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Support From – Pyroclast + Nothing Speaks At the Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh Date 19th April 25 Review by Linda McDermott It’s Saturday night in Edinburgh and it’s my first time at a gig in the Banshee Labyrinth. This venue dives headfirst into Edinburgh’s haunted history. Built into the city’s infamous underground Vaults [more…]

Review And Images By Scott Anderson As the venue slipped into shadow and the final echoes of a playful instrumental drifted away, a crackle of energy swept through the crowd. This was night one of Joe Bonamassa’s newest run across the UK, and it was Glasgow’s turn to kick things off. What [more…]

Review and Images By Scott Anderson 12th April 2025 – An unforgettable gig in an underground gem There’s something about discovering a gig venue tucked beneath a vegan café in a Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed building that sets the tone for a truly unique night. Stereo in Glasgow isn’t your average music venue. [more…]

Review By Phil  Ingham  The atmosphere in and around the AO Arena in Manchester on 15th April 2025 was one of excited anticipation. This wasn’t just any Ghost gig (or ‘ritual’ as it is better known amongst the Ghost fandom) but the worldwide debut appearance of Tobias Forge’s latest front man iteration, [more…]

The Portland Arms, Cambridge April 8th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Wednesday night in Cambridge brought some of the best the UK has to offer the tour package of The Karma Effect and Silveroller. The Karma Effect have recently released their second album through Earache Records and as part of the deal [more…]

Review and Images By Fraser Allen As a young teenager, I would spend hours alone in my room listening to music. I had a small audio cassette rack which contained a selection of albums, including Motörhead’s Ace of Spades, AC/DC’s If You Want Blood, Led Zeppelin 4, and The Cage by Tygers [more…]

Support – To Nowhere Where – Trillians, Newcastle When 10th April 25 Review and Photographs by Linda Mcdermott It’s Thursday night and I’m in Trillians in Newcastle, which is a great pub that puts on live music most of the week. Tonight, there are two great grassroots bands playing and admission is [more…]

Matt Pearce And The Mutiny and the Jack Hutchinson Band – The Tuesday Night Music Club (8 April) Written by Nigel Foster and shared with his kind permission. Images By ken Jackson Part One ….. Mr Richard Dunning on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive I write to advise you that [more…]

Review and Images By Scott Anderson There are some gigs that linger long after the final note has faded, and Erja Lyytinen’s performance at Glasgow’s intimate venue on a crisp Monday night was undoubtedly one of those. Armed with her guitar, a fresh batch of songs from her latest album Smell The [more…]

Review and Images by Paul James Ah a good old Sunday evening concert right before work the next day. This was not going to stop the fans of Masters of Reality or the support acts coming out tonight. I had wanted to document and capture Master of Reality as I had heard [more…]