Gig Reviews

SKUNK ANANSIE TEAR THE PLACE UP IN LEEDS

Whenever you hear a band or see them live, one inevitably thinks "oh, they sound a bit like so and so" or perhaps "their look reminds me of so and so", but...

STONEDEAF – A MONSTER OF A FESTIVAL WHERE ROCK REIGNS ETERNAL

Stonedeaf festival returned, following its inaugural triumph last year, and raised the bar considerably. After a summer of great and impressive festivals it claimed its place right up there among the high...

NOT EVEN THE SEA BREEZE CAN COOL BRIGHTON TONIGHT; KILLING JOKE MAKE ABSOLUTE FIRE

The Concorde 2 is a sell out tonight for Killing Joke and, despite counting a perhaps slightly more mature audience, spirits are high and still ready for absolute mayhem.Words: Dany Jones, Pictures:...

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2019Sunday

Bloodstock Sunday is here, and overnight the Ronnie James Dio stage has sprouted a considerable extension arm. It's all ready for the Scorpions tonight, although everyone will be having a go on...

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2019SATURDAY NIGHT

Saturday at a festival always holds high expectations, and fortunately these were being met on all counts here.Words: Liz Medhurst Pictures: John InglisThe quality of the new bands coming up through the ranks...

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2019Saturday Afternoon

The Heavy Metal faithful were out in force early this morning, the worse of yesterday's mud appears to have been hoovered up, ready for a fresh batch, and we have a packed...

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2019HAIL TO THE PRIEST

There's a whole library of special Bloodstock moments, and another one entered the list like a bullet when it was announced that Ross The Boss was welcoming a very special guest to...

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2019 – Friday

Friday night on the Ronnie James Dio stage started with TesseracT who brought the crowd to fever pitch with a crowd surfing extravaganza. It's pretty muddy out there now, it's probably preferable...

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2019 – Friday

Bloodstock 2019 has well and truly started after a baptism by a most biblical storm, which hammered down on the press tent with rain so dense it looked like snow, and a...

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2019 

Hail To The Priest Bloodstock Sunday Bloodstock Saturday night Bloodstock Saturday afternoon Bloodstock Friday night Bloodstock Thursday and Friday afternoonBloodstock 2019 is upon us and we'll be delivering our usual as-it-happens coverage, starting Friday afternoon and continuing...

AIRBOURNE SET DUBLIN ABLAZE WITH AN AUSSIE BLITZ

It's probably safe to say Dublin's Academy is most likely as big as its going to get for Airbourne from now on when they visit the Fair City. Although they've frequented bigger...

RAMBLIN’ MAN RETURNS TO SATISFY THE ROCK FAITHFUL

It was billed as Ramblin' Man Returns, and it did with a bang, following last year's more subdued matter. With all five stages restored, and a line-up that could satisfy any glutton...

WACKEN XXX BRINGS HEAVY METAL THUNDER

Thirty years Faster Harder Louder! It's hard to believe that this festival started off in the small field behind the main stages where I'm currently sat writing this. It is now a...

GLASGOW IS THE END OF THE EUROPEAN ROAD FOR KISS

Things have changed a lot in the forty-three years since Kiss played their first UK shows. Starting off their first ever European tour in Manchester in May 1976, they packed out the...

THE WORLD WANTS HANDS OFF GRETEL AS THE SOLD OUT SIGNS GO UP IN EDINBURGH

It's always great to see a hard working, talented band start to get the dues that they've paid for. Less than a year ago Hands Off Gretel were in Edinburgh displaying their...

THERE ARE MANY MORE LEGENDS THAN MYTHS AS DANNY VAUGHN TAKES HIS SOLO SHOW ON THE ROAD

American rock'n'roll troubadour Danny Vaughn has been there, seen that and sold the t-shirt at it throughout a career playing to big crowds as frontman of Waysted and Tyketto and smaller more,...

KISS GO OUT WITH A BANG

I've seen Kiss a lot before. I've seen different line-ups, in and out of make-up. Over the years I've seen them in everything from clubs to stadiums, the Marquee to Madison Square...

Babymetal / The Full Force Of Their Metal Galaxy In Brixton

Live Review: Unleashing Metal Mayhem: Babymetal Dominates Brixton Academy with Electrifying Performances and New Album Teasers
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