SOS Festival delivered its biggest and best festival to date. Celebrating its 12th year, it took place at the Longfield Suite, Prestwich. Organised by Lynne Hampson and her great team. Lynne has succeeded in creating an amazing family-friendly rock/metal festival. This year SOS Festival delivered one of the best they’ve …
Read More »SOS Festival 2019 – Full Day by day Line-up announced
SOS Festival takes place each year at Longfield Centre, Prestwich. 2019 will be our 12th edition and with the bar set incredibly high in 2018. The work is on to deliver another killer line-up over three days, between 12 – 14 July 2019. The superb Quireboys who are celebrating 35 …
Read More »A Joker’s Rage release tribute to Freddie Mercury
York unsigned band A Joker’s Rage have released the first single from their forthcoming debut album. ‘Ballet to the masses’ is a tribute to the late Freddie Mercury and is has received over 40,000+ views and 1700+ likes in just 4 days. Impressive figures for an unsigned act. The song …
Read More »Bad Ass Bash 2018 – Black Mass Bar, Wakefield, Day Two
Ears still ringing from day one, we made our way to the Black Mass Bar for the final day of my best Bad Ass Bash so far and any chance of a quiet band to ease us slowly into the day was thwarted by a feisty five piece from Huddersfield …
Read More »SOS Festival X – Prestwich 14-16 July 2017
2017 is the tenth year of SOS Festival, an annual affair organised by the team behind Rocksector Records. They showcase not only their own label acts but also some European bands that you might otherwise not get to see and they also give a platform to a whole host of …
Read More »Rockwich Festival – Lostock Club,Northwich, 28/08/2016
Another year and another fantastic Rockwich Festival. For a measly £15 we got fifteen bands kicking out the jams from midday till midnight. As AC/DC once sang, “Aye aye oh, shake your foundations” which is what opening band Red Spektor certainly did. The Stoke based power trio hit their time …
Read More »SOS Festival 2016 Day 2 16th July. The Longfield Suite, Prestwich
Saturday dawned hot and sunny for SOS festival day two and I made it back just in time to catch openers Soma Dark who were another thrash band with shouty vocals but also some melody. They powered through a short set that finished with what appeared to be a metal …
Read More »Rockmantic 4 (Day 2) – The Brickyard Carlisle, Sat 13th Feb 2016
This will be a co-review between myself and PlanetMosh stalwart Louise Swift, who unfortunately couldn’t make the afternoon sessions. Last year’s Rockmantic saw the Saturday afternoon given over to acoustic performances, this year it was the turn of the youngsters. First up we had Black Nevada, a five-piece alt.rock band …
Read More »Redemption Festival 2016
Redemption Festival 2016 Target 86 Management & Promotions proudly presents the 2nd annual Redemption Festival held at Warehouse 23 in Wakefield. The venue is 1000 capacity, equipped with a 30k sound system, over £40,000 of stage lighting plus excellent facilities for artists and the general public. After the success …
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