, Magnum, Mark Stanway, Mark Wright, Martin Barre, Mike Ross, Mike Vernon, NINE BELOW ZERO, Oliver Dawson Saxon, Rhinos revenge, RHR, Robert J. Hunter, rock, SKAM!, Skegness, Stan The Band, Status Quo, Steve Dawson, Steve Overland, The Animals And Friends, Thin Lizzy
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Gig review: SARI SCHORR – 100 Club, London, 18 January 2019
The January blues are a concept many of us are familiar with. Days are grey and nights are cold, noses are pressed to the grindstone with Christmas festivities over, and to cap it all virtue signalling campaigns encourage us to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wilson, blues, blues rock, Bob Fridzema, gig, London Blues Week, review, Sari Schorr, Sharrie Williams
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Gig review: URIAH HEEP – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 14 December 2018
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
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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
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Gig review: DEF LEPPARD – Wembley Arena, London, 8 December 2018
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
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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
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Gig review: THEA GILMORE – The Met, Bury, 8 December 2018
Thea Gilmore is becoming something of a fixture in our seasonal despatches. As traditional as decking the halls of GRTR! HQ with boughs of holly. This time last year The Counterweight was winning our readers’ album of the year vote … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 December 2018, acoustic, Bury, Christmas Party, festive, gig, Nigel Stonier, review, seasonal, singer, songwriter, The Met, Thea Gilmore
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Gig review: THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Camden Underworld, London, 30 November 2018
The Night Flight Orchestra are an intriguing proposition and proof that whatever their chosen musical field, musicians invariably draw on a love of other styles. In their case, singer Bjorn Strid and guitarist David Andersson of Swedish metallers Soilwork, discovered … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Bjorn Strid, gig, melodic rock, Night Flight Orchestra, review, soft rock, Soilwork, the Night Flight Orchestra
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Gig review: THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Biebob, Vosselaar, 27 November 2018
Had you asked me twenty or so years ago whether I would ever consider attending a show featuring a band whose singer is sporting a shiny purple suit the answer would be a resounding ‘no’. Funnily enough, that is exactly … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 November 2018, Belgium, Biebob, gig, metal, Night Flight Orchestra, review, rock, Vosselaar
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Gig review: THE NEW ROSES – Camden Underworld, London, 29 November 2018
The New Roses are making up for lost time to launch a concerted push on the UK. Big in their native Germany, for some reason it has taken three albums and an EP, culminating in last year’s ‘One More For … Continue reading
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Tagged 29 November 2018, Camden Underworld, gig, hard rock, London, One More From the Road, review, The Brink, the New Roses, Timmy Rough
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Gig review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – The Tivoli, Buckley, 28 November 2018
It was good to see “The Tiv” nearly full tonight, in stark contrast to our last visit and Wishbone Ash. This has more to do with Wishbone’s more extensive itinerary and accessibility and Black Star Riders’ more modest – and … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 November 2018, Black Star Riders, Buckley, Damon Johnson, gig, hard rock, North Wales, review, Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham, The Tivoli
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Gig review: TERRY BROCK – Hope and Anchor, Islington, London, 22 November 2018
One of melodic rock’s great voices, Terry Brock is best known for lifting Strangeways’ ‘Native Sons’ and ‘Walk In The Fire’ albums to classic status. There is however much more to the Georgia native’s career, whether as an in-demand backing … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 November 2018, Anna Portaluppi, AOR, gig, Hope And Anchor, Islington, London, melodic rock, NEWMAN, review, Shaun Bessant, Steve Newman, Strangeways, Terry Brock
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