Because Loudness, Leather & Lucifer Apparently Weren’t “Proper Entertainment” Let’s face it: for decades, the mainstream media treated metal like a noisy cousin they’d rather not talk about at family dinners. If you screamed too loud, wore too much black, or sang about Satan, the tabloids, TV execs, and pearl-clutching politicians came for your neck […]

📍 Principality Stadium🎤 Date: [Saturday 6th July 2025]⏰ Time: Doors at 5pm (TBC), Support from 6:30pm🥂 You: Pints, parkas, and a pocket full of dreams 🍻 WHERE TO DRINK BEFORE/AFTER THE GIG 1. Tiny Rebel Cardiff – Westgate Street If you love your pints like you love your Britpop – loud, bold and craft as […]

Right then, you’re buzzing for Oasis in Cardiff – the beers are cold, the bucket hat’s ready, and your voice is already a bit hoarse from screaming “Y’KNOW WHAT I MEAN?!” in the mirror. But before you dive headfirst into the crowd like a mad lad on a mission, let’s talk gig etiquette, survival hacks, […]

Hold onto your pints and punk patches, mun – this one’s wild. In a move that’s got festival fans fuming and artists sharpening their lyrical daggers, the BBC has officially announced it will no longer broadcast so-called “high-risk” performances live. The decision follows an explosive Glastonbury 2025 set from none other than the ferocious force […]

Cardiff’s Newest Home of Epic Gigs – And It’s Already Raising Hell! 🤘 🏟️ WHAT THE HELL IS BLACKWEIR LIVE? Say hello to Blackweir Live – Cardiff’s brand-new open-air gig series that’s transformed Bute Park into a full-blown festival fortress. Nestled beside the River Taff and just a guitar throw from the Principality Stadium, this […]

Maiden fans – sharpen your devil horns and dust off your best Eddie tee. The Legacy of the Beast is descending on Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, and the city is about to echo with riffs, roars, and thousands of Scottish metalheads screaming “SCREAM FOR ME, GLASGOW!” at the top of their lungs. 😈🎸 But before Bruce […]

There are movie sequels that nobody sees coming… and then there’s whatever the hell this is. In a parallel universe where Hollywood’s run out of ideas, someone greenlit a spiritual successor to the cult chaos of Drop Dead Fred — starring Rod Stewart as Fred’s deranged uncle and Ronnie Wood as a punk rock hallucination […]

By The Riff Report Crew – Powered by cider, sausage rolls, and sad boy anthems INTRO: THE RETURN OF THE KING OF HEARTBREAK 😭👑 Let’s not beat around the bush: Lewis Capaldi’s Glastonbury 2025 set was one for the bloody books. You had people crying in bucket hats, couples proposing mid-ballad, and blokes from Barry […]

Long before Ozzy was biting heads off bats or Geezer was melting minds with basslines that rumbled through the Earth’s crust, Black Sabbath were just four Brummie lads playing heavy blues under the name Earth. And now, for the first time ever, we’re getting a proper peek into that primordial ooze with a new collection […]

Grohl resurrects a 1995 punk gem for the band’s big birthday bash Oi oi! If you thought Foo Fighters were just gonna drop a nostalgia single and call it a day for their 30th anniversary, think again, butt! Dave Grohl’s been digging deep into the vault and pulled out a full-throttle punk banger that dates […]

Hold onto your bucket hats, Britpop disciples – Noel Gallagher has just shut down any last glimmer of hope for an Oasis reunion, and he did it with all the subtlety of a flying tambourine. In a surprise interview that’s got the internet in a spin and Liam probably frothing at the mouth somewhere, Noel […]

🧨 7 Years Ago Today: Liam Gallagher Set Finsbury Park on Fire 🔥🎸 By The Riff Report – For Those Who Still Live Forever “There are no words to describe that crowd tonight in Finsbury Park … I fucking adore every single 1 of you.” – Liam Gallagher, Twitter, 29 June 2018 Seven years ago […]

Inside Tracks II: The Lost Albums — A Springsteen Deep Dive 🤠📦 Let’s be honest, butt — most of us struggle to keep one decent playlist hidden from the world without it somehow ending up on shuffle during a BBQ. Bruce Springsteen, meanwhile, managed to squirrel away seven full albums worth of material for decades […]