Get Ready to ROCK! » Andy Scott https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:32:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: SWEET – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 April 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-sweet-shepherds-bush-empire-london-5-april-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-sweet-shepherds-bush-empire-london-5-april-2025/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2025 22:01:25 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=101900 P1180862 - Copy - CopySweet’s late career resurgence is a heartening one. With Andy Scott the sole survivor of their classic line up, their support slot to his hero Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow at Stone Free festival in 2017 seemed to mark a turning point. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-sweet-shepherds-bush-empire-london-5-april-2025/feed/ 0 Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – Royal Albert Hall, London, 20 April 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/gig-review-suzi-quatro-royal-albert-hall-london-20-april-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/gig-review-suzi-quatro-royal-albert-hall-london-20-april-2022/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:52:17 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=80280 P1240036 - CopyWords like ‘icon’ should not be banded about lightly, but Suzi Quatro would be one of the few musical figures for whom that description is appropriate, as arguably the first woman artist to play an instrument and rock on level … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/gig-review-suzi-quatro-royal-albert-hall-london-20-april-2022/feed/ 0 Book review: Decades – THE SWEET in the 1970s by Darren Johnson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/book-review-the-sweet-in-the-1970s-by-darren-johnson/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/book-review-the-sweet-in-the-1970s-by-darren-johnson/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2021 10:51:33 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=74403 The Sweet in the 1970s DecadesSonicbond Publishing [Publication date 20.07.21; 24.09.21 US only] Reviewing a book by a fellow GRTR! writer, ooh tricky one but luckily Darren Johnson has written a short, concise, informative and entertaining book on 70s glam rock icons the Sweet. Sweet … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/book-review-the-sweet-in-the-1970s-by-darren-johnson/feed/ 0 Album review: THE SWEET – Isolation Boulevard https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/12/album-review-the-sweet-isolation-boulevard/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/12/album-review-the-sweet-isolation-boulevard/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2020 16:53:25 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=70207 THE SWEET – Isolation BoulevardWebsite [Release date 18.12.20] First recordings by the revamped Sweet line-up that sees original member guitarist Andy Scott and long serving drummer Bruce Bisland joined by bassist/backing vocalist Lee Small (Phenomena, Shy, Lionsheart) and vocalist Paul Manzi (Cats In Space, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/12/album-review-the-sweet-isolation-boulevard/feed/ 0 Gig review: SWEET – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 18 December 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/12/gig-review-sweet-islington-assembly-hall-london-18-december-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/12/gig-review-sweet-islington-assembly-hall-london-18-december-2019/#comments Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:55:53 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=63679 SWEET- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 18 December 2019After many years as strangers in their home country, Sweet have become a fixture since their well-received support slot to Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow at 2017’s Stone Free Festival. This is the third year running they have played a London show … Continue reading →

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