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NIGHTWISH CELEBRATE DECADES OF SYMPHONIC METAL AT WEMBLEY ARENA

Symphonic Metal legends Nightwish seem to have entered a second golden age in recent years.Tonight the Finnish Metallers return to what is becoming their second home at Wembley Arena. Now touring their...

DEF LEPPARD INDUCE HYSTERIA IN LONDON

It was a real rocking reunion for Def Leppard as they and their classic 'Hysteria' album shook the O2 to its very core. Filming for an upcoming cinema release, this concert was...

NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA LAND IN LONDON FOR THE FIRST TIME

If you are going to do classic melodic rock you need to do it well. This means nothing weedy, nothing mediocre, you have to go for it with full-on big choruses, riffs...

IT’S ALMOST CHRISTMAS 1985 AS BOWLING FOR SOUP HIT EDINBURGH

Texan pop-punk legends Bowling For Soup have always combined their music with their sense of humour, so nearly twenty five years on from when it all started they arrived in Edinburgh's beautiful...

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE KICK UP A STORM IN THEIR WELSH HOMELAND

Touring packages have become a way of adding more value for fans and more fans for bands as the music industry changes and adapts. Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena finds Welsh boys Bullet For...

MAGNUM DELIVER A SACRED HOUR IN NEWCASTLE

Forty years and twenty albums on from their 'Kingdom Of Madness' debut offering, British melodic rock stalwarts Magnum show no signs of slowing down, indeed their latest release, 'Lost On The Road...

LOVEBITES DELIVER THEIR GLORIOUS POWER METAL IN LONDON

Tonight the O2 Academy Islington plays host to a night of glorious power metal from a new generation of players set to inject some much needed fire into the genre.Words: Kahmel FarahaniPhotos:...

MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST TAKE US TO THE CHURCH IN STUNNING GLASGOW SHOW

It's been a few years since Michael Schenker last stepped onto a Glasgow stage and unsurprisingly, this event was a hot ticket as it's the first time he's brought the whole Schenker...

IF YOU HAVE GHOST SEEMS LIKE YOU REALLY DO HAVE EVERYTHING

Tonight the Royal Albert hall is packed to the rafters with devoted fans from all over the UK, and indeed all over Europe, gathered to worship with Cardinal Copia and his nameless...

ANVIL SMASH THE MACH LADS

Canadian cranium crushers Anvil had already pounded the pavements of the UK earlier this year with a highly successful and gruelling two month European tour. But with a date at the inaugural...

BLOODSTOCK 2018 FRIDAY: ALL THE ACTION FROM ENGLAND’S BEST METAL FESTIVAL

8pm and it's getting hot in here...The sun is beating down once more after the earlier deluge and there are happy faces all round and reunions in the press tent.Warlock guitarist Tommy...

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT BRING A KIND OF MAGIC TO GLASGOW GREEN

With Scotland's biggest music festival, T In The Park, on hiatus, Glasgow's TRNSMT has become the most high profile event in the live music calendar north of the border.Words: Ian Sutherland, Pictures:Mark...

RICHIE KOTZEN TAKES US FOR A RIDE ON HIS TIMELESS JOURNEY

Richie Kotzen, the epitome of cool, is back in the UK, in support of his latest album, 'Salting Earth'.Words and Pictures: John InglisThe American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, also from Poison,...

MARCO MENDOZA KICKS OFF UK TOUR WITH A BLISTERING SHOW AT THE LOUNGE

Starting the tour with a bang, Marco and three brilliant support bands prove that rock'n'roll is very much alive and well in 2018.Words: Kahmel Farahani Pictures: Steve RitchieKicking off the night nice and...

Massive Wagons Make Massive Waves In London

Massive Wagons have come a long way since they got my vote at the Hard Rock Hell Battle Of The Bands competition "Highway to Hell" in 2013, to win a worldwide recording...

Wolfsbane Are Loud, Proud And Confident For The Modern Age

Wolfsbane: O2 Aademy, Islington, LondonWords: Chris Dale, Pictures: Trudi KnightI go way back with this band. Way, way back. In 1988, I went to see Tigertailz at the old Marquee club on...

Holy (Gram) Diver – Dio Hologram in London

The Dio Hologram has well and truly divided opinion throughout the Metal community with a backlash of negativity prominent from many who condemned before they had even seen a Dio Returns show.Words:...

Is This “La Ultima Hora” For Breed 77?

It's almost three years since Breed 77 last trod the boards and although they hadn't officially split up, they had quietly drifted away leaving the mystique that one day they might find...
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