Category: Live Reviews

Brave Rival at the Tuesday Night Music Club , Coulsdon Arriving just after 6pm at the Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon, I was relieved to see only a small queue forming under the late afternoon sun. less than a dozen people, in fact. That could only mean one thing, a prime [more…]

Review by Mark Chapman  Copenhell 2025: A Wild Ride Through Music, Chaos, and Celebration Copenhagen’s most explosive festival is back, and this year’s Copenhell felt more like a massive alternative music celebration than just another rock and metal gathering. As Denmark’s largest rock and metal festival, Copenhell has consistently raised the bar. [more…]

Review and Images by Dave Martin Download Festival 2025: Saturday’s Storm Brews Beneath the SurfaceBy Jace Media Music After Friday’s euphoric mayhem—the surreal mix of sunburnt ghouls, punk rock icons, and Green Day’s historic headliner debut—Saturday at Download Festival 2025 began with a different kind of energy. Where Friday raged like a [more…]

14 June 2025 REVIEW AND IMAGES BY FRASER ALLAN The queue appeared endless as fans, seemingly of all ages, secure in the knowledge that they were about to witness something quite special, made a slow procession into the hallowed entranceway of Hammersmith’s London Eventim Apollo. This was only the second night of [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Images By Scott Anderson SatchVai Band is the coming together of guitar greats Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, uniting nearly 50 years of musical brilliance into one electrifying experience. Satriani once served as Vai’s guitar tech during their teenage years on Long Island, New York—but fast forward to [more…]

Review And Images by Dave Martin There are days in rock history that go beyond simply being great gigs. They become legend. Friday the 13th at Download Festival 2025 was one such day—a sun-scorched, riff-laden, adrenaline-fuelled odyssey that turned Donington Park into a living, screaming temple of music, madness, and memories. From [more…]

Adam Sweet Band at the Tuesday Night Music Club ,The Coulsdon Club. Review and Images by Ken Jackson After months of correspondence between promoter Richard Dunning and the band, Adam Sweet and his Band finally made their debut at the The Tuesday Night Music Club last night and it’s safe to say [more…]

DATE – 27th May 2025 Words and Photographs-Graeme Wright Kalandra It was touch and go whether I’d be able to make it to this show due to dodgy trains, a dodgier back, a previous earlier commitment and the fact I’d probably be travelling solo for the show. Luckily the stars aligned, and [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Images By Scott Anderson Bonnie Raitt is a singer / guitarist / songwriter from Burbank, California who oroginally came to our attention in 1971 with the release of her self titled debut album. Bonnie originally played the piano but aged 8 received a Stella guitar and believe it [more…]

Review and Images by Fraser Allan Eric Martin has been a part of the musical backing track of my life for as long as I can remember. Back in the mid-80s, his song ‘Lyin’ In A Bed Of Fire’ appeared on ‘Beyond Metal Zone,’ a compilation album that formed the backbone of [more…]

Review By Gray Roebuck Images By Callum Roebuck Well not many bands will take a chance on a Sunday night gig and pull it off but this Welsh juggernaut fairly sailed into Audio delivered and left us wanting more at the end. Support band “The Breathing Method” showcasing most of the latest [more…]

Venue: The Gorilla Beer Hall, MexboroughDate: Friday, June 6th Review By Mark Pitfield Mathew Pitfield Images Tucked away on an industrial estate in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, lies an unexpected gem of a venue The Gorilla Beer Hall. Nestled alongside the river, this intimate space played host to an electrifying night of live music [more…]