Gig Reviews

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

Live Review: Lovebites at O2 Academy Islington: A New Generation of Power Metal Injects Fire into the Genre. Plus Seven Sisters do not disappoint.

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...

GENE SIMMONS VAULT DISK 1 PREVIEW

The big recent Kiss news is that Gene Simmons is releasing a 150 song, 10 CD boxed set of his demos over the years. He calls it "the greatest boxed set of...

Wilko Johnson Lives Life To The Full At The Royal Albert Hall

Wilko Johnson packed out the Royal Albert Hall and there was much to celebrate. Officially the event was to mark his 70th birthday earlier this year, after recovery from a once terminal...

INGLORIOUS KEEP THE TRAIN ROLLING AT BILSTON

So it's that time again where I go off to photograph a fantastic British band called Inglorious who you surely must have heard of by now. They played a blinder at Download...
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