For those who love their progressive rock it doesn’t get much better than this. After the success of their Time Machine arena tour last year, prog rock legends Rush will be returning to the UK for another round of arena shows in May 2013. The tour will take in five nights across the UK, beginning…
As many people will be aware, the position of Drummer for the upcoming Black Sabbath reunion shows has been an uncertainty hanging over the band and their fans for quite some time now. Original drummer Bill Ward has been in “on – off” negotiations with the rest of the band and more specifically the management…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably heard that Paramore will be sub-headlining at Reading and Leeds this year under UK goth rock veterans The Cure. Well to get themselves in fighting shape for those two appearances Hayley and friends have scheduled an intimate warm up show in the week running up to…
Having recently been on tour across the UK with their new friends in Welsh rock band Lostprophets, I had the pleasure of catching up with electro-rock/dubstep quartet Modestep on their tour bus outside the Corn Exchange in Cambridge shortly before the bands’ set opening up for the Prophets in Cambridge that evening (If you’d like…
Can’t afford to go to Download? Still sad about Sonisphere? Well hold onto your skateboards because the UK hasn’t seen a festival like this in a long time. For the first time in over a decade (thirteen years to be precise), The Vans Warped Tour is hitting the UK! The UK version will take shape…
Review and photos by our friend Jayde Ashford, who if you wish you can follow on twitter here. The atmosphere within the venue cannot be described as being electric, although there is a sense of anticipation in the air as Vreid takes to the stage within mere minutes of the faces outside making their way…
One of the UK’s most successful hardcore punk bands of recent years, Gallows, complete with new vocalist Wade MacNeil (ex Alexisonfire) have released some details about their forthcoming plans for the bulk of 2012. The band are currently at work on a brand new album, the first to feature Wade MacNeil on vocals since he…
Upon arrival at The Cambridge Corn Exchange for this evenings’ show, two things were readily apparent: Lostprophets’ Cambridge fanbase were out in force, and judging by the sound check going on that was very audible through the walls of the building, support band Modestep were bringing a huge sound with them. The queuing system at…
Hot off the heels of the release of their fantastic new album “The Strange Case Of” (read Rocksins’ review of that album here) US hard rock quartet Halestorm have announced a UK tour for September 2012. The tour kicks off in Birmingham on the 21st of September and will take in eight shows across the…
In Rocksins’ latest interview exclusive, we’re extremely happy to say we’ve managed to catch up with God Forbid axeman Doc Coyle. Read on for talk of God Forbid’s new album Equilibrium, touring plans and playing gigs in a barn….. Rocksins: Thanks for sparing the time to talk to us! Your brand new album Equilibrium has…
