FUAGH A BALLAH (Clear the way), Black Star Riders (BSR) has released their fifth, tub-thumping, balls-fresh, heavy riffing new album ‘Wrong Side of Paradise’. Black Star Riders are the offshoot band of Thin Lizzy, fronted by Ricky Warwick. Warwick set out to sustain ‘Lizzy’s reputation whilst delivering a fresh …
Read More »RICKY WARWICK – When Life Was Hard & Fast – album review
When Life Was Hard And Fast (WLWHAF) is the stunning second solo album from Ricky Warwick. Put together with a group of killer guests ranging from Joe Elliot, Luke Morley, to Andy Taylor, Dizzy Reed and Keith Nelson. The album showcases Ricky’s musical prowess, with a slight lean towards Americana …
Read More »RICKY WARWICK – ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’
RICKY WARWICK – ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ announces new album due for release February 19th 2021 RICKY WARWICK (BLACK STAR RIDERS, THIN LIZZY, THE ALMIGHTY) announced a new studio album, the first since 2015. The album is titled ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ and will be released …
Read More »THE HEAVY METAL TRUANTS ANNOUNCE VIRTUAL CHARITY RIDE SET TO BE BIGGEST YET
THE HEAVY METAL TRUANTS RIDE AGAIN… VIRTUALLY! CHARITY CYCLING TROOP TO RECREATE LEGENDARY DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL RIDE ON A GLOBAL SCALE AND INVITE ALL TO JOIN REIMAGINED RIDE SET TO BE THEIR BIGGEST YET, WITH NO RESTRICTION ON NUMBERS OR LOCATION DOWNLOAD TV TO TAKE PLACE 12-14 JUNE The Heavy Metal …
Read More »Ricky Warwick to Auction Denim Jacket for Charity!
BLACK STAR RIDERS/ THIN LIZZY’S RICKY WARWICK ANNOUNCES AUCTION TO SUPPORT CANCER FUND FOR CHILDREN TO START ON 1STOCTOBER 2019 Guitarist and front-man of iconic rock bands Black Star Riders and Thin Lizzy is set to auction his denim cut off jacket to the highest bidder to support the excellent …
Read More »Black Star Riders Part Company With Damon Johnson And Welcome Christian Martucci
. BLACK STAR RIDERS PART COMPANY WITH DAMON JOHNSON AND WELCOME CHRISTIAN MARTUCCI Black Star Riders are proud to announce that their new lead guitar player from January 1st 2019 will be Christian Martucci, from Stone Sour. Christian will replace founding BSR member Damon Johnson, who has decided to part …
Read More »The Dead Daisies and The Amorettes – The Picturedrome, Holmfirth, 27th July 2018
Tonight I headed out to The Picturedrome in Holmfirth as The Dead Daisies brought their Summer Tour 2018 to Yorkshire. The Dead Daisies aren’t actually a group, as such, but a collective of musicians assembled, only five years ago, by David Lowy and Jon Stevens. The Antipodean Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller? As …
Read More »Damon Johnson – Solo Album “Memoirs Of An Uprising” Out 9th November 2018
Black Star Riders (Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper and Brother Cane) guitarist Damon Johnson New Solo Album: “Memoirs Of An Uprising” Release Date: 9thNovember 2018 Warwick Johnson Tour Dates Announced For The UK In Sept/Oct 2018 Photo credit Stephen Jensen Damon Johnson is pleased to announce his forthcoming new solo album …
Read More »Warwick-Johnson – Announce ‘Sonic Acoustic Attack Tour’
WARWICK JOHNSON ANNOUNCE UK AND EUROPE ACOUSTIC TOUR IN AUTUMN 2018 RICKY WARWICK (Black Star Riders / Thin Lizzy / The Almighty) DAMON JOHNSON (Black Star Riders / Thin Lizzy / Alice Cooper) Rock veterans Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson are pleased to announce a “Sonic Acoustic Attack Tour” in Autumn …
Read More »Damon Johnson Announces Pledge Campaign For New Solo Album
Black Star Riders (Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper and Brother Cane) guitarist Damon Johnson Announces Pledge Campaign For New Solo Album “Memoirs Of An Uprising” Album Release in Late 2018 Warwick Johnson Tour Dates Announced For The UK In Sept/Oct 2018 Photo Credit Stephen Jensen Damon Johnson has announced a Pledge …
Read More »Gary Moore to Release ‘Blues and Beyond’ in November 2017
Gary Moore to Release ‘Blues and Beyond’ 24th November 2017 on BMG On 24th November 2017 BMG proudly release Gary Moore’s Blues and Beyond, a remarkable collection of his powerful and emotive blues studio recordings. Blues and Beyond is released on double CD, 4 LP and as a box …
Read More »Ramblin’ Man Fair – Saturday, 23rd July 2016
After a six-hour journey from the North on Friday, it’s safe to say I was more than ready to let my hair down, listen to some good music, and enjoy a hyped weekend at this year’s Ramblin’ Man Fair in Maidstone. Upon my arrival, a huge proportion of the weekend’s …
Read More »Thin Lizzy Announce Bassist and Drummer for Ramblin’ Man Fair
Thin Lizzy are very proud to announce Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton will be playing bass at their forthcoming festival appearance. Tom, an Aerosmith founding member and co writer of iconic songs such as ‘Sweet Emotion’ and ‘Janie’s Got A Gun’, joins Guitarists Scott Gorham & Damon Johnson, together with Lead Vocalist …
Read More »Damon Johnson – Announces Solo EP “Echo” Out On 27th May 2016
Damon Johnson – Announces Solo EP “Echo” Out On 27th May 2016 Damon Johnson (Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, Brother Cane) is pleased to announce his first solo electric project with the ‘Echo’ EP, to be released in May 2016. Recorded throughout 2015, the 5 track EP sees …
Read More »Eric Bell – ‘Exile’
The word legend is one which is often, and even more frequently inappropriately, bandied about. But, it is a description which definitely does apply to one man: a guitar player from the humble back streets of east Belfast whose name is cemented in the mythos of the Irish, and subsequently …
Read More »Ramblin’ Man Fair adds more acts
Sebastian Bach, The Cadillac Three, Ginger Baker’s Airforce 3, Purson, The Kentucky Headhunters, Headspace, Inglorious and The Zombies are the latest acts to be confirmed for this year’s Ramblin’ Man Fair. They join headliners Whitesnake and Black Stone Cherry, as well as Thin Lizzy, Airbourne, Europe, Ginger Wildheart, The Graveltones, Procol …
Read More »Ricky Warwick – Ahoghill, Diamond Rock Club – 2 January 2016
A little more than three months after he last graced this same stage – then accompanied by his Black Star Riders bandmate Damon Johnson – Ricky Warwick returned to one of his favourite haunts for this special New Year show. In fact, Warwick had forsaken the somewhat sunnier climes of …
Read More »Eric Bell – Belfast, Empire Music Hall – 15 November 2015
There are few people in the music business to whom the term “living legend” can, and should, be deservedly applied. As far as the the Irish rock scene is concerned, there is one gentleman to whom that descriptive does not even begin to do justice – and that is Mr …
Read More »Eric Bell – Interview, November 2015 – PlanetMosh Exclusive
There are very few people to whom the term “living legend” genuinely can be applied. In terms of terms of the Irish music scene, one man who definitely, and deservedly, fits that description is Eric Bell, one of the founding members of the equally legendary Thin Lizzy. PlanetMosh was invited …
Read More »Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson – Ahoghill, Diamond Rock Club – 26 September 2015
There are rock stars. And then there are rock stars. There are those with an anally-retentive sense of their own self-generated importance, who are content to ride around in limos and play hundreds of miles from their nearest fans in fields as big as their egos. And then there are those …
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