Discover the late ’60s with our Psychedelic Rock Playlist. During the late ’60s, bands began to throw away their uniform attire and turn to a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Guitarists began to experiment with their instruments (some even set them alight) whilst producers began to push music further than it had …
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Iron Maiden Announce 2018 Tour
British beasts of heavy metal Iron Maiden have announced a new tour for 2018. The Legacy Of The Beast Tour (which sounds like a name given to the contents of David Coverdale’s underpants) will begin in Tallinn, Estonia on the 26th May. After a impressive London show this year, fans may be delighted to find …
Ozzy Osbourne Announces Farewell Tour
The prince of darkness has announced that he will be heading out on his ‘farewell world tour’ next year. The hell raising Black Sabbath singer is going on tour around the globe until 2020 and he says it will be for the last time. “People keep asking me when I’m retiring,” Osbourne said in a …
Sunday Dinner Jazz
I don’t know about you but I adore Sundays. It’s the one day a week that I can unplug and unwind. And because I’m terribly English, I spend most of the day eating and drinking wine. My music of choice whilst tucking into a roast is Jazz. Over the years, I’ve been plucking and perfecting …
60s San Francisco Travel Guide
Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and many more musicians flocked to the Haight Ashbury area of San Francisco in 1967. Why? Something ‘groovy’ was happening. Endless parties, drugs and music flooded the streets while free health clinics were being set up in the name of Love. Even though we couldn’t make it during the …
Peter Hook Returns To Rebellion Fest Next Year
Joy Division and New Order icon Peter Hook will be returning to the annual punk festival in Blackpool. After Hook’s 2016 Rebellion performance, the event organisers thought it was a no brainer to bring the man back for another year. In 2018 we can all look forward to hearing Peter Hook & The Light perform …
Interview: The Professionals
The Professionals have just blown us away. They sailed through a number of gutsy new tracks from their freshly released album What In The World, and they’ve treated us to three Sex Pistols tracks in light of the 40th anniversary of Never Mind The Bollocks. It was enough to make one member of the audience …
Live Review: Penetration
As I sink a large wine before the show, I notice that this once cosy pub usually reserved for local post-work drinks has quickly become a hive for punks. Silver zips and Mohicans as tall as a hardware store shelf surround me. The ’70s band Penetration are in town and are celebrating their 40 year …
Hunter S Thompson TV Show In Development
MGM TV and Davey Holmes have announced that they are developing a new bio on the life of Rolling Stones journo Hunter S. Thompson. The new series is to be called Fear & Loathing, named after the writer’s selection of writing under the same name. Hunter S. Thompson’s life was an eventful one, more notably …
Playlist: Classic Halloween Songs
We’re fed up with being spoon fed ‘Thriller nights’ and we’re sick of losing friends after being driven insane by their pelvic thrusts during ‘Time Warp’. So we’ve binned the cliche spook soundtracks and flicked through our vintage record collection. It’s time to bring back the Halloween classics. For this playlist we’ve compiled a number …
Rod Stewart Tour Dates 2018
Rod Stewart will be back on tour again in 2018; this time performing his “Live in Concert” tour, a classic set of hit singles that spans several decades of his life as a rock ‘n’ roll icon. The tour begins on January 27th in Germany with six more dates to follow into mid-February. Tickets …
Roger Daltrey Has Written A Memoir
Roger Daltrey has announced the release of his own memoir. The Who founder and singer has always resisted the urge to publish his own memoir and now feels he has had enough perspective to write one. “When you’ve spent more than half a century at the epicentre of a band like The Who, perspective can …