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On the eve of Camden Rocks Festival 2016, Warrior Soul played a show at The Barfly, Camden with support from The Black Bullets and The Main Grains. Warrior Soul and The Main Grains also played Camden Rocks Festival but with 200 bands to see I decided it would make more …

Long-time YES fans, rejoice! Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick
 Wakeman are proud to announce that after a hiatus of 25 years, they are to reform the definitive YES line-up as – Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman (ARW).Since they last played together in 1990 on the highly successful YES ‘Union Tour’, …

American blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa is set to join a host of named legends as he receives his brick in The Cavern ‘Wall of Fame’ this month ahead of his intimate Cavern gig on 27 June.  Bonamassa’s free show at Liverpool’s famous cellar club is a thank you to …

Progressive Music Awards 2016, Voting Now Open at www.progmagazine.com/awards David Gilmour, Rush, Steven Wilson and King Crimson Among Those Nominated, Prog Fan, TV’s Matthew Wright Returns As Host. To be held at the Underglobe (beneath The Globe Theatre) Thursday September 1, 2016 #progawards Every Voter Is Entered Into A Free …

Frontiers Records is excited to announce the first edition of the FRONTIERS METAL FESTIVAL which will be held on Sunday, October 30th at the Live Club in Trezzo Sull’Adda (Milan), Italy. After the success of the first three editions of the Frontiers Rock Festival, the Italy based label decided to create a spin-off event to highlight the …

Award-winning Blues Rock band King King announce in association with Manhaton Records and The Gig Cartel, a nationwide UK tour during November 2016 with very special guests Broken Witt Rebels. All tickets are priced £20.  Planet Rock will run a 48-hour ticket pre-sale from Wednesday 22nd June. Tickets will then …

 On June 24, Eagle Rock Entertainment will proudly unveil Flux, the brand new studio album from celebrated Black Crowes founding member / guitarist Rich Robinson. This is the moment 2016 has been building up towards: throughout the year, Eagle Rock Entertainment has released expanded, re-imagined versions of Robinson’s solo albums, …

As the rain continued its June deluge outside, rock fans huddled inside the bar and hallway of The Robin 2 in Bilston ahead of doors. My first time here, this great little 700 capacity venue to my delight and surprise ended up packed out, not only on a Monday night, …

I spoke to Olavi from Amon Amarth at Download this year about new album Jomsviking, the upcoming tour with Testament and Grand Magus and taking the audience off to Valhalla mid-set…    

I was lucky enough to speak to all four members of The Franklys after their set at Download Festival this year, talking about how they came together, plans for the debut album and why it’s not okay to like ABBA, apparently…  

I spoke to Sally Ann and Chris from Buck & Evans at Download Festival this year discussing their upcoming album, their incredible rise to fame and where their distinct sound actually comes from…    

I spoke to John from Monster Truck at this year’s Download Festival, discussing their set earlier on in the day, supporting Nickelback in the autumn and what their biggest influence is…    

I spoke to Halestorm’s Josh Smith at Download Festival this year about their experiences during the Rock am Ring storms, how they keep on going and who the best fans in the world are…  

I had a chat with Dan Jacobs following Atreyu’s set at Download Festival this year about the comeback, why the three year hiatus was needed and whether it gets old having a drummer on lead vocals….  

I got to speak to Oli and Aaron from RavenEye at Download Festival this year about their set on Friday, current affairs within the band and who has treated them the best on tour…    

I had a chat with Tony Foresta from Municipal Waste about returning to the UK, why their songs are always so short and THAT Donald Trump-inspired t-shirt…    

I spoke to Aryn and John from Scorpion Child at Download Festival this year about new album Acid Roulette, plans for the rest of the year and how their set on the Encore Stage went earlier that day. Presumably in the rain…    

After listening to thrash/death metal for over 30 years it takes a lot to surprise me anymore but Chesterfield based band Forgotten Remains are a welcome breath of fresh (or even fetid) air into the genres with their 3rd E.P Morbid Reality. Produced and recorded by Russ Russell they are …

I spoke to Mike Miley from Rival Sons at Download Festival this year about new album Hollow Bones, what they did when Rock Am Ring got cancelled and why they love playing at Donington so much…    

I had a chat with Avatar drummer John Alfredsson about new album Feathers and Flesh, the challenges in writing a concept album and Frank Zappa, amongst other things….