Category: Live Reviews

Gig Review by Paul McWilliams – Jace Media Music Manchester was drenched, the kind of relentless, sideways rain that soaks through your jacket and chills your bones. But as fans hustled through the wet streets toward Gorilla, there was a crackle in the air that no weather could dampen. Inside this beloved [more…]

Where – Trillians, Newcastle When – Thursday 13th November 25 Support – Electric Black & To Nowhere Thursday nights don’t get much better than this. Trillians might not be the biggest venue in Newcastle, but what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in character. The long bar glows [more…]

Where – Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth When – Nov/8th Nov 2025 Day Three: Saturday, 8th November 25 Review and Photographs by Linda McDermott It’s the last day of Hard Rock Hell at Vauxhall Holiday Park in Great Yarmouth, and despite three full-on days of music, laughter and late nights, the stamina [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre. Images By Scott Anderson Gothenburg’s own Aviana have come a long way since emerging from the Swedish metalcore scene in 2016. With three acclaimed albums—Polarise (2017), Epicentre (2019), and Corporation (2022)—and a fourth, Void, on the horizon, the band has built a formidable reputation for crafting music that [more…]

Manchester O2 Ritz 5th November 2025 Review and photos by Phil Ingham With the ghost of Halloween still lingering on the streets of Manchester, it is an appropriate time to watch the man too ghoul for school, Wednesday 13. The former Murderdolls frontman, touring on the back of the 2025 album ‘Mid [more…]

VENUE – Off The Square, Manchester DATE – 8th November 2025 Words – Graeme Wright, Nicola Warren Pictures – Graeme Wright Ah, Juliet’s Not Dead. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning (who I never thought I’d manage to shoehorn into one of [more…]

Where – Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth When – Nov/8th Nov 2025 Day Two: Friday, 7th November Review and Photographs by Linda McDermott Friday dawns bright over Great Yarmouth, and with the Awards Night and Day One done and dusted (reviews for both are separate), it’s time for another full day of [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Troy Redfern is a six-string road warrior and king of the slide guitar who has certainly put in a shift when it comes to treading the stages of cities up and down the country. Troy has joined the likes of The Sweet, When Rivers Meet, Quireboys, and Robert [more…]

Review By Mark Thompson American rock band Dead Posey took the stage in London with an electrifying energy that set the tone for a night of unrelenting intensity. Founded in Los Angeles, the band immediately captured the audience’s attention with their theatrical and immersive performance of “Sorry I’m Not Dead”. From the [more…]

DATE – 8th November 2025 Words and Pictures – Graeme Wright While I was familiar with their music, Amongst Liars are new to me in the live arena (as is the venue itself, the Off The Square establishment in Manchester.) After a blistering set with top-quality audio support from the sound desk, [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Images By Scott Anderson Saxon (formerly Son Of A Bitch) are heavy metal band from Barnsley, England who were formed in 1975 and quickly became leadrs of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal(NWOBHM) fraternity. The band like most have had some changes in personnel but have kept [more…]

Where – Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth When – Nov/8th Nov 2025 Day One: Thursday, 6th November Review and Photographs by Linda McDermott After kicking off the weekend with HRH’s Awards Night on Wednesday (see separate review), I’m still at Vauxhall Holiday Park for the first official full day of Hard Rock [more…]