Event Reviews

It’s a typical dreary wet night here in Manchester and it is time to witness the fruit stealers strutting their stuff at the O2 Ritz.  They put on an absolutely brilliant performance in October 2021 when they played at this same venue so we are hoping for the same tonight.  …

For the second year running Ash have managed to put on a show at Belfast’s historic Ulster Hall with the aim of promoting local Northern Ireland talent on the run-up to the holidays. This time the festive show coincided with a string of dates promoting their latest album Race the …

Yorkshire’s two finest exponents of doom and gloom bring the “Embers of Europe” tour to a home finale After starting in London, and then playing several dates across Europe, Paradise Lost bring the tour celebrating 30 years of the “Icon” album back home to Yorkshire. Tonight’s gig is at the …

PlanetMosh heads to the SHeffield City Hall to hear Geddy Lee talk about his autobiography.

Hollywood new sensations The Bites embark on a 19-date tour of the UK, which includes two festival appearances and four in-store signings. Tonight sees them with support from Kath & The Kicks. Yorkshire-based Kath & The Kicks, from Leeds is the main support for ‘The Bites’ at Nightrain, The band …

Master of the Stratocaster, Philip Sayce is on a small run of UK tour dates, and tonight is the penultimate show at the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, with special guest Troy Redfern. What better way to get the blood pumping and warmed up on this freezing late November evening, than …

To say I’m excited about seeing and reviewing this gig would be an understatement. The Sisters of Mercy have been one of my favourite bands for a very long time, and it’s also my first time seeing them live since June 1997. On that gig, they were supported by Cubanate …

On a wet and miserable midweek November evening, there is probably no better cure to any hump day blues than going to see The Answer. Continuing the live support of their latest album “Sundowners“, with their Wild Heart Tour, tonight is Manchester’s turn to see the Northern Irish band perform, …

From the opening notes to the final encore, they were technically excellent and delivered a heady mix of perfect harmonies and soaring guitar solos all rolled into heavy, well crafted songs.

Terrorvision ‘TV30’ By Request Show with Support from The Bar Stool Preachers,  St Georges Hall, Bradford 03/11/23 Britpop rockers Terrorvision celebrate 30 Years of bouncing hard and tonight’s gig starts with a big cheer and a sold-out home show at St. Georges Hall, Bradford. The Bar Stool Preachers Brighton-based ska-punk rockers …

Glenn Hughes is celebrating his Deep Purple years, we try to find out if lady is still saying Burn...

Multi-award-winning Blues/Rock/Americana/Roots artist Dom Martin is touring his latest album ‘Buried In Hail’. Yardbirds Rock Club in Grimsby is the host, and in its newly refurbished surroundings there are plenty of tables on its ground level come balcony area for the fans who like to be seated and there’s even more …

There is a Deathwish happening at the Ritz in Manchester, Charles Bronson isn’t here so something Fish-y must be going down..

Alex and Ant head to Rebellion Manchester to find out if Black Stone Cherry are still blaming it on the boom boom...

Blues rockers The Damn Truth returned to the UK for a six-date headline tour as well as being special guests on Glenn Hughes’s 50th Anniversary ‘Burn Album’ Tour. Alex Spy is the main support. Alex Spy (Huddersfield) and drummer Stephen Derych (Rotherham) make up the two-piece. Heavily influenced by Muse/Royal …

Blues powerhouse Jared James Nichols brings his UK Headline tour with special guests DeWolff and Silveroller to Bradford’s Nightrain in support of his new self-titled album. If you want blues rock and roll in all of its guises, then tonight you got it. The Netherlands brings its own psychedelic formula in …

LOE (Last Of Eden) are playing their recent album in full, we head to the hills to find out what it is all about...

Ba’al, Prognosis, 4GEN7 Live Review Grand Central, Manchester Live music on a Sunday night has now become a weekly occurrence at GC, and tonight was offering a tasty line up of Ba’al, Prognosis, Idio, and Sparrowhawk. However, there is a late-in-the-day cancellation from the latter 2 bands, and so the …

RadaR Festival – Day 3 – Review The final day kicks off for me with a parking spot right outside the venue – what a result! In previous years the festival had been located in Guildford in a venue that had incredibly elaborate chandeliers in the main room but it …

I’ll readily admit I was goosed after yesterday but still managed to get my weary bones out of bed as there are bands I really want to see. I am instantly entranced by Graywave as their emotive echoey vocals pour over their melancholic music. It’s brooding shoegazey post-rock and is …