(And Is It Basically A Giant Gaming PC In The Desert?) 🤘💻🌵 Right then, butt. Let’s talk about the giant glowing sci-fi eyeball parked in Nevada. We’re on about the absolutely unhinged spectacle that is the Sphere — that 366-foot LED moon that looks like it crash-landed after binge-watching Blade Runner and drinking three cans […]
Right. Deep breath. Because the prog gods have spoken — and Glasgow clearly screamed loud enough to wake the neighbours. Rush have officially added a SECOND Glasgow date to their March 2027 UK tour after the first show sold faster than a limited Bloodstock early bird. That now makes it six UK shows next year […]
Right then, butt… we need to talk about Uncle Neil. Out of absolutely nowhere last month, Neil Young and his band Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts pulled the plug on their entire UK and European tour. Seven summer shows here. Gone. Europe? Gone. Just 10 weeks after the announcement. Poof. Vanished like a pint […]
If your September and October 2026 were looking a bit calm… forget it. Tear up the diary. Cancel the quiet nights in. Warn the neighbours. Because The HU are charging back into the UK & Ireland for a 10-show tour, and it’s about to feel less like a gig and more like a full-blown cavalry […]
Well then. That escalated quicker than a circle pit at 9:01pm. BrewDog has closed all 60 of its UK pubs for the day while “crisis talks” take place amid reports of a potential sale. Every. Single. One. From Camden to Cardiff, shutters down, taps dry, neon still glowing but nobody home. If you’ve ever necked […]
Manchester, 1991. A young lad called Noel Gallagher is flicking through an Inspiral Carpets tour poster and spots a venue listed as “The Oasis Leisure Centre.” And just like that… rock ‘n’ roll history is born. Fast forward to 2026 and the actual waterpark that inspired one of Britain’s biggest ever bands now sits abandoned, […]
Well tidy then… because this was NOT on the pop culture bingo card. At the 2026 BRIT Awards, the ultimate showman himself, Robbie Williams, marched onto that polished, glitzy stage and decided, “You know what this needs? A slab of heavy metal.” And not just any metal. He delivered a full-blooded, goosebump-inducing rendition of “No […]
Well then… this is not something we had on our 2026 bingo card, mun. The Masked Singer US is turning the distortion up to eleven with a full-blown “Ozzfest Night” episode airing Wednesday 4 March 2026 – all in honour of the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. Yes. Prime-time American telly. Glittery costumes. Giant singing […]
Spring Is Here… And The Riffs Are Blooming Right then Riff Report crew — March rolled in with slightly longer days, a hint of spring in the air… and an absolute barrage of fresh rock and metal singles blasting out of rehearsal rooms and studios around the world. Festival season is starting to peek over […]
Right then, butt. Gather round. The BRIT Awards have officially honoured the one, the only, the bat-chomping, riff-commanding legend himself — Ozzy Osbourne — and honestly? It’s about bloody time. 🏆🦇 We’re talking about the man who helped invent heavy metal in a gloomy Birmingham rehearsal room and somehow turned it into a global religion […]
Right then, butt. We love gigs. We live for gigs. We plan our holidays around gigs. We’ve queued in sideways Welsh rain for gigs. We’ve lost our voices, our mates, and occasionally our dignity at gigs. 🤣🍺 But here’s the thing — live music should be chaotic in the right way.Sweaty? Yes.Loud? Always.Full of elbows […]
Because without the small stages… there are no big stages. Right then, Riff Report crew… gather round the sticky bar for a minute. 🍻 Let’s talk about the real MVPs of British music — the tiny venues with dodgy air con, questionable toilets, and sound systems that occasionally sound like they’re powered by a toaster. […]
Some things in life just fit, butt. Tea and biscuits.Welsh rain and festival mud.And Bloodstock Open Air standing shoulder to shoulder with The Sophie Lancaster Foundation. This isn’t a sponsorship.This isn’t a PR tick-box. This is metal looking after its own. 🖤 🎸 The Sophie Lancaster Stage – Where Riffs Carry Meaning Let’s start with […]
Proudly Loud. Proudly Different. Proudly United. 🤘 Some stories hit harder than a breakdown at full volume. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation exists because in 2007, Sophie Lancaster was murdered in Lancashire for one reason that should make every single one of us furious: she looked different. Black clothes. Alternative style. Part of the goth scene. […]
Spring might be arriving… but the riffs are still absolutely freezing faces off. 🤘 March rolls in and suddenly the music world starts properly waking up again. Festival announcements are flying everywhere, tour posters are popping up on venue walls, and bands are dropping fresh albums like guitar picks at the end of a sweaty […]