Weather-wise, the months of January and February can be pretty unforgiving in the UK and Europe. For starters, it will be dark and bitterly cold regardless of the country, and chances are that the UK will be wet and miserable. Hardly the time to be putting in the miles on …
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After laying waste to Dublin and Belfast with three soon-to-be-legendary gigs, Trivium made the short, blustery journey over the sea to Scotland for the opening night of the UK mainland leg of their rescheduled ‘Dead Men & Dragons’ tour. And in these worrying times of overseas bands being forced to …
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With a mixture of something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue (in this case, the appendages of the queue outside on a bitterly cold Edinburgh evening), the triple-bill of headliners The Dead Daisies, along with special guests FM, and The Graham Bonnet Band, offered up an evening full …
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SWG3 is a multi-room arts facility in the West End of Glasgow built up in what was an old galvanizers yard and a handful of warehouses next to the River Clyde. Depending on what night you visit you might find; a rave or a DJ twiddling some knobs making it …
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With the live music scene coming out of the worldwide lockdown only to be met by the cost-of-living crisis, it makes sense for headlining bands to go out together on multiple-band line-ups. And with so many rescheduled tours now kicking in, thus bringing the dreaded gig clashes, it also solves …
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One of the first major gigs I took my new girlfriend, and now wife, to, way back in 2012, was Download Festival. That weekend we came across a band called Shinedown that we both enjoyed and a few months later found ourselves heading off to watch their headline tour date …
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“Are you all sufficiently depressed…then we’ll carry on…it is called the Blues…” Putting the emphasis on the word “is”, the Midlands born and bred (now relocated to Nashville) force of nature that is guitarist/vocalist Joanne Shaw Taylor brings the audience back to reality after just nailing them to the wall …
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If ever further proof was required about the healing powers of music, and the cathartic release that it can offer, then look no further than Finnish titans of Metal Nightwish and their current run of live dates. Having built up a considerable head of steam with a spring tour of …
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After a recent last-minute call to open for The Virginmarys in Glasgow, and having already opened for Trucker Diablo in September (and played at Bon Scott tribute weekender BonFest in April), Glasgow-based Southern Rock outfit Ivory Saints are on a bit of a roll. All of which is pretty good …
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You know that GIF from the Titanic movie? The one with the old woman uttering “It’s been 84 years…”…well everyone in attendance tonight knows exactly how she feels. Postponed a gazillion times because of the C-word, the Evanescence/Within Temptation joint co-headlining ‘Worlds Collide’ tour is finally underway and blowing UK …
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