Three years after performing in monsoon-like weather a few miles along the road for a rare outdoor show in Scotland, Def Leppard are back in more familiar surroundings with a packed-out arena. Three years ago, it was a co-headliner with Mötley Crüe on the UK leg of the mega-successful stadium …
Read More »Review: Hellfest 2026 Day Three – Saturday
Review and photos: Rob and Danni Wilkins Day One – HERE Day Two – HERE Hellfest Le Off – HEREWe headed up to the Festival a little later for day three. A bit of an odd day, as several of the bands we had hoped to catch had dropped out …
Read More »Review: Hellfest 2026 Day Two – Friday
Day one review – HERE Review and photos – Rob and Danni Wilkins. The mornings are a favourite time at a festival, as there are smaller crowds and room to move about and find new bands, so after a lunch of pie and sweet potato chips, in a food village …
Read More »Review: Hellfest 2026 Day One – Thursday
Our second time at the Metal City of Clisson for Hellfest, and after two days of build-up, it was time for the first day proper and, for us, probably our favourite day’s lineup.We started outside the main arena for ODC on the stage in the middle of the village …
Read More »Review: Hellfest Open Air Festival 2026 – Le Off
Tuesday 16th July 2026Review and Photos – Rob and Danni WilkinsThe thing that strikes you as soon as you arrive in Clisson for the first time for Hellfest is that the entirety of “Rock City” seems to be behind the festival. Nowhere is this more evident than at Le …
Read More »Review: Lzzy & Joe of Halestorm, Unplugged – The Garage, Glasgow
“We’re not here to roast marshmallows around a fire…we are here to party…” Lzzy Hale Anybody expecting a laid-back, sitting-on-stools, sedate acoustic show from Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of Halestorm would have been in for a shock as the pair put on a ROCKSHOW. Minus a wall of Marshall …
Read More »Review: Lakeview – King Tut’s, Glasgow
As far as straplines go, “For fans of Bilmuri, Volbeat, Luke Combs” is a bit out there. But in the defence of King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, the one they chose for their gig listings to push tonight’s show by American “BLUECOLLARCOUNTRY” outfit Lakeview is pretty appropriate. Formed …
Read More »Review: Black Label Society – O2 Academy, Glasgow
With so much wool on show in Glasgow over two days, and no sporting events to justify the number of bare legs on display, it could only mean one thing: the Glasgow chapter of the Black Label Society Berserkers are in town. The Family O’ Doom is representing. First up …
Read More »Review: Beth Hart – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
And so it comes to pass that on the darkest day of recent history for Scotland’s capital city (or at least, for the maroon half of Edinburgh, for the green and white half, it’s like Christmas and Hogmanay both in one day), a glimmer of hope and salvation is offered …
Read More »Live review: Suburban Legends / Offbeat Offensive – The Junction, Plymouth
The Junction, Plymouth7th May 2026Review and photos – Rob WilkinsBack once again, to my favourite Plymouth hostelry, but this time for a more personal gig, outside of the usual genre covered by DGM.Tonight it is the turn of a band I first saw MANY years ago, wowing the crowd at …
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