Get Ready to ROCK! » Royal Concert Hall https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 04 May 2026 13:04:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 3 March 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-3rd-march-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-3rd-march-2025/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:09:37 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=101152 MIKE + THE MECHANICS – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 3 March 2025It’s amazing how the (living) years roll by. Mike + The Mechanics are now celebrating 40 years as an entity and show no signs of slowing down any time soon. Mike Rutherford, now shorn of the Genesis day job, has … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-3rd-march-2025/feed/ 0 Gig review: YES – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 24 May 2024 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/#comments Sun, 26 May 2024 20:06:03 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95618 mini_SAM_0293Tonight’s show was another date in the current ‘Classic Tales Of Yes’ tour, a celebration of 50 plus years of Yessong with an emphasis on the band’s ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ opus which turn 50 in 2023.  You could argue … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/feed/ 0 Gig review: GEDDY LEE – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow – 14th December 2023 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/gig-review-geddy-lee-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-14th-december-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/gig-review-geddy-lee-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-14th-december-2023/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2023 23:05:57 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92985 mini_SAM_0121Tonight, we had something a bit different, Geddy Lee in conversation to promote his autobiography, ‘My Effin’ Life’, which has just been released. With Rush in hiatus following the sad passing of Neil Peart, for fans of the band this … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/gig-review-geddy-lee-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-14th-december-2023/feed/ 0 Gig review: EUROPE – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 18 October 2023 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/gig-review-europe-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-18-october-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/gig-review-europe-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-18-october-2023/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:17:12 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=91764 EUROPE - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 18 October 2023I recently interviewed Tommy Johannson of the Swedish band Sabaton. As an aside at the end of the interview I asked him, given the band’s love of all things historic, if he could go back to any point in time … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/gig-review-europe-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-18-october-2023/feed/ 0 Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow – 23rd Sept 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/09/gig-review-steve-hackett-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-23rd-sept-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/09/gig-review-steve-hackett-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-23rd-sept-2022/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:09:53 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83127 mini_SAM_7916Many classic rock bands are now in the position where every year is either the 40th or 50th anniversary of something, formation, landmark tours, album releases, you name it. What this does is allow bands the opportunity to cash in … Continue reading →

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