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Rick Wakeman is to play eight UK shows at the end of the year. Under the banner of ‘The Grumpy Old Christmas Shows Tour’. This will mix music from across his career with other songs and funny stories told in the inimitable Wakeman style. Says the man himself: “It’s a simple choice. Christmas concerts or […]
Bring Me The Horizon have been confirmed for this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Alongside Babymetal, they will appear on The Other Stage on June 30. And there are a whole string of TotalRock friendly bands who’ll play in the Shangri-La area at the festival. These include Gojira, Venom Prison, The Damned, Employed To Serve, Entombed AD, […]
The Graham Bonnet Band are to release a new live album through Frontiers on July 12. It’s titled ‘Live In Tokyo 2017’. And what can you expect? This is what the vocalist himself says: “In March 2017, the Graham Bonnet Band went to Japan for our first headline dates as GBB. We also did a […]
Megadeth are to re-release three more albums on July 26 through BMG. These are ‘United Abominations’ (originally put out in 2007), ‘Endgame’ (2009) and ‘Thirt3en’ (2011). All come with rare bonus tracks, have been fully remastered and are available on vinyl and CD formats.
Copenhagen prog band Vola are to headline four UK shows in September. They kick off Boston Music Rooms in London on the 7th, before going to Manchester Rebellion 8, Glasgow Audio 9, Nottingham Bodega 10. The band will also be at the Ramblin’ Man Fair on July 20 and the Radar Festival in Guildford on […]
Download Festival 2019: Yoda Recommends Aside from usual sexto9 stuff like Opeth, At The Gates, Behemoth, Epica, Carcass, Amon Amarth, Whitechapel, etc… Thrashtastic pick: Alien Weaponry Progressive metal picks: Ne Obliviscaris Animals as Leaders Intervals
Download Festival 2019: DJ Force X Recommends Black Futures Jinjer The Amity Affliction Palisades Sumo Cyco Bad Wolves Beartooth Slayer Clutch Skindred
The 69 Eyes are celebrating their 30th anniversary with the release of a new album. Titled ‘West End’, this will be out on September 13 through Nuclear Blast. It features guest appearances from Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth), Wednesday 13 and Calico Cooper (Beasto Bianco). The Finnish band are to play The Garage in London […]
It Bites, the veteran UK prog rockers, have announced they have called it a day. In a post on Facebook, drummer Bob Dalton says: “Hi everyone. I have to say that unfortunately It Bites won’t be touring or gigging again, we don’t have any plans for anything else in the future but it was a […]
Deep Purple have been honoured with a prestigious Ivor Novello award in London. The Mk 2 line-up received the ‘International Achievement Award’ at the 2019 Ivor Novello Songwriting Awards. Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Ian Paice were on hand to accept this honour, but Ritchie Blackmore was absent.
Influential San Francisco punks Flipper have announced the dates for their 40th anniversary European tour. The UK portion of this kicks off at Nottingham Rescue rooms on July 30, before continuing Bristol Exchange 31, Blackpool Rebellion Festival August 1, Glasgow CCA 2, Leeds Brudenell Social Club 3, London Garage 4.
The Ramblin’ Man Fair have confirmed the headliner for the Outlaw Country Stage on July 21. This will be Kenny Wayne Shepherd. In addition, the following acts have been confirmed for the Marshall VIP Sessions At The VIP Bar: Blackwater Conspiracy (July 20/21), RavenEye, Bad Touch and OTIS (all on the 21st). Ramblin’ Man happens […]
