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News: KING KING, ACCEPT, JULIAN LENNON (October 2025)
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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Tagged Accept, albums, AOR, blues, folk, gigs, Julian Lennon, King King, melodic rock, metal, news, re-issues, RIP, special editions, tour dates
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Gig review: FM – Islington Academy, London, 18 September 2025
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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Tagged AOR, Brave Rival, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, melodic rock, Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp, Steve Overland
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)
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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Tagged 2025, AOR, gigs, Ireland, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, rock, tour dates, tours, uk
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)
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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Tagged 2026, AOR, gigs, Ireland, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, rock, tour dates, tours, uk
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Upcoming: Festivals UK & Europe (2026)
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
Posted in ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, NEWS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/News, Upcoming (Tours & Releases)
Tagged 2026, AOR, classic rock, European, festivals, folk, indie, melodic rock, metal, rock, uk
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 29.12.2025 To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, AOR, dates, Europe, gigs, melodic rock, metal, our, pop, progressive, rock, ROW, USA
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 05.05.2026 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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Tagged 2026, AOR, dates, Europe, gigs, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, rock, ROW, Tour, USA
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Album review: 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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Tagged album, AOR, classic rock, Delta, Gene Murray, Lightspeed, pomp rock, prog rock, review, rock, Rod Chappell
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News: BON JOVI, AVATAR, THE HARA (September 2025)
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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Tagged albums, AOR, Avatar, blues, Bon Jovi, folk, gigs, melodic rock, metal, news, re-issues, RIP, special editions, the Hara, tour dates
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Album review: 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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Tagged album, AOR, Brotherhood, FM, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, melodic rock, Steve Overland
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Album review: 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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Tagged album, AOR, Go!, melodic rock, review, Roulette, Thomas Lundgren
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Gig review: TEN – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, 9 August 2025
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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Tagged AOR, Dann Rosingana, Darrell Treece-Birch, Gary Hughes, gig, Leo’s Red Lion, melodic rock, Steve Grocott, TEN
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Album review : UFO – Misdemeanour Live At The Oxford Apollo 1985 (CD+DVD)
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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Tagged AOR, CD and DVD, eighties, hard rock, Misdemeanour Live, Oxford Apollo, Phil Mogg, review, Tommy McLendon
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Gig review: 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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Tagged Animalyze, AOR, Arctic Rain, Arkado, Bad Habit, Brother Firetribe, Care of Night, Crazy Lixx, Cruzh, Daytona, Degreed, festival, FM, gig, House Of Shakira, Kissin’ Dynamite, Malmo Melodic, melodic rock, Nick Workman, Nitrate, Pittman Cole, Rian, Seventh Crystal, State of Salazar, Treat, Violet
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Album review: 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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Tagged album, AOR, Carl Sharples, Dave Hardman, First Light, melodic rock, Phil Manchester, Warren Passaro
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News: BAD COMPANY, TRIVIUM, DAVID GILMOUR (August 2025)
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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Tagged albums, AOR, Bad Company, blues, David Gilmour, folk, gigs, melodic rock, metal, news, re-issues, RIP, special editions, tour dates, Trivium
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Album review: 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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Tagged album, AOR, James 'JY' Young, Lawrence Gowan, melodic rock, pomp rock, Styx, Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
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Album review : LAGUNA – The Ghost Of Katrina
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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Tagged AOR, Bon Jovi, Frontiers Music, Jimmy Westerlund, Laguna, melodic rock, Mexico, One Desire, review
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News: FM, STEVE PORCARO, FOREIGNER (July 2025)
The Acacia Strain will release a new album, ‘You Are Safe From God Here’, on October 24 via Rise Records. All Time Low release their new album ‘Everyone’s Talking!’ on October 17 through their own label, Basement Noise Records. Alter Bridge release their … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, AOR, blues, FM, folk, Foreigner, gigs, melodic rock, metal, news, re-issues, RIP, special editions, Steve Porcaro, tour dates
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Album review: ALIEN – When Yesterday Comes Around
Pride and Joy Music (Release Date 21.03.25) Its nearly five years since Alien’s last album, ‘Into The Future’, an attempt at a heavier sound that was a major disappointment – reviewing for GRTR! my verdict was ‘the experiment with a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alien, AOR, Jim Jidhed, melodic rock, Tony Borg
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Album review : AFTER THE FIRE – Bright Lights 1974-1982
Cherry Red [Release date 20.06.25] Bright Lights indeed. After The Fire were (and still are) a British band who formed in 1972, who went on to release five albums between 1978 – 1982. CD1: Signs Of Change (1978) CD2: Early … Continue reading
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Tagged After The Fire, AOR, Billboard Charts, boxset, Bright Lights, ELP, Genesis, New Wave, progrock, review
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Album review: WHITE WIDDOW – Reissues
Pride & Joy Classix [Release date 27.06.25] White Widdow were formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2008 and centred around the Millis brothers Jules (vocals) & Xavier (keyboards) with guitarist Enzo Almanzi. They have released five studio albums to date, with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Crossfire, melodic rock, pomp rock, Pride & Joy Music, reissues, review, Serenade, White Widdow
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Album review: HEARTS ON FIRE – Signs & Wonders
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 25.07.25] Seven years after their debut album, 2018’s ‘Call Of Destiny’, Hearts On Fire are back and have a new vocalist, non-other than Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire, Royal Hunt and many, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Eric Ragno, hard rock, Hearts On Fire, Mark Boals, melodic rock, Pride & Joy Music, review, Signs & Wonders
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News: STYX, JOHN FOGERTY, RISE AGAINST (June 2025)
Airbourne released a new song, ‘Gutsy’, on June 6 – their first new music in six years. Amorphis their new studio album ‘Borderland’ on September 26 via Reigning Phoenix. Asia have signed with Frontiers and plan to release a live … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, AOR, blues, folk, gigs, John Fogerty, melodic rock, metal, news, re-issues, RIP, Rise Against, special editions, Styx, tour dates
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Album review: CARL BALDASSARRE – Retroduction
www.carlbaldassrremusic.com [Release date: 16.05.25] ‘Retroduction’ is the first of a planned series of four album releases – each offering a different slant and flavour from guitarist, composer and producer Carl Baldassarre. Baldassarre released the well-received ‘Grand Boulevard’ project in 2023, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Burt Bacharach, Carl Baldassarre, Chris de Burgh, easy listening, pop, pop rock, Retroduction, review
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