Tag Archives: AOR

News: BRYAN ADAMS, THE KARMA EFFECT, THE GEMS (December 2025)

Posted on November 26, 2025 by jason
BRYAN ADAMS- 02 Arena, London, 15 May 2025

Bryan Adams releases ‘Bryan Adams & Friends: A Great Big Holiday Jam’ on December 8 via Bad Records – the same day the Christmas special of the same name premieres on Citytv and streams on Citytv+ in Canada. Franck Carducci … Continue reading →

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Gig review: KINGDOM OF MADNESS – The Carlisle, Hastings, 7 November 2025

Posted on November 16, 2025 by andynathan
KINGDOM OF MADNESS- The Carlisle, Hastings, 7 November 2025

Kingdom of Madness, formed by one-time Magnum keyboardist Mark Stanway and boasting four past band members or contributors, have even doing a great job recreating the classic Magnum years before the original band split up in the mid-nineties. Their touring … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ROMEO’S DAUGHTER – Pizza Express, Holborn, London, 2 November 2025

Posted on November 9, 2025 by andynathan
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2025 has seen Romeo’s Daughter explore a side to themselves that they have never previously pursued in their career with shows in an acoustic format. At the start of the year they recorded a live album in Barnoldswick, Yorkshire and … Continue reading →

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Album review: SMITH & LIDDLE – Songs For The Desert

Posted on November 2, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
SMITH & LIDDLE - Songs For The Desert

Legere Recordings [Release date 31.10.25] There must be something in the air at the moment, or at least this year. We’ve had excellent albums from Morganway, First Time Flyers, and now Smith & Liddle. The connecting theme is melodic classic pop … Continue reading →

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News: THE DAMNED, SAMMY HAGAR, MAID OF STONE (November 2025)

Posted on October 29, 2025 by jason
Whitesnake - DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, Donington Park, Leicestershire, 14-15 June 2019

Black Swan release their new album ‘Paralyzed’ on February 13 on Frontiers. Blackwater Drowning will release their new album ‘Obscure Sorrows’ on February 27. Brother Cane will release its first new album in 27 years, ‘Magnolia Medicine’, on April 17 on … Continue reading →

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EP review: ELLIOT PORTER – I Choose the Moon

Posted on October 19, 2025 by jason
Elliot Porter - I Choose The Moon EP

Website [Release date 30.10.25] Elliot Porter is a Cambridge based singer songwriter who has been building up a following, through gigging and a series of releases, including a cover of Frank Turner’s ‘Be More Kind’, which raised over £2,000 for … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAVLOV’S DOG – Essential Recordings 1974-2018 (5-CD box set)

Posted on October 10, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
PAVLOV'S DOG - Essential Recordings 1974-2018 (5-CD box set)

Ruf Records [Release date 27.09.24] What are we to make of a fairly basic box set from a band that have been described as “legendary” but who – this side of the pond – have largely gone unnoticed? ‘Essential Recordings’ … Continue reading →

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News: KING KING, ACCEPT, JULIAN LENNON (October 2025)

Posted on September 29, 2025 by jason
IAN ANDERSON (JETHRO TULL) - The Lowry, Salford, 14 September 2015

Jan Akkerman releases ‘My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow’ on December 12 via Artone/Music Theories Recordings. Black Label Society plan to release their new album early next year via MNRK Heavy/Spinefarm Records. Buzzcocks release their latest album ‘Attitude Adjustment’ through Cherry Red … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FM – Islington Academy, London, 18 September 2025

Posted on September 24, 2025 by andynathan
FM_London_pic by Adrian Hextall (48) - Copy

FM are on the road so constantly that it is hard to divine where one tour begins and another ends. However the release of their excellent latest album ‘Brotherhood’ marks the start of a long tour, with the set list … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
BLACK STONE CHERRY AND THE DARKNESS- Wembley Arena, London, 4 February 2023

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your tour not listed? Contact us! To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your tour not listed? Contact us! To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: Festivals UK & Europe (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
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Please check artist and festival websites for latest information. Your festival not listed? Contact us!   Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
HEART - O2 Apollo, Manchester, 30 June 2016

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 28.11.2025 UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025) To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Livestream review: METALLICA, AT&T Arena, Arlington, Texas, 18 & 20 August 2023

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 28.11.2025 UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026) To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIGHTSPEED – Delta

Posted on August 31, 2025 by jason
lightspeed delta

Website [Release date 15.09.25] Back in 2006 Canadian prog rockers Lightspeed released their third album ‘Waves’ and now we have their fourth album, ‘Delta’, which has had a challenging creation which including the passing of the band’s guitarist Gene Murray … Continue reading →

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News: BON JOVI, AVATAR, THE HARA (September 2025)

Posted on August 29, 2025 by jason
Rick Wakeman - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 9 May 2014

Aerosmith and Yungblud have teamed up for a new song entitled ‘My Only Angel’. It is the band’s first music in over a decade. They release an five song EP ‘One More Time’ on November 21 which features ‘My Only Angel’, … Continue reading →

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Album review: FM- Brotherhood

Posted on August 20, 2025 by andynathan
FM-Brotherhood

Frontiers Records (Release Date 05.09.25) You can set your watch by the fact that FM will release a new album every other year since 2018, no mean feat considering they seem to be perpetually on tour. Given that the live … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROULETTE – Go!

Posted on August 17, 2025 by andynathan
ROULETTE- Go!

Black Lodge Records [Release Date 25.07.25] Swedish melodic rockers Roulette have had a chequered history- around since the eighties, they never got as far as releasing an album till 2008. It was another eleven years before a very well received … Continue reading →

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Gig review: TEN – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, 9 August 2025

Posted on August 15, 2025 by andynathan
TEN - Leo

Back in the mid-nineties, when melodic rock was at its lowest ebb, Ten were one of the first shoots of hope as a thriving underground scene emerged and I was a huge fan. They were the great white hope of … Continue reading →

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Album review : UFO – Misdemeanour Live At The Oxford Apollo 1985 (CD+DVD)

Posted on August 8, 2025 by brianmc
UFO 150 Live Oxford

Cherry Red [Release date : 22.08.25] The early eighties were a turbulent time for UFO. Judging by the band’s poorly received Making Contact album in 1982, it looked like they were a spent force. Members left, most notably, Pete Way … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MALMO MELODIC – Plan B, Malmo, Sweden, 25-27 July 2025

Posted on August 7, 2025 by andynathan
MALMO MELODIC- Plan B, Malmo, Sweden, 25-27 July 2025

Last year’s inaugural ‘Malmo Melodic’ was such a success that it was swiftly clear that a 2025 version would build the brand further. The line-up was stronger, and Johan Nylen and his team from Wind Up Productions brought into the … Continue reading →

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Album review: FIRST LIGHT – Elemental

Posted on July 31, 2025 by andynathan
FIRST LIGHT- Elemental

Pride and Joy Music [Release Date 25.07.25] There are not enough British AOR bands around, so it is always a pleasure when one arrives with some pedigree. First Light released an EP a couple of years ago and, on top … Continue reading →

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News: BAD COMPANY, TRIVIUM, DAVID GILMOUR (August 2025)

Posted on July 29, 2025 by jason

AFI will release a new album, ‘Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…’, on October 3 via Run For Cover Records. Alcatrazz release ‘Prior Convictions’, an album of re-recorded songs plus two new songs, in November through BraveWords Records. The band plan to release … Continue reading →

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Album review: STYX- Circling From Above

Posted on July 10, 2025 by andynathan
STYX- Circling From Above

Alpha Dog 2T/UMe (Release Date 18.07.25) While many ‘heritage’ classic rock acts on both sides of the pond have chosen to give up on writing new material and rely on their legacy catalogue, in recent years Styx have proved a … Continue reading →

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Album review : LAGUNA – The Ghost Of Katrina

Posted on July 6, 2025 by brianmc
LAGUNA 150 Ghost cover

Frontiers Music [Release date : 11.07.25] A choir and a spoken word intro, in Spanish, introduces us to Mexico’s rock festival junkies, Laguna. And that’s the thing about putting the miles in. You learn what works and what doesn’t. Then … Continue reading →

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