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It was a weekend of firsts as Download 2025 took over the spiritual home of rock, Donington Park for, incredibly, its 22nd year. Taking place from 13th - 15th June, the midlands metal event featured a Green Day debut, a history making moment for Sleep Token, and Korn's first ever headlining performance at the festival.  Photo: Todd Owyoung.
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Indie superstars Pulp returned to Dublin's 3Arena on Tuesday night (10th June 2025), bringing with them a string ensemble to bolster their sizable catalogue of hits. Playing only the second date in support of their first album in twenty-one years, Jarvis Cocker and co were in fiercely fine form.  Photo: Darren McLoughlin. Bryan Adams landed back in Dublin on Tuesday Night [20th May 2025] with a brand new tour in support of a new album. Taking to the stage at Dublin's 3Arena almost a year to the day since he was last there, the Canadian was in showstopping form, playing a thirty-song set that took in songs from every corner of his career; from his 1983 breakthrough 'Cuts Like a Knife' to 2025's 'Roll with the Punches'.  Photo; Darren McLoughlin. Metallica, Korn and Linkin Park brought heavy music worshipers out in force as Sonic Temple Festival returned to Historic Crew Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio, from 8th-11th May, 2025. Back for its seventh outing, the event also saw Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Testament, Beartooth, and more grace its four stages.  Photo; Press / DWP. Switching to Atlantic records and coinciding with the beginning of a new decade, Rush left the 1980s and their contemporary experimentation with keyboards and soundscapes behind for a return to their rockier roots. These four albums - 'Presto', 'Roll the Bones', 'Counterparts', and 'Test For Echo' find the band not only trying to find their identity, but traversing the murky waters of grunge.  'The Warner Recordings' Box Set Reminds That There Was More to David Lee Roth than Van Halen27/1/2025 With David Lee Roth seemingly retired from the road and no longer releasing albums, 'The Warner Recordings' is a timely reminder that away from Van Halen, the showman created a wealth of quality music.  Thin Lizzy is back with a fresh take on some of their most iconic tracks, marking their first new release in over four decades. This unique acoustic album reimagines beloved songs from their earliest days, offering a stripped-back sound that exposes the core of their song writing. Original vocals from Phil Lynott are paired with brand-new guitar parts from founding member Eric Bell, but is this a great addition to the Lizzy catalogue, or meddling with the past?  Originally released in 2001, The Cult's 'Beyond Good and Evil' was the comeback album the slipped between the cracks. Reuniting drummer Matt Sorum with band leaders Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, it failed to meet commercial expectations. It remains however, a gem in their catalogue and is now getting its first ever vinyl release courtesy of Rhino Records.  It may have been a night for the tears to cease, as front man Bob Catley expressed, but that doesn't mean that there weren't a few shed, as British pomp rockers Magnum made their first appearance on stage following the passing of talismanic band leader Tony Clarkin. Celebrating their fallen comrade, the Midlands' five-piece triumphed at the opening night of their 'A Passage in Time' tour, at London's Kentish Town Forum.  Photo: Robert Sutton. Two and a half decades after the release of her iconic debut 'Left of the Middle', Natalie Imbruglia is celebrating the milestone with 'London - Live', recorded on the anniversary trek at Shepherds Bush Empire on 12th October, 2022, as part of her ‘Left of the Middle 25th Anniversary Tour’. A fantastic snapshot of a deserved victory lap, it's available on CD, streaming, and vinyl formats.  |