Sir Rod lays down the law — and the crowd roars approval You don’t survive six decades in rock ’n’ roll without learning how to read a room. And at a recent Rod Stewart show in Greece, the room was absolutely bang on… until one fan decided to make themselves the main character. Midway through […]
When legends logged on and went “nah, that’s rubbish, mun” 🤘📚 Wikipedia. The internet’s massive DIY encyclopedia. Written by the people, edited by the people… and occasionally corrected by the actual rock stars themselves when things got a bit too creative with the truth. Turns out some legends have absolutely clocked their own pages, spotted […]
🎄Because sleigh bells are better when they’re screaming through a Marshall stack, mun. Put the sherry down, turn the tree lights up to seizure-level brightness, and let’s be honest… Christmas music is mostly musical wallpaper for supermarkets. BUT lurking beneath the tinsel is a glorious pile of distorted, loud, ridiculous festive bangers made by people […]
Netflix have gone and detonated the internet like a dodgy amp stack at full whack. The Stranger Things 5: Volume 2 trailer is here… and it’s basically told us that everything we thought we knew about the Upside Down is absolute nonsense. Yep. Dead. Wrong. In the bin. 🗑️😈 And just to really twist the […]
What Really Went Down Behind the Barriers, Mun If you’ve ever been flattened against a barrier at a sweaty UK gig, ears ringing, ribs bruised, shouting for water while someone crowdsurfed directly onto your head… chances are Showsec were the ones holding the line. They’re a cornerstone of British live music. Trusted. Professional. Everywhere. But […]
How the gear gets from a draughty warehouse to the sweaty pit you’re losing your voice in, mun You’ve moshed. You’ve crowd-surfed. You’ve spilled overpriced lager on your favourite band’s merch.But spare a thought for the unsung heroes of live music: the mighty stage trucks that haul the riffs, lights, amps, drums, pyro and pure […]
Because even the grave can’t keep rock legends quiet, mun. Rock history has a habit of refusing to sit still. Long after the amps cool and the lights go down, rumours start pacing the corridors. Whispers. Sightings. Lyrics dissected like sacred texts. From Vegas diners to Cuban beaches, these artists left behind more questions than […]
Remembering the Rock, Punk & Metal Figures Who Left Us Some years don’t just pass.They take. This has been one of those years where the jukebox feels emptier, the stage lights dimmer, and the history books heavier in your hands. Across rock, metal, punk, folk and beyond, we’ve said goodbye to voices, riff-slingers, rhythm keepers […]
This one lands heavy, mun. Hollywood woke up to a gut-punch as reports confirmed that Rob Reiner, legendary filmmaker and the man who gave the world This Is Spinal Tap, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead at their Los Angeles home. As the shockwaves were still rolling, police confirmed a grim development: […]
London, lock it in. January just got louder, sweatier, and a whole lot bluesier, mun. January Blues Festival 2026 is officially back at 229 London on Great Portland Street, running from Saturday 3rd January to Saturday 24th January 2026, delivering nineteen nights of world-class blues, blues-rock, soul, roots and guitar-heavy goodness right in the heart […]
Heavy metal didn’t arrive with fireworks, press releases, or a Spotify playlist called New Metal Friday.It crawled out of industrial Birmingham, plugged into battered amps, and detonated inside a pub called The Crown. And somehow, in 2025…The birthplace of Black Sabbath is still vacant.No gigs. No shrine. No pilgrimage point. Just bricks, memories, and a […]
🔥🎻Four years on… and it still gives The Riff Report full-body goosebumps, mun. Some performances don’t age. They don’t fade. They just sit there in the archives, waiting to grab you by the collar and whisper, “You ready to feel something?” This is one of those moments. Back in the Before Times, when packed halls […]
Writing a hit song used to mean catchy hooks, big choruses, and maybe a dodgy haircut. These days? It also means checking your melodies haven’t accidentally wandered too close to someone else’s groove from 1978. Copyright battles have become one of the most expensive hazards in modern music, with artists finding themselves dragged from sold-out […]
There are TV theme tunes… and then there’s that one.Four seconds in and you already know exactly what kind of ride you’re in for. Snowy mountains. Cardboard kids. Absolute chaos. And lurking behind it all? A bassline so filthy it practically smokes. Yes mun, the South Park theme is the handiwork of Les Claypool – […]
There’s a very specific moment in cinema that makes drummers everywhere clench their jaw. You know the one.The camera cuts to an actor mid-song. Arms flailing. Cymbals trembling in fear. Sticks flying like they’ve never met a metronome in their life. And every drummer watching thinks the same thing:“There is absolutely no way that sound […]