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		<title>Album review: MEN WITHOUT HATS – On The Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-men-without-hats-on-the-moon/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MWH-e1763168239931.jpeg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="MEN WITHOUT HATS - On The Moon" title="MEN WITHOUT HATS - On The Moon" /></a>Website [Release date 14.11.25] Men Without Hats, perhaps best known by many for their 1982 hit ‘The Safety Dance’, first formed back in 1977, split in 1993, before returning briefly in 2002-03 and returned full time in 2010. Since then, &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-men-without-hats-on-the-moon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-men-without-hats-on-the-moon/">Album review: MEN WITHOUT HATS – On The Moon</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: BATTLE BEAST – Circus of Doom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-battle-beast-circus-of-doom/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BATTLE-BEAST-–-Circus-of-Doom-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="BATTLE BEAST – Circus of Doom" title="BATTLE BEAST – Circus of Doom" /></a>Nuclear Blast [Release date 21.01.22] Album number six from Battle Beast, after a bit of a gap since 2019’s highly enjoyable ‘No More Hollywood Endings’. Their line-up remains the same, namely Eero Sipilä (bass), Pyry Vikki (drums), Janne Björkroth (keytar), &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-battle-beast-circus-of-doom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-battle-beast-circus-of-doom/">Album review: BATTLE BEAST – Circus of Doom</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: CORNBURY FESTIVAL – Great Tew, Oxfordshire, 5-7 July 2019</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 07:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-cornbury-festival-great-tew-oxfordshire-5-7-july-2019/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Cornbury-1024x768.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="Cornbury" /></a>Friday 5 July Arriving onsite just in time to catch the tail end of former Supergrass singer/songwriter Gaz Coombes set. Being a bit of a local musical hero his set was well received although he may have missed a trick &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-cornbury-festival-great-tew-oxfordshire-5-7-july-2019/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-cornbury-festival-great-tew-oxfordshire-5-7-july-2019/">Gig review: CORNBURY FESTIVAL – Great Tew, Oxfordshire, 5-7 July 2019</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: MOONLIGHT DESIRES &#8211; Just The Hits 1981-1985</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2017 17:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/09/album-review-moonlight-desires-just-the-hits-1981-1985/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/md-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="MOONLIGHT DESIRES - Just The Hits 1981-1985" title="MOONLIGHT DESIRES - Just The Hits 1981-1985" /></a>Infamous Butcher Records [Release date 15.09.17] Moonlight Desires hail from Canada and have produced a set of very enjoyable covers, and not the usual suspects either as they have gone for 80&#8242;s synth led pop rockers. The band&#8217;s name comes from &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/09/album-review-moonlight-desires-just-the-hits-1981-1985/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/09/album-review-moonlight-desires-just-the-hits-1981-1985/">Album review: MOONLIGHT DESIRES &#8211; Just The Hits 1981-1985</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Quick plays: TONY IOMMI TRIBUTE, MARK MORRISS, GUNSHIP, CEREBELLION</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/07/quick-plays-tony-iommi-tribute-mark-morriss/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/GLIommi-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Great Lefty: Live Forever! (Tony Iommi Tribute)" title="Great Lefty: Live Forever! (Tony Iommi Tribute)" /></a>VARIOUS &#8211; Great Lefty: Live Forever! www.tanzanmusic.com [Release date 04.05.15] An interesting double CD this one featuring a collection of Black Sabbath tribute bands, musicians and a couple of ex-Black Sabbath members, all paying tribute the master of the doom &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/07/quick-plays-tony-iommi-tribute-mark-morriss/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/07/quick-plays-tony-iommi-tribute-mark-morriss/">Quick plays: TONY IOMMI TRIBUTE, MARK MORRISS, GUNSHIP, CEREBELLION</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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