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DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – Live At The NEC
Eagle Rock [Release date 26.08.16] In September 2002 Deep Purple took to the stage at the Birmingham NEC to bid a fond farewell to legendary keyboard player Jon Lord, who had earlier that year retired for health reasons. Having previously … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Deep Purple, DVD, Eagle Rock, Eagle Vision, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Live at the NEC, review, rock
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DVD review: STYX – Live at The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas!
Eagle Rock [Release date 02.09.16] Another live Styx DVD and this one was recorded on the band’s 2014 US tour with Def Leppard. Slightly different style this time around as the main featured concert has interviews with the band and … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Def Leppard, DVD, Eagle Rock, John Panozzo, John Young, Live at The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, melodic, review, rock, Styx, Tommy Shaw
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DVD review: KISS – Rocks Vegas Live At The Hard Rock Hotel
Eagle Vision [Release date 26.08.16 ] There are not many bands out there that can match KISS when it comes to the sheer theatrics and live spectacle the band put on, even after a career of 43 years. With a … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, DVD, Gene Simmons, glam, Kiss, Live At The Hard Rock Hotel, Paul Stanley, review, rock, Rocks Vegas
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2016)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 18/12/2016 GO WEST December 23rd – Indigo at The 02, London PENDRAGON 30 Dec Riffs Bar, Swindon STATUS QUO + REO SPEEDWAGON Fri December 23 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, classic rock, concert, gig, listing, metal, Progressive Rock, rock, Tour
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Gig review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Genting Arena, Birmingham, 25 June 2016
For us rock fans of a certain age – perhaps from early forties to sixty-ish – Ritchie Blackmore sits in the pantheon of rock royalty. As guitarist and songwriter in both Deep Purple and his own band Rainbow, he pushed … Continue reading
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Tagged Candice Night, classic rock, Deep Purple, gig, heavy rock, Jens Johansson, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Romero
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Album review: THE ANSWER – Rise 10th Anniversary Edition
TAP Music [Release date 17.06.16] Amazing to think The Answer’s debut album was released 10 years ago and this double CD special edition is a must for fans, plus the album gets a proper vinyl release. I won’t review the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th anniversary, album, blues, classic rock, review, rock, THE ANSWER, The Rise
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News: BLUE ÖYSTER CULT confirm London date on Friday 29th July
To mark the 40th anniversary since its original 1976 release on Columbia Records, the Long Island rockers Blue Öyster Cult will be jetting in from NYC to play their ‘Agents of Fortune’ album in full, plus a full set of powerful classics from … Continue reading
Quick plays: COLOUR OF NOISE, WHITE WINE
COLOUR OF NOISE www.colourofnoiseofficial.com The band maybe new, however two key members aren’t as the line-up features former Little Angels guitarist Bruce J Dickinson and on vocals Matt Mitchell (Furyon/ex-Pride). The band’s sound is steeped in the bands of the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Bruce J Dickinson, classic rock, Colour Of Noise, esoteric, Furyon, hard rock, Little Angels, Matt Mitchell, punk, Quick Play, reviews, Sancho Panzer, Skin, synths, White Wine, Who Cares What The Laser Says?, Your Own Accord
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Album review: DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ – Shut Up And Rawk
Metal Mind Productions [Release date 08.04.16] Doogie White & La Paz are back with their third album since they reunited back in 2009. Doogie White and guitarist Chic McSherry are the main songwriters again, between them creating a fine piece … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Doogie White, hard rock, La Paz, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, review, rock, Shut Up And Rawk
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Rising Stars interview: THE REBELLES
The Rebelles is formed of Tracie Hunter, Elizabeth Westwood and Phoebe White, and ahead of their debut album they have released a single of the Mott the Hoople classic ‘All The Young Dudes’. Over the band for more on the … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Ian Hunter, interview, Mott the Hoople, punk, Rising Stars, rock, The Rebelles, Tracie Hunter
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Album review: THE TREATMENT – Generation Me
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 18.03.16] The Treatment have been around since 2008 and this is album number three from them. They have supported many big names in the rock world including Kiss, Motley Crue and Status Quo plus they have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Frontiers, Generation Me, hard rock, review, rock, The Treatment
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Album review: TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Noises From The Cathouse
Angel Air Records [Release date 05.02.16] Remember the days when any self-respecting rock band had to have a “Y” replacing the “I” in its name, at least one umlaut over a vowel and the kind of curly-locked barnets which would … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angel Air Records, classic rock, metal, Noises From The Cathouse, NWOBHM, re-issue, review, Robb Weir, rock, Tygers Of Pan Tang
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Gig review: THE WINERY DOGS/ Inglorious – Bristol O2 Academy, 2 February 2016
Mike Portnoy announces to the crowd that The Winery Dogs don’t often play outside of the main cities of London/Manchester, so the Bristol fans wasted no opportunity to sign up for something special and – although not a sell out … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Sheehan, classic rock, Dream Theater, gig, Inglorious, Mike Portnoy, Mr Big, Poison, review, Richie Kotzen, rock, The Winery Dogs
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Gig review: MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Queens Hall, Edinburgh, 22 January 2016
Photo: Pako Meria Almost exactly a year ago I got a copy through of the latest Temple Of Rock album, ‘Spirit On A Mission’. One play through was all it took for me to decide that the band had created … Continue reading
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Tagged 22nd January 2016, classic rock, Doogie White, Ed David, Edinburgh, Francis Buchholz, gig, Herman Rarebell, Jason Womack, Michael Schenker, Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock, MSG, Queens Hall, review, rock, Scorpions, UFO, Venrez, Wayne Findley
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Album review: THE SWEET – Action The Ultimate Story
RCA/Sony Music [Released 25.10.15] Without the Sweet you could argue we would have no Def Leppard, Kiss or Motley Crue, some of the many bands who credit this band as a big influence on them. Add to that the numerous … Continue reading
Album review: MEN ON THE HILL – M.O.T.H.
Imagine living in a post-apocalyptic, musical wasteland populated by pretentious jazz-loving “intellectuals” who get out of the bath to take a piss, adore Snorah Jones and listen to a hoaky amateurish local English-language radio station that only plays songs which … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Deep Purple, hard rock, Ian Paice, Men On The Hill, review, rock
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 3 December 2015
One of the first lessons I ever learned in rock school was it was an (un?)holy British trinity of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple who effectively invented heavy rock, or heavy metal as it was later badged. You … Continue reading
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Tagged 02 Arena, 3 December 2015, classic rock, Deep Purple, Don Airey, gig, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, London, Now What?!, review, Roger Glover, Scot Holliday, Steve Morse
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Album review: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO – Alone In The Universe
Colombia/Sony [Release date 13.11.15] To say I was looking forward to this is an understatement! It has been fourteen years since the last album under the ELO name, 2001′s ‘Zoom’ and there was the album of cover versions of long … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alone In The Universe, classic rock, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Jeff Lynne's ELO, pop, pop rock, review
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Album review: QUEENSRYCHE – Condition Human
Century Media [Release date 02.10.15] Queensryche release their second studio album featuring former Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre just a couple of weeks after former vocalist Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindchrime released their latest album. Coincidence or deliberate timing? Either … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Condition Human, metal, prog, progressive metal, Queensryche, review
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Album review: PRAYING MANTIS – Legacy
Frontiers Records [Release date 21.08.15] Praying Mantis were always lumped in with the NWOBHM but they were always more of a melodic rock band and “Legacy”, their 10th if you include the one issued under the Stratus banner in 1984, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Burgess, Chris Troy, classic rock, Frontiers, Hans in ‘t Zandt, John Cuijpers, Legacy, Praying Mantis, review, Tino Troy
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Album review: THE JOKERS – Hurricane
SPV www.spv.de [Release date 18.09.15] The Jokers return with their third album and like fellow hard rock revivalists The Answer, they need this album to bump them up to the next level. Heck if a distinctly average band like Rival … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, hard rock, Hurricane, review, rock, THE JOKERS
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Book review: Live to Win – A Casual Guide to The Music of KISS Frontman Paul Stanley by Neil Daniels
www.neildanielsbooks.com KISS frontman Paul Stanley only recently released his autobiography and so you may be thinking that the release of this new “Live to Win” book is untimely. Forget that, whilst “Face the Music” was the man’s life story, this … Continue reading
Interview: JIZZY PEARL of LOVE/HATE (August 2015)
Jizzy Pearl brings Love/Hate over the to the UK for some autumn dates and they will be playing the whole of the classic ‘Blackout In The Red Room’ album. Nikk Gunns asks the questions including the latest on Quiet Riot and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackout In The Red Room, classic rock, interview, Jizzy Pearl, Love/Hate, Quiet Riot
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Album review: THORNE – At The Edge
CD Baby [Release date 20.06.15] Thorne is an international combo spanning three continents, whose members have never met. They are a prog and classic rock band with psychedelic edges, who met on line via the music collaboration site http://www.kompoz.com and … Continue reading
EP review: VOODOO VEGAS – Hypnotise
www.voodoovegas.com [Release date 12.10.15] I had all the members of Voodoo Vegas stay at my place once before playing a local festival and after they had drunk all the beer, wine, mosquito cream and a couple of cans of lawnmower … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, EP, hard rock, Hypnotise, review, rock, Voodoo Vegas
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