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In a recent somewhat misleading headline it was claimed that "Billy Corgan doesn't want to play fan favourites at Smashing Pumpkins gigs", however on Monday night (10th June 2024) in Dublin's 3Arena, that proved to the contrary, as the US behemoths delivered a set crammed with their best know songs. With Weezer filling out the special guests slot, this was a dream bill for '90s alt-rock and grunge fans. 
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It's taken an eternity to get here, but the material from Black Sabbath's Tony Martin-fronted era is finally getting a rerelease. Comprising of 'Headless Cross', 'Tyr', 'Cross Purposes', and 'Forbidden', 'Anno Domini 1989 - 1995' collects together all but one of the band's albums featuring the singer that drummer Cozy Powell once called the best Black Sabbath ever had.  More than a quarter of a century since his last U.K. jaunt, Bruce Dickinson was back on stage with his solo band, for a show in Manchester on Sunday night (19th May 2024). Taking place at the city's Academy venue, the barnstormer proved more than just a support for recent album 'The Mandrake Project', but a reclaiming of his solo career.  Back in Belfast for the first time since 2013 on Thursday night (9th May 2024), Bruce Springsteen proved exactly why he's one of the most revered and respected artists in the world, with an incendiary three-hour show that took in tracks from across his fifty-year career. Together with the incredible seventeen-piece E Street Band, the Boss took to the stage on the hottest day of the year so far, in Boucher Road Playing Fields.  Bruce Springsteen in Belfast, May 2024. Photo: Darren McLoughlin. Guitar Hero Slash kicked off his 'The River is Rising' tour at the 3Arena in Dublin on Thursday night (28th March 2024), along with Myles Kennedy, and his Conspirators backing band. With a night focusing on material away from his day job in Guns n' Roses, there were also a few deep cuts in the two-hour set.  Photo: Darren McLoughlin. Kicking off his 'Lost at Sea' tour, Chris Shiflett was back in Dublin on Wednesday (20th March 2024) for a night of good time Americana and country rock. More used to filling out stadiums with the Foo Fighters, the guitarist seemed right at home in the cosy confines of the Academy Green Room.  Photo: Darren McLoughlin. It's been a long time since 'Rocka Rolla'; five decades exactly, in fact, but in the last seven days, Judas Priest have released their 19th studio album 'Invincible Shield', and launched their latest world tour in support of it. The first band ever to release metal albums fifty years apart, it's an incredible feat, and on the day that they added to the accolades by scoring their highest ever chart debut in the U.K. (Friday 15th March 2024) they were in Dublin for a stop off at the 3Arena.  Photo: Darren McLoughlin. The Darkness kicked off their U.K. tour in Belfast's Telegraph building on Saturday night (2nd December 2023) for the 20th anniversary celebration of their massively successful debut album ‘Permission to Land’. In 2023 they revisited the landmark release with the 20th Anniversary edition cunningly retitled ‘Permission to Land... Again’, in what's been a bumper year for fans of this milestone release.  Released a year shy of their thirtieth anniversary, post grunge icons Bush are issuing their first career-spanning hits collection. 'Loaded: The Greatest Hits 1994 - 2023', charts their journey from London's Shepherd's Bush to international acclaim.  The first solo project by a member of The Police, Stewart Copeland first unleashed alter ego Klark Kent in 1978. With an album following two years later, it's now been reissued as a 2LP set, and a 2CD deluxe edition with two unreleased studio recordings and twelve previously unreleased demos.  |