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Ten Ton Tabby, Meansteed, Guns Of Anarchy Live At The Trinity, Harrow

Ten Ton Tabby

19.12.2014

The Trinity Bar in Harrow played host to its Back To The Trinity night with three excellent bands in the line-up and all for less than the price of a pint.
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The Underground Pilots, Little London, Tricorn, Foxer Live At The Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth

Tricorn

12.12.2014

The Edge Of The Wedge, the slightly smaller and more intimate venue of the Wedgewood Rooms where you can see bands close up, was the scene of Breaking Bands featuring four of the best bands around at the moment on the local live scene. Hosted by Pilot Promotions who did a brilliant job of bringing together the line-up for the evening, it was 3 hours of rock at its finest.
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RavenEye Live At Talking Heads, Southampton

Raven Eye

11.12.2014

Award winning blues singer-songwriter Oli Brown has formed the new band RavenEye along with Aaron Spiers and Kev Hickman and with it brings a heavier rock sound. Some blues purists may not be impressed but the set tonight from RavenEye was testament to the fact that this is a rock band and a brilliant one at that.

From the outset it was a heady mix of gritty guitars, a grooving bass and thumping drums, the excellent vocals of Oli combining with the delightful harmonies from Aaron, and RavenEye had the venue rocking from the start. An electrifying performance from the band with songs such as ‘Get It Started’ and ‘Breaking Out’, full of dirty guitars and the vocals soaring over an addictive rhythm, everyone there was more than impressed with how tight the band sounded.

With a few in the crowd shouting for Oli not long into the set, there was soon an offer from him for the younger members of the crowd at the front to join him for the rest of the tour and a backstage pass, before continuing with the music.

Tonight it wasn’t just about songs from the EP as the crowd were also treated to a new song written just before the tour commenced ‘What Else’ which sounded in true RavenEye style and with a set packed full of great melodies it was rock at its very best. With songs such as ‘Run Away’ this was all about RavenEye as a band and how the talent of Oli, Aaron and Kev combined is going to bring with it a whole new fan base for the band. They are certainly our new favourite band, after watching an set that was too awesome to describe.

A natural showman, Oli had the crowd singing along to the song which is all about guilty pleasures ‘Hey Hey Yeah’, an epic sounding rock song live, and completed the final song of the evening ‘You Got It’ by jumping on the kick drum whilst still playing a monster guitar riff before bringing the set to a close.

Tonight it was all about the rock, RavenEye are a band that know how to make it sound great live and those there were certainly delighted by an outstanding set.

The Cadillac Three, Tax The Heat, Sons Of Icarus, Live At The Garage, London

The Cadillac Three

09.12.2014

Tonight saw the final live date of The Cadillac Three on their UK tour in London and having wowed rock fans across the country, it was a sold out venue with the crowd ready to party to make it a brilliant night of live music.
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Tax The Heat Live At The Garage, London

Tax The Heat

09.12.2014

It has been a momentous year for Tax The Heat with appearances at Download, Calling Festival and for a second year in a row Planet RockStock as well as support slots for Black Star Riders, The Virginmarys and The Graveltones, a special headline show in Bristol and named as support for the Thunder tour next year, all this from a band that has yet to release a debut album. Such is the strength of their live performances that many rock fans go to see them play and last night the band were on excellent form for their final gig of the year.
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Rival Sons, Blues Pills, Live At The Pyramids, Portsmouth

Rival Sons

08.12.2014

Rivals Sons may have announced their UK tour 6 months ago but it was very much worth the wait to see them on the first date of their sold out UK tour that wraps up an extensive set of dates that has seen the band perform in Europe, US and Canada throughout the latter part of the year.
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Western Sand, One Last Thrill, Kodah, Live At The Joiners, Southampton

Western Sand

29.11.2014

Tonight saw the final night of the November dates for the launch of the new Western Sands EP ‘Cut You Down To Size’ and which was just up the coast from their home town of Bournemouth so their fans were out in force to see them at The Joiners.
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Volbeat Live At The Pyramids, Portsmouth

Volbeat

19.11.2014

Danish rock band Volbeat made a first time visit to the city of Portsmouth tonight and being the only south coast date and the penultimate date of their UK tour, it was a packed venue that came out to see them. With the odd Viking hat, a few fellow danes in the crowd and a mass of Volbeat attire, the crowd cheered as ‘Let’s Shake The Dust’ introduced the band onto the stage.
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Massive – The UK/ European Tour 2014

Massive

Australian rock band Massive have just completed a very successful UK and European tour that saw them perform 32 shows in just 6 weeks, with 15 UK dates supporting The Treatment before heading off to 13 European dates supporting Blackberry Smoke and a final 4 UK headline shows including Hard Rock Hell on the 2nd Stage.
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