Get Ready to ROCK! » Simon McBride https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: DON AIREY – Pushed To The Edge https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-don-airey-pushed-to-the-edge/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-don-airey-pushed-to-the-edge/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:46:44 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=101406 DON AIREY - Pushed To The EdgeearMUSIC [Release date 28.03.25] Current Deep Purple ivory tinkler Don Airey, he of over 300 album recordings since the mid 70s, releases his new album while Deep Purple are still working hard. This man never stops. And this is Don’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-don-airey-pushed-to-the-edge/feed/ 0 Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – O2 Arena, London, 20 October 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/gig-review-deep-purple-o2-arena-london-20-0ctober-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/gig-review-deep-purple-o2-arena-london-20-0ctober-2022/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2022 23:49:19 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83938 DEEP PURPLE- O2 Arena, London, 20 0ctober 2022Deep Purple’s distinguished career is being extended by a late period, dare I say, Purple patch. Albums seem to be coming at a swifter rate and 2020’s ‘Whoosh’ received the band’s best reviews and chart placings in years, being followed … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/gig-review-deep-purple-o2-arena-london-20-0ctober-2022/feed/ 0 Album review: SIMON McBRIDE – The Fighter https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/album-review-simon-mcbride-the-fighter/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/album-review-simon-mcbride-the-fighter/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2022 01:01:21 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=79731 SIMON McBRIDE - The FighterSimon McBride chatted to Pete Feenstra for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  First broadcast 19 June 2022. earMUSIC [Release date 27.05.22] McBride was voted “Young Guitarist Of The Year” by Guitarist magazine in 1996 an accolade that can be both … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/album-review-simon-mcbride-the-fighter/feed/ 0 Album review: IAN GILLAN with The DON AIREY BAND and ORCHESTRA – Contractual Obligation #3 Live In St Petersburg https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/09/album-review-ian-gillan-with-the-don-airey-band-and-orchestra-contractual-obligation-3-live-in-st-petersburg/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/09/album-review-ian-gillan-with-the-don-airey-band-and-orchestra-contractual-obligation-3-live-in-st-petersburg/#comments Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:30:48 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=61730 IAN GILLAN with The DON AIREY BAND and ORCHESTRA - Contractual Obligation #3 Live In St PetersburgEdel/Ear Music [Release date 26.07.19] Singer Ian Gillan, best known for fronting rock legends Deep Purple, took this solo project on the road during a break in the Purple schedule, and recorded some live sets in November 2016. Featuring a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/09/album-review-ian-gillan-with-the-don-airey-band-and-orchestra-contractual-obligation-3-live-in-st-petersburg/feed/ 0 Album review: DON AIREY – One Of A Kind https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/album-review-don-airey-one-of-a-kind/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/album-review-don-airey-one-of-a-kind/#comments Wed, 09 May 2018 13:16:02 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=52847 DON AIREY - One Of A KindearMUSIC [Release date 25.05.18] Don Airey can be considered rock royalty and in a quiet sort of way, and in down time from his Purple “day job”, finds the time to release consistently excellent solo albums.  This is the successor … Continue reading →

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