Get Ready to ROCK! » 02 Arena https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – 02 Arena, London, 20 June 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/06/gig-review-queen-adam-lambert-02-arena-london-20-june-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/06/gig-review-queen-adam-lambert-02-arena-london-20-june-2022/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:01:47 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=81521 QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT- 02 Arena, London, 20 June 2022Nearly 50 years since they first emerged, there seems to be an endless  appetite for the music of Queen- just look at your Freeview channel schedules packed with documentaries or archive concerts. Indeed public interest in them reached arguably its … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/06/gig-review-queen-adam-lambert-02-arena-london-20-june-2022/feed/ 0 Gig review: BLACK SABBATH – 02 Arena, London, 31 January 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/gig-review-black-sabbath-02-arena-london-31-january-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/gig-review-black-sabbath-02-arena-london-31-january-2017/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:22:41 +0000 Davoski http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=43662 Black Sabbath - DOWNLOAD, 10-12 June 2016Gloomy, doom-laden and portentous. And that was just the weather at North Greenwich station. A busker was smashing out ‘War Pigs’ in the ticket hall on his Gibson SG. Quite a crowd of gig-goers had gathered and he finished with … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/gig-review-black-sabbath-02-arena-london-31-january-2017/feed/ 0 Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 3 December 2015 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/12/gig-review-deep-purple-02-arena-london-3-december-2015/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/12/gig-review-deep-purple-02-arena-london-3-december-2015/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:45:33 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=34789 DEEP PURPLE - 02 Arena, London, 3 December 2015One of the first lessons I ever learned in rock school was it was an (un?)holy British trinity of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple who effectively invented heavy rock, or heavy metal as it was later badged. You … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/12/gig-review-deep-purple-02-arena-london-3-december-2015/feed/ 0 Gig review: FLEETWOOD MAC – 02 Arena, London, 24 June 2015 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/07/gig-review-fleetwood-mac-02-arena-london-24-june-2015/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/07/gig-review-fleetwood-mac-02-arena-london-24-june-2015/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2015 21:34:42 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=31110 FLEETWOOD MAC - 02 Arena, London, 24 June 2015When I paid over the odds to see Fleetwood Mac at the soulless 02 in Autumn 2013, it was in the knowledge that this was a chance to see the legendary band one last time, yet less than two years … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/07/gig-review-fleetwood-mac-02-arena-london-24-june-2015/feed/ 0 Gig review: THE WHO – 02 Arena, London, 22 March 2015 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/gig-review-the-who-02-arena-london-22-march-2015/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/gig-review-the-who-02-arena-london-22-march-2015/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:42:13 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=28744 THE WHO - 02 Arena, London, 22 March 2015The Who may have at least half failed in their mission statement to die before they got old, but a 50th anniversary is an extraordinary achievement. So it is a good moment to reflect on what a seminal band they … Continue reading →

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