Steelhouse Festival XV is already shaping up to be one almighty weekend of riffs, pints, mountain air and questionable decisions made while wearing a battle jacket in July. But now VIP ticket holders have even more live music to cram into their weekend, because the official SHXV VIP Big Top Mini Set Times have been […]
Who says you have to wait until you’ve finished school to chase your dreams? While most teenagers are buried under revision guides, stressing over GCSEs and wondering what comes next, three young musicians from Swansea are busy doing something a little louder. They’re writing songs, playing gigs and building a reputation as one of the […]
Today marks one year since the world lost one of the most important, influential and unmistakable voices in rock and heavy metal history. Ozzy Osbourne passed away at the age of 76, leaving behind a career that did far more than entertain millions of people. He helped reshape the entire sound, image and attitude of […]
Welcome to The Riff Report’s Ultimate Guide to Plumpton Revival Festival 2026 – your one-stop survival guide to one of Britain’s most unique rock, blues and roots festivals. Forget massive corporate festivals with mile-long queues and endless concrete. Plumpton Revival is all about incredible live music, classic festival vibes, friendly faces and a stunning countryside […]
The Forgotten Festival of Rock’s Golden Era Gets Its Second Verse 🎸🔥 Mention the great British rock festivals of the late 1960s and the usual names come thundering out of the speakers. Woodstock. The Isle of Wight. Hyde Park. Bath. Perhaps even the early foundations of what would eventually become Reading Festival. But tucked away […]
The Riff Report Remembers One of Modern Music’s Greatest Frontmen Some voices define a generation. Some singers leave behind unforgettable albums. And then there are artists like Chester Bennington—people whose music becomes part of people’s lives, helping them through heartbreak, anxiety, depression, joy and everything in between. Today marks nine years since Chester’s passing, yet […]
Some songs gently introduce themselves. Some take a few listens before the chorus finally gets its claws into you. And then there is “Du Hast.” A track that arrives like an industrial wrecking ball, kicks the speakers through the wall and sets fire to whatever remains. On this day in 1997, German metal titans Rammstein […]
For years, the humble compact disc has been treated like the forgotten relic of the music world. Streaming took over. Vinyl became cool again. Cassettes somehow returned from the dead wearing sunglasses and charging £18 for six songs. Meanwhile, CDs were left rattling around in car gloveboxes, stacked beside old PlayStation games and buried inside […]
When Bloodstock Open Air rolls into Catton Park every summer, it’s easy to be dazzled by the giants stomping across the Ronnie James Dio Stage. But ask any Bloodstock veteran where they’ve stumbled across their new favourite band, and there’s a very good chance they’ll point you towards one place… The S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage. 🤘 This […]
When most people talk about Bloodstock Open Air, the conversation naturally turns towards the enormous names storming the Ronnie James Dio Stage. The headliners. The pyro. The massive singalongs. The circle pits that look like somebody has opened a portal directly into heavy metal Valhalla. But within the glorious chaos of Catton Park is another […]
The Broken Lizard crew finally buried a decades-old joke by joining Fred Durst and the lads for a gloriously chaotic blast of “Break Stuff” There are festival cameos… and then there are moments so completely bonkers that they feel like somebody has accidentally flicked over to a comedy film halfway through the set. That is […]
Music festivals are supposed to be places where people escape real life for a few days, throw on their favourite band shirt, grab a pint, lose their voice and spend the weekend surrounded by music, mates and absolute chaos. For many of us, that chaos is part of the magic. The roaring crowds. The thunder […]
From first-time festival goers to seasoned pit veterans, here’s everything you need to survive, thrive and absolutely smash Firevolt Festival 2026! The amps are warming up. The tents are being dusted off. Battle jackets are making their annual appearance. The power banks are charging. And somewhere, somebody has already packed far too many cans… 🍻 […]
Cancel the sensible weekend plans, charge the power banks and start negotiating those dreaded festival clashes, because Firevolt Rock Festival 2026 has officially dropped its full stage times for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Taking place from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th August 2026, Firevolt is preparing to unleash three packed days of hard rock, heavy […]
After more than five decades of deafening riffs, exploding cannons, sweaty stadiums and Angus Young sprinting around stages like a schoolboy possessed by the spirit of rock ’n’ roll, you might assume performing with AC/DC had become routine. Apparently not, butt. According to Brian Johnson, the legendary Australian rockers are currently enjoying themselves more than […]