
RIVAL SONS (Live)
It`s always somewhat gratifying to see a band that you first saw in their very early days opening on a three band bill growing over the intervening years, producing impressive studio albums and becoming established …READ MORE
It`s always somewhat gratifying to see a band that you first saw in their very early days opening on a three band bill growing over the intervening years, producing impressive studio albums and becoming established …READ MORE
What can a tenner get you these days? A meal out? No. A ticket to a football match? No. A train ride to the nearest city? Definitely not. How about a ticket to the hottest …READ MORE
Last night’s scarce outing by Soft White Underbelly at the Islington Assembly Hall left many aghast at how Blue Öyster Cult could possibly top that performance which saw the band mining their vaults including a …READ MORE
If Carlsberg did weekends then they’d probably be like this. After a somewhat shaky start with cancelled trains and travel chaos ahead of Sunderland Football Club’s Championship Play Off Final at Wembley things got even …READ MORE
How can it be possible? At 60 years of age former Hanoi Rocks lead singer, Michael Monroe, possesses more energy than a box of Duracell Bunnies. Even before the end of the first song he’s …READ MORE
It takes a brave man to open a show with the whole of their new album and when that comprises only two songs with the first clocking in at over 23 minutes and the second …READ MORE
The return of blues rock rabble-rousers, The Temperance Movement must be one of the most surprising events of the year so far. Having seemingly disbanded for good back in 2020 with lead singer Phil Campbell …READ MORE
It’s not every day that a Eurovision Winner comes to Newcastle so when those Finnish monsters, Lordi stomped into town it was one not to be missed. With a stunning visual show packed with comic …READ MORE
When Ritchie Blackmore plucked Chilean singer Ronnie Romero from relative obscurity back in 2015 to front a revived version of Rainbow, he couldn’t have known just how much his life would change. Following a four …READ MORE
It’s hard to believe that it was 41 years ago that FISH made his first appearance at Newcastle City Hall as frontman with Marillion on the Fugazi Tour so it is rather fitting that his …READ MORE