Get Ready to ROCK! » Tony Clarkin https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: MAGNUM – The O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London, 21 January 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/gig-review-magnum-the-o2-forum-kentish-town-london-21-january-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/gig-review-magnum-the-o2-forum-kentish-town-london-21-january-2025/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:57:40 +0000 Davoski https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=100472 Gig review: MAGNUM – The O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London, 21 January 2025It is just over a year since the sad passing of Tony Clarkin, Magnum’s songwriter, guitarist and inspiration. And now the rest of the band have reformed to celebrate his glorious words and music. Titled ‘A Passage Through Time’ this … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/gig-review-magnum-the-o2-forum-kentish-town-london-21-january-2025/feed/ 0 Album review: MAGNUM – Live At KK’s Steel Mill https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/album-review-magnum-live-at-kks-steel-mill/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/album-review-magnum-live-at-kks-steel-mill/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:17:13 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=99894 MAGNUM - Live At KK's Steel MillSPV Steamhammer [Release date 10.01.25] Twelve months on from Tony Clarkin’s passing, and marking 50 years since he formed the band with Bob Catley, Magnum’s latest (and maybe last) live hurrah allows us more grieving time. The band had put … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/album-review-magnum-live-at-kks-steel-mill/feed/ 0 Book review: On track…MAGNUM – every album, every song – by Matthew Taylor https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/book-review-on-track-magnum-every-album-every-song-by-matthew-taylor/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/book-review-on-track-magnum-every-album-every-song-by-matthew-taylor/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:47:22 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95144 On track...MAGNUM - every album, every song - by Matthew TaylorSonicbond Publishing [Publication date 26.04.24] The merits of these “On track…” books lie in the authors’ comprehensive trawling of sources as much as subjective opinion. Matthew Taylor’s expose of Magnum drives a balance between the two. He has used a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/book-review-on-track-magnum-every-album-every-song-by-matthew-taylor/feed/ 0 Album review: MAGNUM – Here Comes The Rain https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/album-review-magnum-here-comes-the-rain/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/album-review-magnum-here-comes-the-rain/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:53:36 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92529 MAGNUM - Here Comes The RainDavid Randall chatted to Bob Catley and Lee Morris playing tracks from the new album. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 24 December 2023. SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 12.01.24] Magnum celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2022 when they finally … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/album-review-magnum-here-comes-the-rain/feed/ 0 Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – MAGNUM (December 2023) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/feature-the-grtr-grotto-of-greatness-magnum-december-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/12/feature-the-grtr-grotto-of-greatness-magnum-december-2023/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:00:30 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92233 The GRTR! Grotto of GreatnessPhoto: Darren Griffiths They nearly folded in 1983, played the arenas in the late 1980s, and nose-dived in 1995. But – fifty years on – Magnum remain magnificent Magnum have figured prominently in our coverage at GRTR! since 2003. This … Continue reading →

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