Thursday review, HERE Friday review, HERE Saturday review, HERE Le Off review, HEREThe reason for the relatively early finish on Day Three was that this reviewer was desperate to be on site early to catch The Funeral Portrait, who have become one of my favourite bands recently. As the first …
Read More »Review: Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts / PowderKeg / Too Red – Classic Grand, Glasgow
Okay, admittedly not as long a wait as the old lady at the end of the Titanic movie had, but still, the debut UK headline tour by Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts has certainly been a long time coming. Nobody’s fault (apart from an apathetic music industry that values …
Read More »Review: Parker Barrow – Audio, Glasgow
The font used for the tour advert gives the game away. Conscious or not, it bears an uncanny resemblance to the font used by Aerosmith in their iconic logo. Go check Google now. We have time. Although Aerosmith is only a smidgeon of what you will find in the musical …
Read More »Review: Breaking Benjamin / Chevelle / Return to Dust – O2 Academy, Glasgow
There is a fantastic atmosphere surrounding the 1921 art deco former cinema in Glasgow this evening. Maybe it’s the fact that it is Saturday night. Maybe it’s the gloriously sunny weather. Or maybe it’s the fact that Breaking Benjamin are making a rare appearance in the city. Coming almost ten …
Read More »Review: Def Leppard / Extreme – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Three years after performing in monsoon-like weather a few miles along the road for a rare outdoor show in Scotland, Def Leppard are back in more familiar surroundings with a packed-out arena. Three years ago, it was a co-headliner with Mötley Crüe on the UK leg of the mega-successful stadium …
Read More »Review: Hellfest 2026 Day Three – Saturday
Review and photos: Rob and Danni Wilkins Day One – HERE Day Two – HERE Hellfest Le Off – HEREWe headed up to the Festival a little later for day three. A bit of an odd day, as several of the bands we had hoped to catch had dropped out …
Read More »Review: Hellfest 2026 Day Two – Friday
Day one review – HERE Review and photos – Rob and Danni Wilkins. The mornings are a favourite time at a festival, as there are smaller crowds and room to move about and find new bands, so after a lunch of pie and sweet potato chips, in a food village …
Read More »Review: Hellfest 2026 Day One – Thursday
Our second time at the Metal City of Clisson for Hellfest, and after two days of build-up, it was time for the first day proper and, for us, probably our favourite day’s lineup.We started outside the main arena for ODC on the stage in the middle of the village …
Read More »Review: Hellfest Open Air Festival 2026 – Le Off
Tuesday 16th July 2026Review and Photos – Rob and Danni WilkinsThe thing that strikes you as soon as you arrive in Clisson for the first time for Hellfest is that the entirety of “Rock City” seems to be behind the festival. Nowhere is this more evident than at Le …
Read More »Review: Lzzy & Joe of Halestorm, Unplugged – The Garage, Glasgow
“We’re not here to roast marshmallows around a fire…we are here to party…” Lzzy Hale Anybody expecting a laid-back, sitting-on-stools, sedate acoustic show from Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of Halestorm would have been in for a shock as the pair put on a ROCKSHOW. Minus a wall of Marshall …
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