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		<title>Gig review: FIREFEST &#8211; Manchester Academy, 11-13 October 2024</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 23:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andynathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/gig-review-firefest-manchester-academy-11-13-october-2024/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P1150948-Copy-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="P1150948 - Copy" title="P1150948 - Copy" /></a>For a decade through to 2014, Firefest built a reputation that most festivals would kill for. It wasn&#8217;t just the stellar line ups of melodic hard rock acts, from the rising stars through to long dormant bands from the eighties &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/gig-review-firefest-manchester-academy-11-13-october-2024/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/gig-review-firefest-manchester-academy-11-13-october-2024/">Gig review: FIREFEST &#8211; Manchester Academy, 11-13 October 2024</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>News: KOBRA PAIGE, FIREFEST, TRAGIK (November 2023)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/news-kobra-paige-firefest-tragik-november-2023/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/P1080832-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="GLENN HUGHES- Electric Ballroom, London, 25 October 2023" title="GLENN HUGHES- Electric Ballroom, London, 25 October 2023" /></a>Bon Jovi have released a new song &#8216;Christmas Isn&#8217;t Christmas&#8217;. Caligula&#8217;s Horse release their new album &#8216;Charcoal Grace&#8217; through InsideOut Music on January 26. Sheryl Crow will release her new album, &#8216;Evolution&#8217;, on March 29, 2024 via The Valory Music Group, &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/news-kobra-paige-firefest-tragik-november-2023/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/news-kobra-paige-firefest-tragik-november-2023/">News: KOBRA PAIGE, FIREFEST, TRAGIK (November 2023)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary &#8211; Melodic Rock &#8211; Primer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/feature-grtr20-anniversary-melodic-rock-primer/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/grtr20_primer_mr1-150x150.png" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="GRTR!@20 Anniversary - Melodic Rock - Primer" title="GRTR!@20 Anniversary - Melodic Rock - Primer" /></a>Melodic Rock Editor Andy Nathan witnesses the melodic revival&#8230; When GRTR! started in late-2002 traditional melodic rock and AOR was still in something of a prolonged hangover from the years of grunge which swept away the genre, and indeed much &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/feature-grtr20-anniversary-melodic-rock-primer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/feature-grtr20-anniversary-melodic-rock-primer/">Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary &#8211; Melodic Rock &#8211; Primer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: STORM FORCE &#8211; Age Of Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/12/album-review-storm-force-age-of-fear/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/STORM-FORCE-Age-Of-Fear-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="STORM FORCE - Age Of Fear" title="STORM FORCE - Age Of Fear" /></a>Escape Music [Release date 25.01.20] Storm Force hail from Canada and although a new band they have a familiar name in their ranks, Brighton Rock founder and guitarist Greg Fraser. Joining him are vocalist Patrick Gagliardi, drummer Brian Hamilton and &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/12/album-review-storm-force-age-of-fear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/12/album-review-storm-force-age-of-fear/">Album review: STORM FORCE &#8211; Age Of Fear</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: FIREFEST &#8211; Nottingham Rock City, 24-26 October 2014 (Day 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/11/gig-review-firefest-nottingham-rock-city-24-26-october-2014-day-3/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/141026_ffest_axxis3.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Axxis - Firefest, Nottingham Rock City, 26 October 2014" title="Axxis - Firefest, Nottingham Rock City, 26 October 2014" /></a>DAY 3 -  DANGER DANGER, AUTOGRAPH, CONEY HATCH, BROTHER FIRETRIBE, TOUCH, GUILD OF AGES, AXXIS The final day of &#8216;the final fling&#8217; began with a slightly left field choice of veteran German rockers Axxis, and yet they blew the cobwebs &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/11/gig-review-firefest-nottingham-rock-city-24-26-october-2014-day-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/11/gig-review-firefest-nottingham-rock-city-24-26-october-2014-day-3/">Gig review: FIREFEST &#8211; Nottingham Rock City, 24-26 October 2014 (Day 3)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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