Following two successful tours in 2010 and 2011, Walter Lure makes a welcome return to the UK this summer. The original guitarist and co-vocalist with Johnny Thunders’ iconic New York punks The Heartbreakers will play three shows in August, including a set at Blackpool punk gathering Rebellion Festival. Walter is once again joined by bassist [...]
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Tonight was going to be a special gig – the first ever gig by new band, The Crunch. A new band they may be, but the members are all experienced and certainly aren’t new to the music scene. Singer Soren ‘Sulo’ Karlsson was the singer with Blues-rockers Diamond Dogs, Bassist Dave Tregunna was in Sham [...]
Scarfest have announced that the event which is due to be held on 24-26 August in Stoke on Trent, has changed venues. It will now be held at the Underground, 2 Morley St, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4LS. Held over three days on the Bank Holiday weekend, times for the event are 12 noon to 10.30pm on [...]
Mortad, the metal band fronted by Somi Arian have announced that Tim Neale is to join the band as their new guitarist. Tim was formerly a member of Abgott and Pythia and has already started rehearsing with the band. The band have also announced the name of their second new guitarist – Sam S [...]
Pythia have just released the following statement about changes to their lineup. Greetings to the great unwashed! It may seem like things are quiet on the PYTHIA front but in fact there is a great amount of activity going on behind the scenes. We are close to completing the writing stage of our next album [...]
When Gloryhammer announced their first ever gig, I decided that I had to be there – their debut album has to be one of the best power metal albums of the year, so a chance to see their debut gig wasn’t to be missed, even if it involved a long trip to the venue in [...]
Kreator and Overkill to co-headline Hammerfest 6 with Soilwork, Unleashed, Grand Magus and more announced… Hammerfest 6 (Book of the Dead) (March 14th/15th 2014) German thrash metal legends Kreator are set to co-headline next year’s Hammerfest and head the cast of the first round of announcements for next spring’s bill. Official Hammerfest VI Trailer Festival [...]
Tonight’s gig was to be a very special one. Firstly it’s being held at a site that is very special to rock and heavy metal – the headquarters of Marshall amplification , in a theatre they have just behind the factory that makes the iconic amps. Secondly tonight is the first gig ever for Black [...]
Black Star Riders are the new evolution of Thin Lizzy with almost the same lineup, but releasing new material rather than just touring the classic Thin Lizzy material. On 30th May they played their first ever gig. It was held at the headquarters of Marshall Amplification and just a few hundred lucky fans got to [...]
A selection of fine pics of New Model Army at The Bearded Theory Festival 2013.
Today was the day something strange happened – the sun came out before the bands started, and stayed out all day. Warm sunny weather at an outdoor festival in the UK – not a common occurence but one that people were very happy about. Today at the festival was celebrating Australia day with hundreds of [...]
Overnight rain had left parts of the festival site rather muddy, so conditions underfoot weren’t great in a couple of the busy places, but generally the site was still fine and easy to get around. Zombie met girl are first up on the main stage. With a rock/punk sound it’s a good choice to wake [...]
This was my first time at Bearded Theory. It’s held in the grounds of Kedleston Hall, so the setting is beautiful – festival-goers walking from the car park to the campsite cross a bridge over a weir by a lake, with a nice view of the hall on the hillside – a pretty nice setting [...]
Photos of New Model Army at this years Bearded Theory festival
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