After being forced to cancel some shows on their last jaunt around the UK due to vocalist Josh Todd battling a particularly nasty chest infection, American rock and roll outfit Buckcherry made good on their promise to come back real soon. And almost 23 months to the day when the …
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Mother Vulture burst onto our radar back in 2021 when the Bristolian quartet opened an outdoor day of music, headlined by Orange Goblin, at The Yard in Cornwall. This was just as the worldwide lockdown was being lifted, so things were still a tad freaky, and social distancing regulations were …
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Country music might pretend to be the most honest, but it isn’t. Instead, it’s often the most contrived. Artists trying to eke out a living from Country music know they can fall back on the well-worn tropes of religion, trucks, and, of course, America itself, and the algorithms that dictate …
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As Bjork said: “It’s oh, so quiet. Shhhh, shhhh.” So quiet that, as the haunting, sweeping set opener ‘Golden’ fades out with stark piano strokes, the space that is normally filled by whoops from the crowd is filled by applause, and then respectful silence as A.A. Williams and her 2-piece …
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As the headliner herself alluded midway through her set, it’s been a while since Orianthi toured the UK. Was it really 2016 as RSO alongside Richie Sambora on Bad Company’s Swan Song tour? Before that, an appearance with Sambora on his 2014 solo tour that also included a slot at …
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A simple enough premise: a musician who has experienced the highs and lows, and the highs again, of the music business, talking about the music business. Or as the man himself puts it: “Here I talk about new music, very old music, the music industry, and what’s going in the …
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Running through until March 22nd, the ‘Arcane Dimensions’ tour is an uber-strong triple-bill that is already setting a high standard for other tours to follow. The pick of the 20+ dates is the eye-watering date at the cavernous Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on February 7th, where co-headliners Epica will perform …
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Arena TorquaySunday 7th December 2025Final gig of the year and it is back to our favourite new venue, Arena Torquay. Showing that the SW finally has a venue to attract the bigger bands, tonight it is the turn of the Wildhearts on their “More Satanic Rights of the Wildhearts” tour.Arriving …
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KK’s Steel Mill, WolverhamptonSaturday 29th November, 2025Review and photos – Rob WilkinsHeading back from a few days rest and recuperation in Cheshire, we realised that as we passed thought the West Midlands we had an opportunity to catch an evening of awesome music at one of my favourite venues. A …
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Cardiff Utilita ArenaThursday 20th November 2025Review and photos – Danni Wilkins/Rob WilkinsIf there is one band we would crawl over hot coals to see whenever they are in the UK, it is Halestorm and the incomparable Lzzy Hale.Our first encounter with them was at Download Festival in 2012 when Lzzy …
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