Get Ready to ROCK! » Liverpool https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:21:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: SUZANNE VEGA – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 25 October 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-suzanne-vega-liverpool-philharmonic-hall-25-october-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-suzanne-vega-liverpool-philharmonic-hall-25-october-2025/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:09:23 +0000 alanjones https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105311 SUZANNE VEGA - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 25 October 2025Suzanne Vega is one of those artists whose standards have never dropped. The native New Yorker’s tours of the UK have been rather infrequent and, somehow or other, I always managed to miss out – until her performance at Liverpool’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-suzanne-vega-liverpool-philharmonic-hall-25-october-2025/feed/ 0 Album review : GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS I Like It (3 CD Anthology) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:25:42 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96882 gerry_and_the_pacemakers 150Cherry Red [Release date 16.08.24] As the sixties’ “Merseybeat” pop explosion recedes further into the past, ten album, multiple hits band, Gerry And The Pacemakers seem less and less likely to get the credit they deserve. And so this anthology … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/feed/ 0 Album review : V/A Let’s Stomp (Merseybeat 1962-1969) 3 CD set https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-va-lets-stomp-merseybeat-1962-1969-3-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-va-lets-stomp-merseybeat-1962-1969-3-cd-set/#comments Sun, 14 May 2023 16:45:51 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=88400 LetsStomp-final-stroke-min-1Cherry Red [Release date: 26.05.23] Heavily influenced by US Blues and Rock, Merseybeat was a sixties pop music phenomenon, originating in Liverpool, that swept all before it. First the UK, then Europe, ultimately invading the USA and the ROTW. Across … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-va-lets-stomp-merseybeat-1962-1969-3-cd-set/feed/ 0 Gig review: MASSIVE WAGONS – Grand Central Hall, Liverpool, 25 September 2021 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/gig-review-massive-wagons-grand-central-hall-liverpool-25-september-2021/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/gig-review-massive-wagons-grand-central-hall-liverpool-25-september-2021/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:41:00 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75500 mwThis was only my second gig with zero restrictions in place, what a venue the Grand Central Hall is. I have not been before, I will definitely be back – the venue team were well organised and entry was easy, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/gig-review-massive-wagons-grand-central-hall-liverpool-25-september-2021/feed/ 0 Feature: Gigs of the Millennium – JOE BONAMASSA https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/feature-gigs-of-the-millennium-joe-bonamassa/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/feature-gigs-of-the-millennium-joe-bonamassa/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:02:10 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66866 Joe Bonamassa - The Cavern, Liverpool, 27 June 2016In June 2016 Joe Bonamassa trod the boards at the venue where – nearly over 50 years earlier – the Fab Four had fired their opening salvo.  This historic gig has become one of life’s highlights for GRTR! reviewer Alan … Continue reading →

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