After a very long intermission Blues Pills return to Glasgow and remind us how much these Swedish rockers have been missed.

Well it just happens to be the hottest day of the year so far as I head the motor towards Birmingham and KK’s Steel Mill in particular. With 32.5C showing on the temperature gauge, I settle back to enjoy the coolness of the Air Con as I head into the setting sun.

One of the pleasures of working for Metal Planet Music, means it has the potential to bring up the fabulous scenario I’ve experienced this week.

After the Covid delay the Legacy of the Beast juggernaut powers back into action and lays waste to Belfast in stunning fashion.

Belsonic is a new festival for me. I travelled over from Scotland for the occasion and the first thing that will strike any festival goer is it is smack bang in the middle of the city and surrounded by houses.

After pronouncing themselves live to the UK with a huge early morning Download crowd Dirty Honey travel to Glasgow and take to the stage for their first headline show in front of a packed out venue.

The venue for tonight is the Belfast Limelight, with Steve Vai playing these shores for the first time since he played at the Mandela Hall in 2013 in support of the “Story of Light” album. Tonight's appearance is in support of the 2022 Inviolate album

And so, another journey begins, and once again my trusty buddy, Waldorf is sadly missing. He’s off to Download 2022 so I guess he is forgiven this time around.

The back stage entry was surrounded by a throng of adoring fans as I made my way to the box office. Word had leaked out that Jeff Becks tour had a very special guest, with tonight being the penultimate date on the tour its no secret that ‘Captain Jack Sparrow’

The Speakeasy at Queen’s Student’s Union was the venue for this evening’s entertainment (ably organised by The Distortion Project) and with the sun shining and having a good meal anyone tottering along would be in a good mood. Tonight would only add to the feeling.

Down on its luck in recent times Bridgwater has a proud identity but equally chequered past; many of the industries upon which this Somerset town was founded lie dormant and are but ghosts of the past.

Review by Paul Monkhouse for MPM From busking on the streets of their home city of Belfast, through to their current European tour, it seems like Dea Matrona were born to make music to the biggest audiences possible. Given their relatively tender ages, to think that the dual vocal, bass and guitar backbone of Mollie McGinn and Orlaith Forsythe are …

On a beautiful sunny evening, the long queue outside the SSE Belfast notified everyone that the arena was playing host to the one and only Groover from Vancouver, Mr Bryan Adams.

Queen are arguably the most loved band on the planet right now. With a back catalogue that’s only equaled in popularity by The Beatles, seeing them live is a celebration not just of music, but of life itself.

Walking up to the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff on a breezy May evening I felt probably the most nervous I have ever felt prior to photographing a gig.

The Mission made their long-awaited return to The Belfast Limelight and The Button Factory in Dublin on the 23rd and 24th May.

When emo rock superstars My Chemical Romance abruptly announced their split in March 2013, hearts all around the world were broken as fans mourned the loss of one of the most explosive and inventive bands of the twenty-first century.