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Gig review: DANNY BRYANT – The Borderline, London, 12 September 2014
Danny Bryant’s career is on the up escalator. In an age of orchestrated hype, Danny is the real deal. His unstinting road work and solid recording career has given way to more carefully chosen gigs and better produced albums. And … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Bob Dylan, Danny Bryant, gig, guitar, review, rock, Temptation, Walter Trout
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Gig review: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO – Hyde Park, London, 14 September 2014
A crowd of 50,000 in Hyde Park eagerly anticipating the first full live show from Jeff Lynne (billed as Jeff Lynne’s ELO) since 1986 in the UK and the last full live shows were a couple of US TV concert … Continue reading
Gig review: ROGER CHAPMAN & THE SHORTLIST– Under The Bridge, London, 10 September 2014
It’s hard to remember a time when Roger Chapman looked happier than tonight. He seems positively relaxed and beaming in front of a twenty foot illuminated banner bearing his name, He compliments his band members and then extends his appreciation … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Family, Gary Twigg, Geoff Whitehorn, John Lingwood, Nicky Payne, Paul Hirsh, review, rock, Roger Chapman, The Shortlist, vocals
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Gig review: MICK UNDERWOOD’S GLORY ROAD – Sunbury Cricket Club, 5 September 2014
Second time seeing Mick Undewood’s band who play mainly Gillan tunes, with a couple of songs from Quatermass, his earlier band. Arriving at the cricket club to find the car park packed I thought maybe Mr Gillan himself was performing! … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Friday 5th September 2014, Gary Summers, gig review, Gillan, hard rock, Ian Gillan, Jeff Summers, Luka Ravase, Mick Underwood, Mick Underwood's Glory Road, Roy Shipston, Sunbury Cricket Club
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Gig review: ROBERT PLANT – iTunes Festival, The Roundhouse, Camden, 8 September 2014
Over the last few years Plant seems to have assumed an eloquent elder statesman position within rock ‘n’ roll’s tiered galleries. The Robert Plant who fronted his Sensational Space Shifters tonight was a solidly assured, eclectically endowed, and mildly curious … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 September 2014, gig, iTunes Festival, Led Zeppelin, London, review, Robert Plant, rock, Roundhouse, The Sensational Space Shifters
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Gig review: HIGHWAY TO HELL – Classic Grand, Glasgow, 7 September 2014
I am sure that everyone is aware of the Hard Rock Hell franchise which includes the Hard Rock Hell festival, Hammerfest and Hard Rock Hell AOR/ Prog/ Blues weekends. On top of these events for the last five years Chic, … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th September 2014, Afterlife, Alice Cooper, Bad Behaviour, Chic, Classic Grand, gig, Glasgow, Hammerfest, Hard Rock Hell, Highway To Hell, metal glam, Off Yer Rocka recordings, Preston, review, rock, Simon Cowell, Steve Reilly, The Texas Flood, Tom Sawyer, Wales, X Factor
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Gig review: CROPREDY, 7-9 August 2014 featuring STEVE HACKETT, MARILLION & FAIRPORT CONVENTION
It’s that time of year again when the time village of Cropredy opens its fields in preparation for the little party that Fairport Convention throws every year. Some 38 years ago they decided to have a shindig with 750 people … Continue reading
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Tagged 7-9 August 2014, acoustic, Blackbeards Tea Party, Cara Dillon, Chas & Dave, Cropredy, Deborah Rose, Edwina Hayes, Fairport Convention, festival, folk, gig, Marillion, Mischa Macpherson Band, Oxfordsgire, prog, progressive, review, Steve Hackett, The Australian Pink Floyd, The Churchfitters, The Waterboys, THE WONDERSTUFF
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Gig review: MARTIN BARRE BAND – Lomax, Liverpool, 6 September 2014
On Sunday 28 September, on the eve of the release of ‘Order Of Play’, you can hear Martin Barre chatting about his favourite tracks. In the second hour of a two-hour special, we’ll be playing some Martin Barre highlights: with … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 September 2014, Alan Thomson, blues, Dan Crisp, gig, guitar, guitarist, Jethro Tull, Liverpool, Lomax, Martin Barre, progressive, review, Richard Beesley, rock
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Gig review: WEYFEST, Rural Life Centre, Tilford, Surrey – 29-31 August 2014
Now firmly established as one of the late fixtures on the summer gig calendar, Weyfest is a festival with a very distinct vibe. The wooded setting, in an olde worlde museum of rural life with reconstructions of old buildings, could best … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, August 2014, Big Country, blues, Deborah Bonham, Eddie & The Hot Rods, festival, gig, Jackie Lynton, Jo Harman, pop, review, rock, Sons of Icarus, Squeeze, Weyfest
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Gig review: SOS FESTIVAL, Manchester – 19-20 July 2014
So here we are at the 7th SOS festival and looking at the line up it’s going to be another great year which is down to the tireless hard work and determination by all involved to bring 27 great bands … Continue reading
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News: MARTIN BARRE tour starts 29 August and interview with Get Ready to ROCK!
Photo: Simon Dunkerley/GRTR! Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Sunday 31 August, 16:00 Sunday 28 September, 22:00 A two-hour special, replaying Martin’s recent chat about his favourite tracks and new album, plus Tull and solo highlights and his band session for … Continue reading
News: SEAN TYLA plays Beaverwood Club on 28 August and interview with Get Ready to ROCK!
Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Friday 29 August, 21:00 and Sunday 7 September, 19:00 Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst, Kent 28 August 2014 Sean Tyla – frontman of Tyla Gang – plays a rare gig on Thursday 28 August at the Beaverwood … Continue reading
Gig review: CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL – 31 July-3 August 2014
So I cast my mind back to 1994 and the very first Cambridge Folk Festival that I attended and remember the feeling of walking on-site and just thinking this is going to be very special, that was the 30th and … Continue reading
Gig review: CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL – 8-10 August 2014
Photo: Darran Scott Arriving early afternoon on Saturday, and focusing on the main stage, I was blown away by the confidence and vitality of my first band, Walkway. Somehow the young Suffolk band had slipped under my radar as their … Continue reading
News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio – PICTUREHOUSE acoustic session, Sunday 17 August
Sunday 17 August, 21:00 (Tuesday 19 August, 16:00 and Thursday 21 August, 21:00 repeat) This Sunday, 17 August, Irish popsters PictureHouse perform an exclusive set for the ‘In Session for GRTR!’ series. The band formed back in the early-1990s, releasing … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Dave Browne, Evolution, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Ireland, live, PictureHouse, pop, radio, session
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News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio – CHRIS DAUGHTRY interview, Sunday 17 August
Sunday 17 August, 22:00 (Monday 18 August, 22:00 and Friday 22 August, 22:00 repeat) This Sunday, 17 August, David Randall chats to Chris Daughtry, ahead of his European tour which includes a date at the London Roundhouse on Sunday 12 … Continue reading
Gig review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – Tivoli, Buckley, 6 August 2014
Do you dream? Red spotlights bathe a small stage, dry ice drifts into an audience who dream of the 1970s. Scott Gorham, backstage, dreams of glory days and friendships lost. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and relax … the boys … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 August 2014, Black Star Riders, Buckley, Damon Johnson, gig, hard rock, Jimmy DeGrasso, North Wales, review, Ricky Warwick, Robbie Crane, rock, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy, Tivoli
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Gig review: BOSTON, CHEAP TRICK – Sandia Casino Amphitheatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, 22 July 2014
In Boston’s own words ‘it’s been such a long time’ for UK fans who would need to be 50 or over to have seen their last shows here in 1979. To catch the legendary band whose self-titled 1976 monster arguably … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 July 2014, Albuquerque, AOR, Boston, Cheap Trick, gig, Kimberley Dahme, melodic rock, New Mexico USA, review, Robin Zander, Sandia Casino Amphitheatre, Tom Scholz
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Gig review: MOONDANCE JAM – Walker, Minnesota, 17-19 July 2014
There cannot be many places that match the ambience of Moondance Jam as a rock festival, set in beautiful countryside of woods and lakes in northern Minnesota and with the friendliest atmosphere that can be imagined. Surely the Mid-West of … Continue reading
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Tagged ALTER BRIDGE, AOR, Autograph, Badfinger, classic rock, Don Felder, festival, Foreigner, George Thorogood, gig, melodic rock, Moondance Jam, REO Speedwagon, Styx, USA, Wallflowers
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Gig review: ONSLAUGHT – O2 Islington Academy, London, 20 July 2014
Support Act: Artillery, Nightlord, One Machine Review and photos by Yiannis (John) Stefanis July is not the best of months to arrange a gig in London. This is the time of the year when most people are either counting their … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 July 2014, gig, London, metal, O2 Islington Academy, onslaught, review, Thrash
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Gig review: MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER – Guilfest, 19 July 2014
Now you may be wondering what Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer is doing on GRTR! Well he name checked Slayer and he did an indie rock medley accompanied by his trusty banjolele. Plus he’s damn fine and talented chap. He … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 July 2014, gig, Guilfest, Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, review
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Gig review: GUILFEST – 19-20 July 2014
Saturday saw the weather again being kind to Guilfest and a bigger crowd too. Arrived to The Farm doing their hit ‘All Together Now’ on the main stage and they seemed to have gone down well with the crowd. Next … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 July 2014, 20 July 2014, gig, Guilfest, Kool and the Gang, Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, review, The Buzzcocks
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Gig review: GUILFEST – 18 July 2014
Good to have the Guilfest back after the previous company running it went into liquidation after 2012’s festival. Last year they had two one day line-ups sponsored by Magic FM. The amount of stages has remained the same with two … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 July 2014, Boomtown Rats, Fun Lovin' Criminals, gig, Guilfest, Public Service Broadcasting, review, Sham 69, Slim Chance, The Blackout
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Gig review: KANSAS – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 17 July 2014
Kansas were back after a nine year gap since their last London date and this was always going to be a special gig as Steve Walsh had announced a couple of weeks earlier that he was leaving the band after … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Greer, classic rock, David Ragsdale, gig review, Kansas, Kerry Livgren, Phil Ehart, pomp rock, prog rock, Rich Williams, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Steve Walsh, Tax The Heat, Thursday 17th July 2014
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Gig review: SNAKECHARMER – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 11 July 2014
Much like the lovingly recrafted Islington Assembly Hall where this gig took place, Snakecharmer are an example of how to reimagine a vintage classic and create something new. The classic rock ‘supergroup’, boasting respected alumni from the likes of Whitesnake, … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 July 2014, Chris Ousey, gig, Harry James, Heavy Metal Kids, Islington Assembly Hall, Laurie Wisefield, London, Magnum, Mark Stanway, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, Raw Glory, review, rock, Snakecharmer, Whitesnake, Wishbone Ash
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