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Upcoming Gigs & Albums
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2027
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2026
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2027)
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)
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Upcoming: Festivals UK & Europe (2027)
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Upcoming: Festivals UK & Europe (2026)
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2027)
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)
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Latest Album Reviews
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Album review : BAD INFLUENCE – Celebrating 40 Years
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Album review: 25 YEAR SCREAMER – …And From The Deep, There Is A Light…
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Album review : MOCKINGBIRD HILL– Melting Pot
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Album review : THE MIGHTY BOSSCATS – Normal
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Album review: ADMIRAL RADIO – Heirloom
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Album review : FRANCIS ROSSI -The Way We Were, Volume 2
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Tag Archives: rock
Gig review: MARILLION – Manchester Academy, 28 November 2016
Promoting 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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Tagged 28 November 2016, gig, Ian Mosley, Manchester Academy, Marillion, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, prog, progressive, review, rock, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery
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The Best of 2016: top albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice
The Best of 2017! Popular vote from 4 December… The Best of 2016: Popular Poll Between 5-16 December we invite readers and listeners to vote for their own favourites and also add their own personal choice. Voters can also opt-in … Continue reading
News: Traffic Jam man DAVE MASON is featured in radio special (27 November 2016)
Dave Mason, founder member of the legendary psychedelic/prog rockers Traffic, is featured in a one hour radio special on Sunday 27 November 2016. Dave chats to the award-winning Pete Feenstra in his weekly Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! … Continue reading
Posted in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged classic rock, Dave Mason, feature, guitar, guitarist, interview, November 2016, Progressive Rock, radio, rock, special, Traffic, Traffic Jam, UK tour
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News: Get Ready to ROCK! Best of 2016 announced Monday 28 November – top albums, live acts
On Monday 28 November, Get Ready to ROCK! announces their Best Of 2016 selections for Top Albums and Top Live Acts. Since 2003 the popular rock website has published an end of year round-up reflecting the reviews published throughout the … Continue reading
Posted in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS, The Best Of 2016
Tagged albums, best of 2016, blues rock, Get Ready to ROCK!, gigs, live acts, meta, November 2016, poll, popular, progressive, reissues, rock, singer songwriter, vote
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Album review: PYMLICO – Meeting Point
Apollon Records [Release date 07.10.16] We’ve had an obsession with all things Scandinavian in recent years and the fourth album from Norwegian instrumentalists Pymlico contributes to this Nordic sense of intrigue. Wholly instrumental, prog/jazz fusion in approach, the band is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, instrumental, jazz fusion, Jazz rock, Meeting Point, Norway, Norwegian, Pymlico, review, rock
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DVD review: IGGY POP – Post Pop Depression Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Do you ever watch a DVD of a gig and think ‘I wish I’d been there’? Filmed in support of Pop’s recent, and 17th, solo album ‘Post Pop Depression’ and featuring a band comprising of Josh Homme (who co-wrote and … Continue reading
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Tagged Artic Monkeys, DVD, Iggy Pop, Josh Homme, Live At The Royal Albert Hall, Post Pop Depression, punk, Queens of The Stoneage, review, rock
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Gig review: EUROPE – The Roundhouse, London, 12 November 2016
While 2016 has seen the British public vote for Brexit, exactly 30 years ago they were taking Europe to their hearts. Not Eurocrats in Brussels or parliamentarians in Strasbourg, but five fresh-faced Swedes with luxuriant long hair and toothy smiles … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 November 2016, Conny Bloom, Dare, Darren Wharton, Electric Boys, Europe, gig, Joey Tempest, John Norum, live, London, metal, review, rock, The Final Countdown, The Roundhouse, Thin Lizzy
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Gig review: THORBJORN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 14 November 2016
Just like their viking history, Danish bues-rockers Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado came, saw, conquered by funking up the house with a high energy show that breathes fresh life into the big band blues review format. With a name … Continue reading
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Tagged big band, blues, boogie, Boom Boom Club, Danish, Emil Balsgaard, funk, gig, Kasper Wagner, Martin Seidelin, Nat King Cole, Peter Kehl, Peter Skjerning, Ray Charles, review, Robert Cray, rock, Sly Stone, soul, Thorbjorn Risager &The Black Tornado, Tom Waits, vocal
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News: DAN REED (Dan Reed Network) swings at golf club – Lymm Golf Club, 3 December 2016
In a rare UK trio performance, Dan Reed will be playing a gig at the Lymm Golf Club, Cheshire on Saturday 3 December. This will round off a year when he and the Dan Reed Network (DRN) released their first … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 December 2016, acoustic, Cheshire, concert, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, gig, live, Lymm Golf Club, rock, singer songwriter, uk
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News: Albums of the Month (September-November 2016)
Albums of the Month (2016) September 2016 KISSIN’ DYNAMITE Generation Goodbye (AFM Records) …well played, well produced with well written, extremely catchy (but a little quirky) tunes…These guys don’t seem to know how to write a bad song! Kissin’ Dynamite … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, albums, April, best, blues rock, February, Get Ready to ROCK!, hard rock, heavy rock, March, melodic rock, metal, progressive, reviews, rock, singer songwriter
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News: Albums of the Month (May-August 2016)
Albums of the Month (2016) Every month we publish our Newsletter which signposts latest additions to the website(s) and flagging up forthcoming tours and gigs. We also include a selection of the month’s best albums, based on GRTR! reviewer ratings. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, albums, April, best, blues rock, February, Get Ready to ROCK!, hard rock, heavy rock, March, melodic rock, metal, progressive, reviews, rock, singer songwriter
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News: Albums of the Month (February-April 2016)
Albums of the Month (2016) Every month we publish our Newsletter which signposts latest additions to the website(s) and flagging up forthcoming tours and gigs. We also include a selection of the month’s best albums, based on GRTR! reviewer ratings. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, albums, April, best, blues rock, February, Get Ready to ROCK!, hard rock, heavy rock, March, melodic rock, metal, progressive, reviews, rock, singer songwriter
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EP review: THE JOY FORMIDABLE, EMMET SCANLAN
THE JOY FORMIDABLE Sleep Is Day EP [Release date 26.09.16] You certainly can’t complain at value for money with an EP that runs to a very generous seven tracks over 32 minutes. I’ve seen plenty of albums that aren’t much … Continue reading
Quick plays: JULIETTE STRANGE, NERISSA SCHWARZ, THE FERTILITY CULT, MAGNUSON
JULIETTE STRANGE Romeo Kills Romeo [Release date 12.05.16] Sometimes you hear an album that just chimes with the way you are feeling at the time. ‘Romeo Kills Romeo’ may be one of those. A collaboration (presumably via the ether) of … Continue reading
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Tagged A Forest Of Kings, album, ambient, Discordia, Frequency Drift, Juliette Strange, Magnuson, Nerissa Schwarz, Playgrounds Lost, pop, prog, progressive, psychedelic, review, rock, Romeo Kills Romeo, The Fertility Cult
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Album review: EDEN SHADOW – Melodies For Maladies
White Knight Records [Release date 07.10.16] Eden Shadow is the brainchild/vehicle for the explosive talents of young Welsh singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Elliot (guitars and keyboards), and fellow band members Alex Broben (bass) and Aled Lloyd (drums). They’ve already … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Eden Shadow, Melodies For Maladies, metal, prog, Progressive Rock, review, rock
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Album review: GRAHAM BONNET BAND – The Book
Frontiers [Release date 04.11.16] Graham Bonnet has had a busy past year or so, going on tour with his band, having his solo albums re-issued plus ones from his days in Alcatrazz and Blackthorne. Now we have this double CD … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcatrazz, Frontiers, Graham Bonnet, Graham Bonnet Band, hard rock, melodic, MSG, Rainbow, rock
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Interview: Rising Stars – DALLAS FRASCA
1. Dallas Frasca are a fiercely independent band, it seems like you’ve been doing that for a while – even before it was perceived as ‘cool’ ….any comments? What are your thoughts on the mechanics like Pledge that are available … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas Frasca, Dirt Buzz, EP, interview, Rising Stars, rock, UGLY KID JOE
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DVD review: MOTLEY CRUE – The End Live In Los Angeles
Eagle Rock [Release date 04.11.16] New Year’s Eve 2015 in Los Angeles is all about one thing. Motley Crue is playing the final show of their two year Final Tour at the Staples Centre and in doing so the band … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, glam, metal, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, review, rock, The End Live In Los Angeles, Vince Neil
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2017)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 13/11/2017 CAVALERA CONSPIRACY 26.11.17 DE – Leipzig / Hellraiser 27.11.17 DE – Stuttgart / LKA 28.11.17 NL – Utrecht / Ronda 29.11.17 DE – Hamburg … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, classic rock, concert, Europe, gigs, listing, live, metal, progressive, rock, ROW, tours, USA
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2017)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. 2018 Tour Dates Updated 01/12/17 FESTIVALS Planet Rockstock Trecco Bay, Wales 1-3 Dec Joanne Shaw Taylor + Dan Reed Network + Bernie Marsden + King King … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, blues rock, classic rock, concerts, gigs, live, metal, progressive, rock, tours
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Album review: FEEDER – All Bright Electric
Cooking Vinyl [Release date 07.10.16] Feeder are back after a four year break and signed to a new label, Cooking Vinyl, who certainly have an impressive roster with the likes of the Cult, Embrace, HIM and Gary Numan amongst others. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All Bright Electric, alternative, Cooking Vinyl, Feeder, Grant Nicholas, indie, review, rock
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Album review: RAY VAUGHN – Wounded Bird
Rayoso Music [Release date 04.11.16] Having first left his mark on the late 70′s punk rock scene with the band Hostages, San Francisco-based guitarist Ray Vaughn disappeared off the music radar in 1992. Over 20 years later, he returned to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative rock, Chuck Prophet, Hostages, Prairie Prince, Ray Vaughn, review, rock, Wounded Bird
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DVD review: BRYAN ADAMS – Live At Wembley
Eagle Rock [Release date 14.10.16] Finally released 30 years after the event, this DVD captures the second of his sold out shows at Wembley stadium. Bryan Adams was promoting his recently released ’18 ‘Till I Die’ album and there is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Bryan Adams, classic rock, DVD, Eagle Rock, live, Live At Wembley, review, rock, Wembley Stadium
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Quick plays: THE SILENT RAGE, SNAKE EYE
THE SILENT RAGE The Deadliest Scourge Alone Records The Silent Rage hail from Greece (and not to be confused with the melodic rockers Silent Rage) and consist Nikos Siglidis (guitar/vocals), Vocals Steve Venardo (lead/growling vocals), Stavros Tsilivarakos (bass), Stamatis Katsafados … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Angel Air, metal, power metal, prog rock, Quick Play, reviews, rock, Snake Eye, The Deadliest Scourge, The Journey, the Silent Rage
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Album review: GLENN HUGHES – Resonate
Frontiers Music Srl [Release date 04.11.16] To say that ‘Resonate’ lives up to its name is to understate Glenn Hughes’ pivotal role in hard rock related music. Both his music and his stage performance has always been about the twin pillars … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bass, California Breed, Chad Smith, Deep Purple, funk, Glenn Hughes, hard rock, Lachy Doley, Pontus Engborg, Resonate, review, rock, Soren Andersen, soul, Stevie Wonder
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