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Camden Rocks Festival, Saturday 4th June 2016 – Preview It’s not quite an annual event, with the first Camden Rocks taking place in 2009 and the second five years later in 2013, but it seems to have become an annual event since then, with this being the fifth. Unlike many …

Corporation will play host to the first annual WinterRocks Festival in December. This extravaganza will mix international artists with some of Sheffield’s finest rising talents over two stages.   THE ANSWER will deliver their stunning live show as festival headliners. “We’ve been rocking out in Sheffield ever since our first …

The SOS Festival is due for it’s 7th annual appearance at the Radcliffe Civic Centre in Manchester on the 19th and 20th July.  Since it’s beginnings back in 2008, the festival has always provided a healthy and exhilarating mix of upcoming and established bands, playing both electric and acoustic sets.  Previous …

Beginning Hard Rock Hell’s final day for 2013 on the Jagermeister Stage are The Jokers (8), who like Wildside Riot take the bull by both horns and give it a right good kicking, songs Radio and the title track from latest album Rock and Roll is Alive impressing the punters who are once again emerging …

After what can only be described as an absolutely cracking set on the last day at this year’s Hard Rock Hell, I caught up with Pete Spiby from Black Spiders.  Having just finished around six weeks of touring it was good to hear their set being described as one of his …

A little month to go before their official return to the UK, Aussie hellraisers Airbourne picked the best possible place outside their homeland to do what they do best, and that is raise the aforesaid hell… with plenty of merriment thrown in, as they stopped off for almost a full …

Photographs of Airbourne’s performance in the The Limelight 1, Belfast.  Support from Black Spiders. Photographs by Marc Leach Photography.

I’m going to lay my cards on the table right from the off and state, with supreme confidence, that this was one of the best – if not THE best – live performances by a local band in front of a local crowd that I have seen, certainly in a …

Pictures from Friday at Hellfest 2013

Hellfest 2013 takes place on 21/22/23 June at Rue du Champ Louet, 44190 Clisson, France. With a record of 113,000 people attending the festival in 2012, Hellfest has become the 3rd biggest festival in France. The originality of the festival’s artistic project has allowed it to reach an international recognition. Born …

Friday night in the city and another great evening of music awaits, this time in the shape of the Jägermeister Tour at Brixton Academy.  Headlining this event is none other than the incomparable Skindred, along with Therapy?, Black Spiders and The Defiled.  This is the first time I have seen …

I caught up with Michael McKeegan and Neil Cooper from Therapy? before they played at the o2 Academy in Glasgow whilst on the Jägermeister Music Tour with Skindred and Black Spiders. Local support on the night was from Yashin.