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AMPLIFIED FESTIVAL POSTS CANCELLATION NOTICE Amplified Festival posted this cancellation notice on their Facebook page at 08:58 on 22nd June 2019. See https://www.amplifiedrocks.com/ for more details. AMPLIFIED PRESS RELEASE… It is regrettable to inform everyone that unfortunately due to issues beyond our control this year’s event has been cancelled. After numerous correspondence and due to the […]
Thunder are to play a club show on September 26 – but this is being done to raise money for charity. This is to happen at The Garage in London on September 26, with all proceeds going to the NSPCC/Childline. In addition, the band celebrate their 30th anniversary by releasing a compilation called ‘The Greatest […]
Lucky enough to be guests of Universal in the Royal Box I was thrilled to see Bon Jovi sell out Wembley Stadium and to see that classic rock can have such a broad appeal in 2019 even if mainstream media continues to pretty much ignore that fact. First up are the Manic Street Preachers […]
Tesla, Wayward Sons, Flash Fires, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London. June 16, 2019 This is my third shot of Tesla in five days and it is testament to how good the band is live that I am as excited to see them tonight as the first time. Having seen their electric show at Download and […]
The weather could certainly be better this evening and the courtyard of the Royal Chelsea Hospital is a sea of seated rain ponchos and umbrellas before the Darkness hit the stage and Justin Hawkins refuses to admit defeat. Calling everyone from the hospitality areas at the back to the front of the stage for dancing, […]
Veteran US thrashers Agent Steel have signed to Dissonance Productions. The reactivated band, led by founder and frontman John Cyriss, are working on their new album. To be titled ‘No Mercy From The Godz’, it will be released on October 18. And the new line-up will be headlining the Up The Hammers Festival in Athens […]
Earth are to play seven UK shows as part of a lengthy European tour towards the end of this year. These dates, in support of new album ‘Full Upon Her Burning Lips’, start at Trinity in Bristol on November 10, Manchester Gorilla 11, Glasgow SCO @ Classic Grand 12, Leeds Brudenell Social Club 13, Newcastle […]
Borknagar are to release a new album through Century Media on September 27. The Norwegian metal masters will call this ‘True North’. It was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Studios in Sweden. Says guitarist Øystein G. Brun: “This has indeed been a thunderous ride, and we are truly excited to finally start […]
Filter are to put out a 20th anniversary edition of ‘Title of Record’. This will come out on August 9 through Craft Recordings, and is to include four bonus tracks. These are ‘(Can’t You) Trip Like I Do’ (originally recorded for ‘Spawn The Album’), ‘Jurassitol’ (previously available on ‘The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’), a […]
Conjurer are to play seven UK shows towards the end of the year. The highly rated young metalheads, who’ve just signed to Nuclear Blast, kick off at Beta in Nottingham on October 24, before heading to Manchester Star & Garter 25, Glasgow Attic 26, Leeds Key Club 27, Bristol Crofters Rights 28, London Boston Music […]
Status Quo are to release a new studio album on September 6. Titled ‘Backbone’, it will be put out by earMUSIC and is not only the band’s 33rd studio album but their first since Rick Parfitt died in 2016. Comments Francis Rossi: “This new material had to be seriously good. Quo have achieved so much […]
Dave Mustaine has revealed he is being treated for throat cancer. In a posting on Facebook, the Megadeth mainman has said: “I’ve been diagnosed with throat cancer. It’s clearly something to be respected and faced head on – but I’ve faced obstacles before. “I’m working closely with my doctors, and we’ve mapped out a treatment […]
