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Live from Villa Park, Birmingham – July 5, 2025Diolch, legends. You’ve melted our faces one last time. 🕊️ Here it is, mun — every single performance and every song played at one of the most iconic metal events of all time. A global farewell to the Prince of Darkness, a thunderous goodbye from the Birmingham gods who created heavy metal,...

🏴 “Where everyone’s welcome – even if you’re wearing a bucket hat AND a Slayer tee.” 😎🎸🍻 Today at Fuel Club Cardiff, something lush is going down. A musical meltdown of epic proportions – Oasis fans and metalheads under one roof, dancing, chanting, moshing, and maybe even crying into their pints together. 🥲🍺 You’ve got Gallagher-loving lads in Adidas trackies...

“You can’t top that.” Honestly, we could end the blog post there. Done. Mic drop. Because when Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, and Ozzy bloody Osbourne show up in person to sign a massive mural of themselves in their hometown of Birmingham… what else is there to say, mun? But we’re The Riff Report, and we love a good...

⚒️ Where to Eat, Drink, and Soak in the Brummie Chaos Before the Gig It’s finally here, mun. Black Sabbath, the mighty architects of heavy metal, are heading Back to the Beginning with their FINAL hometown gig at Villa Park, Birmingham. The guitars will growl, the drums will shake the earth, and Ozzy might forget where he is halfway through—but...

July 5, 2025 | Birmingham | 35,000 Fans | 1 Last Riff “Is this the end, or just the beginning?” Turns out, for Black Sabbath – the gods of heavy metal and Brum’s loudest export – it was both. “Back to the Beginning” wasn’t just a gig. It was a metal funeral, feast, and family reunion all rolled into one...

You ever feel exhausted after just watching a livestream? Imagine what it’s like to absolutely detonate the stage at Black Sabbath’s final ever gig… and then catch a plane to headline another festival that same night. 😵‍💫 Enter Yungblud. Rock’s chaos gremlin. The pink-socked punk prince of Gen Z. The lad with more energy than a toddler after three Capri-Suns...

What should’ve been a legendary night in Cardiff – singing “Live Forever” at the top of your lungs with a pint in hand – turned into a nightmare for dozens of Oasis fans who thought they’d secured the ultimate experience: a private VIP box at the Principality Stadium. Champagne dreams turned to bitter reality as they realised… the tickets never...

The low-end lifers who got booted, bruised, or just plain blanked… Being a bassist is a thankless job sometimes. You're holding it down in the background while the singer throws tantrums and the guitarist tries to mate with their pedalboard. But what happens when your own bandmates can’t stand you? Whether it was creative clashes, wild behaviour, or just bad...

The End Was Nigh… and the World Watched With Horns Raised 🔔 FROM ASTON TO IMMORTALITY: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Before we dive into the tears, pyro and Paranoid, let’s rewind the tape. Born in the post-war, industrial grit of Aston, Birmingham, Black Sabbath weren’t trying to be legends — they were just trying to escape the factory floor. In...

Just a heads-up for all you rock ‘n’ roll legends heading to another massive night at Principality Stadium — they’re doing the free front standing upgrade again today! 🙌 No catch. No drama. Just wander over to the Angel Hotel side, near the box office wristband tent, flash your ticket and boom — you’re in the pit. Front standing wristbands...

🎤 “So what’s the story, flarey glory?” Last night, history was made at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, as Oasis finally reunited after 16 years. Emotions were high, pints were flowing, and the roof was ready to lift off. But instead of just being remembered for the biblical setlist and Liam’s parka-clad swagger, the show’s now trending for a very...

In a powerful and heart-wrenching moment that brought every single goosebump to the surface, Oasis paused the chaos of their massive Cardiff reunion show tonight to honour the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing 💐. As the iconic chords of Don't Look Back In Anger rang out across the Principality Stadium, the giant screens behind Liam, Noel, and the...

By The Riff Report Blog CARDIFF, YOU WITNESSED HISTORY. But not just the rowdy, pint-sloshing, Gallagher-banter-flying kind — nah, this one hit different. Oasis’ monumental reunion gig at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium tonight delivered the nostalgia, the chaos, and yep… the tears. 🥲 Because mid-set, just as the first unmistakable chords of Don’t Look Back In Anger floated across the sea...

So, Oasis are “back together.” Or are they? Liam and Noel Gallagher standing on stage together in 2025 might look like a miracle to some. To others, it’s a headline made for TikTok clout and ticket sales. But if you were there the first time around, if you lived through the Britpop chaos, the Knebworth comedown, the fights and the...

“Ciao bella! The Gallaghers land in Italy with chaos, charm, and colossal chords!” Back in the tail end of 1997, Oasis were deep in the whirlwind of their Be Here Now world tour – bigger than ever, bolder than ever, and possibly more coked-up than ever (we’re just sayin’... 😅). On November 16th, they hit The Forum in Milan, bringing...