“You can leave your worries at the door” – the perfect lyric to describe the cathartic qualities of a live show by Californian kings of modern-day rock & soul: Robert Jon & The Wreck. Taken from the title track to the most recent opus, ‘Ride Into The Light’, it very …
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Firevolt Festival, Stockport, Greater Manchester Last year a new festival called Firestorm started to appear on social media. The lineup was a “who’s who” of the current rock scene, and the immediate reaction was that “it will never happen”. It did! And it was utterly superb! So, with this year’s …
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With RADAR Festival being indoors, there was none of that fear and trepidation that comes with waking up at an outdoor festival and peeking out of your tent to see what the weather Gods have cooked up for you. Come rain or shine, RADAR promises 10 hours of music each …
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Firevolt Festival, Stockport, Greater Manchester Last year a new festival called Firestorm started to appear on social media. The lineup was a “who’s who” of the current rock scene, and the immediate reaction was that “it will never happen”. It did! And it was utterly superb! So, with this year’s …
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Having won the Best New Festival Award at 2022’s UK Festival Awards, the modern contemporary and progressive RADAR Festival could now refer to itself as “the award-winning RADAR Festival” and with the 2023 event taking place for the first time in Manchester, chances are that they might just retain that …
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When you hear the term ‘concert film’ you may think of a bunch of people sat in a cinema, watching a gig happen live in front of a massive screen, whilst eating a big bag of popcorn, with a litre or two of Pepsi Max sitting in the cup holder …
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Hafod y Dalal Farm Ebbw Vale Sunday July 30th Review and photos – Danni Wilkins/Rob Wilkins/Celtography Friday review, here Saturday review, here More information on Steelhouse Festival can be found here. It is said that the Eskimo have a multitude of words for snow. I’m pretty sure that Welsh hill …
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Hafod-y-Dalal FarmEbbw Vale Saturday July 29th Friday review, here.Review and Photos – Danni Wilkins/Rob Wilkins/CeltographyI wake after a sound sleep, woken occasionally by the sound of passing showers on the motorhome roof, and somewhat nervously open the skylight blind. To my surprise I am dazzled by the sun rather than …
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Whilst this review covers the first “official” day of Steelhouse Festival 2023, for a large proportion of the crowd, the festival starts a day earlier on the Thursday, if you are lucky enough to own a campervan. I arrive well before the 6pm opening time to find myself one of …
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A jam-packed Summer schedule of high-profile UK rock gigs (Maiden, Kiss, Muse, Springsteen, Def Leppard/Mötley Crüe) was brought to an end by a run of gigs by the self-proclaimed “Best bar band in the world”: the Hollywood Vampires. A slightly modest description to say the least considering that Alice Cooper …
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