Get Ready to ROCK! » Manchester Academy https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: KING KING/Sari Schorr – Manchester Academy, 15 February 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/02/gig-review-king-king-sari-schorr-manchester-academy-15-february-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/02/gig-review-king-king-sari-schorr-manchester-academy-15-february-2019/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2019 17:55:59 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=58021 KING KING - Manchester Academy, 15 February 2019Is it really 10 years?  King King’s progress over the last decade has been fully chronicled by Get Ready to ROCK! from their tentative blues rock debut album in 2011 to the more mainstream rocking ‘Exile & Grace’.  And, in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/02/gig-review-king-king-sari-schorr-manchester-academy-15-february-2019/feed/ 0 Gig review: SONS OF APOLLO – Manchester Academy, 1 October 2018 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/gig-review-sons-of-apollo-manchester-academy-1-october-2018/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/gig-review-sons-of-apollo-manchester-academy-1-october-2018/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2018 14:51:39 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=55515 SONS OF APOLLO - Manchester Academy, 1 October 2018It always amazes me how a less than mainstream band (even though heavyweights in their own right) can attract a sizeable crowd on a Monday night.  It’s highly unlikely there were many students at this gig, although within rolling out … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/gig-review-sons-of-apollo-manchester-academy-1-october-2018/feed/ 0 Gig review: MARILLION – Manchester Academy, 8 November 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/11/gig-review-marillion-manchester-academy-8-november-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/11/gig-review-marillion-manchester-academy-8-november-2017/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:14:52 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=49436 MARILLION - Manchester Academy, 8 November 2017Ok, so I did say the new album would be a grower when reviewing it last August! Don’t lynch me, it’s just that I do like the more straight-ahead romantic side of Marillion which is a little obscured on the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/11/gig-review-marillion-manchester-academy-8-november-2017/feed/ 0 Gig review: FIREWIND – Manchester Academy, 16 February 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/gig-review-firewind-manchester-academy-16-february-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/gig-review-firewind-manchester-academy-16-february-2017/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2017 03:51:07 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=43882 FIREWIND - Manchester Academy, 16 February 2017You wonder: now that Ozzy has ended “The End”, in his dotage will he revive his solo career?  And does that mean there’s another job for Gus G?  The Greek guitarist was drafted in for the album ‘Scream’ in 2010 … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/gig-review-firewind-manchester-academy-16-february-2017/feed/ 0 Gig review: MARILLION – Manchester Academy, 28 November 2016 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/11/gig-review-marillion-manchester-academy-28-november-2016/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/11/gig-review-marillion-manchester-academy-28-november-2016/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:51:26 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=42397 Marillion - Manchester Academy, 28 November 2016Promoting their latest opus F E A R, this Marillion gig came sadly just too late to receive my ‘gig of the year’ nomination in the GRTR! Best of 2016 reviewers’ poll. Marillion are in the somewhat unique position amongst … Continue reading →

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