Big hair. Bigger hooks. Pure late-80s/early-90s hard rock gold, mun. 🎸🔥🤘 Alright butt… grab your leather jacket, tease that hair sky-high, and prepare for a proper trip back to when melodies ruled and choruses hit like a pint after a long gig. 😎🍺 With Bad Boys: The McAuley Schenker Group Story 1987–1992, McAuley Schenker Group […]
When My Office OTP Went Full 000000 and Broke Reality Somewhere between the hum of an office keyboard and the soul-drain of weekday admin, something truly unhinged happened. My One-Time Password token. That little plastic gremlin you press when the system demands proof you’re not a hacker from a Bond film. It spat out this […]
The fire rises again and this time it’s personal, mun Just when you thought the smoke had settled and the earplugs could retire, RAMM + LIED have kicked the doors clean off with a Tour 2026 announcement that looks like it was designed in hell… and approved twice. Big white lettering. Blood-red flames. Shadowy figures […]
The Newport legends are gearing up to unleash their brand new album You Got This, landing 17th April, and to celebrate they’re throwing a FREE ENTRY album launch show at New Slang in Kingston. No barriers. No nonsense. Just basslines that rattle ribs and grooves that make pits bounce sideways. 🕺💥 🎶 Album Launch Party […]
Right then, Riff Report family. We love a mosh pit.We love barrier life.We love chaos — the good kind. But let’s be crystal clear about something: Live music should feel electric. Not threatening. That’s where Safe Gigs comes in. And honestly? This matters. 🎶 Who Are Safe Gigs? Safe Gigs is a UK-based initiative focused […]
Right then, Riff Report crew — this one’s special. We’re always banging on about sweaty venues, festival chaos, and barrier-front mayhem… But what if the gig came to you? What if the stage rolled into care homes, hospitals, special schools, community centres — places that don’t usually get a tour bus parked outside? That’s exactly […]
Some festivals flare up, rinse a few line-ups, then quietly disappear.Others cling on with nostalgia and hope. Then there’s Pinkpop… still loud, still relevant, still pulling huge crowds more than half a century after it first cranked the volume knob. This isn’t just a festival.This is the world’s oldest and longest-running annual pop and rock […]
Let’s be honest, butt. Not everyone’s had the joy of standing in a field while Rammstein try to set the atmosphere on fire. Literally. But tidy news for the uninitiated and the nostalgic alike: pro-shot footage of their 2016 Pinkpop headline set has resurfaced, and it’s an absolute masterclass in controlled chaos. This isn’t just […]
Talk about turning up, smashing it, and vanishing like a rock ’n’ roll ghost. Jamie Campbell Bower officially made his Broadway debut for a single night only, stepping onto the Great White Way like it was a surprise encore at the end of a sweaty headline set. One show. One appearance. Absolute scenes. The Stranger […]
Hawkins has officially invaded the theatre world, butt, and it didn’t just knock politely… it kicked the door off its hinges. Stranger Things: The First Shadow has absolutely smashed box office records, proving that whether it’s Netflix screens or plush red theatre seats, the Upside Down still prints money like it’s possessed. And let’s be […]
Five minutes.That’s all it took. Five minutes of a kid quietly, nervously, bravely saying who he is… and suddenly the internet’s acting like Netflix personally kicked down their door with a rainbow megaphone. Yep. Episode 7 is now the lowest-rated episode in Stranger Things history.Not because of dodgy writing.Not because of bad acting.Not because Vecna […]
End of an era on stage… but the studio fire still burns Right then, mun… this one lands heavy. Tyler Bates has confirmed he’s no longer part of Marilyn Manson’s touring band, bringing a close to a decade-long onstage partnership that helped define Manson’s modern era. The guitarist, producer and composer shared the news earlier […]
There’s nothing more brutal than investing years of your life into a TV show, defending it in pubs, arguing about it online at stupid o’clock, buying merch you absolutely didn’t need… only for the finale to rock up and absolutely faceplant. The so-called Golden Age of Television gave us massive budgets, sprawling worlds, and characters […]
🔥By The Riff Report Blog Right then… dust off the Eggo crumbs, crank up the synths, and check the calendar because Stranger Things is crawling back into our lives next week and it’s bringing secrets, tears, and behind-the-scenes chaos with it. Before anyone starts screaming into the void, no, this isn’t Season 5 itself. But […]
Sound the alarm. Cancel the meal prep. Tell the editor we’re “in a meeting”. ASDA have only gone and dropped a Domino’s Pepperoni Passion into the £3.50 meal deal, and suddenly the sacred lunchtime hierarchy of Britain is wobbling like a pint on a festival barrier. 🤘 This isn’t just a supermarket snack. This is […]