Get Ready to ROCK! » Download Festival https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: BLOODYWOOD – The Mash House, Edinburgh – 12th June 2023 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/06/gig-review-bloodywood-the-mash-house-edinburgh-12th-june-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/06/gig-review-bloodywood-the-mash-house-edinburgh-12th-june-2023/#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:35:28 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=89121 BloodywoodMy phone pinged and the text read ‘Hi pal, do you fancy going to see Bloodywood in Edinburgh’. I must admit my first reaction was ‘who?’, but the answer was ‘yup, let#s rock!’. So, it was a night out in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/06/gig-review-bloodywood-the-mash-house-edinburgh-12th-june-2023/feed/ 0 Gig review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – Donington Park, 8-10 June 2018 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/06/gig-review-download-festival-june-2018/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/06/gig-review-download-festival-june-2018/#comments Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:00:03 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=53517 It was 30 years ago that I attended Donington for the first time for a Monsters of Rock festival (as it then was) that was summed up by the contemporary Kerrang! headline ‘The Triumph and the Tragedy’. A record crowd … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/06/gig-review-download-festival-june-2018/feed/ 0 Book review: TOM RUSSELL – The Godfather of Rock by Martin Kielty https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/book-review-tom-russell-the-godfather-of-rock-by-martin-kielty/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/book-review-tom-russell-the-godfather-of-rock-by-martin-kielty/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:45:09 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=43114 Published by Beard Books Tom Russell will be a familiar name to many, he has been a leading figure in the Scottish rock scene for many years and has broadcast on radio across the UK on occasion. It is in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/book-review-tom-russell-the-godfather-of-rock-by-martin-kielty/feed/ 0 Gig review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – DAY 3, 14 June 2015 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/06/gig-review-download-festival-day3-14-june-2015/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/06/gig-review-download-festival-day3-14-june-2015/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:38:05 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=30875 DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – DAY 3, 14 June 2015For any classic rock fan the Sunday line up was not to be missed with Slash, Motley Crue, in their last UK festival appearance, and Kiss all ready to show the young guns how a festival set should be done. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/06/gig-review-download-festival-day3-14-june-2015/feed/ 0 Quick plays – MANUMIT, COLT 45, SUSAN AQUILA https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/08/quick-plays-manumit-colt-45/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/08/quick-plays-manumit-colt-45/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:29:35 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=21973 MANUMIT – Digital and HostileAlbum review: MANUMIT – Digital and Hostile Lost Generation Records  [Release date - 01.09.14] Manumit is a solo artist from Bridgend in Wales. Influenced by the likes of Pendulum and Paramore he attempts to ‘bond genres’. A DVD will also … Continue reading →

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