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Gig Review Crystal Lake – Manchester O2 Ritz

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Words and pictures: Phil Ingham Anyone familiar with the world of Japanese metalcore will know that there is far more to it than just a Japanese texture being applied to western heavy music. The bands emerging from that scene tend to be technically precise, happy to bend genre conventions and utterly brutal. [more…]

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The Damn Truth Bring The Rock ’n’ Roll Fire to Glasgow’s Armadillo

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The SEC Armadillo in Glasgow was already filling up on Wednesday 30 September as fans arrived for Europe’s The Final Countdown 40th Anniversary Tour. With Glasgow favourites GUN also on the bill, Montreal’s The Damn Truth had a tough job on their hands. Thirty minutes to win over a room that had [more…]

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Marillion’s Hammersmith Triumph: Where Rock, Choir and Crowd Became One

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Review and Photos by Ali Burman There are bands that tour because they have a back catalogue to revisit, and then there is Marillion. More than four decades into their career, they remain remarkably unwilling to treat the past as a museum piece. At London’s Eventim Apollo on the 1st of October, [more…]

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Adam Sweet Band at th Tuesday Night Music Club, Coulsdon .

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Review and Photos By Ken Jackson After a busy weekend in Milton Keynes, enjoying five excellent bands performing in the UK Blues Challenge, it was great to return to our normal and much loved Tuesday Night Music Club for the return of a band I first saw back in June 2025 , [more…]

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King King – La Belle Angelle – Edinburgh

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Thursday 24th September ‘26 Review by Gary Roebuck Photos By Callum Roebuck “King King Deliver A Sovereign Night” “Blues rock to the fore” from this Anglo/Scottish band. Closing any tour it’s difficult to pick a venue and city but to end the current run in “Auld Reekie” is testament to these guys [more…]

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I Prevail Gig Review

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Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse 22 September 2026 Words and Pictures: Phil Ingham Ahead of taking our places in the photo pit for tonight’s show, photographers were warned to be aware of pyrotechnics during I Prevail’s set. Pyro at a metalcore show isn’t unusual in itself, but the fact we were asked to [more…]

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Marco Cinelli and friends at the Tuesday Night Music Club

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Review written by Nigel Foster and used with his permission. Photos By Ken Jackson Any gig involving The Cinelli Brothers tends to have a party vibe going on with it. When Marco gets it into his head to host one of his Marco and Friends gigs it is definitely party night and [more…]

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Jack J Hutchinson Brings The Blues-Rock Fire To Dover Booking Hall

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Alastair and Kirsty Middlemist Dover Booking Hall is a lovely intimate venue ideal for any artist you choose to see. Small enough that there’s barely a bad spot in the room, it’s the kind of place where you can watch a guitarist’s fingers on the fretboard from almost anywhere you’re standing. I [more…]

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Magnum Prove the Story Is Far From Over in Northampton

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Magnum / Grand Slam – The Roadmender, Northampton – 24 September 2026 Review and Photos By Ali Burman There are bands you go to see because of what they are doing now, and then there are bands you go to see because their music has been woven into the fabric of your [more…]

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The Alex Hamilton Band – Oast House, Rainham

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Review and photos by Jess Bea Rockinroots brought the very talented Alex Hamilton Band to the Oast House in Rainham this past Friday, and what a night it turned out to be. There are some venues where live music just seems to work, and the Oast House is certainly one of them. [more…]

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RATTLESNAKES VENUE – Club Academy, Manchester

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DATE – 5th September 2026 Words + Pictures – Graeme Wright In what has become an annual event for me, I was in Manchester watching Wailing Banshee, who just like last year were supported by Rattlesnakes. I predicted big things for Rattlesnakes as they blew me away last time out, and they’ve [more…]

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Hella Rock Festival 2026: A Full-Throttle Celebration of Rock ’n’ Roll

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Review and photos Paul McWilliams There are some gigs where you walk away thinking you have watched a collection of bands. Then there are nights where the whole event becomes one massive celebration of live music. Hella Rock Festival 2026 at Coventry’s HMV Empire was firmly in the second category. With a [more…]