It was a packed Limelight 2 for a very special sold-out show. Tonight, Belfast was going to see Chris Shiflett, Guitarist for the Foo Fighters, was branching out on his own tour and the Limelight 2 is a perfect location for a truly intimate show.
Its a rough night in Belfast, here we are back up to the big city on a Saturday night for Enter Shakiri who are out in support of their “A Kiss for the Whole World” album! The gigs are starting to come in thick and fast now! Let’s get inside and see what is in-store for us tonight!
Finally, after 35 years, I never thought in my lifetime would I get to see Atheist, then we get a killer tour with both them and Cryptopsy and we also have openers, 72 Legions and Almost Dead, early doors again at 6:30, and the first band is literally onstage with hardly anyone in the place, something that's becoming really familiar with opening hours!
Under the MCD banner two big bands of the 80s and 90s were in town to show their edge had not dulled in any way. Tonight, Del Amitri were supporting Simple minds in the SSE and all the generations were in attendance to feel the vibes.
Review by Gary Spiller for MPM A wistful half-moon hangs in the misty morning air, salty waters lap gently at sandy shores as the journeying triumvirate descend the slope as their endpoint grows closer. Their journeys have each been lengthy, their respective paths have crossed on many occasions over the previous half century but now the stars have aligned and …
Avenged Sevenfold, the heavy metal veterans known for their soaring vocals, blistering guitar riffs, and theatricality, brought the "Life Is But a Dream" tour to a roaring crowd at the Vibrant Arena in Moline, Illinois on March 18th, 2024.
This is a milestone, it’s a special one, US Rockers Mr. Big are celebrating nearly 40-years of making records and have decided to go on ‘The Big Finish Tour’ which started in Japan last July before visiting South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines, and Indonesia.
Wonder-filled, cathartic and energy infusing metal is a pit I quite often find that I've thrown myself down - and i'll gladly stay there for whatever time stretches forward.
Now when this tour was announced the sense of excitement was palpable; 3 quality classic acts who are part of the history of Metal with approximately 150 years of producing the goods between them, at the start of a Bank Holiday weekend in Dublin? A no brainer to snap up tickets asap.
The intimate confines of The Sylvee in Madison, WI on March 10, 2024 were the perfect setting for some of the best industrial rock pioneers to showcase their historical careers, proving that veterans of the genre can still deliver a powerful and pulse pounding live show.
Meandering through the studiously stern buildings that comprise the city centre campus of Cardiff University - Prifysgol Caerdydd in the native tongue – my mind wanders off-track in the bid of escaping a dreary battleship-grey Saturday evening in the Welsh capital.
The greatest Punk band to ever come out of Northern Ireland, and arguably one of the top five GOAT Punk Bands period, opened their “Hate Has No Home Here” tour in the East Midlands, at Nottingham’s finest venue, the world-renowned Rock City.
Early March just a few short days after St. David’s Day, and indeed the commencing of meteorological spring and there’s a warmth in the Cardiff air.
Manchester sludge band Barbarian Hermit opened the stage and that laborious groove hit the whole room instantly.
When I was asked if I’d like to cover the HAWXX show in nearby Leicester, I jumped at the chance. After seeing the band play at 2023’s HRH at the Leicester O2 Academy and coming away disappointed, not with the band but with the shocking over use of the smoke machine by the venue, it actually irritated the eye and throats of many, I was keen to catch the band under better conditions.
A trip from Northern Ireland for this one, personal story here, when I was 10, I borrowed “Journey to the Center of the Earth” on cassette, and this is the album in question being played tonight, and it’s my first time ever seeing Mr Wakeman, so the excitement is unreal!