Thanks to a wave of reinvigorated interest, in celebration of their 35th Anniversary, THE ALMIGHTY will re-release the albums BLOOD, FIRE & LOVE and SOUL DESTRUCTION via Silver Lining Music on November 24th. “Thank you to all our fans for helping make our intentions become a reality, to celebrate this we are reissuing Blood Fire & Love …
Read More »RICKY WARWICK – When Life Was Hard & Fast – album review
When Life Was Hard And Fast (WLWHAF) is the stunning second solo album from Ricky Warwick. Put together with a group of killer guests ranging from Joe Elliot, Luke Morley, to Andy Taylor, Dizzy Reed and Keith Nelson. The album showcases Ricky’s musical prowess, with a slight lean towards Americana …
Read More »Warwick-Johnson – Announce ‘Sonic Acoustic Attack Tour’
WARWICK JOHNSON ANNOUNCE UK AND EUROPE ACOUSTIC TOUR IN AUTUMN 2018 RICKY WARWICK (Black Star Riders / Thin Lizzy / The Almighty) DAMON JOHNSON (Black Star Riders / Thin Lizzy / Alice Cooper) Rock veterans Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson are pleased to announce a “Sonic Acoustic Attack Tour” in Autumn …
Read More »Ricky Warwick – Ahoghill, Diamond Rock Club – 2 January 2016
A little more than three months after he last graced this same stage – then accompanied by his Black Star Riders bandmate Damon Johnson – Ricky Warwick returned to one of his favourite haunts for this special New Year show. In fact, Warwick had forsaken the somewhat sunnier climes of …
Read More »Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson – Ahoghill, Diamond Rock Club – 26 September 2015
There are rock stars. And then there are rock stars. There are those with an anally-retentive sense of their own self-generated importance, who are content to ride around in limos and play hundreds of miles from their nearest fans in fields as big as their egos. And then there are those …
Read More »Black Star Riders – Acoustic Show at PMT, Manchester: 13th March 2015
I’ve been very lucky recently, in that last month a friend won tickets to see Thunder play an acoustic show at PMT (which stands for Professional Musical Technology) store in Manchester and then only last week another friend, Arwel, won tickets for the Black Star Riders acoustic show at the …
Read More »The Almighty – Soul Destruction (Deluxe edition)
Spinefarm records are reissuing four albums by The Almighty under the ‘RE-F**KIN’-ISSUES banner. Two albums are to be reissued on 9th February with the other two following later in the year. As part of the Universal group, Spinefarm are re-issuing them as Deluxe editions and as with other Universal deluxe …
Read More »The Almighty – Blood, Fire & Love (Deluxe edition)
Spinefarm records are reissuing four albums by The Almighty under the ‘RE-F**KIN’-ISSUES banner. Two albums are to be reissued on 9th February with the other two following later in the year. As part of the Universal group, Spinefarm are re-issuing them as Deluxe editions and as with other Universal deluxe …
Read More »Black Star Riders + Support – Photo Gallery – Belfast – 15/12/2013
A collection of photographs from the Black Star Riders show in the Limelight 1, Belfast. Support from The Dead Daisies and Western Sand. Photographs by Marc Leach Photography.
Read More »Ricky Warwick interview – July 2013
Ricky Warwick recently played the Underworld in Camden as part of his Unplugged and Dangerous solo tour. I spoke to him backstage shortly before the gig started to talk to him about the tour, Black Star Riders, and the forthcoming re-releases of the early albums by The Almighty. You can …
Read More »Ricky Warwick, Acoustic TV & Mark Curran
Tonight at the Underworld was to be an all-acoustic gig, with Thin Lizzy/Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick headlining. First up was American singer Mark Curran. I caught his band doing a full electric set a few weeks ago supporting Vega at the Barfly and enjoyed their set, so was …
Read More »Tony Wright, Acoustic TV interview – June 2013
We caught up with Tony Wright for a quick interview before he heads off to play at this year’s Download. We find out about last year’s Terrorvision tour, Acoustic TV and his up and coming tour with Ricky Warwick in July. Can you please introduce yourself to the readers. Hi …
Read More »Black Star Riders – All Hell Breaks Loose
Back in 2002, a guest appearance by Scott Gorham on the title track of ex-Almighty main man Ricky Warwick’s debut solo album “Tattoos and Alibis” may have gone unnoticed by many. To those who took note, there was a notable spark, and a creative seed was sown deep in the …
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