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Black Stone Cherry & Rival Sons @ Nottingham Rock City March 12th 2012
Posted on March 16, 2012 | No Comments
Black Stone Cherry love the UK and clearly the UK loves Black Stone Cherry. Tonight marks the second night of the sold out UK Tour with Rival Sons, and Nottingham Rock City is in for a jumping night, judging by the huge snaking queue outside...
Iron Maiden – Nottingham Arena, July 27 2011 – Live Review
Posted on July 28, 2011 | 6 Comments
Today sees the Iron Maiden juggernaut cruise into town, and Nottingham Capital FM Arena is the setting for tonight’s sell out gig. The Nottingham natives have been getting restless judging by the Twitter and Facebook chatter, eagerly anticipating the event and experiencing these absolute legends...
Slipknot – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 24, 2011 | No Comments
Closing out Sonisphere 2011 were the colossal Slipknot with what was a hugely emotional and powerful set. The untimely death of bass player Paul Gray last year set into focus how fragile life can be and the Slipknot Maggot Meet-Up held on Sunday morning was...
Limp Bizkit – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 24, 2011 | No Comments
Love them or hate them Limp Bizkit are back, the nu-metal rap rockers have always divided opinion amongst metal-heads, with the old guard dismissing them off-hand, yet they still manage to sell records by the boat load and fill arenas the world over. We here...
Opeth – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 24, 2011 | No Comments
For one reason or another we have never actually seen Opeth live, a shocking revelation indeed!, but thankfully that ghost was well and truly laid to rest at Sonisphere as we bore witness to a short but brilliant set on the Saturn Stage from the...
Mastodon – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 24, 2011 | No Comments
The mighty progressive beast that is Mastodon has been a festival mainstay for many years and for good reason, as time and time again they launch their ferocious no frills attack and wow the crowds, leaving them battered and bruised but loving every second of...
House Of Pain – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 24, 2011 | No Comments
20 years have passed since their formation and 15 years since their abrupt break up, House Of Pain returned to the stage with a setlist of classic tracks to entertain the Saturn Stage crowds at Sonisphere! Everlast and DannyBoy took to the stage with a...
Bill Bailey – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
The inclusion of comedy has been one of the high points of Sonisphere for me over the last couple of years. This year was slightly different however as rather than just keeping the comedy to afternoons on the Bohemia Stage, they have gone for the...
Motörhead – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 21, 2011 | No Comments
Motörhead normally scream out of the blocks when they play live, but today at Sonisphere’s Apollo Stage, Lemmy opens with an announcement, an announcement that is like a bombshell across Sonisphere. Former guitarist Würzel had died of a heart attack the day before. Some were...
Fozzy – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No Comments
Sunday saw an increase in “Lady Gaga Must Be Destroyed” t-shirts which can only mean one thing… Messrs Jericho, Ward, Grey, Delson and Fontsere were in town and it was Fozzy day on the Jägermeister Stage. Fozzy live is an experience, it’s full on high...
Airbourne – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No Comments
Airbourne, the rough and ready Aussie rockers really take the biscuit for pure entertainment. Right from the opening “Terminator” intro music, through to set closer ‘Stand Up For Rock ‘n’ Roll’, Joel O’Keefe and his boys prove to be the perfect festival crowd fodder… and...
Gojira – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No Comments
The powerhouse line-up on the Bohemia Stage continued with mighty French progressive metallers Gojira, yet another band that got us excited at TINAS Towers when they were announced for Sonisphere. Renowned for their powerful performances, this was one show that we were NOT going to...
Ginger Wildheart – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 5 Comments
Ginger Wildheart got called into the Sonisphere mélee at the last minute to replace One Minutes Silence on the Bohemia Stage. As ever, he does what he does best and plays to his strengths, and with a huge bounce-tastic Wildhearts based set, he and his...
Architects – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No Comments
The Architects set on Saturday morning on the Apollo stage was one we were hugely looking forward to. These guys are getting such a reputation of being ferocious live so when Sam Carter and crew come screaming out of the traps… all Hell breaks loose....
Panic Cell – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 17, 2011 | No Comments
When a band calls it a day it’s always a time for reflection, what could have been, what should have been, but it’s also a time to celebrate what was! That’s where we found ourselves at 3pm on Saturday in front of the Jägermeister Stage...
Vintage Trouble – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 17, 2011 | No Comments
Vintage Trouble first came across our radar earlier this year when the news landed on our desk at TINAS Towers that they had signed a management deal with the legendary Doc McGhee (Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, KISS, Guns N’ Roses). This instantly alerted us, that...
Sylosis – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 16, 2011 | No Comments
With our Big 4 bangovers still very much in effect we made our way to the Apollo Stage at the crack of dawn to catch one of Britain’s rising bands. The band in question was, of course, Reading’s own, Sylosis. Despite the early hour, yes...
Metallica – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 14, 2011 | No Comments
Big 4-itis is rife across Knebworth, Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer have already spread the disease to epidemic proportions, but now as the Metallica Juggernaut thunders in, anyone not yet infected; anyone with any shit left, will lose it big time. Metallica are the sixth form...
Slayer – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 14, 2011 | No Comments
US thrashers Slayer are no strangers to Sonisphere having graced the Apollo Stage last year with a face-melting set but this year the ante has been upped as they return as part of The Big Four. As with Anthrax they are missing one of their...
Megadeth – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 14, 2011 | No Comments
The person whose job it was to choose the running order of The Big 4 must have had sleepless nights about it… Third on The Big 4 bill were Megadeth, Dave Mustaine and the boys could have easily been chosen above Slayer but had to...