Classic Rock (February 2020)

Superior Reputation cementing Essential
Playlist


Oh My Fucking
God

City (Strapping Young Lad)

Seventh Wave

Ocean Machine: Biomech

Truth

Ocean Machine: Terria Strapping Young Addicted Infinity
Biomech HEVYDEVY, 2001 Lad HEVYDEVY, 2009

HEVYDEVY, 1997 Still arguably the most absurdly Alien CENTURY MEDIA, 2005 Something magical happens Earth Day
Devin’s solo debut was a daft epic of all Townsend’s albums, It’s almost impossible to separate when Devin Townsend and Terria
pop-punk pastiche concept Terria introduced fans to a more Strapping Young Lad from the rest Anneke van Giersbergen sing
album called Punky Brüster – pensive, cerebral side to the of Townsend’s catalogue, so together. It happens repeatedly Tiny Tears
Cooked On Phonics, released in Canadian’s solo work. More fundamental was their frontman’s on Addicted: a collection of
Terria
1996: but this was the real importantly, it took him firmly personality to the whole thing. sublime, radio-friendly alt.rock
beginning. Ocean Machine into progressive territory, with Although it tends to sound like anthems that fizz and froth with
showcased a new sonic and starry-eyed epics like Earth Day a fleet of spaceships carpet joyous, sugary abandon. The Deadhead
melodic world, wherein yard- and Tiny Tears offering a more bombing the Death Star, the follow-up to the overtly proggy Ki Accelerated Evolution
thick reverb and hazy New Age indulgent and expansive take on band’s finest studio record still and the precursor to the
vibes collided with riffs the size an already unique blueprint. brims with the melodic ideas and deranged metal of Deconstruction, Almost Again
of skyscrapers and melodies that A heartfelt paean to nature and textural restlessness that underpin Addicted proved that Townsend The New Black
soared. A perennial fan favourite, its endless magic, Terria was his solo records. Turbocharged could do streamlined and (Strapping Young Lad)
Ocean Machine has stood the test pointedly bereft of the goofiness extreme metal is plainly not for succinct while driving everyone
of time: Townsend performed it and self-mockery that had everyone, but songs like Love? and cheerfully potty with urgent, Solar Winds
in full at the Ancient Roman previously typified much of his Shitstorm are as potent as any in sparkly earworms. Exemplified by
Ziltoid The Omniscient
Theatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in material. It’s a beautiful and the DT catalogue. And there are the pulsing, infectious Cheap-
2017 with a full orchestra and sincere piece of work; tinged with few things more exhilarating than Trick-on-MDMA rush of Bend It
choir in tow. Not surprisingly, melancholy but ultimately, the sound of legendary drummer Like Bender!, it’s a riot of positive Terminal
many tears were shed. overwhelmingly uplifting. Gene Hoglan at full pelt. vibes and giant, euphoric tunes. Ki


Good Worth exploring Avoid Bend It Like
Bender!
Addicted


Hyperdrive!
Addicted


Planet Of The
Apes
Deconstruction


Ghost
Accelerated Deconstruction Casualties Of Devlab Ghost
Evolution HEVYDEVY, 2011 Cool HEVYDEVY, 2004

HEVYDEVY, 2003 Boasting an all-star cast featuring HEVYDEVY, 2014 Devin Townsend fans have been Grace
The first of two albums credited Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt, Ihsahn Joining forces with fellow well trained to expect the
Epicloud
to the Devin Townsend Band (the and Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Canadian vocalist Ché Aimee unexpected over the years, but
other, Synchestra, is also great), Thordendal, Deconstruction was Dorval, Townsend conjured Devlab was probably a trip too
Accelerated Evolution seemed to always going to be one of Casualties Of Cool as a vehicle for far for some. An hour of True North
scratch a particular itch for its Townsend’s heavier records. It’s a batch of gentle but off-kilter amorphous ambience and Epicloud
creator. Superficially, this was also his most insane by some country rock songs that had been synapse-pranging noise, this
a thunderous, immaculately margin, as he plunged deep into piling up in his idea shed. mischievously experimental Mountaintop
produced alternative rock record, the warped world of avant-garde Propelled along by Johnny Cash’s detour will delight anyone that Casualties Of Cool
albeit with Townsend’s instantly extreme metal, with all the tooth- ageless boom-chicka-boom beat, enjoys getting shit-battered on
recognisable voice leading the rattling blastbeats, grotesque each song emerges, drifts jazz fags and staring at a lava Universal Flame
way, but a significant re-setting of orchestration and phlegm- serenely along and then morphs lamp for hours at a time. The
Z2 – Sky Blue
musical values was also dislodging growls that such into the next, the two singers other, presumably much larger
underway. With tunes and riffs things demand. There are real whispering sweetly over part of the Canadian’s fan base
at the forefront, the likes of Depth songs here too – Juular is an strummed acoustics and may prefer to listen to all the Stormbending
Charge and Slow Me Down are absolute belter and Sumeria is a persistent wash of ghostly records he’s made that have Transcendence
among his most powerful rock intermittently lovely – but ambience. Also notable for the actual songs on them.
songs, while the sprawling Deconstruction’s charm lies presence of Zappa alumnus Still, if nothing else, Devin Spirits Will
Deadhead and the tense, delicate primarily in its utter disregard for Morgan Ågren on drums, Townsend has at least provided Collide
Traveller kept the progressive fires the listener’s sanity. Or, indeed, Casualties Of Cool is a beautiful everyone with plenty to choose Empath
burning. An underrated gem. for Townsend’s. and strange anomaly. from. The nutter.

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KEVIN NIXON

“Being in
a band is not
like working
in a factory.


It ain’t
strenuous. It’s
an enjoyable

occupation.”



MAGNUM YEAR-
BY-YEAR
Magnum’s first
single, in 1975, was
a cover of The Searchers’
Magnum produced the band’s
Sweets For My Sweet.
Queen’s Roger Taylor

1986 album Vigilante.
A new album means another tour for the much-loved Brummie veterans. Their biggest-selling
album was 1988’s
Wings Of Heaven.

part from a short hiatus at the end of to the States. Al still does things for us, though. He The travelling must be gruelling, surely?
the noughties, Midlands-based pomp- put the artwork together for the album and he does Nah, not really. We come off stage sweaty, pile on
Arockers Magnum have been a staple of our Facebook page. to a bus, and the driver does all the hard work. We
this country’s rock scene since 1972. Previewing watch a movie or have some drinks, and wake up at
a 14-date British tour, guitarist, songwriter and How did his replacement, Dennis Ward, perhaps the next gig. People talk about the stress involved.
producer Tony Clarkin talks to CR about the band’s best known as a co-founder of the German What crap. That said, it is much harder on Bob than
twenty-first studio album, The Serpent Rings. band Pink Cream 69, come to join Magnum? me, in a physical sense. The guy sings his butt off
I wanted somebody that could really sing as well every night.
The Serpent Rings is another album of as play bass. Bob [Catley, Magnum singer] had
unmistakable, vintage-sounding Magnum. worked with him on a solo album years earlier, Over the past few years Bob’s voice has
Thanks. I’m real pleased with the way that things and he was just what we needed. The strange attracted some criticism.
are going. I don’t know when it will all stop. thing was, Dennis sent his parts via the internet I hear that and, like I say, touring is much harder on
– I didn’t even meet the guy until we did the photos him. On record he does absolutely great. On stage
The song titles are very evocative. For example for the album. Bob still does a good job.
what inspired The Archway Of Tears?
It’s a real place in Winson Green [Birmingham]. Ward is also an in-demand producer, and This UK tour begins with four consecutive
Archway Of Tears was a poor house in Victorian a songwriter. You are very hands-on with shows – that’s hard for a singer.
days, and there are lots of sad stories about it. My producing, but would you consider having No it ain’t [laughs].
daughter told me about it, saying it might be good to another hand on the faders in the future?
write about. I think they’ve knocked it down since Dennis’s ability [as a producer] didn’t affect this Kingdom Of Madness, the band featuring
I wrote that song about a year ago, but I’m not sure. record, but further down the line I don’t see why Magnum’s keyboard player Mark Stanway, are
not. And if he comes up with a great song, I’d have now on the circuit playing material neglected
Is that an orchestra we hear on some tracks? to be crazy not to listen to it, wouldn’t I? by Magnum. These are your songs. Are you
Yeah, there’s an orchestra on Where Are You Eden? cool with that?
and The Serpent Rings. Magnum are heading off on another lengthy I haven’t really got a view on it. Aren’t they
tour – twenty-two headline gigs across Europe, playing to maybe a hundred people? It all ended
Bassist Al Barrow, who joined a reunited followed by a tour with Gotthard. You and Bob acrimoniously [with Stanway], so I’ve got bigger
Magnum 18 years ago, recently stepped down are in your seventies now, it must be tough. and more important things to worry about. DL
from the band. That must be saddening? Being in a band is not like working in a factory. It
It is. But that was Al’s choice, because he had moved ain’t strenuous. It’s an enjoyable occupation. The tour begins in Glasgow on March 19.

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INTERVIEWS

























Girlschool


’School’s in, not out, in
January and February.



uitarist/singer Kim McAuliffe
previews a rare headlining UK
Gtour by the veteran band.

Girlschool formed in 1978 because guys
wouldn’t let you join their bands. Does
that now seem like rock’s Dark Ages?
There’s a hell of a lot more female
musicians around now, sure. It’s taken
a long time to become more acceptable, not
just in music but in every walk of life. And
that can only be a good thing.

Although the band’s star faded during the
mid-80s, you never gave up. Those must
have been tough times?
Not really… We are so stupid and stubborn Five Finger Death Punch
that we never really thought about it
[laughs]. We just continued what we were
doing and picked up on opportunities that Catch one of just two UK shows, with Megadeth supporting.
came along. We still enjoy being a band,
and people want to come along to the gigs.
e catch up with guitarist We did the work. We were on the we were – I came from a freakin’
A year ago, co-founding bassist Enid
Williams claimed to have been dismissed Zoltan Bathory as road two hundred-plus days a year. communist country with a guitar
while she was out of the country. Wthe Las Vegas-based This [F8] is record number eight and a bag of clothes. Ivan was
We didn’t know that she was on holiday, metalheads return from a lay-off for us and we’ve been together for throwing it away for everybody,
only that she was with her boyfriend who that saw frontman Ivan Moody fifteen years. not just himself.
lives abroad. We thought it would be helpful enter rehab in a bid to save his life.
to have support when receiving that type And yet it could all have gone And Judas Priest’s Rob Halford
of news. I’m sorry that Enid saw that as A new press release claims badly wrong. Although Ivan helped with these issues.
nastiness. It’s never nice to hear something
like that, but we were trying to be kind. that 5FDP are currently the Moody is now sober he seemed Rob had gone through those same
third-biggest artist in hard rock to be in self-destruct mode. struggles. Jonathan Davis [from
It was the second time she’d been axed. when measured by sales and We went through a tornado of shit. Korn] told Ivan: “You’ve got the
Is life more peaceful with her replacement streams, surpassed only by Even sober, Ivan is like the Joker. world at your fingertips, don’t
Tracey Lamb, who’s now into a third stint Metallica and AC/DC. He will rob a bank just to set the throw it away.” And it worked. Ivan
with the group? When I saw that list for the first money on fire. The guy doesn’t has been twenty-one months sober.
Yeah. Relationships can break down over time I was shocked, but it’s now give a shit about anything. With He’s a completely different guy.
such a long period of time, but it [the
dismissal] wasn’t something we went very possible to measure music’s someone like that it’s tough to make
into lightly. Enid was and still remains an digital footfall. Megadeth are your ‘special
important member of Girlschool. Without guests’ on these dates. How do
her we probably would never have existed. With heavyweights such as “There’d be no you feel about that?
Black Sabbath and Slayer Megadeth were my favourite band
Did Girlschool pick metallers Evyltyde as retiring, it’s great that a new Five Finger Death when I was growing up. There
support act on this tour? tier of festival headliners is would be no Five Finger Death
Our manager recommended them, and ready and waiting. Punch without Punch without them – we’ve told
they’re a good band.
Yeah, and we were given a shot by Megadeth.” them so and there’s a mutual
It’s almost five years since Guilty As Sin. Korn, Disturbed and Slipknot, who respect. From the outside, people
Will there be another Girlschool album? allowed us to open for them, so we them see sense. I really thought he might wonder why Megadeth are
Definitely. But we are selling an album take great pride to give a helping was going to die. supporting these kids, but Dave
called Girlschool Live that features Kelly hand of our own. We are keenly [Mustaine, ’deth mainman] knows
[Johnson, the band’s former guitarist who aware of the need for fresh blood, so How did you make him get we’ve done the work, and, as
died in 2007] on our upcoming tour. It I manage a couple of bands and we himself into rehab? uncomfortable as it might be, it all
includes a never-before-released song
called Give Some Love recorded in 1995. DL take new bands out with us. He realised that we were serious comes down to numbers. DL
about throwing him out, also that
The eight-date tour begins on January 30. It begs the question: how did his actions weren’t fair. All of us had 5FDP play Cardiff on January 30
you manage such a feat? worked our asses off to get where and Wembley 31.

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Keb’ Mo’


Three Mo’ chances to catch
“We greet him live, in January.
people when

they arrive, Ton telling stories, keeping politics out
he multiple-Grammy-winning US
blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
and say
goodbye as of his music, and the power of love.

they leave. How do we address you: Keb, Kevin or
We’ll even [Laughs] Well, my friends call me Keb, so
Mister Moore?
valet-park let’s go with that.

for you.” You’ve been called “a living link to the
original Delta blues” yet despite affiliation
to that church you’re also a whole separate
entity. How did you find that niche?
I didn’t find the niche, I am the niche. I do
what I do. I am the product of my influences
Damian Wilson and of my life; it wasn’t some calculated plan.


& Adam Wakeman Did your love of telling stories, taking
the listener on a journey, come from
your childhood?
I don’t know where it came from, except
What will the shows be like? Your guess is as good as ours – and theirs. my best efforts to craft a good song. I like to
engage the listener and say something that
is of relevance to life.
ormer Threshold singer Adam: We’ll even valet-park for Adam, will you be playing
Damian Wilson and keyboard you as part of the ticket price. keyboards on Ozzy’s next You performed for Barack Obama at the
White House in 2012, but you try to keep
Fplayer Adam Wakeman world tour?
politics out of your music.
(Ozzy Osbourne, Yes, Strawbs and A couple of years back, during Adam: Yes. It’s been a pretty
I do try, but they seep in every once in
many more) preview their latest a gig in a church somebody terrible year for Ozzy, but it’s all on a while. People are divided enough, so I try
collaborative tour. threw a bra at Damian, who again from May onwards, which is to step in in a way that might make people
responded by putting it on. great news. think, or to open a door of understanding.
When did you two first meet? Damian: Yes. Prog magazine
Adam Wakeman: We were in printed a photo of me throwing Will you ever manage to make Having been part of 2004’s Vote For
a band together called Jeronimo the horns wearing a brassiere in a new record from your ‘main’ Change tour, presumably you are
more keen than ever to encourage
Road during the nineties, and ever front of the tabernacle. band, Headspace?
electoral activity?
since we’ve looked for any excuse Adam: It was a little too small for Adam: Funnily enough, a few days
Vote For Change was very important
to work together again. him. Maybe you could let people ago Pete Rinaldi [guitarist] told me because the Bush administration had
Damian Wilson: This wouldn’t know that Damian’s cup size is 36DD? he’s got some ideas, so we’ll get involved us in another unnecessary war
have worked had we tried it back in together in a room quite soon. – in the Middle-East. Because I come
the nineties, we were just too dumb. Although you’ve made two Damian: That’s three of us. Are the from the Vietnam era, I’m extremely
Adam: It was actually my dad very strong records together, other guys still alive? sensitive to the whole stupidity of that.
[Rick] who suggested that we try you don’t force them down the Adam: So far as I know.
You try to provoke thought rather
a duo show. audience’s throats.
than preach. Are you trying to convey
Adam: And we’ve been mildly Can you each tell us a secret a message of any kind?
Although the format of criticised for not playing more about the other one? Just to trust love and healing. Laughter
an evening based upon Wilson-Wakeman stuff. But our Damian: Adam’s a terrible cook, is very important. I’m about opening up
musicianship, banter and show is more about what we feel despite the fact that he’s appeared that space in your mind that causes you
anecdotes is simple, the joy of like sharing on the night. in a cook book. to consider the bigger picture.
these shows is that nobody has an Adam: Damian is a passionate
You once said of the blues: “It’s like weeds
inkling of what might happen. Do these kinds of tours you’re reader of Motor Home Monthly.
growing; you just cannot stop it.”
Adam: Us included. We travel to doing have a shelf-life? Damian: I have to be, as I’m Thanks to fantastic artists like Christone
the gigs together and we include Adam: As long as nobody gets tired sleeping in a van outside Adam’s ‘Kingfish’ Ingram and Gary Clarke Jr,
what we talk about in the show. with it, we’ll continue. house after my houseboat sank. DL the blues will be around for as long as
Damian: That spontaneity is vital. Damian: C’mon, we’re the musical there’s civilisation. DL
We greet people when they arrive, equivalent of Ant and Dec. Nobody The dates wrap in Walton-on-Thames
The tour begins in London on January 22.
and say goodbye as they leave. gets tired of them, do they? on January 19.

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Tour Dates … DEEP PURPLE RECOMMENDS







AEROSMITH Keighley Studio 5 Apr 24
London O2 Arena Jul 15 Louth British Legion Hall Apr 25
Manchester Arena Jul 18 Maidstone Pizza Express Apr 26
London Oxford Street 100 Club Apr 28
ALCEST, BIRDS IN ROW, KÆLAN MIKLA
London Charing Cross Heaven Mar 4 JOE BONAMASSA
Manchester Gorilla Mar 5 Brighton Centre Apr 25
Bristol The Fleece Mar 6 Edinburgh Playhouse Apr 27
Liverpool M&S Bank Arena Apr 28
ALL POINTS EAST FESTIVAL Gateshead The Sage Apr 30
KRAFTWERK, IGGY POP, KIM GORDON, Leeds First Direct Arena May 1
MORE Cardiff Motorpoint Arena May 2
London Hackney Victoria Park May 29 DEBORAH BONHAM
ANATHEMA Wimborne Tivoli Theatre Jan 23
Glasgow St Luke’s Church Mar 6 London Chelsea Under The Bridge Jan 24
London Palladium Mar 7 Minehead Giants Of Rock Festival Jan 25
Wavendon The Stables Jan 28
IAN ANDERSON: JETHRO TULL’S
THE PROG YEARS BOULEVARD
Yeovil Westlands Apr 20 Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar Apr 27
Bristol St George’s Apr 21 Newcastle Trillians Apr 29
Cheltenham Town Hall Apr 22 Nottingham Alberts Apr 30 With Deep Purple and Blue Öyster Cult making up a colourful
Lincoln Drill Hall May 3 Barnsley Birdwell Venue May 1 bill, you can rest assured that it won’t be a black night.
Leeds City Varieties May 4 Cardiff Fuel May 2
Buxton Opera House May 5 Cannock The Station May 3
London Blackheath Halls May 17 Bridgwater Cobblestones May 4 See below for dates. Currently October 2-8.
Southend on Sea Palace Theatre May 18
Guildford G Live May 19 BILLY BREMNER’S ROCKFILES,
Aylesbury The Waterside Sep 30 GERAINT WATKINS TRIO Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Mar 10 DEEP PURPLE, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
Leicester De Montfort Hall Oct 1 London Oxford Street 100 Club Jan 20 Birmingham Symphony Hall Mar 11 Manchester Arena Oct 2
Blackburn St George’s Hall Oct 3 Ipswich Regent Theatre Mar 13 London O2 Arena Oct 3
Perth Concert Hall Oct 4 BROFEST Manchester Bridgewater Hall Mar 14 Glasgow The Hydro Oct 5
Glasgow Pavilion Theatre Oct 5 QUARTZ, SARACEN, SACRED ALIEN, MORE Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre Mar 16 Leeds First Direct Arena Oct 6
Hanley Victoria Hall Oct 6 Newcastle Star & Shadow Cinema Feb 28, 29 London Palladium Mar 17 Birmingham Arena Oct 8
London Shepherd’s Bush Empire Oct 8 Oxford New Theatre Mar 19
Brighton Dome Oct 9 Bath The Forum Mar 20 DELAIN
Poole Lighthouse Oct 10 Recommended Cardiff St David’s Hall Mar 22 Birmingham Institute Feb 6
Reading Hexagon Oct 12 Brighton Dome Concert Hall Mar 23 Manchester The Ritz Feb 7
Bath Forum Oct 13 BIFF BYFORD ERIC CLAPTON & FRIENDS: Bristol Anson Rooms Feb 8
…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY Gateshead Sage 2 Apr 17 A TRIBUTE TO GINGER BAKER London Brixton Electric Feb 9
THE TRAIL OF THE DEAD Birmingham Town Hall Apr 18 London Hammersmith Apollo Feb 17 DESERTFEST
Brighton Patterns Feb 29 Glasgow St Luke’s Apr 20 MASTERS OF REALITY, COC, ORANGE
Bristol The Exchange Mar 1 Leeds City Varieties Apr 21 ELVIS COSTELLO AND GOBLIN, MORE
Nottingham Bodega Social Club Mar 2 Bath Komedia Apr 22 THE IMPOSTERS London Camden, various venues May 1-3
Edinburgh Mash House Mar 3 Liverpool Arts Club Apr 24 Liverpool Olympia Feb 28
Manchester Night & Day Café Mar 4 Aberdare Coliseum Theatre Apr 25 Southampton Mayflower Theatre Mar 1 BRIAN DOWNEY’S ALIVE AND
Newcastle Riverside Mar 5 Wavendon Stables Apr 27 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Mar 2 DANGEROUS, DON AIREY,
Leicester The Cookie Mar 7 London Islington Assembly Hall Apr 28 Sunderland Empire Mar 3 REBECCA DOWNES
Huddersfield The Parish Mar 8 Brighton Old Market Apr 29 Glasgow Armadillo Mar 5 Manchester Academy 3 Feb 24
London Tufnell Park Dome Mar 10 Sheffield City Hall Mar 7 Sheffield Foundry Feb 26
St Albans The Horn Mar 11 Blackpool Opera House Mar 9 Exeter Lemon Grove Feb 27
Edinburgh Usher Hall Mar 10
ANTI-FLAG CALL OF THE WILD FESTIVAL Manchester Palace Theatre Mar 12 DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION
Brighton Chalk Feb 2 MICHAEL MONROE, PHIL CAMPBELL, London Hammersmith Apollo Mar 13 Fletching Trading Boundaries Feb 14, 15
London Islington Academy Feb 4 WARRIOR SOUL, THE THROBS, MORE Oxford New Theatre Mar 15
Manchester Club Academy Feb 5 Lincoln Lincolnshire Showground May 29-31 Cardiff Millennium Centre Mar 16 DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL
Birmingham The Mill Feb 6 Birmingham Symphony Hall Mar 18 IRON MAIDEN, KISS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN,
Glasgow Garage Feb 7 ELIANA CARGNELUTTI MORE
Skegness Great British Rock & Blues Festival Jan 19 CRADLE OF FILTH, AMORPHIS, Leicestershire Donington Park Jun 12-14
ANVIL Grimsby Yardbirds Club Jan 20 WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar Mar 4 London Oxford Street 100 Club Jan 21 London Kentish Town Forum Jan 22 DREAM THEATER
Derby Flowerpot Mar 5 Worthing The Factory Jan 22 London Hammersmith Apollo Feb 21, 22
Buckley Tivoli Mar 6 Southampton 1865 Jan 23 THE CRAZY WORLD OF Glasgow Armadillo Feb 23
Bradford Nightrain Mar 7 Minehead Giants Of Rock Festival Jan 24 ARTHUR BROWN
Milton Keynes Crauford Arms Mar 8 Dudley Lamp Tavern Jan 25 Minehead Giants Of Rock Festival Jan 24 GREG DULLI
Manchester Academy 3 Mar 9 Maidstone Pizza Express Jan 26 London Kensington Nells Jazz & Blues Jan 25 Galway Róisín Dubh Mar 19
Belfast Limelight 2 Mar 11 Dublin Whelans Mar 20
Dublin Voodoo Lounge Mar 12 FRANK CARTER AND THE CROPREDY FESTIVAL Glasgow SWG3 Warehouse Mar 22
Nuneaton Queens Hall Mar 13 RATTLESNAKES, HO99O9 STEVE HACKETT, CLANNAD, TREVOR HORN, Manchester Gorilla Mar 23
Halifax The Lantern Mar 14 Manchester Academy Feb 12 MORE London Islington Assembly Hall Mar 24
Bridgwater Cobblestones Mar 15 Glasgow Barrowland Feb 13 Oxfordshire Cropredy Village Aug 13-15
Swindon Level 3 Mar 17 London Alexandra Palace Feb 15 FRANCIS DUNNERY’S IT BITES
Bristol Exchange Mar 18 CROW BLACK CHICKEN Glasgow St Luke’s Jan 16
Brighton The Haunt Mar 19 NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Keighley Studio 5 Jan 18 Wolverhampton Slade Rooms Jan 17
Southampton 1865 Mar 20 Birmingham Arena May 2 Skegness Rick & Blues Festival Jan 19 Manchester Club Academy Jan 18
London Islington Academy Mar 21 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena May 3 Grimsby Yardbirds Club Jan 20 London Shepherd’s Bush Bush Hall Jan 19
Machynlleth Y Llew Coch & Y Plas Mar 22 Glasgow The Hydro May 5 London Oxford Street 100 Club Jan 21
Manchester Arena May 6 Maidstone Pizza Express Jan 22 WILLIAM DUVALL
ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL Dublin 3 Arena May 8, 9 Birmingham Pizza Express Jan 23 Dublin Whelans Mar 25
OPETH, TESSERACT, IHSAHN, MORE Leeds First Direct Arena May 12 Minehead Giants Of Rock Jan 24 Glasgow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Mar 27
Bristol Fernhill Common Aug 20-22 London O2 Arena May 14, 15 Hartlepool Small Crafts Club Apr 10 Newcastle Academy 2 Mar 28
Kinross Green Hotel Apr 11 Liverpool Arts Loft Mar 29
ATOMIC ROOSTER ROGER CHAPMAN FAMILY Sheffield HRH Blues Apr 12 Birmingham Academy 3 Mar 31
London Oxford Street 100 Club Feb 6 & FRIENDS Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar Apr 13 London Oxford Street 100 Club Apr 1
London Shepherd’s Bush Empire Feb 2
BIG BIG TRAIN Leicester Academy Feb 4 ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM EVANESCENCE, WITHIN TEMPTATION
Aylesbury Friars Jun 16 Southend-on-Sea Railway Hotel Mar 3 London O2 Arena April 7
Maidstone Ramblin’ Man Fair Jun 18 CHELSEA BLUES FESTIVAL Southampton Heartbreakers Mar 4
CHRIS FARLOWE, CLIMAX BLUES BAND, Cardiff Earl Haig Mar 5 FAITH NO MORE
THE BLUES BAND SOUTHBOUND, MORE Brighton Green Door Store Mar 6 Manchester Apollo Jun 10
London Chelsea Under The Bridge Mar 6 London Chelsea Under The Bridge Mar 28 Ramsgate Music Hall Mar 12 Glasgow Academy Jun 11
London Islington The Lexington Mar 13 Ireland Punchestown Sunstroke Festival Jun 13
BLUES CARAVAN CLANNAD Bilston Robin 2 May 20 Birmingham Academy Jun 15
JEREMIAH JOHNSON, WHITNEY SHAY, Sheffield City Hall Mar 4 Newcastle The Cluny 2 May 21 London Brixton Academy Jun 16
RYAN PERRY Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Mar 6 Glasgow Nice ‘N’ Sleazy May 22
Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar Apr 22 Gateshead The Sage Mar 7 Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s May 23 BRIAN FALLON
Hartlepool Football Club Apr 23 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Mar 8 Stanhope Northern Kin Festival May 24 Norwich Waterfront May 15

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Manchester Academy May 16 RECOMMENDS JACK J HUTCHINSON
Leeds Academy May 17 Hook Echo Hotel Music Club Feb 1
Glasgow Galvanizers May 18 FAITH NO MORE Oxford The Bullingdon Feb 20
Nottingham Rock City May 20 Gravesend Red Lion Mar 6
Bristol Academy May 21 Bedford Esquires Mar 7
Birmingham Institute May 22 Coulsdon Tuesday Night Music Club Mar 10
London Shepherd’s Bush Empire May 23 Crumlin The Patriot Mar 13
Pershore Iron Road Mar 14
HEATHER FINDLAY Darwen Big House Blues Bar Mar 15
Nottingham Rescue Rooms Jan 9 Edinburgh Bannermans Bar Mar 18
London Highbury Garage Jan 10 Newcastle Trillians Mar 19
Bristol Thekla Jan 11 Elland Meeting Room Mar 21
Newcastle Riverside Jan 15 Witham Barry’s Blues Barn Apr 4
Glasgow Oran Mor Jan 16 Canterbury Penny Theatre Apr 17
Bilston Robin 2 Jan 22 INCITE
BRYAN FERRY Bournemouth The Anvil Jan 11
Glasgow Armadillo Mar 3 Bridgwater Cobblestones Jan 12
Newcastle City Hall Mar 5 Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar Jan 15
Manchester Palace Theatre Mar 7 Leeds Key Club Jan 16
Leicester De Montfort Hall Mar 9 Manchester Star & Garter Jan 17
London Royal Albert Hall Mar 11, 13 Nottingham Alberts Jan 18
Exeter Cavern Jan 19
FISH, DORIS BRENDEL London Islington Academy 2 Jan 20
Aberdeen Lemon Tree Mar 13
Holmfirth Picturedrome Mar 15 IRON MAIDEN
London Islington Assembly Hall Mar 16, 17 Donington Park Download Festival Jun 13
Cardiff Y Plas Mar 19 Belfast Belsonic Festival Jun 15
Frome Cheese & Grain Mar 20
Northampton Roadmender Mar 21 JIMMY EAT WORLD
Brighton Concorde 2 Mar 22 They came from out of nowhere in the mid-80s, fell to pieces Manchester Academy Jul 7
Bury St Edmunds Apex Mar 24 London Brixton Academy Jul 8
Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill Mar 25 in ’98, and now they’re back. Pop along and introduce yourself. Cheltenham 2000 Trees Festival Jul 9
Manchester Academy Mar 27
Edinburgh Queen’s Hall Mar 28 WILKO JOHNSON, JOHN OTWAY
See previous page for dates. Currently June 10-16. Worthing Assembly Hall Apr 9
SAMANTHA FISH, FÉLIX RABIN Poole Lighthouse Apr 10
Glasgow St Luke’s Feb 28 Colwyn Theatr Colwyn Mar 29 Aberystwyth Arts Centre Apr 11
Leeds Brudenell Social Club Feb 29 Liverpool Epstein Theatre Mar 30 HARD ROCK HELL Nottingham Albert Hall Apr 24
Nottingham Rescue Rooms Mar 1 Wavendon The Stables Apr 1 SKID ROW, WILDHEARTS, NAZARETH, Shrewsbury Theatre Severn Apr 25
Manchester Gorilla Mar 3 Manchester RNCM Apr 2 WOLFSBANE, MORE Portsmouth New Theatre Royal Apr 26
Cardiff Globe Mar 4 Bristol St George’s Apr 3 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall Holiday Resort Nov 5-8 Bury St Edmunds The Apex May 7
London Islington Assembly Hall Mar 5 Cardiff The Gate Apr 4 Birmingham Town Hall May 8
Norwich Waterfront Mar 6 HARD ROCK HELL AOR London Islington Assembly Hall May 9
Bristol Trinity Mar 7 OTIS GRAND AND THE BIG GREAT WHITE, AUTOGRAPH, ECLIPSE, Glasgow St Luke’s Church May 21
Brighton Concorde Mar 8 BLUES BAND, RAMON GOOSE MORE Whitley Bay Playhouse May 22
London Chelsea Under The Bridge Jan 17 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall Holiday Resort Mar 12-15 Blackpool Grand Theatre May 23
FIST Swindon Wyvern Theatre May 28
Newcastle Trillians Jan 24 GRAND MAGUS HARD ROCK HELL PROG IX New Brighton Floral Pavilion May 29
Bristol The Fleece Mar 3 RICK WAKEMAN, DAVE BROCK, JOHN Manchester RNCM May 30
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, Manchester Club Academy Mar 6 LEES’ BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST, MORE
MEGADETH, BAD WOLVES Dublin Voodoo Lounge Mar 7 London Shepherd’s Bush Empire Mar 28, 29 MARCUS KING BAND
Cardiff Arena Jan 30 Belfast Limelight Mar 8 Sheffield Academy Mar 28, 29 Leeds Wardrobe Feb 21
London Wembley Arena Jan 31 Glasgow Audio Mar 10 Glasgow Oran Mor Feb 22
Sheffield Foundry Mar 11 HARD ROCK HELL PROG X Dublin Whelans Feb 23
MICK FLEETWOOD & FRIENDS Birmingham Asylum Mar 13 COLOSSEUM, THRESHOLD, MOSTLY London Camden Electric Ballroom Feb 25
London Palladium Feb 25 Norwich Waterfront Mar 14 AUTUMN, ATOMIC ROOSTER, MORE Manchester Academy 3 Feb 26
London Tufnell Park Dome Mar 15 London Shepherd’s Bush Empire Oct 17, 18 Nottingham Rescue Rooms Feb 27
KIRK FLETCHER, BEN POOLE Sheffield Academy Oct 17, 18 Bristol Thekla Feb 28
London Oxford Street 100 Club Jan 19 MYKE GRAY FEATURING HARD ROCK HELL PUNK KING KING
KIM JENNETT
THE FUZZTONES Swansea Hangar 18 Feb 21 UK SUBS, RUTS DC, 999, MORE Cardiff Uni Y Plas Apr 3
London Chelsea Under The Bridge Feb 7 Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill Feb 22 Sheffield Academy Oct 10, 11 Salisbury City Hall Apr 4
London Camden Underworld Feb 23 Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion Apr 5
ERIC GALES Blackpool Waterloo Music Bar Feb 28 HARD ROCK HELL SLEAZE Bury St Edmunds Apex Apr 6
Bristol The Fleece May 25 Bradford Night Train Feb 29 L.A. GUNS, MICHAEL MONROE, JETBOY, Sheffield Leadmill Apr 8
Southampton 1865 May 26 Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar Mar 1 MORE Glasgow Fruit Market Apr 10
Bilston Robin 2 May 27 Huddersfield John Smith’s Stadium Jun 27 Sheffield Academy Aug 29, 30 Manchester A2 Apr 11
Nottingham Rescue Rooms May 28 York Opera Apr 12
Gateshead The Sage May 29 HARD ROCK HELL VIKINGS Birmingham Town Hall Apr 14
Jun 1 Recommended
Leeds Brudenell Social Club May 30 ENISFERIUM, WARKINGS, THYRFING, MORE Newcastle Boiler Shop Apr 15
Glasgow Oran Mor Sheffield Academy Nov 28, 29 London Camden Electric Ballroom Apr 17
Manchester Academy 3 Jun 2
London Islington Academy Jun 3 STEVE HACKETT BETH HART, KRIS BARRAS LAMB OF GOD, KREATOR, POWER TRIP
Brighton Dome Nov 1 ACOUSTIC DUO Bristol Academy Apr 21
GIANTS OF ROCK FESTIVAL Cardiff St David’s Hall Nov 2 Dublin Vicar Street Jan 31 Manchester Academy Apr 22
HAWKWIND, GUN, QUIREBOYS MORE Hanley Victoria Hall Nov 3 Belfast Ulster Hall Feb 2 Glasgow Academy Apr 23
Minehead Butlins Jan 24-27 London Palladium Nov 5, 6 Brighton Dome Feb 5 Birmingham Academy Apr 24
Edinburgh Playhouse Nov 8 London Hammersmith Apollo Feb 8 London Brixton Academy Apr 25
GIRLSCHOOL, EVYLTYDE Dundee Caird Hall Nov 9 Birmingham Symphony Hall Feb 9 Sonny Landreth, Son Of Dave
London Camden Underworld Jan 30 Carlisle Sands Centre Nov 10 Cardiff St David’s Hall Feb 12 London Islington Assembly Hall Jan 23
Blackpool Waterloo Music Bar Jan 31 Newcastle City Hall Nov 12 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Feb 14
Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar Feb 7 Scunthorpe Baths Hall Nov 14 Gateshead The Sage Feb 15 THE LAST INTERNATIONALE
Glasgow Oran Mor Feb 8 Bradford St George’s Hall Nov 15 Manchester Bridgewater Hall Feb 17 London Oxford Street 100 Club Mar 17
Newcastle Trillians Feb 9 Southampton Mayflower Nov 16 Sheffield City Hall Feb 20 Birmingham Hare & Hounds Mar 18
Stoke-on-Trent Eleven Feb 13 Cambridge Corn Exchange Nov 17 Plymouth Pavilions Feb 22 Bristol Exchange Mar 19
Scarborough Music Hall Feb 14 Oxford New Theatre Nov 18 Southampton Guildhall Feb 24 Manchester Night People Mar 21
Nuneaton Queens Hall Feb 15 Guildford G Live Nov 20 Glasgow Stereo Mar 22
Bexhill-on-Sea De La Warr Pavilion Nov 21 H.E.A.T, VEGA, MASON HILL, COLLATERAL
GOO GOO DOLLS Birmingham Symphony Hall Nov 23 Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill May 28 LEVELLERS
Glasgow Academy Feb 19 Manchester Apollo Nov 25 London Highbury Garage May 29 Bury St Edmunds The Apex Feb 12, 13
Manchester Albert Hall Feb 21 Leicester De Montfort Hall Nov 27 Swansea Patti Pavilion May 30 Falmouth Princess Pavilion Feb 14, 15
Leeds Academy Feb 22 Basingstoke Anvil Nov 28 Brecon Theatre Brycheiniog Feb 26
Nottingham Rock City Feb 24 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Nov 30 ROGER HODGSON Port Talbot Princess Theatre Feb 27
Birmingham Institute Feb 25 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Dec 1 London Live At Chelsea Hospital Jun 13 Blackwood Miners Institute Feb 28
London Chalk Farm Roundhouse Feb 27 Liverpool Empire Jun 14 Llandudno Venue Cymru Feb 29
Mar 1
GRAHAM GOULDMAN Glasgow Armadillo Jun 16 Liverpool Grand Central Mar 19
Birmingham
G Live
Guildford
Jun 17
Symphony Hall
Gateshead The Sage 2 Mar 19 LUKE HAINES & PETER BUCK Brighton Centre Jun 7 Norwich UEA Mar 20
Aberdeen Tivoli Mar 20 Hebden Bridge Trades Club Apr 13 Southend-on-Sea Cliffs Pavilion Jun 8 Margate Dreamland Mar 21
Edinburgh Pleasance Theatre Mar 21 London Oxford Street 100 Club Apr 15, 16 Sheffield Leadmill Apr 29
Glasgow St Luke’s Mar 22 HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES Coventry Empire Apr 30
Solihull Core Theatre Mar 24 HAMMERFEST Leeds First Direct Arena Sep 2 Holmfirth Picturedrome May 1, 2
Leeds City Varieties Mar 25 TRIPTYKON, NAPALM DEATH, Glasgow The Hydro Sep 3 Hastings White Rock Theatre May 13
London Highbury Union Chapel Mar 26 KORPIKLAANI, MORE London O2 Arena Sep 5 Frome Cheese & Grain May 14
Brighton St George’s Mar 27 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall Holiday Resort Mar 19-22 Birmingham Arena Sep 6 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre May 15
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Southampton Guildhall May 16 x RECOMMENDS Telford Oakengates Theatre Mar 26
York Barbican Nov 4 Chesterfield Winding Wheel Mar 27
Dundee Fat Sam’s Nov 5 PEARL JAM Aberystwyth University Concert Hall Mar 28
Stirling Albert Halls Nov 6 Hereford Courtyard Mar 29
Edinburgh Liquid Rooms Nov 7 Stockport Plaza Theatre Mar 31
Aberdeen Lemon Tree Nov 8 Northallerton Forum Apr 1
St Albans Arena Nov 18 Scarborough Spa Theatre Apr 2
Scunthorpe Baths Hall Nov 19 Leeds City Varieties Apr 3
Manchester Albert Hall Nov 20, 21 Middlesbrough Town Hall Apr 4
Lancaster Town Hall Dec 3 Yarm School Apr 5
Nottingham Rock City Dec 4, 5 Newcastle Tyne Theatre Apr 6
Camberley Camberley Theatre Apr 22
LIFESIGNS Stevenage Gordon Craig Theatre Apr 23
Swindon Level III Mar 6 Isle of Wight Shanklin Theatre Apr 24
Cardiff Acapella Mar 7 Exmouth Pavilion Apr 25
Southampton 1865 Mar 8 Ilfracombe Landmark Theatre Apr 26
London Putney Half Moon Mar 11 Corby Cube Apr 29
Oundle Civic Hall Mar 13 Hull City Hall Apr 30
Norwich Brickmakers Mar 14 Dorking Dorking Halls May 1
Southend-on-Sea Chinnerys Mar 15 Maidstone Hazlitt Theatre May 2
Stourport Fusion Festival Mar 22 Hastings White Rock Theatre May 3
Peterborough Cresset Theatre May 5
LINDEMANN St Albans Alban Arena May 6
London Kentish Town Forum Feb 23 Crawley The Hawth May 7
Bedford Corn Exchange May 8
LIVE EVIL FESTIVAL Ipswich Corn Exchange May 9
PAGAN ALTAR, SARACEN, DEATHMACE, Newport Riverfront May 13
MORE Neath Gwyn Hall May 14
London Camden Underworld Jan 16-20 Brecon Theatre Brycheiniog May 15
Newton Theatre Hafren May 16
LONELY ROBOT Eddie Vedder and his Pearl Jam cohorts promise to be Treorchy Park & Dare Theatre May 17
London King’s Cross Scala Feb 10 Coleraine Riverside May 19
a ton of fun in the sun this summer. Ah… summer… Sligo Hawkswell Theatre May 20
LOOE BLUES RHYTHM & ROCK Dundalk An Tain Arts Centre May 21
FESTIVAL Cork Everyman Theatre May 22
THE ANIMALS & FRIENDS, MARTIN TURNER, London Hyde Park BST Festival Jul 10 Mullingar Arts Centre May 23
MORE Galway Town Hall May 24
Looe Tencreek Holiday Park Mar 20-22 MONSTER MAGNET Newcastle The Cluny Mar 20 Bradford St George’s Hall May 27
ERJA LYYTINEN Glasgow Garage Jan 22 Buckley Tivoli Mar 21 Musselburgh Brunton May 28
29
Dunfermline
Alhambra
May
London Oxford Street 100 Club May 2 Leeds Academy Jan 23 QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT Dundee Rep May 30
Bilston Robin 2 May 6 London Kentish Town Forum Jan 24 London O2 Arena Jun 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 Durham Gala Theatre May 31
Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar May 7 Manchester Arena Jun 11, 12 Lincoln Theatre Royal Jun 3
Kinross Green Hotel May 8 MUD MORGANFIELD, Runcorn The Brindley Jun 4
Wavendon The Stables May 10 THE CINELLI BROTHERS QUIREBOYS ORCHESTRAL Colwyn Bay Theatre Colwyn Jun 5
London Chelsea Under The Bridge Jan 22 London Kentish Town Forum Sep 4, 5 Wellingborough Castle Theatre Jun 6
MAGNUM Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Jun 7
Garage Glasgow Mar 19 RACHEL STAMP Winchester Theatre Royal Jun 8
Belfast Limelight 1 Mar 20 London Camden Underworld Feb 14 Portsmouth New Theatre Royal Jun 9
Dublin Voodoo Lounge Mar 21
Cardiff Tramshed Mar 22 RAGE, SAVAGE MESSIAH, SERENITY SANTANA
Sheffield Leadmill Mar 24 MUSIC FOR THE MARSDEN London Camden Underworld Feb 8 Glasgow The Hydro Mar 26
Hull The Welly Mar 25 ERIC CLAPTON, BONNIE TYLER, London O2 Arena Mar 27
Manchester Academy 2 Mar 26 TOM JONES, MORE RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR
Holmfirth Picturedrome Mar 28 London O2 Arena Mar 3 CLUTCH, HAWKWIND, BIG BIG TRAIN, JOE SATRIANI
Cambridge Junction Mar 29 MONSTER TRUCK, MORE Bexhill-on-Sea De La Warr Pavilion May 22
Birmingham Town Hall Mar 30 Maidstone Mote Park Jul 17-19 Glasgow Academy May 23
Norwich Waterfront Mar 31 Gateshead The Sage May 24
Exeter Lemon Grove Apr 2 JARED JAMES NICHOLS, COLLATERAL RAMMSTEIN Manchester Bridgewater Hall May 25
Southampton Engine Rooms Apr 3 Bilston Robin 2 Feb 25 Cardiff Principality Stadium Jun 14 London Palladium May 26
London Islington Assembly Apr 4 Nottingham Rescue Rooms Feb 26 Coventry Ricoh Arena Jun 20 Birmingham Symphony Hall May 28
Nottingham Rock City May 16 Grimsby Yardbirds Club Feb 27
Newcastle Think Tank Feb 28 RAZOR SAXON
JESSE MALIN Glasgow Garage 2 Feb 29 London Camden Underworld Mar 27 Glasgow Barrowland Mar 27
Nottingham The Old Cold Store Mar 1 Manchester Soup Kitchen Mar 27 London Hammersmith Apollo Mar 28
Sheffield The Greystones Mar 2 London Tufnell Park Dome Mar 28 RED ROOSTER FESTIVAL Manchester Apollo Mar 29
Leeds Belgrave Music Hall Mar 4 Bristol The Exchange Mar 29 RICHARD HAWLEY, THE SHEEPDOGS,
Manchester Night & Day Café Mar 5 NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL STARS, MORE MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST
Newcastle The Cluny 2 Mar 6 NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, Suffolk Euston Hall May 28-30 Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill Apr 16
Glasgow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Mar 7 ONE DESIRE Newcastle City Hall Apr 17
Edinburgh Mash House Mar 8 London Islington Assembly Hall Mar 6 TOM ROBINSON BAND Leeds Academy Apr 18
Oxford The Bullingdon Mar 10 London Shepherd’s Bush Empire May 30 London Shepherd’s Bush Empire Apr 19
Bristol Hen & Chickens Mar 11 PARKWAY DRIVE, HATEBREED,
Winchester The Railway Mar 12 STICK TO YOUR GUNS, VENOM PRISON LEE ROCKER SARI SCHORR
London Wembley Arena Apr 18 Glasgow Barrowland Apr 11 Manchester Band On The Wall Apr 2
BERNIE MARSDEN, DEBORAH BONHAM Newcastle Northumbria Institute Apr 5 Derby Flowerpot Apr 3
London Chelsea Under The Bridge Jan 24 JOHN PARR Manchester Academy 2 Apr 6 Glasgow Room 2 Apr 4
London Islington Assembly Hall Mar 15 Bristol Anson Rooms Apr 7 Newcastle The Cluny Apr 5
NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL London Highbury Garage Apr 8 Kinross Green Hotel Apr 6
OF SECRETS PEARL JAM, PIXIES, WHITE REAPER, Morecambe The Platform Apr 9
Guildford G Live Apr 23 MORE ROCK GODDESS Nantwich Jazz & Blues Apr 10
Brighton Dome Apr 24 London Hyde Park BST Festival Jul 10 Minehead Giants Of Rock Festival Jan 26 Worcester Huntingdon Hall Apr 16
Oxford New Theatre Apr 25 London Islington Academy Mar 5 Sutton Boom Boom Club Apr 17
Ipswich Regent Apr 27 PROCOL HARUM WITH Great Torrington Plough Arts Centre Apr 18
Dublin Convention Centre Apr 29 ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR ROMEO’S DAUGHTER Newbury Arlington Arts Apr 24
York Barbican May 1 London Palladium Apr 2 Nuneaton Queen’s Hall Feb 14 Bilston Robin 2 Bilston Apr 29
Leicester De Montfort Hall May 2 Blackpool Waterloo Music Bar Feb 15 Chester Live Rooms Apr 30
Southampton Mayflower May 4 PRONG, UNEARTH Bradford Night Train Feb 21
Cardiff St David’s Hall May 5 London Malet Street ULU Feb 15 Stoke-on-Trent Eleven Feb 22 SIMPLE MINDS
London Royal Albert Hall May 7 London Kensington Nells Jazz & Blues Feb 29 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Mar 14
Liverpool Philharmonic May 8 KEN PUSTELNIK’S GROUNDHOGS, Bournemouth BIC Mar 15
Sheffield City Hall May 9 STRAY ROSE TATTOO London Wembley Arena Mar 17
Birmingham Symphony Hall May 11 Chislehurst Beaverwood Club Feb 25 London Camden Electric Ballroom Mar 22 Leeds First Direct Arena Mar 18
Bath Forum May 12 Sutton Boom Boom Club Feb 26 Brighton Centre Mar 20
Gatehead The Sage May 14 Southampton The Brook Feb 27 FRANCIS ROSSI (SPOKEN WORD) Dublin 3 Arena Mar 22
Manchester Apollo May 15 Tavistock The Wharf Feb 28 Wimborne Tivoli Mar 11 Birmingham Resorts World Arena Mar 24
Edinburgh Usher Hall May 16 Swansea Sin City Feb 29 Basingstoke Anvil Mar 12 Glasgow The Hydro Mar 25
Bristol Thekla Mar 5 Yeovil Westlands Mar 13
THE MISSION Pershore Iron Road Mar 6 Street Strode Theatre Mar 14 SISTERS OF MERCY
Birmingham Institute Feb 29 Norwich Brickmakers Mar 10 Margate Theatre Royal Mar 15 Manchester Albert Hall Mar 7
Frome Cheese & Grain Mar 1 Nottingham Bodega Mar 11 Kettering Lighthouse Theatre Mar 19 Bristol Academy Mar 8
London Highbury Garage Mar 12 Stamford Corn Exchange Mar 20 Leeds Academy Mar 10
KEB’ MO’ Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms Mar 13 Wrexham William Aston Hall Mar 21 Nottingham Rock City Mar 11
London Ladbroke Grove Subterania Jan 22 Gravesend Red Lion Mar 14 Stafford Gatehouse Mar 22
Glasgow Old Fruitmarket Jan 23 Bilston Robin 2 Mar 18 Leicester De Montfort Hall Mar 23 SKIDS UNPLUGGED
Dumfries Big Burns Supper Jan 24 Blackpool Waterloo Music Bar Mar 19 Redditch Palace Theatre Mar 25 Frome Cheese & Grain Apr 14

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Cardiff Portland House Apr 15 RECOMMENDS Birmingham Arena Jun 3
London Shoreditch Town Hall Apr 16 Glasgow The Hydro Jun 4
Harpenden Public Halls Apr 17 WHITESNAKE Newcastle Utilita Arena Jun 6
Blackburn King George’s Hall Apr 18 Manchester Arena Jun 8
Dunfermline Carnegie Hall Apr 19
THE WHO
SLIPKNOT, BEHEMOTH Manchester Arena Mar 16
Manchester Arena Jan 16 Dublin 3 Arena Mar 18
Newcastle Utilita Arena Jan 17 Newcastle Utilita Arena Mar 21
Glasgow The Hydro Jan 18 Glasgow The Hydro Mar 23
Sheffield FlyDSA Arena Jan 20 Leeds First Direct Arena Mar 25
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Jan 21 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Mar 30
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Jan 22 Birmingham Resorts World Arena Apr 1
Birmingham Arena Jan 24 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Apr 3
London O2 Arena Jan 25 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena Apr 6
London Shepherd’s Bush Empire Jul 17 London Wembley Arena Apr 8
SONS OF APOLLO THE WILDHEARTS, BACKYARD BABIES,
London Islington Assembley Hall Mar 19 CKY
Newcastle Academy Jan 28
STATUS QUO Belfast Limelight Jan 29
Gateshead The Sage Oct 8 Glasgow QMU Jan 30
Manchester Bridgewater Hall Oct 9 Manchester The Ritz Jan 31
Aberdeen Music Hall Oct 11 London Kentish Town Forum Feb 1
Sheffield City Hall Oct 12 Cardiff Tramshed Feb 3
Ipswich Regent Theatre Oct 14 Birmingham Institute Feb 4
Oxford New Theatre Oct 15
Bath Forum Oct 17 WILLE & THE BANDITS
Southend-on-Sea Cliffs Pavilion Oct 19 Leicester The Musician Feb 26
Croydon Fairfield Concert Hall Oct 20 Sheffield The Greystones Feb 27
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Nov 27 Here they go again… If you’re ready an’ willing, grab a ticket, Manchester Deaf Institute Feb 28
Leicester De Montfort Hall Nov 28 Liverpool Philharmonic Feb 29
Cardiff St David’s Hall Nov 30 get to a show and cop a volley of top tunes and true classics. Bilston Robin 2 Mar 4
Birmingham Symphony Hall Dec 1 Leeds Irish Centre Mar 5
Brighton Centre Dec 3 Newcastle The Cluny Mar 6
London Hammersmith Apollo Dec 5 See below for dates. May 31 to June 8. Glasgow Blue Arrow Mar 7
Bournemouth BIC Dec 6 Inverness Inchyra Arts Club Mar 9
London Camden Black Heart Feb 12 Glasgow Armadillo Nov 27 St Boswells Live Mar 10
STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL Bilston Robin 2 Feb 13 Leeds First Direct Arena Nov 28 Clitheroe The Grand Mar 11
TOM KEIFER, PHIL CAMPBELL, Gravesend Red Lion Feb 15 Derby Flowerpot Mar 12
MONSTER TRUCK, MORE Leicester The Musician Feb 16 TOUCHSTONE Gloucester Guildhall Mar 13
Ebbw Vale Hafod-y-Dafal Farm Jul 24-26 Dorset Winter’s End Festival Feb 29 London Highbury Garage May 9 Cardiff The Moon Mar 14
Manchester Eagle Inn Mar 7 Guildford The Star Mar 18
STEEL PANTHER Chelmsford Hot Box Mar 13 WALTER TROUT, DANIELLE NICOLE BAND Margate Elsewhere Mar 19
Bristol Academy Feb 5 Buxton Opera House May 19 London Oxford Street 100 Club Mar 20
London Brixton Academy Feb 7 TARJA Frome Cheese & Grain May 20 Bideford Palladium Club Mar 25
Birmingham Academy Feb 8 London Camden Electric Ballroom Mar 17 London Islington Assembly Hall May 22 Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre Mar 26
Manchester Victoria Warehouse Feb 9 Manchester Academy 2 Mar 19 Holmfirth Picturedrome May 23 Plymouth The Junction Mar 27
Glasgow Academy Feb 11 Glasgow Garage Mar 20 Gateshead The Sage May 24 Truro Old Bakery Studios Mar 28
Newcastle Academy Feb 12 Shoreham-by-Sea Ropetackle Arts Centre Apr 1
Belfast Ulster Hall Feb 15 JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR ROBIN TROWER, SARI SCHORR Oxford The Bullingdon Apr 2
Dublin Vicar Street Feb 16 Brighton Old Market Mar 2 Southampton The Brook Apr 23 Wimborne Tivoli Theatre Apr 3
Bath Komedia Mar 3 Holmfirth Picturdrome Apr 25 Bristol Thekla Apr 4
Bilston Robin 2 Mar 5 London Islington Assembly Hall Apr 26
Recommended Gloucester Guildhall Mar 6 TURILLI, LIONE RHAPSODY, DAMIAN WILSON
& ADAM WAKEMAN

Mar 7
Phoenix Arts Centre
Exeter
CELLAR DARLING
Mar
STEREOPHONICS Norwich Waterfront Mar 10 9 London Islington Assembly Hall Apr 25 Fletching Trading Boundaries Jan 3
Southend-on-Sea Chinnerys
Jan 4
Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall
Liverpool University Feb 18 Cambridge Junction Mar 11 York The Basement Jan 5
Leeds Academy Feb 19 London Kensington Nells Jazz & Blues Mar 13, 14 TWIN ATLANTIC Sheffield West Street Live Jan 6
Sheffield FlyDSA Arena Feb 28 Liverpool Art Club Mar 16 Motherwell Concert Hall Mar 3 Boston Blackfriars Theatre Jan 7
Birmingham Arena Feb 29 Glasgow St Luke’s Church Mar 17 Aberdeen Music Hall Mar 4 Dumfries Theatre Royal Jan 8
Brighton Centre Mar 2 Edinburgh Liquid Rooms Mar 18 Dundee Fat Sam’s Mar 6 Glasgow Cottiers Jan 9
Bournemouth BIC Mar 3 Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Mar 20 Kilmarnock Grand Hall Mar 7 Kinross Green Hotel Jan 10
London O2 Arena Mar 6 Newcastle Riverside Mar 21 Newcastle Riverside Mar 9 Stafford Gatehouse Jan 12
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Mar 7 Leeds Warehouse Mar 22 Manchester Academy 2 Mar 10 London Pizza Express Live Jan 13
Newcastle Utilita Arena Mar 9 Hull The Welly Mar 24 Sheffield Leadmill Mar 11 Windsor Old Court Jan 14
Aberdeen P & J Live Arena Mar 10 Nottingham Glee Club Mar 25 Cardiff Tramshed Mar 13 Cardiff Acapela Studio Jan 15
Glasgow The Hydro Mar 11 Oxford Academy 2 Mar 27 Oxford Academy Mar 14 Bath Arts Centre Jan 16
Manchester Arena Mar 13 Swansea Sin City Mar 29 Leicester Academy Mar 15 Cranleigh Arts Centre Jan 17
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Mar 14, 15 Bournemouth Old Fire Station Mar 17 Wavendon The Stables Jan 18
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, Brighton Concorde 2 Mar 18 Walton on Thames Riverhouse Barn Jan 19
BLACKBERRY SMOKE London Camden Electric Ballroom Mar 20
London Wembley Arena Feb 1 STEVEN WILSON
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, VARDIS Nottingham Arena Sep 17
THE PROFESSIONALS, TV SMITH TERRORVISION Grimsby Yardbirds Club Feb 14 London O2 Arena Sep 19
Bristol Academy Mar 12 Leeds Warehouse Feb 7, 8 Doncaster The Leopard Feb 15
Cardiff Great Hall Mar 13 Liverpool Grand Central Hall Feb 27 London Oxford Street 100 Club Mar 13 JAH WOBBLE & THE INVADERS
Birmingham Academy Mar 14 Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill Feb 28 OF THE HEART
Norwich UEA Mar 16 Poole Winter’s End Festival Feb 29 DANNY VAUGHN & DAN REED: Liverpool The Cavern Jan 16
Glasgow Barrowland Mar 17 SNAKE OIL & HARMONY Manchester Club Academy Jan 17
Troon Concert Hall Mar 19 TESTAMENT, EXODUS, DEATH ANGEL London Putney Half Moon Mar 12 Leeds Brudenell Social Club Jan 18
Newcastle Academy Mar 20 Bristol Academy Mar 3 Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms Mar 13 London Camden Jazz Café Jan 23
Leeds Academy Mar 21 Dublin National Stadium Mar 4 Sheffield Corporation Mar 14 Brighton Patterns Jan 24
Northampton Roadmender Mar 23 London Kentish Town Forum Mar 6 Newcastle The Cluny Mar 15 Colchester Arts Centre Jan 25
Nottingham Rock City Mar 24 Manchester Academy Mar 7 Chester Live Rooms Mar 17 Cardiff The Globe Jan 30
Portsmouth Pyramid Centre Mar 26 Glasgow Barrowland Mar 8 Bristol The Fleece Mar 18 Bristol Thekla Jan 31
Manchester Academy Mar 27 Aberdare Jacs Mar 20 Southampton The Brook Feb 1
London Chalk Farm Roundhouse Mar 28 THERAPY? Stoke-on-Trent Eleven Mar 21 Newcastle The Cluny Feb 6
Manchester The Ritz Apr 3 Bilston Robin 2 Mar 22 Edinburgh La Belle Angele Feb 7
STONEDEAF FESTIVAL London Camden Electric Ballroom Apr 4 Blackpool Waterloo Music Bar Mar 24 Glasgow Garage 2 Feb 8
BLACK STAR RIDERS, TYKETTO, Glasgow Cottiers Theatre Mar 25 Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre Feb 13
KRIS BARRAS BAND, MORE THOSE DAMN CROWS Manchester Night People Mar 27 Birmingham Hare & Hounds Feb 14
Nottingham Newark Showground Aug 29 Newcastle Think Tank Feb 4 Ballymena The Diamond Mar 28 Nottingham Rescue Rooms Feb 15
Glasgow Garage Attic Bar Feb 5 Harpenden Public Halls Mar 6
SUPERSUCKERS Manchester Deaf Institute Feb 7 VOLBEAT, BARONESS, DANKO JONES Norwich Arts Centre Mar 21
London Oxford Street 100 Club Feb 9 Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill Feb 8 (REARRANGED DATE)
York The Crescent Feb 10 Bristol Exchange Feb 9 Bristol Academy Jun 17 YES
Blackpool Waterloo Music Bar Feb 11 Southampton Joiners Arms Feb 10 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall May 26
Glasgow Stereo Feb 12 London Tufnell Park Boston Music Room Feb 12 STAN WEBB’S CHICKEN SHACK, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall May 27
Edinburgh Bannerman’s Bar Feb 13 Poole Winter’s End Festival Feb 28 THE SHARPEEZ York Barbican May 29
Perhsore Iron Road Feb 15 London Oxford Street 100 Club Jan 15 Gateshead The Sage May 30
THUNDER, UGLY KID JOE Glasgow Royal Concert Hall May 31
SWEET CRISIS Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Nov 19 WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, EUROPE Birmingham Symphony Hall Jun 2
Cambridge Portland Arms Jan 30 Birmingham Resorts World Arena Nov 20 London O2 Arena May 31 Manchester Bridgewater Hall Jun 3
Liverpool EBGBS Feb 1 London Wembley Arena Nov 21 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Jun 1 London Royal Albert Hall Jun 5

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REVIEWS

‘The riff of First Time
suggests they are

Not quite ‘a thousand’ indeed here to rock.’
horses: (l-r) Bill Satcher,
Michael Hobby, Graham
Deloach and Zach Brown.

































































A Thousand Horses

London 229 The Venue


Country rockers bring a lil’ piece of Nashville to the capital, and
attempt to answer big questions at their album release show.


You could probably write a PhD about the they can play the O2 as part of the annual
Michael Hobby:
average British rock fan’s difficult relationship C2C hoedown, where hen parties in pink
tipping hats and
with music from the American South. Sometimes stetsons sing Rhinestone Cowboy and line tunes to Skynyrd.
it seems that the more closely we identify with dancing is de rigueur.
heartland, denim-’n’-leather rock, the less likely Which is all a roundabout way of trying to figure proclaims singer Michael Hobby, talking about
we are to enjoy the unfiltered country sounds we out where A Thousand Horses fit. Their intro tape tells their upcoming record, recorded in Nashville (natch)
associate with Nashville. It’s as if the only way we you where they want to fit: it’s AC/DC’s Are You Ready with Dave Cobb (natch). Livin’ My Best Life, the first
can truly enjoy Southern music is when we hear followed by Thin Lizzy’s The Boys Are Back In Town. As single, is as slick as engine oil, and tips a hat to
our own influence reflected back at us. We like The far as signals of intent go it’s pretty transparent, and Skynyrd with the line: ‘I’ve been breaking in the jukebox
Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackberry the opening First Time, with a riff from somewhere in with a little Curtis Loew’. Preachin’ To The Choir prompts
Smoke because we can hear Led Zeppelin’s the Street Fighting Man ballpark, suggests that they are the first serious arms-a-waving from the audience,
ambition and bombast in their sound. We like The indeed here to rock. They’re surprisingly ragged – for while another newbie, Define Me shows the band’s
Black Crowes because they hold up a mirror to the much of the first half of the set, guitarist Bill Satcher is tender side. Burn Like Willie could be Big & Rich, and
Stones and The Faces. It’s definitely a thing. plagued by various electronic buzzes – but in a Crazy a thudding My Time’s Comin’ is enlivened when
On the other side of the Atlantic they have their Horse way, where it’s not sloppy but feels like it Satcher somehow manages to tangle his guitar lead
own country conundrum. Blackberry Smoke are wouldn’t take much to tip over into chaos. New songs in his tuning pegs.
a band as capable of playing pure country as country Broken Heartland and Drinking Song up the cliché The band’s enormo-hit (20 million YouTube views
rock, but Charlie Starr will tell you how unwilling the quotient, and Tennessee Whiskey takes it further, and counting) Smoke kicks off the encores, with
Nashville cognoscenti is to embrace them. On the but they’re all good – hang around in Nashville long Hobby’s reedy southern drawl soundtracking an
right side of the tracks (as far as said cognescenti is enough, and you either get good or go home – and audience now fully committed to the on-stage action.
concerned) are Midland, a country act not a million they’ve got that country gift for rhymes that sound Yet we’re no closer to answering the questions: Are
miles from the bands we’ve mentioned, but whose much better in song than they read on paper, coupling they country? Are they rock? Does it matter, when
KEVIN NIXON schtick is more traditional: truck stops, beer and lonely ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ with ‘Did you miss me?’. “We just everyone’s having such a good time? Probably not.

hearts. It means they don’t pull a UK rock crowd, but
made a fucking record like a band’s supposed to do,”
Fraser Lewry
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THE LEGENDS THAT BUILT ROCK!







From the pages of Classic Rock magazine comes this collection of incredible encounters


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REVIEWS

‘We wouldn’t miss this
genuinely heartfelt
Ronnie Wood tribute for the world.’

& His Wild Five


London Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Honest Ron and Chuck Berry?
What could possibly go wrong?

Young Ronnie Wood was captivated by the
seductive cars-’n’-girls-based Americana of
vintage Chuck way back in the 50s, and the first
example of Berry’s rock‘n’roll Dead Sea scrolls this
writer encountered was the Faces’ Memphis. Then
there’s the Stones. Wood and most of those packed
into the Empire have probably been getting their
Ya-Ya’s out for Keef’s Carol and Queenie for the fat
end of 50 years. Tonight’s a foregone conclusion.
Ronnie wants us to love it. We want to love it. And
we do. Up to a point.
The material’s faultless; it’s Chuck’s greatest hits,
what’s not to like? Woody’s a charming ringmaster,
gifted in guitar and gab departments, but he’s no
Jagger. That said, who is? At the keys, Ben Waters
does a textbook take on Johnnie Johnson, but brings
none of the joyous rambunctiousness of Faces or
Stones. Wood approximates the wild abandon of
Chuck’s originals, but the band’s controlled virtuosity
lends the night a sedate jazz club feel. Imelda May
reliably ramps up the passion (her powerhouse
performance on Wee Wee Hours is a revelation) and
Lulu (yes, Lulu) offers a roof-raising Run Rudolph Run.
Ultimately, while Chuck’s magic works better over two
minutes than two hours, we wouldn’t have missed this Honest Ron:
a night of Chuck
genuinely heartfelt tribute for the world.
Berry classics.
Ian Fortnam




Amyl And The Sniffers Airbourne/Tyler Bryant Idles

Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach & The Shakedown London Alexandra Palace
Antipodean charmers unleash hand-me- London Kentish Town Forum This generation’s Clash, or this season’s
down beast. Blistering night with Aussie hellraisers Blaggers ITA. Time will tell.

Rock fashions come and go, but Australia’s and southern young guns. Against the backdrop of a bitterly divided UK, it
Amyl And The Sniffers have grasped the There are kids – actual kids, in braces – beaming feels especially significant that a band like Idles,
universal truth that the gloriously dumb thrill of in delight as TB&TSD remind us that old-school who were playing pubs just two years ago, are now
hollering, headbanging gutter-punk primitivism will blues rock, with virtuosic guitar showboating, can be headlining a venue like the cavernous 10,000-capacity
never die. Fronted by kick-ass singer Amy Taylor, this huge fun. It helps that the young Nashville foursome Alexandra Palace.
mullet-haired Melbourne quartet make a knowingly are playing like it’s a headline stadium show, and The Bristol-based band have made it here because
retro racket that is both a parody and celebration of clearly having the best time. And with the likes of On their deeply political, yet compassionate punk has
garage rock’s golden age, especially the Australian To The Next and Aftershock adding grungy dirt and struck a chord with a fanbase who need something to
“pub punk” scene of the late seventies. Punchy sing- decadence, the bar is set high. believe in during these turbulent times. And as pink-
along chants like GFY (Go Fuck Yourself) and Shake Anyone else would seriously struggle to follow such haired frontman Joe Talbot smashes his way across
Ya are hardly subtle, but two-minute shotgun blasts of an opener. But Airbourne are headlining, and as the the stage during the climax of Samaritans – a song that
sweaty, shouty, sweary excitement is the band’s forte. galloping attack of Raise The Flag incites ear-to-ear tackles toxic masculinity – every stomp of his boot
Taylor radiates a kind of hilarious loose-cannon grins throughout the Forum, it’s clear that they’re not feels like a scuzzy bear hug.
charisma, channelling prime-time Joan Jett and about to be dwarfed by anyone. Yes the enormous wall Danny Nedelko and Rottweiler are scorching attacks
Debbie Harry at times, but with some of the high-wire of Marshalls is part of the deal, but it’s just one on the right-wing press, the rabble-rousing chorus to
mania of Iggy Pop and Johnny Rotten too. On the ingredient in a recipe that’s barely changed for years. feminist anthem Mother a deafening call to arms.
downside, the Sniffers currently have a limited stylistic It’s the same irresistible A-chord boogies; the same Outside the fray, the yawning space works as a glowing
range which could become more of a liability as they songs about ‘livin’ it up’ and ‘girls in black’ (with extra platform for the band to celebrate immigration and the
graduate to bigger venues. Some critics have also raw heat from new album Boneshaker); permanently NHS, but the step up to larger venues has also
questioned their cartoonish image as a problematic shirtless frontman Joel O’Keeffe is practically wearing attracted a less partisan crowd. When Talbot talks
caricature of beery, boorish, working-class life. True or the same jeans he wore in 2004. JD & Cokes are doled about the need for fair access to healthcare, there’s
not, it scarcely matters when they play this music with out onstage for It’s All For Rock’n’Roll, and crowd-surfers a small, surprising ripple of grumbles about the band’s
such obvious affection, energy and humour. As Jason flow in a steady stream right up to closer Runnin’ Wild. desire to mix politics and punk that’s at odds with their
Williamson of Sleaford Mods observed, “at least they But none of this would fly as it does without firmly established pro-equality mantra.
look like they’re scum instead of pretending they are”. Airbourne’s explosive energy and palpable love for Idles fully deserve to be on stages this size. Let’s
Sometimes the best kind of compliment is one that what they do. To feel like a part of that gang, even for pray their message of unity doesn’t get lost as they
KEVIN NIXON feels like a punch in the face. a night, is a joyous thing. step up to the next league.

Dannii Leivers
Stephen Dalton
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suffering in his music.

THE BEST LIVE BAND I’VE SEEN
I was part of James Brown’s band a few times. One
time he brought some of his former band members
– Maceo Parker on saxophone and Bootsy Collins
on bass – and I was playing guitar. And that was the
hottest band I’d ever physically been a part of.


THE SONG THAT MAKES ME CRY
I’m not a big crier. You should talk to my wife about
that, ha ha. But I find myself getting emotional with
my own music when a song comes from personal
experience. I’ve written a song for my next album – it
doesn’t even have a title yet – which is about my kids
and how blessed I am. That makes me tear up.

THE SONG I WANT PLAYED AT MY FUNERAL
A funeral can be a celebration of life, so I would like MUDDY WATERS: GETTY; KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD: MARK SELIGER/PRESS
something upbeat, maybe Gonna Have A Funky Good
Time by James Brown, something to lift people’s spirits.
“Muddy Waters had such character in It goes: ‘We gonna take it higher!’ It’s like the ascension to
the next life, so it would be really appropriate.

his vocal delivery.” The Traveler is out now via Provogue.


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