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Following a listen of the new album which captures the weirdness, individuality and magic of the early Alice Cooper albums, Alice himself and early band members Dennis Dunaway, Neil Smith and Michael Bruce, and ‘fifth member of the band’ Bob Ezrin met at the Union Chapel to discuss the new album, fielding questions from the […]
Tonight is billed as ‘Girls’ Night Out’, and while there are men in all the bands, all the main artists are female, Lita Ford, Vixen and Bobbie Dazzle. Bobbie Dazzle has a great voice and some very good songs. Her influences go back to English Glam Rock in the 70s and those influences are on […]
THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR are returning to the UK and to mainland Europe for the first time on a 14 city run alongside Wednesday 13 and Drowning Pool on selected dates to promote of their latest video, “Benefit of Doubt” , as well as their latest Radio Single “Cross Me Out” which reached Number 28 on the Billboard Rock Charts! THE NOCTURNAL […]
SCARDUST NEW ALBUM “SOULS” IS OUT NOW! Progressive symphonic metal band Scardust are thrilled to announce the release of their new studio album “Souls”, out now via Frontiers Music Srl. The focus track “Long Forgotten Song”, along with an official visualizer, are also available now. If you are looking for the most fresh and innovative […]
At the absolutely beautiful Union Chapel the day before the official release of Alice’s hotly anticipated new album ‘The Revenge Of Alice Cooper’, every pew was packed to bursting with excited fans and curious music journalists alike, the excitement level was up to the steeple for tonight not only were we to be […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd was an emotional gig with full tribute paid to Gary Rossington and the other dearly departed members. It was the first gig in the UK since Damon Johnson joined: he worked well with Rickey Medlocke and Mark Matejka and is a class act. Proceedings were opened by Blackberry Smoke whose material was ideal […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani “And the winter’s looking fineAnd I think the sun will shine againAnd I feel I’ve cleaned my mindAll the past is left behind again I say goodbye to romance, yeahGoodbye to friends, I tell youGoodbye to all the pastI guess that we’ll meet, we’ll meet in the end” The first time that […]
Icon and inventor of heavy metal with the other members of Black Sabbath, Ozzy was truly unforgettable, a one-off who sold a hundred million records worldwide. He died only a couple of weeks after his farewell concert ‘Back To The Beginning’, but it is fitting that the whole Metal community either attended or watched the […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Recorded in Prague in 2023 on his stupendous “This Is Not A Drill” tour, this tour was billed as Roger Waters’ “first farewell tour”. A career encompassing, multi media spectacular brought to life on stage and now on the big screen. The film opens with a chilling, minimalist reworking of Comfortably Numb. […]
Pride Rock Festival originated from a desire to represent musical diversity at Brighton Pride, and showcase Rock/alt talents to support the LGBTQ+ community Headlining the event is a trail blazing guitarist who has amassed the kind of following that even the guitar gods she grew up idolizing would be envious of, with a reach surpassing 180 million views […]
Following the release of her new album Some Kind of Feeling, critically acclaimed guitarist and singer Orianthi is pleased to announce her January 2026 UK Tour. Tickets go on general sale 10am on Friday July 4th via The Gig Cartel. Dates include Manchester, Band on the Wall (Jan 24), Glasgow, Oran Mor (Jan 25), Leeds, […]
The Spirit of ’80 – Forty Five Years of Memories A limited number of weekend and single day tickets are available from www.winterstorm.co.uk What does The Spirit of ’80 mean? Well depending on where you come from it means different things but maybe it’s The Reading Festival with Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, UFO, Praying Mantis, Tygers of […]
