Following on from a successful trio of live dates last year, Ritchie Blackmore has once again plugged in his Fender Stratocaster and reacquainted himself with the Deep Purple/Rainbow back catalogue to venture out on another clutch of dates. Words: Johnny Main, Pictures: Carlan Braid Blackmore’s tour itinerary this year included …

People go mad in the desert, the relentless heat attacking body and brain until both are reduced to a gloopy stew. Sky Valley Mistress know this only too well as they travelled from their home in Blackburn to the hot and unforgiving otherworld of Southern California. To mis-quote Dorothy in …

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of arguably their most famous album ‘Agents Of Fortune’, Blue Öyster Cult have chosen to take a slightly different approach. Instead of merely remastering the original album with added extras, Blue Öyster Cult chose to play the album from start to finish during an exclusive concert …

Gene Simmons has seen sense and abandoned his trademark application on the ‘Devil’s Horns’ hand gesture that he originally filed on 9th June with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Simmons expressly abandoned the application on June 20th. In his original applciation the Kiss vocalist/bassist claimed the gesture was …

Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar was interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine and talked about everything from the pitfalls of success to his occasionally lavish spending habits, but it was no surprise when the conversation eventually turned to Van Halen. Sammy clearly has a very good relationship with Rolling Stone …

The iconic Marshall Amplification company have launched a special t-shirt as part of their support for the #SaveOurVenues campaign. The campaign is highlighting the problems of, and raising funds for, our grass roots music venues, most of whom are in dire need of help in these unprecedented times. All proceeds …

It was all looking swimmingly well when Little Angels landed the number one spot in the UK charts with their 1993 album ‘Jam’. Scarborough’s finest then went from opening stadium shows for houmous muncher Bryan Adams, sharing private jets with Bon Jovi and receiving lavish gifts from Van Halen to …

German Metal overlords Grave Digger have just released ‘Fields Of Blood’, their 20th studio album release of their impressive 40 year career and it is an as Metal as it gets. MetalTalk’s Sid Kissinger spoke with Chris Boltendahl in Episode Ten of MetalTalk TV to find out what the inspiration and …

Lamb Of God, who released their superior self-titled eighth studio album last Friday, have some great lockdown content coming up for fans over the next couple of days. Already released today, is a live recorded three song quarantine performance of ‘Checkmate’, ‘Laid To Rest’ and ‘New Colossal Hate’, which you …

Evanescence and Within Temptation have had to move their rescheduled tour from September 2020 to September 2021, as ongoing restrictions and travel plans have made it impossible to deliver their massive co-headline European tour this year. Originally scheduled for April 2020, the date was initially put back five months, but …