With the advent of Alice Cooper moving his show into arenas, tonight’s show in Edinburgh was a throwback to the early 2000s, when it was more the norm to catch the ringmaster of the Grand Guignol in smaller, more regal surroundings with more history than the cold and impersonal offerings …
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Eight years after laying waste to a tiny pub in Edinburgh on the closing night of their UK tour (followed by after-show karaoke shenanigans that, thanks to a hair-raising version of Queensrÿche’s ‘Queen of the Reich’ by UTA vocalist Brittney Slayes, are now firmly ensconsed in folklore because this is …
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In a week where the use of AI in music was back in the headlines, thanks to Sir Elton John branding the UK government as “absolute losers” over their plans to exempt technology firms from copyright laws, a Finnish 60-something, along with his band of seasoned gunslingers, and a 57-year-old …
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Although criminally underrated British rockers UFO would enjoy varying degrees of success after their acrimonious departure from the band in 1978, the Michael Schenker period from 1974 until 1978 is rightly referred to as the golden age of UFO. A five-year period that delivered three bona fide classic albums in …
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Almost a year to the day from when GUN played PJ Molloys in Dunfermline as part of their album launch tour for the new album ‘Hombres’, the guys are back in the Kingdom of Fife to celebrate the first anniversary of the album with a stripped-back, acoustic show to keep …
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The artists who can call the acclaimed record label Kscope home are impressive. Canadian/American four-piece Envy Of None boasts a certain Mr. Alex Lifeson amongst their ranks. Then take a deep breath and dive headlong into a roster that also includes: TesseracT, Steven Wilson, The Pineapple Thief, Porcupine Tree, Katatonia, …
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9 shows in 9 days is a slog for any band, throw the small matter of a transatlantic flight into the equation, and it makes the schedule that the bubblegum punk/pop punk pairing of The Dollyrots and Don’t Panic are facing over the next week or so all the more …
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With the new Kevin Shirley-produced studio album not set to land until later this year, opening night on Joe Bonamassa’s 13-date UK & EU tour is a bit of a step into the unknown for his legions of fans. Then again, a typical Joe Bonamassa setlist rarely features more than …
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Similar to buses all turning up at once after a long wait, Dutch rock ‘n’ soul trio DeWolff are on their third trip to the UK in eighteen months or so, making it a few years to remembering for their army of fans who had to wait what must have …
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It’s safe to say that the past couple of years have been incredibly hectic for The Darkness. Kicking 2023 off with a co-headline UK stadium tour with Kentuckian southern rockers Black Stone Cherry, then appearing at the absolutely stacked BST Hyde Park lineup with Guns n’ Roses in July (which …
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