Even on an extremely hot and humid evening, the lure of some ‘Old Skool’ classic rock falls into the ‘Resistance is futile’ category, as far as Manny and I are concerned, hence our mid-week trip to visit Rock City’s little sister, The Rescue Rooms.
Situated in West London, Gunnersbury Park is a popular spot for nice summer walks, some games of tennis and in the last couple of years massive nu-metal events.
Walking in, through the arena’s main entrance, underneath the impressive frame of the Motörhead Bomber lighting rig one senses an ebullient reverence coursing through the veins of Bloodstock 2024. Lemmy Kilmister’s ashes, in a unique urn, will be housed in a specially commissioned bust of the legendary frontman that will be unveiled, later today, on the Dio Stage following Hatebreed’s set.
It is a hot and humid evening in Camden and the energy is palpable as a queue of black shirts and studded battle jackets snakes its way around the entrance of The World’s End.
Returning to Steelhouse, for the festival’s closing day there’s much to chat over with Kelly. Most importantly the cameras have been returned to their rightful guardianship and the inveiglement of my notepad is certainly strong.
August 3 in Tinley Park, IL started out hot with temperatures hovering close to 90 degrees with a heat index just over 100 degrees. But, it was about to get even hotter as Sammy Hagar brought his “Best of All Worlds” tour to town with special guests, Loverboy.
The boys are truly back in Dublin town tonight! Thin Lizzy legend Brian Downey brings his Alive and Dangerous gang to The Academy for what is their last Irish show this year.
It’s the time of year once more – the berries of the hillside rowans provide splashes of vivid orange whilst tall, slender foxgloves tower above the luxuriant green fern – the valleys of South Wales are in full swing with Mother Nature. In its now traditional late July slot Steelhouse, crown-jewel rock festival of this region, writes its 13th chapter.
This young Australian Musician is turning a lot of heads of late, currently on her Midnight Desire tour, she plays the Musician Pub in Leicester tonight, so grabbing my camera I head over to see what all the fuss is about.
As the sun begins to claw its way over the eastern horizon so the Devil realises he has been thwarted in his attempts to successfully stake his claim to the ore-rich Harz mountains.
Tonight, sees me, once again, heading back to Nottingham for the yet another great night of Music. ‘LIVING COLOUR’ have just completed their UK run of shows with Mr Big and are now off on a couple of shows of their own, Steelhouse Festival in Wales is the one their aiming at but before then we have tonight and another in Liverpool on Saturday.
A mixed trio of artists for a Friday night of live music in Belfast. Limelight 2 was the intimate setting for Welsh post hardcore 4-piece Holding Absence on their first headlining visit to Northern Ireland, and support was provided by England’s Lizzy Farrell and local band, Archives.
This month see’s The Commoners back on UK soil for the third time in just over a year, in fact its about 15 months. T
The night wasn’t as scorching hot as the previous week had been, but it was a very hot night in the Midwest as a crowd gathered for Beartooth, Currents, Boundaries, and Nevertel on the Back Waters Stage at the Q Casino in Dubuque, IA.
Last Tuesday, Jay Buchanan, the charismatic frontman of Rival Sons, took to the stage at the, only in 2022 opened Music/Cocktail venue, Stereo in London, delivering a spellbinding solo performance that left the audience in awe. Buchanan did not disappoint, showcasing a different, more intimate side of his musical prowess.
Twixt the twin stages the antlered skull of Hirschbert, the festival’s enduring mascot, proudly adorns the fifty-plus pipes of the Rockharz organ.