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Foreigner Announces 50th‑Anniversary Tour Celebrating Five Decades, the Melodic Rock icons return to the UK in June. They spoke to Totalrock ahead of the tour on life, legacy and what to expect: Foreigner is officially hitting the road again, marking an impressive 50 years since the band first began shaping rock radio with their stadium‑sized […]
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. […]
Words – Kahmel Farahani Photos – John Stead “Can I tell them a story Jonesy?” asks a grinning Frank Carter from the Royal Albert Hall stage. Steve Jones nods and smiles back while Carter continues; “I asked him how he felt about playing The Royal Albert Hall. He went “It’ll be nice to see it”. […]
Words – Kahmel Farahani Photos – Various (Andrew Ellis, Nik Reynolds, Sophie Jones and Jason Millerca) “We may be a punk band, but we’re a punk band who cares” says a smiling Frank Carter as the band tune up before the ferocious rendition of Liar. The last few months have been some exciting times for […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Death Valley Knights return with their brand new album “Call of the Warmaster Volume 1” . The London based four piece are Jake Thorsen (Guitars/Vocals), Voytek Golbiak (Guitars), Ashley Porter (Bass/Vocals) and Hugo Terva on the Drums. If you’re a fan of the more fantastical side of heavy metal that transports you […]
Frank Carter and Paul Cook, Glen Matlock and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols today announce special guests The Molotovs, Dirty Blonde, The Kairos, and GIRLBAND!, joining them across their sold-out UK tour this September. Having debuted with three amazing fundraising nights at London’s Bush Hall last month, the foursome are ready to take their […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos Kahmel Farahani & Veronica Bergonzini Royal Blood, the duo of Mike Kerr on bass/vocals and Ben Thatcher on the drums, are celebrating their 10th anniversary as a band and what better way than doing it with 2 nights at the newly re-opened Brixton Academy. Royal Blood open with the fuzzy staccato […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos: Aggie Anthimidou Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the seminal Oasis debut album Definitely Maybe, Liam Gallagher has taken up a sold out mini residency at London’s O2 Arena. The thirst for hearing those songs live again is so high that tonight the arena is crammed full, with every last seat […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos: Aggie Anthimidou For most artists, selling out the Kentish Town Forum in London would be a major milestone. For Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, this probably counts as a small and intimate show. Tonight anticipation is sky high, in no small part because this is Dickinson’s first solo tour in […]
Some people have such an infectious love of music and passion for technology that it can get you excited and intrigued just listening to their story. Speaking to Andrei Nicula, the director of Hylight Electronics (Amplification), it’s his childlike passion for amps and speakers that really captivates you. Andrei likes to talk about a time when […]
Words: Kahmel Farahani Photos: Dawn Osborne To start the night off in right way, Canadian four piece blues rock back The Damn Truth take the stage with a sizable crowd already assembled. The band look the part and their sound is a very late 60s early 70s one. From the opening `This Is Who We […]
Def Leppard – Sheffield Leadmill Friday 19th May 2023 Words and Pictures: Diamond Dave There are some rock bands that have definite link to the cities they were formed in, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest with Birmingham, London brought us the Sex Pistols and The Clash while my home city of Belfast that with the […]
