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		<title>Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK &#8211; Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-28-january-2018-day-3/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180127_cmcgregor4.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Chantel McGregor - GIANTS OF ROCK - Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 3)" title="Chantel McGregor - GIANTS OF ROCK - Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 3)" /></a>Day 3 &#8211; Sunday As the final day started we wouldn&#8217;t have been surprised to see Bobby Kimball sliding out of the curtains reminiscing about his appearance on Toto IV but &#8230; instead Chantel McGregor got the juices flowing with &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-28-january-2018-day-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-28-january-2018-day-3/">Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK &#8211; Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 3)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK &#8211; Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-27-january-2018-day-2/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180127_jverity1.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="John Verity - GIANTS OF ROCK - Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 2)" title="John Verity - GIANTS OF ROCK - Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 2)" /></a>Day 2 &#8211; Saturday John Verity opened up shop on a damp Saturday with a thoughtful blues rock set, not overplaying his own solo material (new album: Blue To My Soul) and treating us to some familiar standards including &#8216;Cocaine&#8217; &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-27-january-2018-day-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-27-january-2018-day-2/">Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK &#8211; Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 2)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK &#8211; Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-26-january-2018-day-1/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180126_fm1.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="FM - GIANTS OF ROCK - Butlins, Minehead, 26 January 2018 (Day 1)" title="FM - GIANTS OF ROCK - Butlins, Minehead, 26 January 2018 (Day 1)" /></a>News during the week that Wetherspoons had taken steak off their menu may not have been of great interest until we learn that Butlins also get their meat from the same source that is currently “under investigation”.  The loss of &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-26-january-2018-day-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/01/gig-review-giants-of-rock-butlins-minehead-26-january-2018-day-1/">Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK &#8211; Butlins, Minehead, 26-29 January 2018 (Day 1)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>News: First big UK rock festivals of 2017 &#8211; GREAT BRITISH ROCK &amp; BLUES and GIANTS OF ROCK (January 2017)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/news-great-british-rock-blues-giants-of-rock-january-2017/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160130_sharley1.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="STEVE HARLEY - Giants Of Rock, Minehead, Somerset, 29-31 January 2016" title="STEVE HARLEY - Giants Of Rock, Minehead, Somerset, 29-31 January 2016" /></a>In his weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 8 January, David Randall previewed the Butlins Big Weekends: The Great British Rock &#38; Blues Festival and Giants Of Rock Two major rock events get 2017 underway in &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/news-great-british-rock-blues-giants-of-rock-january-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/news-great-british-rock-blues-giants-of-rock-january-2017/">News: First big UK rock festivals of 2017 &#8211; GREAT BRITISH ROCK &#038; BLUES and GIANTS OF ROCK (January 2017)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK, Minehead, Somerset, 29-31 January 2016</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/03/gig-review-giants-of-rock-minehead-29-31-january-2016/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160201_mschenker1.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="MICHAEL SCHENKER - Giants Of Rock, Minehead, Somerset, 29-31 January 2016" title="MICHAEL SCHENKER - Giants Of Rock, Minehead, Somerset, 29-31 January 2016" /></a>For the past two years Butlins&#8217; Giants Of Rock and has lived up to that name with ease and has been host to some of the finest rock bands around and this, the third year, it seems to have hit &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/03/gig-review-giants-of-rock-minehead-29-31-january-2016/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/03/gig-review-giants-of-rock-minehead-29-31-january-2016/">Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK, Minehead, Somerset, 29-31 January 2016</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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