Anaïs Gallagher Has a Message for Oasis Fans (and It’s Not a Free Code)By The Riff Report Blog 🤘 Ohhh the Gallagher family — never more than a guitar-string snap away from chaos. But this time, it ain’t Liam or Noel swinging verbal punches… it’s Noel’s daughter, Anaïs Gallagher, throwing the sass! And fair play […]
By The Riff Report Blog Well, here we go again… Tim “Herb” Alexander has once more peaced out of Primus. That makes it three times now the rhythm wizard has bounced from the trio, leaving Les Claypool and co. in the lurch — but not without a plan. And as it turns out, that plan […]
Synths, Sass & Sparkles in the Shadow of the Castle 🌈💾 📅 Date: Saturday, 2nd August 2025📍 Location: Cardiff Castle, Wales🎟️ Tickets: General from £52, VIP up to £115🕺 Support: TBA – rumours of a 90s electro banger or two warming up the decksPresented by: DEPOT Live x Synth City 🏰 The Vibe: C’mon butt, […]
Rain, Heartbreak, and Big Chorus Energy in the Welsh Capital ☔💔✨ 📅 Date: Friday, 1st August 2025📍 Location: Cardiff Castle, Wales 🏰🎟️ Tickets: GA from £49, VIP up to £105🎤 Support Acts: TBA – rumoured to include some rising Irish pop-rock actsPresented by: DEPOT Live x TK Maxx Sessions 🌅 The Scene: Picture this: golden-hour […]
Message in a Bottle… Sent Straight from the Castle Walls 📅 Date: Sunday, 27th July 2025📍 Location: Cardiff Castle, Wales🎟️ Tickets: GA from £55, VIP up to £110🎻 Support Act: TBA – but fingers crossed for something jazzy, rootsy, and classyPresented by: DEPOT Live x Cardiff Summer Sessions 🌅 The Scene: A summer sunset. The […]
Sit Down, Cardiff – You’re In For a Ride! 📅 Date: Friday, 25th July 2025📍 Location: Cardiff Castle, Wales🎟️ Tickets: From £45 (GA) to £95 (VIP)👥 Support Acts: TBC but rumoured to be Britpop-tastic…Presented by: DEPOT Live x Cardiff Castle Gigs 🌞 The Vibe: Picture it now – Tim Booth twirling under the Welsh summer […]
🔥 October 29th – London, UK 🔥By The Riff Report Blog Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London 🇬🇧Date: Tuesday, 29th October 2025Band: Queens of the Stone Age 🤘Tour: The Catacombs TourTickets: From £58.50 – £99.50Food & Drink: Bring a full wallet, it’s posh gig pricing, butt 🍷🍫Vibe: Gothic grandeur meets riff-fuelled madness in a legendary venue […]
🎤☀️ Red Red Wine, a Castle, and a Whole Lotta Reggae Vibes! ☀️🎤By The Riff Report Blog Date: Sunday, 20th July 2025Location: Cardiff Castle, Wales 🏰Presented by: TK Maxx x DEPOT LiveSupport Acts: Bitty McLean & MC Mr WilliamzTickets: From £45.00 (standard) up to £99.00+ (VIP/priority entry) 🎟️Drinks: £6.50 pint 🍺, £7–8 cocktails 🍹Food: £9 […]
– The Underground’s Underdogs and Psychedelic Sidequests That Deserve Your Ears –🎧🌼💀✌️ When it comes to 1967, everyone and their flower-wearing nan will tell you it was the year. Sgt. Pepper painted the world technicolour. Hendrix burned guitars. The Doors opened minds. But for every record that history blasted into the stratosphere, a hundred more […]
Alright, metalheads, let’s talk Pantera. One of the heaviest, angriest, most face-melting bands to ever stomp a stage… and yet, somehow, there are absolute BANGERS in their discography that have never seen the light of a live setlist. 🤯 Whether it’s because they were too deep-cut, too raw, or just got lost in the chaos […]
Welcome to the latest chapter in the never-ending saga of fence vs fandom — and this time, it’s personal. Heaton Park, Manchester. The holy ground of Northern music. The scene of Oasis chaos both past and present. And now, apparently… a high-security fortress. Fans were left absolutely tamping over the weekend when a huge metal […]
Yep, in a truly bonkers twist that nobody had on their 2025 bingo card, Snoop Dogg gave the Swans a shout-out in a recent interview while promoting his upcoming UK tour. When asked about UK footy teams, he dropped this beauty: “I got love for them Swansea boys, man. Been watchin’ them for a while […]
Right then, let’s talk stem splitters. Not the biology kind. Not the plant kind. The glorious kind that makes music nerds cackle like mad scientists. If you’ve ever thought, “I love this song but I just want the vocals… or just the bassline… or JUST THE BLOODY COWBELL,” – welcome to the world of stem […]
When the amps go silent and the real madness begins… 🌙🎶Only on The Riff Report, your trusted source of twilight tales, tent weirdness, and firelit folklore 🤘 🌌 INTRO: WELCOME TO THE NIGHTSHIFT, MUN The headliners are done. The stage lights dim. The merch stall’s locked up, and the last chords of “Long Live Rock […]
What’s occurring?! Only one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most iconic guitars — missing for over five bloody decades — just casually resurfaced in a New York museum, like it had popped out for milk and forgot to come back until now. 😳 Yes, really. The 1959 Gibson Les Paul, famously wielded by Keith Richards during […]