Not many people would have had Deep Purple producing one of the best Rock albums of the year on their 2024 bingo card. But, with ‘=1’ that’s exactly what the British veterans have done. To be fair though, given the hot streak that the band has been on since releasing …
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With their 14th studio album (featuring Ed Sheeran?!) due out in March next year, Cradle of Filth are showing no signs of slowing down. After thirty years in the game, they have perfected their show. With elaborate set pieces, lighting, and of course, frontman Dani Filth’s signature face paint, these …
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Somewhere out there a composer works late into the night on a Broadway/West End musical where the leads are Kamelot’s Tommy Karevik and Ad Infinitum’s Melissa Bonny (also Kamelot’s touring guest vocalist). Or, musical theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber is chugging Absinthe straight from the bottle and watching YouTube footage …
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11 shows in 11 days. Starting on opening night in London, gradually making the journey north to Glasgow (all live images are taken from Plymouth, 2023), turning 180 and heading back down south for pitstops in cities like Manchester, and Huddersfield, before ending with show number 11, in the coastal …
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It makes sense that Samantha Fish is performing in a venue called Queen’s Hall. When the Queen of the Blues is in town, there is only one place to perform: a regal venue fit for royalty. Tonight, everyone stands (or, sits, depending on the joints) in the presence of Samantha …
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Alice Cooper has a long history with Glasgow going back decades. As Barbara Graustark from the legendary US magazine Circus reported in February 1973: “In a matter of moments, Alice’s grin of excitement turned to open-mouthed terror as three thousand of Glasgow’s screaming meanies gave the band its wildest reception …
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Has it honestly only been 10 years since Swedish outfit Blues Pills released their debut album? Part of the fittings for what seems longer than a decade, the quartet led by the mesmerising Elin Larsson have always been bubbling under with one solid album after another. And with the hot …
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Cardiff Great HallSaturday, October 5th 2024Photos and review – Rob and Danni WilkinsI love how varied the role of photographer and reviewer in this genre can be. A couple of weeks ago I was in a tiny pub, just a ten-minute drive away, watching two emerging bands very up close …
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After a Summer-long North American headline tour in support of their latest album ‘Pretty Vicious’, The Struts are back on the road with Barns Courtney, and this time around it is a co-headlining affair dubbed ‘The Grand Union Tour’. Running through until late October, the tour navigates 8 UK cities …
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For this Geordie-in-exile, a chance to visit my old stomping ground and hear songs from the forthcoming Quireboys album was too tempting to miss. The sleepy town of Hexham lies in the heart of the Tyne Valley, and for the last 350-odd years Tuesdays have been market days. In the …
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