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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – London Palladium, 13 November 2024
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Gig review: HRH XVII, Great Yarmouth, 7-9 November 2024
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Gig review: WHEN RIVERS MEET, CHANTEL MCGREGOR, XANDER AND THE PEACE PIRATES – Dingwalls, London, 7 November 2024
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 6 November 2024
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, Upcoming (Tours & Releases)
Tagged 2025, AOR, gigs, Ireland, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, rock, tour dates, tours, uk
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2024)
…Thu November 28th O2 Shepherds Bush Empire BLACK STONE CHERRY Wed November 20th GLASGOW OVO Hydro Fri November 22nd MANCHESTER AO Arena Sat November 23rd OVO Arena Wembley BREED 77 Wed November 20th BRADFORD Nightrain Thu November 21st BIRMINGHAM Castle and Falcon Fri November 22nd SWINDON Victoria JAKE BUGG Thu November 21st DUBLIN National Stadium Sat November 23rd GLASGOW Barrowland Sun November 24th O2 Academy Edinburgh Tue November 26th MAN… Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, Upcoming (Tours & Releases)
Tagged 2024, AOR, gigs, Ireland, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, rock, tour dates, tours, uk
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2025
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in Upcoming (Tours & Releases)
Tagged 2025, album, blues rock, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, hard rock, heavy rock, melodic rock, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, reissue, singer songwriter
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) 2024
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 22.11.24 UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025) To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on the keyboard. The “F” stands for “Find,” and it works in every browser. BRYAN ADAMS Fri January 31st 2025 – CHRISTCHURCH Wolfbrook Are… Continue reading
Posted in Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, Upcoming (Tours & Releases)
Tagged 2025, AOR, dates, Europe, gigs, melodic rock, metal, our, pop, progressive, rock, ROW, USA
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News: JESSE DAMON, NICKY HOPKINS, NEIL YOUNG (October 2024)
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, Books, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, PledgeMusic/Kickstarter Campaigns, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/News, Re-issues/special editions, RIP
Tagged albums, AOR, blues, folk, gigs, Jesse Damon, melodic rock, metal, Neil Young, news, Nicky Hopkins, re-issues, RIP, special editions, tour dates
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Interview: DEATH COURIER
…ight of day, people will be able to get informed regarding all things Death Courier from your official Facebook page, right? Bill: We plan on making available takes from both the studio and our rehearsals so that people can have a better idea of what to expect from us in 2025. It is nice to add a few snippets on Facebook (www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100035761003072), as people do like to know what it is that you are up to. This is something I… Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rock Stars, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Interviews
Tagged Bill, Death Courier, Death Metal, Demise, interview, metal, Perimortem
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News: AUSTIN GOLD, WARREN HAYNES, HOUSE OF LORDS (September 2024)
…an albums originally compiled for US release between January 1964 and March 1965 are to be reissued on November 22 by Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol/UMe as ‘The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono’. Black Eyed Sons features members of The Quireboys and Down n’ Outz and they release their debut album, ‘Cowboys In Pinstriped Suits’, on Off Yer Rocka on 28 January. Guests include Joe Elliott, Chip Z’Nuff, Mike Tramp and Dan Reed. Body… Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, Books, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, PledgeMusic/Kickstarter Campaigns, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/News, Re-issues/special editions, RIP
Tagged albums, AOR, Austin Gold, blues, folk, gigs, House of Lords, melodic rock, metal, news, re-issues, RIP, special editions, tour dates, Warren Haynes
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Album review : JOHN MILES – The Albums 1983 – 1993 (3 CDs)
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged Alan Parsons, AOR, Jimmy Page, JOE COCKER, John Miles, Night Of The Proms, Play On, review, soft rock, Tina Turner, Transition, Upfront
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Gig review: RICHARD MARX – Royal Albert Hall, London, 22 May 2024
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged AOR, gig, J. Blynn, John Oates, melodic rock, Nathan East, Richard Marx, singer songwriter
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Album review: MANIC EDEN
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Album review : SON OF MAN – Gaslight
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged AC/DC, album, AOR, Bob Richards, classic rock, David Gilmour, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Gaslight, George Jones, interview, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Man, Marco James, Micky Jones, Pink Floyd, Ray Jones, review, Richie Galloni, Son Of Man, The Eagles, The Fixx, THE WHO, Yes
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Feature: DANNY VAUGHN at Fairycroft House, Saffron Walden, May 24 2024
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, FEATURES, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions, Interviews/Backstage Heroes, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged acoustic, AOR, Dan Reed, Danny Vaughn, Fairycroft House, Friday May 24 2024, gig, interviews, Martin David Porter, melodic rock, Motorhead, rock, singer songwriter, Tim Atkinson, Tyketto, Wurzel
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Gig review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR- Indigo2, London, 22 February 2024
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged blues, blues rock, Connor Selby, gig, Joanne Shaw Taylor
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Gig review: CONSTANT FOLLOWER – Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 22 February 2024
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2024)
…24 – LUXEMBOURG Rockhal Wed December 4th 2024 – BERLIN SO36 Sat December 7th 2024 – LEIGE OM CREED Wed November 13th 2024 – FORT WORTH Dickies Arena Fri November 15th 2024 – AUSTIN Moody Center ATX Sat November 16th 2024 – BOSSIER CITY Brookshire Grocery Arena Tue November 19th 2024 – GRAND RAPIDS Van Andel Arena Wed November 20th 2024 – DETROIT Little Caesars Arena Fri November 22nd 2024 – CL… Continue reading
Posted in Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, Upcoming (Tours & Releases)
Tagged 2024, AOR, dates, Europe, gigs, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, rock, ROW, Tour, USA
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Book review: On track … BOB DYLAN, HAWKWIND, YES, LOU REED, THE JAM (Sonicbond Publishing)
…cordings section and altering his original opinion in places. Hindsight is a fine thing and demonstrates the “permanence” of the printed page and the need for accuracy versus online material which can easily be amended. ***1/2 With the passing of David Crosby in 2023 we can take a fresh look at his early band The Byrds with Andy McArthur. The band’s jangly, commercial psychedelic pop gave way to country/roots rock and influenced… Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged blues rock, Bob Dylan, book, folk, Hawkwind, Humble Pie, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Reed, Progressive Rock, Ralph McTell, review, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, singer songwriter, Sonicbond, Suzanne Vega, The Byrds, The Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, Yes
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Book review: Decades – MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND in the 1970s by John Van der Kiste
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged 1970's, book, Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, prog, review, Sonicbond
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Gig review: ROBERT JON AND THE WRECK – The Junction, Cambridge, 22 September 2023
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Album review: RITCHIE DAVE PORTER & DEBRA SUSAN – The Story So Far
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, blues, boogie, Debra Susan, duo, guitar, Howlin Wolf, Jimmi hendrix, Jimmi Page, Led Zeppelin, Michael Tingle, review, Ritchie Dave Porter, rock, southern rock, The Story So Far, vocals
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) January 2023 – June 2023
…y 2022 – December 2022 
To search quickly within this p… Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, album, blues rock, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, hard rock, heavy rock, melodic rock, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, reissue, singer songwriter
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Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – MARILLION (July 2023)
…ourselves. Steve Hogarth, 2004 Jason Ritchie reviewed the live DVD from the ‘Marbles’ tour and decreed: “For fans pretty indispensable and just right for a perfect Christmas present. For lapsed fans like myself, ‘Marbles’ heralds a return to form for the band…” The band played Guilfest in July 2005 when Nick Edwards wrote: “”Play Grendel!” shouted the man behind me, almost as soon as ‘… Continue reading
News: DIO, MARC HUDSON, LINDISFARNE (July 2023)
…r now and will ship in December. A regular hardcover edition will be available in bookshops worldwide in 2024. Creed have reformed and play their first live dates since 2012 as part of the ‘Summer Of ’99′ cruise that sails April 18-22, 2024 from Miami, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas aboard the Norwegian Pearl. Tank guitarists Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans have said they plan to record a new Tank album next year and play live shows, wi… Continue reading
Posted in 20th Anniversary 2003-2023, Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, Books, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, PledgeMusic/Kickstarter Campaigns, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/News, Re-issues/special editions, RIP
Tagged albums, blues, classic rock, Dio, Dragonfroce, folk, gigs, Lindisfarne, Marc Hudson, metal, news, prog rock, Re-issues/special editions, RIP, tour dates
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Gig review: ROCKNYTT CRUISE- Viking Line ‘Cinderella’, Stockholm, 21-22 April 2023
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 21-22 April 2023, AOR, Captain Black Beard, cruise, Dare, DEMON, Emotional Fire, Gathering of Kings, Grand Slam, Houston, melodic rock, Remedy, Rocknytt Cruise, Russ Ballard, Sweden, Weapon, Wildness
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Feature: GRTR!@20 – Top Albums, Top Live Acts – reviewer choices 2003-2023
…reflection, remorse, and ultimately rebirth. All things must change. 10. MARILLION An Hour Before Its Dark (2022) Less “political” than its predecessor, although affected by the pandemic, Marillion return with a sumptuous album full of lusciousness and loveliness. It happened in 2004: The Darkness win a BRIT award. Following the break up of Creed, guitarist Mark Tremonti, Drummer Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall (ex-bassist of Cree… Continue reading
Posted in FEATURES, GRTR!@20
Tagged 2003-2023, albums, best of, blues rock, classic rock, live acts, melodic rock, Progressive Rock, review, singer songwriter
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