-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
-
Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2025
-
Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2026
-
Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)
-
Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)
-
Upcoming: Festivals UK & Europe (2026)
-
Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)
-
Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)
-
Latest Album Reviews
Latest Gig Reviews
GRTR! Greats
Featured Album Reviews
Features
Interviews
Single & EP Reviews
DVD Reviews
Book Reviews
News
Tag Archives: London
Gig review: JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 4 May 2023
Guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick seems to have been everywhere recently. After FM’s December tour with the Dead Daisies and January dates with Band of Friends, his third solo album ‘Dead Man Walking’ was released to critical acclaim including in these pages … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 4 May 2023, blues rock, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, Leon Cave, London, melodic rock, Ollie Collins, Raynes Park, The Cavern
Leave a comment
Gig review: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 23 April 2023
It’s hard to believe that Kenny Wayne Shepherd was a mere 18 years old when he wrote and released ‘Trouble Is..’. A mature, complex blues rock album launched into the world as part of an exciting vanguard of fresh-faced US … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 23 April 2023, BB King, blues, Bob Dylan, concert, country, gig, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Krown, Kenny McCormack, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, live, London, Noah Hunt, rock, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Trouble Is..
Leave a comment
Gig review: ANA POPOVIC – Islington O2 Academy, London, 10 March 2023
The last vestiges of winter still had its cold tendrils curling around the country, falls of snow and a chill wind was everywhere, even in the midst of London town. Things though in Islington had rapidly heated up, the arrival … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 10 March 2023, Ana Popovic, blues, blues rock, funk, gig, guitarist, Islington O2 Academy, jazz, London, review, soul, Stax, Toby Lee
Leave a comment
Gig review: THOSE DAMN CROWS – Islington Assembly Hall, London – 24th February 2023
The Assembly Hall had a celebratory atmosphere about the place and a keen sense of anticipation was in the air ahead of Those Damn Crows. Support came from fellow Welsh rockers, James And The Cold Gun who helped to bubble … Continue reading
Gig review: THE NEW ROSES – Camden Underworld, London, 1 December 2022
It’s been a case of making up for lost time for German rockers The New Roses. I’d been highly impressed by their headline London show at this same venue in late 2018 and the following year’s ‘Nothing But Wild’ was … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 1 December 2022, Camden Underworld, Dizzy Daniels, gig, London, melodic rock, the New Roses, Timmy Rough
Leave a comment
Gig review: DANNY VAUGHN – The Grace, London, 4 December 2022
Danny Vaughn was one of those troubadours who made lockdown life more bearable for rock fans with his ‘Vaughnsday’ on line acoustic performances from his living room. The pandemic had interrupted his usual busy schedule, whether solo, with Tyketto or … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 4 December 2022, acoustic, Danny Vaughn, gig, London, melodic rock, The Grace, Tyketto
Leave a comment
Gig review: SQUEEZE- Hammersmith Apollo, London, 19 November 2022
Squeeze’s hit making days may be long behind them but the band have a remarkable longevity: as Chris Difford mentioned from the stage, he and Glenn Tilbrook have now been writing together for 50 years. However rather than being reduced … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 19 November 2022-, Chris Difford, gig, Glenn Tilbrook, Hammersmith Apollo, London, Melvin Duffy, New Wave, pop rock, Squeeze, Stephen Large
Leave a comment
Gig review: TEIGER – Strongroom Bar, London, Thursday 10 November 2022
It’s a mark of just what a buzz there is around Teiger that, despite transport strikes hitting the Capitol, people had seemingly made their way by planes, trains and automobiles to Central London’s Strongroom Bar and packed the place out. … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged folk, gig, live music, London, prog, review, rock, Strongroom Bar, Talie Eigeland, Teiger, Thursday 10 November 2022
Leave a comment
Gig review: KINGDOM OF MADNESS- 100 Club, London, 28 October 2022
When Mark Stanway abruptly quit Magnum midway through a tour late in 2016, a significant trinity was broken up, as he had been the longest serving band member after Bob Catley and Tony Clarkin, his keys playing a big part … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 100 Club, 28 October 2022, classic rock, gig, Kingdom Of Madness, London, Magnum, Mark Pascall, Mark Stanway, melodic rock, Mickey Barker, Mo Birch, review
Leave a comment
Gig review: WISHBONE ASH – Islington Academy, London, 21 October 2022
Classic rock’s golden age is now giving us half century celebrations of bands and landmark albums. One such – indeed my all time favourite album – is Wishbone Ash’s ‘Argus’, which was voted album of the year by Melody Maker … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 21 October 2022, Andy Powell, Argus, Bob Skeat, classic rock, gig, Islington Academy, London, Mark Abrahams, Mike Truscott, twin guitars, Wishbone Ash
Leave a comment
Album review: JOHN SLOMAN – Two Rivers
Red Steel Music [Release date: 12.08.22] John Sloman’s ninth solo album is a tale of two cities. His life has been a neverending musical quest to find success and certitude. All the time torn between his hometown of Cardiff, where … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged blues, Captain Beefheart, Cardiff, Frank Zappa, gospel, groove, John Sloman, London, Memphis, psychedelic, review, rock, Todd Rundgren
Leave a comment
Gig review: QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – 02 Arena, London, 20 June 2022
Nearly 50 years since they first emerged, there seems to be an endless appetite for the music of Queen- just look at your Freeview channel schedules packed with documentaries or archive concerts. Indeed public interest in them reached arguably its … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 02 Arena, 20 June 2022, Adam Lambert, Brian May, gig, London, Queen, review, Roger Taylor
Leave a comment
Gig review: THUNDER – Wembley Arena, London – 28th May 2022
Thunder appear to be on a hot creative streak at present. In the time since this tour was originally announced, pre-pandemic, they have released two albums with last year’s ‘All the Right Noises’ followed by a double album to boot … Continue reading
Gig review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 26 April 2022
Toby Lee is a prodigious talent. At 17 years old he is touring his own four-piece band with two albums and an EP already on the racks. As a star of the School of Rock West End production, he played … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 26 April 2022, blues, gig, Joanne Shaw Taylor, live, London, review, rock, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Toby Lee
Leave a comment
Gig Review: KING KING – Electric Ballroom, London – 24th Feb 2022
Since I last saw them down the road at Koko in 2019, not only has the world been transformed forever, but there have been major changes in the King King – the autumn before last they released a new album … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 24th Feb 2022, Alan Nimmo, blues, Electric Ballroom, gig, Jonny Dyke, King King, Lee-la Baum, live, London, review, rock, Steve Nimmo, The Damn Truth, Zander Greenshields
Leave a comment
Gig review: ROBERT JON & THE WRECK – 100 Club, London, 23 September 2021
It was so good to be back. 18 long, dark months had passed without a ‘real’ gig. The prospect of Troy Redfern and Robert Jon & The Wreck tonight had me giddy with anticipation. The event did not disappoint. Troy … Continue reading
Gig review: INGLORIOUS – Islington Assembly Hall – 22nd September 2021
The award for busiest band of 2021 might have to be Inglorious. They finally got to play material from the two albums they have already released on an extensive tour of 20 dates, taking in several places off the usual gig circuit. After contenting myself with local shows … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 22nd September 2021, Danny De La Cruz, gig, Inglorious, Islington Assembly Hall, live, London, Mercutio, metal, Nathan James, Phil Beaver, review, Rob Lindop, rock, Tim Prottey-Jones
Leave a comment
Gig review: JARED JAMES NICHOLS/COLLATERAL – Gibson Brands Studio, London, 24 February 2020
One of the most common gripes on social media when bands announce tours is ‘why aren’t they playing anywhere near me?’. With Jared James Nichols and Collateral going on a nine date nationwide spring tour excuses will be thinner than … Continue reading
Gig review: BERNIE MARSDEN/Deborah Bonham – Under the Bridge, London, 24 January 2020
You might say it was a case of ‘Blues is the colour’ as Under the Bridge, located beneath the East Stand at Chelsea FC, played host to one of London Blues Month’s highest-profile gigs. It lies squarely within the wealthiest … Continue reading
Gig review: SAVOY BROWN – 100 Club, London, 18 January 2020
The marketing for the now traditional January London Blues Month is a mocked up, retro-style handbill. Someone who can remember those days is Kim Simmonds. He may not have the high profile of other guitar contemporaries of the British blues … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 100 Club, 18 January 2020, blues rock, Garnet Grimm, gig, Keith Boyce, Kim Simmonds, London, London Blues Month, Pat DeSalvo, Savoy Brown
Leave a comment
Gig review: COLLATERAL – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 10 January 2020
2020 promises to be a big year for Collateral, with their debut full-length album out in February to capitalise on the growing buzz around them. Indeed GRTR!’s writers voted the Kentish rockers the breakthrough act for 2020 in our end … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 10 January, Angelo Tristan, Collateral, gig, London, melodic rock, Raynes Park, The Cavern, Todd Winger
Leave a comment
Gig review: SWEET – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 18 December 2019
After many years as strangers in their home country, Sweet have become a fixture since their well-received support slot to Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow at 2017’s Stone Free Festival. This is the third year running they have played a London show … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 18 December, Andy Scott, gig, glam rock, Islington Assembly Hall, Lee Small, London, Paul Manzi, review, Steve Mann, Sweet
Leave a comment
Gig review: RAIDING THE ROCK VAULT – Subterania, London, 5 December 2019
Proof of the enduring appeal of classic rock is the success over seven years of residencies in Las Vegas of the ‘Raiding the Rock Vault’ show. The concept is deceptively simple, with live playing from a band of seasoned musicians, … Continue reading
Gig review: GRAND SLAM/Bad Touch – Camden Underworld, London, 22 November 2019
One of the great sadnesses of my formative music years was the failure of Philip Lynott’s post- Thin Lizzy outfit to get as far as a record deal- despite their reputation as a live act, including as support to Status … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 22 November 2019, Bad Touch, Benjy Reid, Camden Underworld, Dave Boyce, gig, Grand Slam, Laurence Archer, London, Mike Dyer, Philip Lynott
Leave a comment
Gig review: BUCK & EVANS – 100 Club, London, 19 November 2019
When I saw them at the prestigious 100 Club only six months ago, Buck and Evans were still previewing songs from an album that, like Billy Bunter’s postal order or an election manifesto promise, was constantly about to be delivered- … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 100 Club, 19 November 2019, blues rock, Bob Richards, Buck & Evans, Chris Buck, Dominic Hill, gig, London, Sally Ann Evans, Sweet Crisis
Leave a comment
