If anyone wandered in off the rain-soaked streets and wasn’t sure who was packing them in like sardines at the regal old cinema just over the River Clyde in Glasgow, then the rather large letters on the screen behind the band would have served as a clue. Lit up by …
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Having recently delivered arguably their best album to date with ‘Sanguivore’ – a luxurious gothic homage to the work of ‘Bat out Of Hell’ creator Jim Steinman – Creeper are riding high on a wave of acclaim that will no doubt see them end 2023 in many best albums of …
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With the live entertainment business returning to normal after a few dicey years, the live-streamed gig model has (thankfully) taken a bit of a back seat again as musicians get back out there and ply their trade once again in front of an actual audience rather a room of technicians …
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McFly are one of those bands that will constantly keep you guessing. They’ve done surf rock. They’ve done baroque pop. Hell, they’ve even done EDM! And yet, amongst it all, they’ve always been a pop punk/power pop band at heart. On their 7th studio album Power to Play, which was …
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After relentlessly touring the length and breadth of the UK over the last few decades with the acclaimed (and much loved) musical theatre production Vampires Rock Ghost Train, Steve Steinman has taken a leap of faith and invested majorly with his largest production to date: Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock Day …
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Recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, in November 1973, ‘Burn’ is the eighth studio album by Deep Purple, and notably, the first to feature the MK III line-up. Out went Ian Gillan and Roger Glover to be replaced by the then-unknown young vocalist David Coverdale, and Trapeze bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes. A bold …
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Proving that De La Soul were wrong all along, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton are proof that two is indeed the magic number. A fantastic double-team that came out of the leftfield with the blistering ‘Death Wish Blues’ album earlier this year, the pair are leaving their marks on audiences …
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I am really NOT a fan of “Tribute” bands. Watching Dave from accounts change into his Freddie Mercury Lycra trousers and stick-on moustache before murdering Queen’s entire setlist does nothing for me at all! But, I LOVE a good cover version. So, a two-band bill featuring two bands that specialise …
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Skindred have had one hell of a year. Their 8th album Smile went to #2 in the UK Album Charts, their song Nobody (of all songs) was the soundtrack to a viral TikTok dance trend which helped draw more attention to the group, and they also announced their biggest UK …
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What a year it has been for Those Damn Crows. 2023 got off to a great start with the release of the people’s champions’ third studio album ‘Inhale/Exhale’, and the 5-piece packed them in the length and breadth of the UK with a mixture of record store instores, and headline …
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