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.
Rock City once again welcomes another new comer to its hallowed boards. Tonight, we have the Mexican trio of the Villareal Vélez sisters, Daniela, Paulina and Alejandra, otherwise known as ‘THE WARNING’.
Good evening everyone, my name is Ricky Warwick from Comber Co. Down” Ricky announces to the audience, beaming with pride on his return to reside back in his homeland.
This one is a little bit different, and very special. MPM Tog ‘Statler’ Manson and myself are heading to the famed Marshall Amplification Factory to see an album launch intimate gig. Our host for this prestigious event is the multi-talented singer/songwriter/musician, Arielle.
It's a bit of a mixed emotions night I suppose, on one hand it's amazing to see these guys in Belfast, on the other hand, this is it, you're not going to see them again after this run, it's been 35 years since the first album so they have had a hell of a run, really looking forward to this.