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My wife Carol and I got to Wakefield early doors and there was already a sizeable queue to get in the venue.

I saw SOiL for the first time in 2006. A.J. Cavalier had just replaced original singer Ryan McCombs for the ‘True Self’ album,

On almost the exact anniversary of her gig at the Palladium last year (which was the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Can The Can’) Suzi Quatro

Kamelot have a big sound, painted on an epic musical canvas, and when they have played in the UK in the past,

Completing a run of three gigs in five days (they’re like buses), I ventured over to one of my favourite venues, the Holmfirth Picturedrome

The Arts Centre is situated in the old town of Swindon, and there is a car park only five minutes’ walk away.

Strolling into the Academy 1, I got to see for the first time the fantastic stage set up with the Firefest logo emblazoned across a large

The Cheese and Grain is situated in Frome, Somerset. It has been in existence for a very long time.

The blurb has read for a couple of years now, “They keep killing him, and he keeps coming back”.

Milan’s Lacuna Coil have been a permanent fixture on my live calendar for over twenty years, ever since I saw them for the first time in the

Despite her tender years, Kim Jennett seems to have been around for ages. I caught her for the first time at the Rock & Blues Custom show,

Brave Rival first came to my attention in 2022, and I was so impressed with what I heard that I promptly ordered the ‘Life’s Machine’ album

Elles Bailey first came to my attention in 2023, via a PR email. I was so impressed with the songs that were included that I purchased the

Recent years have seen Geoff Tate embrace his Queensrÿche past in a big way. More so, I guess, than when he was still part of the band.

On a very wet and stormy day, I drove the sixty miles through torrential rain, flooded roads and road closures to Southampton.

This was a double headliner bill dubbed as ‘The Grand Union Tour’ with The Struts and Barns Courtney taking it in turns to actually go last.

When I reviewed Sam Millar’s ‘More Cheese Please’ album, in September 2023, I said that had it been released several months earlier

It’s an upbeat and positive show song-wise pretty much from start to finish, evoking the feeling of positivity and togetherness amongst the

Dear Johan Nylen and Wind-Up Production, consider this event a total success, the audience who travelled a long way to get to Malmö is not d

Up until this show, I had never seen Korn do their own thing on their own terms, only catching them previously at festivals and suchlike