Here at The Riff Report, we LOVE showing off the photos we get at gigs, festivals, sweaty pits, backstage, and beyond. From front row madness at Download to fire-belching stages at Wacken, our cameras (and phones held dangerously high) are always snapping the magic. But lately… we’ve hit a bit of a snag. Instagram’s new AI?It’s […]
Diolch for reading. Now get back to arguing on Reddit. 🤘🪖🍻 By The Riff Report Team We’d love to tell you we’ve been busy curating our finest Steelhouse Festival photo dumps, behind-the-scenes snaps, and front-row madness for Instagram…But instead, we’ve been fighting robots. Not cool sci-fi Terminator-style robots. Nope. Instagram’s AI moderation bots – and they’re […]
Ahhh, fandoms. You love ‘em. You hate ‘em. You are them. Whether it’s a parka-wearing Gallagher disciple or a battle vest-wielding thrashhead, one thing’s for sure — music fans be feral, and nowhere is the tribalism more gloriously messy than in the lands of Oasis and Metallica. 🪖 So the big question is:Are Oasis fans as bad as Metallica fans when it […]
📰 The Riff Report Blog 📍 Long Beach, California 🖋️ By the riff-wielding chaos documenters who never leave mid-mosh ⚠️ Live from the land of sun, skate shoes and circle pits – drama unfolded faster than you can say “Popular Monster.” Yep, Ronnie Radke of Falling In Reverse pulled an absolute vanishing act at Warped […]
Wacken Open Air’s Drone Tribute to the Prince of Darkness – A Love Letter Written in the Sky Last weekend at Wacken Open Air 2025, something truly magical happened — and no, we’re not talking about the circle pit during Cannibal Corpse or the bloke in full corpse paint drinking Jäger from a welly (though […]
The Riff Report Blog – Where Metal Legends Get Their Muddy Boots Dirty 📍 Wacken, Germany. 1990.Two mates. A few beers. A ridiculous idea. “Let’s throw a metal festival.” Not in Berlin. Not in Hamburg. But in a teeny little village with more cows than amps. And yet, somehow… they created a monster. ⚡ Fast-forward […]
Stephen King ain’t just the king of horror novels, mun — he’s the patron saint of spooky riffs, mosh-worthy mayhem, and bands that love a bit of blood-soaked storytelling. From demonic trucks to killer clowns, the Master of Horror’s influence has crept its way into the studio like a haunted reverb pedal. So, pull up […]
“Chrissy, this riff slaps…” From the moment Eddie Munson plugged in and unleashed the fury of “Master of Puppets” in Season 4, Metallica became permanently woven into the Stranger Things universe — and into Netflix history. But was that the only time Metallica made an appearance? Let’s break it all down with every episode and […]
“Choose wisely… or face the wrath of the riff!” Think you’ve got what it takes to outsmart the algorithm? 😈Spotify stats just got brutal — because the cult-favourite music quiz game Stattogories has launched a brand-new Metal genre mode, and it’s like throwing your brain into a Slayer circle pit and seeing if it can […]
A Riff Report Survival Guide to TikTok Fame (Without Selling Your Soul… or Your Nan) Right then. You’ve downloaded TikTok. You’ve filmed yourself doing a Windmill Headbang while making toast, and maybe even uploaded a duet of your cat meowing along to Rammstein. But have you gone viral yet? Have 12-year-olds from Ohio started remixing […]
If you’ve ever looked at a pile of coloured pencils and thought, “I could make a flying V out of that,” then congratulations – you’ve probably been possessed by the creative spirit of Burls Art, the YouTube luthier who’s making guitars out of everything but actual guitar wood. 🤯 Since firing up his YouTube channel […]
Ah, TGI Fridays. Once the loudest, flashiest, most outrageously over-the-top place to eat in the UK that wasn’t a themed rollercoaster diner or a Toby Carvery on payday. If you grew up anywhere between the late ’90s and early 2010s, chances are TGI Fridays was your first taste of “American food” – and mate, we […]
It’s official, butt — Bloodstock has just dropped the bombshell: able-bodied festivalgoers are no longer allowed to bring camping chairs into the arena. And before you start packing your collapsible throne for BOA 2025, you’d better think again. The new rule, plastered across official notices, is crystal clear: Only those with genuine health issues that […]
Welcome to the Lake District, mun! 🌲 Where the deer roam free, the mud comes quicker than your hangover, and 35,000 music fans descend on Lowther Deer Park for one of the UK’s most loved festivals: Kendal Calling. This year’s bash was a stormer – Courteeners, Fatboy Slim, and The Prodigy headlining, a supporting lineup packed with indie heroes, comedy […]
Rock ‘n’ roll has always had its heroes — the rebels, the riff-makers, the ones who make your spine tingle with a single strum. But today, Wales – and the entire music world – stands still for one of its finest. Dave Edmunds, the Cardiff-born rock legend, is fighting for his life in hospital after […]