Strap in, prog heads 🤘 — Rush are cracking open the vaults once again, announcing Super Deluxe Editions of their razor-sharp 1984 classic Grace Under Pressure. And yes… it’s proper tidy stuff. Originally released at a time when Cold War anxiety was thick in the air and synths were taking over the planet, Grace Under […]

Stop what you’re doing, drop the pint, and steady yourself — this one’s a proper WHAT’S OCCURRING moment, butt. Flea has announced a special UK show, and as if that wasn’t already enough to make bass players across Wales weep softly into their pedalboards… he’s also unleashed a brand new single featuring none other than […]

27 September 1947 — 20 January 2022 Four years ago today, the rock world lost one of its biggest voices, biggest hearts, and biggest bloody personalities. Meat Loaf didn’t just pass through music — he charged through it, kicked the doors off, knocked over the furniture, and left scorch marks on the walls on the […]

The heartbeat of Midnight Oil. A drum throne with a conscience. The world’s a little quieter today. News has landed that Rob Hirst — drummer, songwriter, founding force and rhythmic spine of Midnight Oil — has passed away at 70, and it’s hit like a kick drum to the chest. Rob wasn’t just keeping time. […]

Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds Live Invades the UK in 2026 Hide your nan, lock up the dog, and point your telescope skyward — Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds is marching back across the UK in October and November 2026, and yes… it’s every bit as colossal, dramatic, and gloriously over-the-top […]

There are cover versions… and then there are acts of musical vandalism so glorious they deserve their own plaque.Enter 2Cellos and their absolutely feral take on Thunderstruck by AC/DC. Two cellos.No guitars.No amps.No safety net. And yet… pure, sweat-drenched rock ’n’ roll chaos 🤘🔥 When Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser dropped this cover back in […]

Some bands play Saturday Night Live multiple times, collect a mug, shake Lorne Michaels’ hand, and ride off into late-night legend. Rage Against The Machine did it once… and somehow managed to get themselves banned, detained, and escorted out of 30 Rock like absolute revolutionaries. Proper tidy chaos, mun 🤘 The Night That Everything Went […]

Break out the eyeliner, hairspray, and a calculator from hell, mun — because this one’s messier than a backstage dressing room in 1989. Glam metal legends Poison have reportedly axed upcoming tour plans after frontman Bret Michaels allegedly demanded 600% more money than the rest of the band. Yes. Six. Hundred. Percent.That’s not “I want […]

South London’s blues-rock wrecking crew The Karma Effect are back, louder and swaggering harder than ever, with ‘Waiting On A Miracle’ — the first taste of brand-new studio material since their Top 20-crashing second album Promised Land barged into the Official UK Album Chart like it owned the place. Proper job, that. 🤘🔥 And that’s […]

Well… that escalated quickly, mun. 😈After absolutely rinsing their album celebration show at Circuit, Kingston, Skindred have gone and done the most Skindred thing possible — added even MORE chances to catch them live and electric during the release week of their brand-new album You Got This 🤘 If you missed out first time round, […]

Stop the clocks. Spill the beer. Alert the group chat.Green Day are officially heading to Super Bowl LX, and honestly… this is wild in the best possible way 🤯🔥 Yes, that’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool taking their snarling, fist-punching punk anthems to the biggest sporting stage on the planet. From sweaty […]

A deeper historical dive Pirate radio didn’t just bend the rules of British broadcasting — it smashed them with a crowbar, rewired the system, and dared the establishment to catch up. Long before legal stations embraced youth culture, underground broadcasters were already shaping how the UK would listen, speak, and move to music. ⚓ The […]

Help keep the riffs loud, the coffee strong, and the chaos rolling Right then, butt — let’s talk about something gloriously unglamorous but absolutely essential to keeping The Riff Report Blog alive, kicking, and shouting about bands at irresponsible volumes. 🔥 Running an independent Welsh rock & metal blog isn’t just gigs, pits, and late-night […]

Some gigs are loud.Some gigs are historic.And then there are moments so audacious they permanently bend the DNA of music. September 1969 was one of those moments. Inside London’s sacred musical coliseum — the Royal Albert Hall — Deep Purple weren’t just tuning up. They were preparing to do something that, at the time, felt […]