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Tag Archives: Robin 2
Gig review: THE TREATMENT, Piston – Robin 2, Bilston, 2 May 2022
It’s a Bank Holiday Monday in Bilston and it’s the final night of this 18 date tour, that’s 18 consecutive gigs, no breaks for all 3 bands, are they flagging or have they cracked it? I am super excited for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 May 2022, Bilston, classic rock, gig, hard rock, heavy rock, Piston, review, Robin 2, South Of Salem, The Treatment
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Gig review: BABAJACK – The Robin 2, Wolverhampton, 2 May 2018
On Tuesday 8 May on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio at 21:00 GMT Pete Feenstra chats to Babajack More information And suddenly they are back. Tribal roots and contemporary blues stylists Babajack return with a significant line-up change, with multi-instrumentalist … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Bertenshaw, Babajck, Becky Tate, blues, bouzouki, guitar, percussion, Robin 2, rock, roots, Tevor Steager, Tosh Murase, Troy Redfern
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Gig review: CROW BLACK CHICKEN – Robin 2, Bilston, 3 July 2017
So a trip to the Robin 2 on a Monday night must mean something a bit special and indeed it is as Crow Black Chicken are making a welcome return during their current tour. A band who we first caught … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 July 2017, Bilston, Crow Black Chicken, gig, review, Robin 2, rock
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News: PANIC ROOM PledgeMusic Campaign and Weekend – May/June 2016
On Sunday 15 May, David Randall from Get Ready to ROCK! Radio chatted to Anne-Marie Helder about the weekend event and PledgeMusic campaign. (26:03) The full version of this feature – with tracks from Panic Room and associated artists – … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, PledgeMusic/Kickstarter Campaigns
Tagged 18 June 2016, 21-22 May 2016, Anne-Marie Helder, Bilston, campaign, Dave Foster, DVD, Halo Blind, Islington Assembly Hall, Kiama, London, Luna Rossa, Panic Room, PledgeMusic, prog, progressive, Robin 2, rock, weekend
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Gig review: BAND OF FRIENDS feat. Gerry McAvoy (Rory Gallagher) – Robin 2, Wolverhampton, 24 April 2015
This is an edit from an interview in November 2014 when Gerry McAvoy chatted to David Randall and chose some of his favourite tracks for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (4:51) More information For 20 years Gerry McAvoy rode shotgun … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 April 2015, Band Of Friends, blues, blues rock, Gerry McAvoy, gig, Marcel Scherpenzeel, review, Robin 2, Rory Gallagher, Ted McKenna, Wolverhampton
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Album review: TOUCHSTONE – Live Inside Outside
www.touchstonemusic.co.uk 2-DVD/CD [Release date 28.07.14] The history of Touchstone almost parallels that of GRTR!. They are a band we’ve watched develop from small beginnings in 2003, via their debut album in 2007, and since that time they have consolidated their … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, 2013, album, DVD, High Voltage, Live Inside Outside, Oceans Of Time, review, Robin 2, Touchstone
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Gig review: ARTHUR BROWN – Robin 2, Bilston, 17 April 2014
‘I Am The God of Hellfire and I Bring You Fire’, the unmistakable line that has beguiled listeners since it first appeared on the album ‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’ back at the height of the psychedelic era and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Brown, Bilston, gig, Lifecycle, psychedelic, review, Robin 2, rock, Roz Bruce Infusion
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Gig review: MAGNUM Album Launch, Robin 2, Bilston, 25 March 2014
Interview with Tony Clarkin of Magnum, first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 2 March 2014 (3:23) There is a longer extract of this interview together with the album review here 250+ eager fans awaited the launch and their … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 25 March 2014, Al Atkins, album, Bilston, Bob Catley, Escape From The Shadow Garden, gig, Harry James, launch, Magnum, Mark Stanway, review, Robin 2, Rodney Matthews, Tony Clarkin
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Gig review: DAMES OF DARKNESS Festival,Robin 2,Bilston,11 May 2013
So on a wet Saturday afternoon you would think there would be nothing to do in Bilston, west of Birmingham? Dames of Darkness festival was the brainchild of David Homer and Paul Collins of ‘Apparition’ who back in 2007 decided … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 May 2013, Apparition, Bilston, Chemikill, Dames Of Darkness Festival, Delain, gig, Incarna, review, Robin 2, Visions Of Atlantis, Whyzdon
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