Reviews
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Bristol Rockers Sons of Liberty bring Rock’n’Roll Mastery to the Jeff Beck Stage at the Maid of Stone Festival! Delivering a contagious blend of southern blues and rock reminiscent of Southern Blues Rockers Black Stone Cherry! After the previous days torrential downpour, the sun was out for the Sons, and […]
Florence Black bring headbanging aplenty and fierce guitars to the Maid of Stone festival! The Welsh three piece, with Tristan Thomas on Vocals and Guitar, Jordan Evans on Bass and backing vocals, and Perry Davies pounding the skins played an outrageously good ten song set including the ‘Budgie’ cover ‘Breadfan’, […]
Aussie Rockers Airbourne Bring Thunder and Hellfire to the Maid of Stone Festival!! As singer and lead guitarist Joel O’Keeffe stormed across the stage like a wild cross between Brian Johnson and Tigger on acid as Airbourne kicked off their set with ‘Ready to Rock’, it was ballsy rock’n’roll at […]
London based HAWXX bring chaos and punk infused alt-metal to Download 2023! But HAWXX are so much more than talented alt-metal musicians, they are a feminist force of nature with powerful lyrics about violence against women, mental health struggles and the oppression of women by the beauty industry! The raw […]
When the electrifying Skindred took to the stage at the Maid of Stone Festival prior to the release of their new album ‘Smile’ with their own brand of ‘ragga metal’ the atmosphere in the audience was crazy in the best possible way!! Skindreds absolute joy is infectious, this is a […]
Deep Purple Legend Glenn Hughes Braves the Storm to Bring Deep Purple to The Maid of Stone Festival! Deep Purple legend Glenn Hughes showed the crowd that the years may have passed but he’s still the ultimate professional! Despite horizonal rain that left the front of the stage covered in […]
“It is clear is that both Jim Bob and the band are enjoying the evening just as much as the audience.” Jim Bob is riding in the crest of an artistic wave with his last 3 albums (Pop Up Jim Bob from 2020 was followed by Who Do We Hate […]
As part of British Summer Time’s glorious run of summer show, Bruce Springsteen finally made his long awaited return to the UK. Coming on with the sun still firmly in the sky at 7 pm, Springsteen & The E Street Band launch into My Love Will Not Let You Down […]
It was an eye catching entrance as the funky Gibbons walked out on stage… Despite the sad loss of Dusty Hill in 2021, ZZ Top are still a touring entity with guitar tech Elwood Francis stepping into his Texan boots to perform arena dates all across North America. However, although it […]
The Cult and The Mission toured the UK together in 2012 and this rather incredible bill has been repeated some 11 years later with 3 dates (Cardiff, Halifax and Scarborough). As the band reached Halifax, it was my turn to once again visit my youth and catch this incredible package….it […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Images: Dawn Osborne Alice Cooper , Joe Perry & Johnny Depp , Tommy Henriksen are the star players that makeup the Hollywood Vampires, An all star band completed by Glen Sobel on drums, virtuoso Chris Wyse on bass and Buck Johnson on keys, The Vampires are marked […]
The Piano Man returns to London in stunning fashion Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos: Louise Phillips Another fabulous weekend of British Summer Time at Hyde Park begins with a rather special bill topped with Billy Joel and his band on the Friday. The main support on the great oak stage is […]
