Grammy Award-winning rock star Yungblud headlined for a crowd of 20,000 at Bludfest Year 3 in Hradec Králové, Czechia yesterday.

Now that's a line up, bit like the last time I saw Def Leppard at Marley Park, stacked triple bill, local lads, Sweet Savage and Viv's first band, the Boston's Extreme who I am very excited to see, as this is my first time and then the mighty Def Leppard! Also, there are three sixes on today’s date, so surely a good day for metal! 

It's been a long-time, 2017 when these guys came and played the Ulster Hall twice in six months and sold it out, then we never seen them again for 9 long years, well, here we are, different venue tonight but packed out, on support of the self-titled album, I'm looking forward to seeing them again having seen Tremonti solo more often, let's go!

The Summer Solstice dawns and we board our noble metal steed to head back to Dublin for the 2nd night of 2 stadium filling dates on Metallica’s M72 “No Repeat Weekend” Tour 2026.

After Friday's first day of Download Festival, it was another pretty glorious day and it was time to head back to the Opus Stage. 

The biggest weekend of 2026 for Metal gigs in Dublin is finally here. The socials are awash with excitable fans elated about the upcoming no repeat weekend, some desperately seeking tickets and others chatting about the potential wares the POP-UP Shop in the Convention Centre will have.

It’s a weekend where it feels like half of Northern Ireland has migrated south to Dublin for the hugely anticipated Metallica concerts.

Whilst Gary Barlow and a couple of mates masquerading as Take That bring cheesy glitter and glam to the eastern banks of the River Taff so an infinitely more appealing triplet of US nu-metallers shake the western side with s gargantuan heavyweight thunder and lightning pugilistic bout.

Its another fantastic year for Download Festival fans as the 2026 Edition sported not just a killer line up - but also way more to do and see.

As we make our way to Belfast, it is a lovely warm evening and everyone is very excited especially as the American and Canadian bands are touring Europe for the Festival season.

The rock spectrum has never been wider. From, 24 hours previously, at the opening day of Download – where the powered kinetics of Halestorm more than ably demonstrated that they were the day’s true headliners – through to this evening and the evergreen aura of the original space warriors Hawkwind the altar is broader than ever.

Dogstar are opening up their All In Now Tour in Dublin’s 3Olympia and the LA Alt Rock trio couldn’t have chosen a better place to have done it.

By the time anyone got near The Salt Shed on June 3, Chicago had already started playing opening act. Not music. Something uglier. Traffic. Construction. Parking lots packed tight enough to feel personal.

A Perfect Circle had not graced British stages in eight years. two consecutive nights at Brixton on the 3rd and 4th of June — marked the opening salvo of the band's first UK and European tour since 2018, when they had supported their fourth album Eat the Elephant.

When this show got announced it put a broad smile on my face, getting to see this trio again in Dublin was going to be an absolute joy, and that’s exactly what it turned out to be.

Beth Hart appeared at Oxford’s New Theatre on June 4th (a rescheduled date from the earlier UK tour), supported by Wille and the Bandits.