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Today, I am back at my favourite music venue, KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton, for The Annual Mayor’s Festival 2024.

For me, a classic riff played on an electric guitar, through an overdriven amplifier, is about as good as it gets.

South Of Salem have been my most-watched live band during the last two years and their high-energy performances have never disappointed.

Wolfgang Van Halen is a genius. Now that I’ve got that out of the way I will attempt to explain why.

Uriah Heep are a band that have adapted in order to survive. At the start of their illustrious career

Rock icon is probably the highest accolade any musician could hope for. Throughout history every generation has produced a handful

This was my first time at the RAH. It is a very iconic venue, although the inside was a bit smaller than I envisaged

Saxon have shown they are seasoned campaigners who have the resilience to survive the bloodiest of battles.

Tonight I travelled to the Wembley Arena to review a band whose music I’ve been listening to for forty-six years.

It’s a busy night in Bristol, as the co-headlining Metal Monsters sell out the O2 with ease.

KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton has very quickly established itself as the number 1 Rock venue in the Midlands, if not the whole of the UK.

I freely admit that I don’t embrace the Symphonic Metal genre as some do. I really like Within Temptation and Delain ...

I can safely say, during the last eighteen months, I have seen South Of Salem perform live more than any other band.

It would be madness to try to leave the Monsters of Rock Cruise in Miami on a Thursday and try to be back to a Hard Rock Hell in the UK

The Cafe #9 is a small coffee shop in Nether Edge, in the salubrious environs of Sheffield.

The first time I heard Gun was nearly thirty-five years ago. Their music resonated with me immediately. I remember hearing their debut album

Having heard the excellent recording of Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble’s performance at the London Palladium

When I was given the assignment to review Dirty Honey I was overjoyed, I have been fan of their music from the first moment I heard it.

The first time I heard the name Florence Black was when they replaced a band due to illness at the 2023 Stonedead Festival.

Let me preface this review by saying what a magnificent venue the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is, offering an interrupted view