Leigh Journal | CD reviews

Gig Review: Argent - Manchester Academy - 27/1/12

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:48:05 +0000

AFTER a break of 37 years, all four original members of seventies rockers Argent were back on stage and performing their greatest songs.

Dolly set to dazzle in Bolton

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:24:34 +0000

SO what did you do this morning? Tumble out of bed? Stumble to the kitchen? Pour yourself a cup of PG Tips and wonder where it all went wrong?

Gig Review: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - HMV Ritz, Manchester - 9/12/11

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:22:18 +0000

APPEARING at The Ritz for the first time (“But I’ll bet someone tells me after that I played here in ’74.” He quipped), Steve Harley and the latest incarnation of Cockney Rebel put on a phenomenal show for a moderate sized crowd of fans.

Gig Review: Def Leppard, Motley Crue & Steel Panther - MEN Arena - 11/12/11

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:18:38 +0000

THOSE entering the MEN Arena without ear-plugs on Sunday evening certainly did so at their own peril as three of the loudest bands you could ever wish (?) to hear broke every conceivable noise level.

Gig Review: Quofestive - Status Quo, Roy Wood & Kim Wilde - Echo Arena Liverpool - 6/12/11

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:12:01 +0000

THE first ever Quofestive bash came to Liverpool on a cold and blustery evening, but inside the Echo Arena, it was red-hot with a spectacular line-up.

Gig Review: The Carl Palmer Band - Manchester Academy - 26/11/2011

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:31:35 +0000

PROG rock returned to Manchester in the form of one third of the mighty Emerson, Lake and Palmer, to whit the drumming legend that is Carl Palmer.

CD Review: Wolfsbane - Wolfsbane Save The World

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:18:31 +0000

ERUPTING from the Midlands in the mid-eighties, Wolfsbane released a trio of raucous, energetic albums before splitting in 1994 when singer Blaze Bayley joined Iron Maiden.

Gig Review: YES - Manchester Apollo - 13/11/2011

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:51:17 +0000

SUNDAY evenings are not usually the best times for gigs, but any thoughts of a sparse crowd were thrown out of the window by the jam-packed Apollo theatre for the return of Prog-Rock masters YES.

Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds @ Apollo, Manchester

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:37:07 +0100

NOEL Gallagher saunters onto the stage with no fuss and launches into his first Manchester gig since splitting with brother Liam and the rest of Oasis.

Live Review: The Hollies - The Lowry - 22/10/11

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:45:56 +0100

SURPRISES aplenty in the set list for The Hollies’ autumn tour, to whet the appetite for their 50th anniversary tour in 2012.