The award-winning Legends Of Rock festival rolls into its last day for 2025. We have lived the long weekend by the motto that whatever happens here in Great Yarmouth stays in Great Yarmouth. Sunday and first on were Matt Pearce & The Mutiny, a Planet Rock radio favourite and supremely brilliant blues-rock powerhouse. With nods of soul, it was like a real Sunday gospel blues brunch to bring inner peace.
Legends Of Rock Festival 2025
Words: Gavin Archer with Sara Harding
Photography: Sally Newhouse
Sunday
Up next were firm favourites, the wonderful Davy K Project, a talented trio from Northern Ireland who simply ooze class. Most of their set came from their album Lockdown, and the title track has become a personal favourite of mine.
The lads threw in a few classic covers, such as Purple Rain, which went down a storm. The band always put a smile on our faces, and Davy Kerrigan’s on-stage persona is always enjoyable. His songwriting abilities deserve to be heard worldwide. 
Heading onto the stage next is Sheffield’s own Kaviani, who also performs as Phil Lynnott with the Thin Lizzy experience. This was a chance to showcase his originals, and they do not disappoint.
His own material is heavy rock with a bluesier styling. Most of the set comes from his new solo album Switch It Up, which features the classy track Don’t Let The Bombs Drop, Daddy.
Money Honey has a chuggy groove with a singalong chorus for all of us to belt out along to. The set rolled along and went down very well with us rockers. 
Last up onto the V Lounge stage were our favourite prog metallers, Hekz. We West Londoners are lucky we got to experience the band’s several times when they headlined the Chiswick Invasion. This was packed with the crème de la crème of West London’s bands and an event which was supported by Iron Maiden themselves.
Fronted by the multi-talented Matt Young and with the addition of violinist Lucia La Rezza, Hekz are a prog tour de force. The Tower is always a highlight with its offerings of light and shade. The band are like nothing else on the British prog rock scene and we urge you to come see them on their next tour.
A fine final set by consummate musicians playing very technically difficult but importantly entertaining music. 
As for today’s tribute offerings, The Darkniss were a real highlight. With a large bulge on show, the band absolutely owned the area with an indulgent, hilarious romp through the hits of Justin Hawkins et al.
Bloody Grungers are another huge success story of Legends Of Rock, proving that fans, young and old, want to hear the songtracks made great from the Seattle era.
As with Legends, there is always a laugh with the fans, and as some of the festival goers are a tad on the senior side (ahem), this year’s lost property included a genuine prosthetic leg, so everyone was on the lookout for a hopping, rocker looking for a limb.
One last thing to mention is the three late-night jams hosted by Stu, Gus and Mark with Danny and Matt on Sunday, all of which last long into the wee hours of the morning.
The Yates family have created something very special, and although others have tried to copy the formula, only the original Legends Of Rock has the star quality and the awards to boot.
So if you like rock music, glamming it up in your luxury caravans, and partying, laughing and singing until you lose your voice, then come and join us next year.
Sadly that is it for another 12 months. But the good news is tickets are already on sale for 2026. And at 2025 prices, too.
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