From Pub Gigs to Festival Chaos (A Riff Report Buyer’s Guide) Live music photography isn’t polite. It’s dark. It’s loud. It’s sweaty. The lights are doing things that should be illegal, the singer refuses to stand still, and security is already tapping their watch while you’re lining up your first shot. If you’ve ever gone […]
Somewhere between the barrier and the bar, you’ll hear it: “Yeah, but it’s only crop, mate…” Usually said by someone who missed the chorus while fiddling with ISO. So let’s settle it properly.This is crop vs full frame, explained with sensor physics, focal lengths, and festival grime. Nerdy? Absolutely. Dry? Not on our watch 🤘🔥 […]
Plus what they’ll cost your wallet in the UK 🤘💷 There’s a special kind of chaos that only live music photography delivers. One minute you’re lining up the perfect shot, the next you’re dodging a crowdsurfer while your camera gets misted with someone else’s lager. Festivals and gigs are unforgiving places, so your camera needs […]
Some awards feel polite. This one feels like a mic-drop through a stack of Marshall cabs. Emily Armstrong has officially been voted Best Female Vocalist at the Metal Awards, and honestly… who’s arguing? Exactly. No one. Not even the trolls are brave enough for this scrap. 😈🎤 From throat-shredding screams to soul-punching melodies, Emily’s voice […]
Manchester has lost another little chunk of its rock ’n’ roll soul, and honestly… this one stings like a snapped guitar string mid-solo. After more than 25 years of burgers, riffs, memorabilia, and pre-gig chaos, Hard Rock Cafe Manchester has closed its doors, with the brand confirming it is “suspending trade temporarily” at its city […]
Leave it to rock ’n’ roll to get taken out… by gardening. Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear has reportedly suffered multiple broken bones following what can only be described as a properly bizarre gardening accident. Yep. Not a stage dive. Not a tour bus mishap. Not a rogue crowd-surfing incident. Gardening. 🌿 Somewhere, a wheelbarrow […]
London-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, festival director and all-round groove conjurer Adam Norsworthy is stepping out front and centre with a brand-new solo album, Shadow On The Hill, landing on Friday 23rd January 2026. Proper job. Best known as the frontman of British RnB blues outfit The Milk Men, Norsworthy’s solo work promises something a little different. […]
Right then, Riff Report family. We all know metal gets a bad rap from people who’ve never stood in a pit. “Too loud.”“Too aggressive.”“Bit scary, innit?” Meanwhile, the metal community is out here raising money, backing grassroots projects, and proving that under the black T-shirts… there’s a massive collective heart. Enter Metal For Good. And […]
Internet rumours vs reality. Grab a brew, mun. Right, let’s calm the Upside Down-shaped panic for five minutes. If you’ve logged onto social media today and thought you’d missed a stealth-drop, surprise finale, bonus goodbye episode, or some mad Netflix mic-drop… don’t worry. You haven’t. Stranger Things is not releasing an extra episode today. No […]
Hold onto your Docs, mun. The chaos era isn’t done yet. Just when you thought the dust had settled, eyeliner smudged and speakers still smoking, YUNGBLUD has only gone and lobbed another emotional hand grenade into the scene. Following a fresh tease doing the rounds online, the second part of IDOLS is officially on the […]
Some gigs age gracefully.Others still feel like they might kick your door in at 3am and nick your trainers. This one? Pure chaos, bottled in 2005 and lobbed straight at your face. The full pro-shot footage of The Prodigy tearing apart Pinkpop Festival is doing the rounds again, and honestly… it still hits like a […]
Strap in, crack a tin, and alert the group chat, because Extreme are officially back in the creative furnace and working on their seventh studio album. Seventh. As in, yes lads, you do still owe us more riffs and you’re finally paying up 😈 After 2023’s Six arrived swinging like a steel chair from the […]
Right then, riff-heads. This one’s got legacy, groove, and proper goosebump potential written all over it. Alex Van Halen has quietly stepped back into the studio, and he’s not doing it alone. Sitting across the room, guitar in hand, is Steve Lukather. Yes, that Steve Lukather. And together, they’re working on what’s already being described […]
One song. One scene. Absolute emotional carnage, mun. 🎸🌌 If you didn’t feel something when the final seconds of Stranger Things rolled into silence and David Bowie’s towering anthem ‘Heroes’ crept in through the speakers… check your pulse, butt. 🖤 The series finale pulled its final trick straight from the emotional playbook of the gods, […]
Sharp hooks. Faster riffs. Punk attitude that still bites, mun. ⚡💥🤘 Alright butt… no messing about here — this is proper no-frills, straight-to-the-point punk rock. 😤🔥 With Attitude Adjustment, Buzzcocks keep things exactly how they should be — short songs, big hooks, and lyrics that hit like a pint glass flying across a pub. 🍺💥 […]