After 3 electric gigs in 7 days, the next 4 of this tour by Bernie Marsden would be acoustic affairs, the first of which was at the Crown Hotel in Nantwich aided by guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick. On entering the venue I was a bit confused as it was in a …
Read More »Beholder – Belfast, Limelight 2 – 24 September 2015
Northern Ireland is currently gripped in the greatest financial scandal in its chequered history. It is a scandal which already has practically crippled the economy south of the border, and brought down at least one government there. It has politicians running for cover, and has resulted in the current well-publicized …
Read More »Ugly Kid Joe – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham – 18/09/2015
Supporting the main event tonight at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham iss an acoustic set from Richards/ Crane, a project between the Ugly Kid Joe front man and Lee Richards, formerly the guitarist for Godsmack. Up next Aussie rockers Hail Mary step things up a gear, unfortunately I got to …
Read More »W.A.S.P. – Rock City, Nottingham – 19/09/2015
Brandishing a new line up of lead vocalist Mitch Emms and Tao Grey, The Treatment energetically open up the stage nicely. The newcomers have settled in well with Tao complimenting Tagore on guitar and Mitch calling upon his extensive performance skills to entertain the crowd. Fist pumping, mic stand swirling …
Read More »Danko Jones, King Tuts Glasgow, 20/9/15
Everyone who knows anything about gig venues has heard of King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, the legendary Glasgow venue currently celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. I’ve photographed and reviewed gigs in most of the venues around Glasgow but up till now King Tuts had remained the one that got away. I …
Read More »W.A.S.P. – O2 Academy, Glasgow – 18/09/2015
W.A.S.P. is one of those legendary heavy metal bands that is on most metalheads’ must-see list. With 10 UK dates in their current tour they are really hard to miss this time around. They are presenting long awaited new album “Golgotha” and return to Glasgow for the first time since …
Read More »Gunzo – Club Academy, Manchester: 13th September 2015
As the nights start drawing in and evenings are getting dark earlier we head into a busy season for gig goers. The thirteenth, unlucky for some and what would otherwise, have been a quiet Sunday night in September, brought Gunzo to Club Academy in Manchester. Gunzo, not to be confused …
Read More »Redemption Festival 2015 – Warehouse 23, Wakefield
The first Redemption Festival was held on the 12th September 2015 at Warehouse 23 in Wakefield. Redemption Festival is a charity event to raise to raise money for Barnsley Hospice and Wakefield Hospice. With ten bands and a couple of comedians the event started just after 1pm with festival organiser …
Read More »W.A.S.P, Manchester Ritz 14th September 2015
The Treatment is support on the current WASP tour, and this was my first time of catching them live since Mitchel Emms and Tao Grey joined. They are as energetic as ever and have a great good time feel about them, however not one track stood out for me, they …
Read More »Stormzone – Belfast, Limelight 1 – 5 September 2015
Following a pair of warm-up festival shows in Spain – well, they certainly were “warm” – Stormzone returned to the colder climes of their native Belfast for this, the official launch of their most recent album, ‘Seven Sins‘. They were also returning to a familiar venue, but one which has changed …
Read More »Rockwich festival – Lostock, 30/08/2015
So how is the best way to spend a Bank Holiday Sunday? Watching mindless television or doing D.I.Y around the house? No! Get up early and head off to Rockwich and watch 15 bands play from midday until midnight for a measly £10! Apologies to the bands I missed whilst …
Read More »Draconian – Boston Music Room, August 29th 2015
This was the sort of a gig that was not meant to be really. Draconian’s debut U.K. appearance was meant to have been some months previous but things happened and things did not happen, which resulted in this show being the replacement. The venue itself was ideal. If you have …
Read More »Leeds Festival, Sunday 30th August.
Metallica headlined the Sunday night of this year’s Leeds Festival, and Planetmosh was there to witness the devastation. But first we had Babymetal and a whole host of other great bands to watch. So, first up were Babymetal, the all-female metal international megastars broke out of their native Japan last …
Read More »Ramblin Man Fair 2015 – Sunday
After the lovely hot weather of Saturday at Ramblin’ Man, Sunday was not so nice – rain for most of the day with it being heavy for much of the afternoon. An effect of this was clear on the main stage – instead of bands playing at the front of …
Read More »Ramblin Man Fair 2015 – Saturday
This was the first Ramblin man festival, and while it’s clearly similar to the old High Voltage festival, there are some big changes. Firstly it’s not in London, but instead is in Maidstone. It’s rare to find a big rock festival venturing away from London or the Midlands, but Maidstone …
Read More »Gojira – Belfast, Limelight 1 – 27 August 2015
Seven hundred and thirty one. That is exactly how many days it had been since Gojira last appeared in Belfast – when they completely wiped the stage with Bring Me The Horizon and Bullet For My Valentine at the annual Belsonic festival – and this much-anticipated return, one of two …
Read More »Nervosa – Audio, Glasgow – 15/08/2015
Thrash metal gig,headlined by Brazilian trio, which you could easily call a thrash metal girl power. For the first time Nervosa invading Glasgow. To make it even more fun, four local thrash metal bands were invited to make this Glasgow thrashathon, as it was called. The idea of seeing these …
Read More »Black Nevada-Make A Scene Festival on 15th August 2015
In my many years of loving music and attending concerts of all types of genres and artists, I have not yet seen a band with more enthusiasm and stage presence then that of Black Nevada. The 5 piece band from North-East England played at Make A Scene Festival on 15th …
Read More »Million Dollar Reload / Blackwater Conspiracy – Belfast, Empire Music Hall, 8 August 2015
Have you ever gone to gig where one band started the headline set and another finished it? Well, that’s what happened – more or less – this past Saturday evening, when Million Dollar Reload played their last ever gig (coincidentally at one of their favourite venues), and midset transmogrified into …
Read More »Donum Dei (‘Justice Fails’ EP launch) – Belfast, Limelight 2, August 15 2015
Formed in the mid-Ulster area in late 2011, upstarts Donum Dei have spent the intervening period ripping up stages across Northern Ireland and establishing themselves as perhaps the singularly most impressive young thrash act in this part of the world, going from copycat Metallica wannabes faster than some of their …
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