First Direct Arena, Leeds 7th November 2024 REEF It is hard for any band to fill a support slot, especially when the main act happens to be Deep Purple. Most of the audience is there to see the ‘name’ and…
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Concert Reviews
iamthemorning / Gleb Kolyadin / Marjana Semkina
St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington, London Friday, 1st November 2024 Billed as “An Evening With iamthemorning”, the idea of Marjana Semkina and Gleb Kolyadin, and their band playing their songs of death and pain in a church seems like a…
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ProgStock 2024
Williams Center, Rutherford, NJ, USA Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th October 2024 Occurring a week later than is customary, Progstock 2024 was welcomed by both a larger than usual crowd and unusually warm and sunny weather for late October. As…
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Lazuli
Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Saturday, 26th October 2024 By now, the connoisseur audience knows what to expect from Lazuli: approximately two-hours of an intense and above all energetic show by the excellent French quintet. The audience consists of about 200…
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The Emerald Dawn / Fluctus Quadratum
The 1865, Southampton Sunday, 26th October 2024 FLUCTUS QUADRATUM A square wave hit the South Coast as Fluctus Quadratum rolled in to The 1865 in Southampton to open for The Emerald Dawn. This is a band with some story behind…
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NVRF 2024 – Day Four
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Sunday, 8th September 2024 DAY FOUR: Reviews by Dave Ridley & Graham Thomas Photos by Chris Simmons THE CHRIS BEVINGTON ORGANISATION Photo by Graham Thomas By the time the final day of the festival comes around, I’m…
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NVRF 2024 – Day Three
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Saturday, 7th September 2024 Motorhead’s anthem used to be No Sleep Til Hammersmith. I think a suitable tag line for this festival could be No Sleep at Nene as another 11:00 am start after an exceptionally long…
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Justin Hayward
PHIL, Haarlem, The Netherlands Monday, 21st October 2024 There is no such thing as coincidence. A few weeks ago I attended the show of Moody Blues tribute band Go Now! led by ex-Moodies drummer Gordon ‘Gordy’ Marshall. During the evening…
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NVRF 2024 – Day Two
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Friday, 6th September 2024 DAY TWO: Reviews by Dave Ridley, Graham Thomas & Chris Simmons Photos by Chris Simmons and Progpics By StanS (Stan Siarkiewicz) ROADHOUSE An early start at 11am on Swan stage with Roadhouse, a…
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NVRF 2024 – Day One
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Thursday, 5th September 2024 The second Nene Valley Rock Festival moved to its new site this year, the impressive Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire, and it’s hard to think of a better setting with its landscaped grounds and…
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