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Sunday 2nd November 2025 – Patti Pavilion, Swansea “Place your hands… if you're ready to ROCK!" 🤘 What’s occurring, Swansea? You best believe the vibes are about to hit tidal-wave levels down at the Patti Pavilion this November. That’s right – REEF, the Glastonbury-born legends of riff-heavy Brit rock, are rolling into town as part of their 30th anniversary Replenish...

Well, well, well… look what you’ve gone and done.After a week of non-stop gigs, guitar wizardry, and general Welsh rock’n’roll carnage… YOU. DRANK. THE. BAR. DRY. Yes butt, we’re talking about Fuel Rock Club — the mighty stronghold of Womanby Street.A place that’s survived student stampedes, surprise black metal Tuesdays, and that one bloke who keeps requesting Nickelback ironically. But...

Welcome to the VIP lane, butt — where your wallet goes to die, your childhood hero stares blankly for 0.3 seconds, and your nan’s mortgage could’ve funded a selfie with Ozzy Osbourne. That’s right: we’re diving headfirst into the mad world of Comic Con celeb pricing, where autographs cost more than car insurance and a hug from a sitcom star...

The Osbournes Take Over Comic Con Midlands – And Your Wallet 😱 The Prince of Darkness is back... but this time, he’s not biting bats – he’s biting into your bank balance, mun. 💸💀 Yep, Ozzy Osbourne and the full Osbourne clan are appearing at Comic Con Midlands, and let’s just say the prices are enough to make Sharon shout...

📍 Comic Con Midlands🗓️ Birmingham – Saturday, July 12, 2025🕶️ Featuring: THE OZZMAN HIMSELF🎤 And your wallet crying in the corner... "SHAROOON! THEY'RE CHARGING WHAT NOW?!" Ladies and gents, grab your eyeliner and your bank statements because the one and only Ozzy Osbourne is heading to Comic Con Midlands — and he’s bringing prices that could resurrect Randy Rhoads. 💀🎸...

By The Riff Report | 7 July 2025 Grab your popcorn and buckle your bullet belts, butt — there’s drama in the Osbourne camp, and it’s juicier than a soggy festival burger at Download! Sharon Osbourne has just revealed she removed a major band from the Back To The Beginning charity concert lineup after a behind-the-scenes bust-up with their manager....

They've survived tour bus crashes, drug binges, public feuds, stadium stampedes, and the '80s wardrobe. But now, the final curtain is slowly creeping in for some of rock’s most iconic gods. 😢 This isn’t a eulogy — this is a celebration. Of riffs, rebellion, and rockstars who taught us how to live LOUD. 🤘🔥 Let’s honour the heroes still walking...

Love, legacy, and a birthstone that could melt your eyeliner – this is the engagement that’s got the entire rock world in its feels. 😭💜 🕯️ One Era Ends… Another Begins It was a night already dripping with history. July 5, 2025 – the final, final for-real-this-time-we-mean-it gig from Black Sabbath, with the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne, bidding...

We’ve got a proper scandal for you today, folks. Not politics. Not football. Not even who’s headlining Glasto next year. No, this one’s bigger… This is about a fan. A phone. A finger.And a moment of pure musical sacrilege. 📱 THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS SHAZAM OF ALL TIME Picture the scene: You’re at a sun-drenched festival. Pints are flowing, people are...

YESS MUN! Let’s dive into the chaos, crunch, and curveballs that 2025 has thrown our ears so far. From comeback kings to genre-bending beasts, here are The Best Albums of 2025 (So Far) – as loud, lush, and mad as a mosh pit in a Greggs. 🤘🥓🎧 🎸 1. Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN: NeX GEn Genre: Alt...

From pub blags to stadium anthems — these were the nights that changed lives, rewrote rock history, and screamed “MAD FOR IT!” louder than a lad in a parka. 🏁 1. King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut – Glasgow, May 1, 1993 👥 Crowd: ~60This is where it all began. Noel blagged the band onto the bill, Alan McGee stumbled in,...

HELENA, HOLD MY EYELINER – THEY’RE COMING BACK.by The Riff Report Team – July 2025 Right. Someone fetch us a black parade jacket and a pint of something dark – because My Chemical Romance have just gone and dropped a bombshell that’s got the entire MCRmy shaking in their fishnet gloves. THEY’RE GOING ON TOUR. IN ASIA. IN 2026.And not...

Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman has announced he’ll be stepping away from the band’s current tour to undergo surgery on his hand. The news broke via a personal statement from Trohman, who reassured fans that while he’s gutted to miss out on the shows, this procedure is absolutely necessary to get him back to full rockin’ strength. 💪 “I...

Well, this is one hell of a plot twist no one saw coming – not even in a Corey Taylor fever dream! 🤘 As if BLACK SABBATH’S FINAL HOMECOMING MELTDOWN AT VILLA PARK wasn’t already legendary enough — with doom riffs, weeping fans, and Ozzy probably defying medical science just by standing upright — we got a surprise straight from...

This wasn’t just a gig.This wasn’t just a homecoming.This was the funeral, the feast, and the fire – rolled into one colossal, doom-drenched, goosebump-laced goodbye. BLACK SABBATH returned to where it all began – Birmingham – for the final time.Not just a band. Not just a show. This was the end of the world, played out on the very soil...