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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Flies Lancaster Bomber

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Bruce Dickinson took to the stage in front of thousands of screaming fans at a sold out Toronto show last Saturday night but the intrepid frontman was flying over Hamilton in the...

Snakecharmer/Glory Road: Assembly Rooms, Leamington

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A Sunday is not normally the best gig night, especially in the warm summer, but at least it meant less traffic and a more leisurely drive so I actually arrived at the...

Nazareth Score A Winner At Chelsea’s Under The Bridge

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Nazareth have had a lengthy and successful career with twenty-three studio albums behind them. Words: Mark Taylor: Photos by Robert Sutton Regular top hitters in both the album and singles charts in the seventies,...

Jon Lord Passes Away Aged 71

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Legendary former Deep Purple and Whitesnake keyboard player Jon Lord has very sadly passed away aged 71. Jon was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and was undergoing special treatment in Israel hoping...

Adrenaline Mob Bass Player David Z Killed In Interstate Vehicle Crash

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Adrenaline Mob bass player David Zablidowsky has been killed after a tractor-trailer veered off Interstate 75 near Micanopy, USA and hit the band's vehicle which had pulled off the highway with a...

Babymetal Bring The Full Force Of Their Metal Galaxy To Brixton

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Gig review: Metal Mayhem at Brixton Academy: Babymetal and Amaranthe Take the Stage for an Epic Night of International Rock

Joe Lynn Turner Says Ritchie Blackmore Has Disrespected The Fans

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Former Rainbow and Deep Purple frontman Joe Lynn Turner has taken aim at Ritchie Blackmore for putting out a sub-standard version of Rainbow and consequently disrespecting the fans. Speaking to Australia's Illawarra Mercury...

Cheap Trick Most Definitely All Alright At The Forum

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No arguments about the title of Cheap Trick's just-released new album 'We're All Alright!' after this performance – the Illinois quartet are more than all right, they are in extraordinarily good shape. Words:...

Exclusive: Ritchie Blackmore Refuses To Take The Stage In Holland Due To Incorrect Number Of Carrots In Rider

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I've got a Mandrake Root, It's some thunder in my brain... Blackmore's Night played De Vereeniging in Nijmegen, Holland on Wednesday night but the gig very nearly didn't go ahead after Ritchie initially...

Phil Rudd Sentenced In New Zealand For Threatening To Kill And Drug Possession Charges

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AC/DC drummer (or should that be former drummer?) Phil Rudd has been sentenced in New Zealand to eight months of home detention after he pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a man...

Cro-Mags Members Stabbed By Former Member At New York Gig

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Two current members of the Cro-Mags have been stabbed... by an ex-member. It happened at the CBGB Festival in New York, when William Berario and Michael Couls were attacked by former bassist...

An Evening With Slipknot’s Corey Taylor

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What exactly does an evening with Corey Taylor entail? Words: Tina Saul The host for the evening was the legendary Malcolm Dome, and as he said Corey's name to a packed London Garage, Corey...

Joe Bonamassa Makes Worlds Collide In Greenwich

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No-one could accuse Joe Bonamassa of not paying his dues. Famously gigging almost non-stop for the past couple of decades, in that time he has become an authority on blues rock and...

When Dream And Destiny Unite. Mike Portnoy Plays His Legacy To Rest

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For fans that yearn for founding member Mike Portnoy to return to Dream Theater and the long-held desire of the lauded drummer to revisit particular songs with deep personal resonance, the seven-year...

Steve Hackett / Expanded Seconds Out tour moves to Autumn 2021

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Originally scheduled for November this year, the Steve Hackett 'Seconds Out +More' tour will now start in September 2021, but with an additional eight shows added to the list. The shows will...

Wildfire Festival Day One: Wiston Lodge, Biggar

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Wildfire Festival is Scotland's only rock and Metal festival and has been running now for four years. Previously known as Les-Fest, the festival changed to its name to Wildfire in the past...

No Black Night For First Rainbow Show In Glasgow For Forty Years

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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...

Gene Simmons Drops ‘Devil’s Horns’ Hand Gesture Trademark Application

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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...
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