Get Ready to ROCK! » Andrew Roachford https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 3 March 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-3rd-march-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-3rd-march-2025/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:09:37 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=101152 MIKE + THE MECHANICS – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 3 March 2025It’s amazing how the (living) years roll by. Mike + The Mechanics are now celebrating 40 years as an entity and show no signs of slowing down any time soon. Mike Rutherford, now shorn of the Genesis day job, has … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-3rd-march-2025/feed/ 0 Album review: MIKE VERNON & THE MIGHTY COMBO – Beyond The Blue Horizon https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-mike-vernon-the-mighty-combo-beyond-the-blue-horizon/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-mike-vernon-the-mighty-combo-beyond-the-blue-horizon/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:54:55 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=54633 MIKE VERNON & THE MIGHTY COMBO – Beyond The Blue HorizonManhaton Records [Release date 07.09.18] Producer, songwriter and vocalist Mike Vernon’s award winning career has encompassed the birth of British blues including Clapton, Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac etc. He also worked with the younger David Bowie, Focus and soul singer … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-mike-vernon-the-mighty-combo-beyond-the-blue-horizon/feed/ 0 Gig review: ANDREW ROACHFORD – Live Rooms, Chester, 2 November 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/11/gig-review-andrew-roachford-live-rooms-chester-2-november-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/11/gig-review-andrew-roachford-live-rooms-chester-2-november-2017/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2017 02:59:38 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=49287 ANDREW ROACHFORD - Live Rooms, Chester, 2 November 2017Andrew Roachford has spent much of 2017 gigging with Mike + The Mechanics – during which time he was described in our review as ‘the epitome of cool.’  We should be grateful, therefore, that he can find the time to … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/11/gig-review-andrew-roachford-live-rooms-chester-2-november-2017/feed/ 0 Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS Album Launch Party – The Imperial, London, 28 March 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-and-the-mechanics-the-imperial-london-28-march-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-and-the-mechanics-the-imperial-london-28-march-2017/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:23:00 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=44537 MIKE + THE MECHANICS Album Launch Party – The Imperial, London, 28 March 2017What are we to make of this Mike + The Mechanics album launch party on the back of a nearly completed UK tour and a recent high profile Royal Albert Hall date? The answer is probably that the band wish … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-and-the-mechanics-the-imperial-london-28-march-2017/feed/ 0 Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15 March 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-bridgewater-hall-manchester-15-march-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-bridgewater-hall-manchester-15-march-2017/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:03:47 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=44238 MIKE + THE MECHANICS - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15 March 2017With only two tracks from the album featured in the set, the Word Of Mouth Tour 2017 billing – to celebrate that album’s 25th anniversary last year, turned out to be something of a misnomer. But, let’s be honest, the … Continue reading →

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