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Because rockin' out’s no good if you're flat on your face from heatstroke 😵‍💫 Location: Blackweir Fields, Bute Park, CardiffDates: Line-up included: Noah Kahan, Alanis Morissette, Slayer (YES, REALLY), Stevie Wonder and more! 🤘 🚰 WATER POINTS – WHERE TO REFILL IN BLACKWEIR FIELDS Cardiff Council confirmed free water refill stations were available across the site — but they weren’t...

Right then, rockers – the countdown to Oasis Live ’25 at Heaton Park is ON. The bucket hats are ready, the pint money’s been stashed, and the setlist’s gonna be as biblical as your da’s CD collection. But before you get lost in the Supersonic buzz, let’s talk survival – and no, not just dodging the toilet queues. We’re talking...

This one’s for the grafters, the gaffers, and the gurners. The crew that makes the mountain move. 🔧🎸🏔️Powered by caffeine, chaos, and Carling – only on The Riff Report. 💡 WHO THE HELL ARE THE MOUNTAIN CREW? You might not see them onstage, but they’re the first to arrive and the last to leave – usually covered in mud, mystery...

“And So It Goes” premieres July 18 & 25 on HBO – and it’s packed with legends! It’s time to grab your piano keys and a box of tissues, butt – because Billy Joel is about to pour his heart out in a two-part documentary that’s already shaping up to be the music event of the summer. Titled “Billy Joel:...

Trams? What trams? Mancunia turned into Tram-geddon on night one of Oasis Live ’25 – and the only thing moving faster than fans were the arguments in the queue. 🤯 If you were one of the nearly 80,000 fans heading to Heaton Park to witness Liam and Noel’s biblical reunion, chances are your first support act wasn’t a band –...

Yungblud has hit the pause button on his high-energy chaos machine — at least for a couple of nights — after a nasty bout of tonsillitis flared up worse than a mosh pit at Download. The punk prince of Gen Z announced he’s postponing two upcoming gigs: Dundee, Scotland and Liverpool, citing medical advice and a serious need to rest...

🕯️ Trigger Warning: This post discusses topics related to child abuse and criminal convictions that some readers may find disturbing. Pontypridd's darkest shadow just flickered back into the spotlight — but this time, it’s not from that monster. It’s from one of the people left picking up the shattered pieces: Lee Gaze, former guitarist of Lostprophets, who’s finally broken his...

Food, Drink & Bag Rules for the Big Manchester Weekender Heaton Park is about to witness history. Again.Oasis. Back in Manchester. Two nights. 70,000 fans. One field.One word: Carnage. 🤯 But before you grab your parka and bolt for the tram shouting "LIAMMMM!", read this. Because we’ve got the full lowdown on food, drink, what you can and can’t bring...

The Riff Report Blog – Survival Mode: Heaton Park Edition C’mon butt, we all thought it might lash it down. But no – in a turn of events even Noel wouldn’t have predicted – Heaton Park is set to be hotter than Liam in a parka circa ‘95. That’s right, the Oasis Live ’25 Manchester dates this Friday and Saturday...

MIDLANDS, ARE YOU READY?!Because things are about to go full-blown circle pit meets comic strip this weekend as the mighty forces of Slipknot, Lamb of God, and Anthrax descend on Comic Con Midlands at the NEC Birmingham, July 12–13 🧟‍♂️⚡ Forget your standard Batmen and Barbies — we’re talking corpse paint, battle vests, and roaring growls echoing through the halls...

Rob Halford Says He Never Really Left Judas Priest – It Was All One Big Contractual Cock-Up 🧨 By The Riff Report | Loud, Proud & Covered in Denim Since Forever Grab your battle jackets and brace yourselves, because we’re diving deep into one of metal’s most misunderstood moments: the day Rob Halford “left” Judas Priest… except, according to the...

Well, would you believe it, mun? After 16 long, stubborn, headline-hogging, brother-baiting years, Oasis are officially back. And no, it wasn’t a secret pile of Glasto cash, or even Liam finally giving Noel a call that made it happen. It was Bonehead. Yes, Bone-bleeding-head. The rhythm guitar legend. The quiet bloke with the shaved head and massive sound. The man...

Children of the Grave never sounded so beastly… Well butt, if you thought Villa Park couldn’t get any heavier after Ozzy and the Birmingham boys took their final bow, Lamb of God just kicked the afterparty straight into Valhalla! 🤘 Without warning (classic metal move 😈), the GRAMMY-nominated riff-slingers have unleashed a crushing studio cover of Black Sabbath’s “Children of...

C’mon butt, like it was ever gonna be anything else! 🙌 According to fresh stats from music licensing legends PPL, Don’t Look Back In Anger has officially been crowned the most played Oasis track of the 21st century across UK radio and telly 📻📺 – and honestly, we’re not shocked, just smugly nodding with a pint in hand. 🍻 As...

Punk prince. Northern noise-maker. Now venue owner?! YUNGBLUD just dropped a bombshell on London’s rock scene by announcing he’s opening his own live music venue later this year – and where he’s putting it is the stuff of absolute legend. Welcome to 20 Denmark Street, Soho…AKA the old stomping ground of guitar gods, rock icons, and now the new HQ...