The prospect of ska punk legends Less Than Jake teaming up with Reel Big Fish for a thoroughly good time across the UK during February 2014 was something that excited a huge amount of people. With Zebrahead also on board for the ride, this had the promise to be one of THE tours of 2014….
Goths and metal fans of Glasgow took over the city’s iconic venue King Tut’s Wah-Wah Hut as it played host to The Defiled’s first headline tour in Support of 2013’s Daggers, the No Place Like Home Tour. First up are The Killing Lights [6] (featuring Micheal vampire, formerly of Vampires Everywhere!) who deliver a brand…
If you missed part one of Sheldon’s exclusive feature travelling on the road with Imperial Leisure, you can read that on this link right here. Day 2 of 3 – Salisbury – Arts Centre – Saturday 16th November 2013 Waking up in the early afternoon with a slight hangover, I waited around with Jim talking…
It has to be said, this year has been a bloody good year for bands touring together. It may be only February (and ages to go till festival season) but wow, there are some epic combinations. Then there’s the show we’re heading to tonight. We not only have monsters of metal Killswitch Engage and Trivium,…
Words by Jamie Giberti & James Halstead Tours like this are the ones you really look forward to for months in advance. Seeing two of the biggest metal bands that have emerged since the turn of the century, on the same night, both with proper length sets to look forward to, it’s no wonder that…
Skindred have built up a reputation as one of the best live bands in the country, and tonight is the final date of their headline tour for their latest album Kill The Power. First up were LA band Viza (8) who brought along a very unique brand of gypsy punk. Whilst surprising a lot of…
Welsh top rockers and industry favourites The Blackout returned in spectacular form to a sold out show at Glasgow’s King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut on Wednesday the 23rd with support from Rat Attack and Lost Alone. Rescheduled from the original tour dates in October due to lead singer Gavin Butler taking ill mid-tour, the band…
Over the past few years the British metalcore scene has become the strongest it’s ever been, with bands such as Bring Me The Horizon, While She Sleeps and Bury Tomorrow all delivering fantastic albums. The Valiant are one of the latest bands to emerge and with their debut album Empress Heights they demonstrate that they…
At the tail-end of last-year a number of team Rocksins were lucky enough to catch the SGR Christmas party headlined by everyone’s favourite bruisers Feed the Rhino. First The Hell (8) put in a magnificently silly performance, their sumptuously thick, downtuned riffage backing up some of the most hilariously offensive lyrics since Steel Panther’s 2009…
Airbourne, Orange Goblin, The Treatment at Portsmouth Pyramids, Thursday 28th November 2013 Words by Olde Nick 666 (Twitter: oldenick666) Photos by Tess Donohoe www.tessdonohoe.com The Naval city of Portsmouth has not had much to cheer about lately. Armed Forces cutbacks and the recently announced closure of the historic shipbuilding industry have hit hard. What better…
Back in October, Bowling For Soup had their “BFS Bids Farewell UK Tour”, their last major tour of the UK, if not ever, then certainly for the forseeable future. The first show of the tour was a last acoustic show from Jaret and Erik, which was added to the beginning of the tour due to…
After the controversial release of ‘Temper Temper’, Bullet For My Valentine returned to UK stages with the “Rule Britannia” arena tour, with Asking Alexandria and Young Guns as the support acts. While lining up, the security were on high alert and warning everyone to look after each other and keep close attention to our belongings…
