Every time a band announces a tour the internet socials are awash with “Why not my town?”, “Nothing near me” and “That’s hardly a UK tour if you don’t play…”. Bands can’t play everywhere, the maths simply don’t add up, so when one of my favourite bands announced a tour …
Read More »Review: Deep Purple – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Not many people would have had Deep Purple producing one of the best Rock albums of the year on their 2024 bingo card. But, with ‘=1’ that’s exactly what the British veterans have done. To be fair though, given the hot streak that the band has been on since releasing …
Read More »Review: Cradle Of Filth – SWG3, Glasgow
With their 14th studio album (featuring Ed Sheeran?!) due out in March next year, Cradle of Filth are showing no signs of slowing down. After thirty years in the game, they have perfected their show. With elaborate set pieces, lighting, and of course, frontman Dani Filth’s signature face paint, these …
Read More »Review: Kamelot/Ad Infinitum/Blackbriar/Frozen Crown – O2 Ritz, Manchester
Somewhere out there a composer works late into the night on a Broadway/West End musical where the leads are Kamelot’s Tommy Karevik and Ad Infinitum’s Melissa Bonny (also Kamelot’s touring guest vocalist). Or, musical theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber is chugging Absinthe straight from the bottle and watching YouTube footage …
Read More »Review: The New Roses – The Attic, Glasgow
11 shows in 11 days. Starting on opening night in London, gradually making the journey north to Glasgow (all live images are taken from Plymouth, 2023), turning 180 and heading back down south for pitstops in cities like Manchester, and Huddersfield, before ending with show number 11, in the coastal …
Read More »Review: Samantha Fish – Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
It makes sense that Samantha Fish is performing in a venue called Queen’s Hall. When the Queen of the Blues is in town, there is only one place to perform: a regal venue fit for royalty. Tonight, everyone stands (or, sits, depending on the joints) in the presence of Samantha …
Read More »Review: Alice Cooper – OVO Hydro, Glasgow – 2024
Alice Cooper has a long history with Glasgow going back decades. As Barbara Graustark from the legendary US magazine Circus reported in February 1973: “In a matter of moments, Alice’s grin of excitement turned to open-mouthed terror as three thousand of Glasgow’s screaming meanies gave the band its wildest reception …
Read More »Review: Blues Pills – G2, Glasgow
Has it honestly only been 10 years since Swedish outfit Blues Pills released their debut album? Part of the fittings for what seems longer than a decade, the quartet led by the mesmerising Elin Larsson have always been bubbling under with one solid album after another. And with the hot …
Read More »Live Review: Apocalyptica/The Raven Age – Cardiff
Cardiff Great HallSaturday, October 5th 2024Photos and review – Rob and Danni WilkinsI love how varied the role of photographer and reviewer in this genre can be. A couple of weeks ago I was in a tiny pub, just a ten-minute drive away, watching two emerging bands very up close …
Read More »Live Review: The Struts/Barns Courtney – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
After a Summer-long North American headline tour in support of their latest album ‘Pretty Vicious’, The Struts are back on the road with Barns Courtney, and this time around it is a co-headlining affair dubbed ‘The Grand Union Tour’. Running through until late October, the tour navigates 8 UK cities …
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