Gig Reviews ...  

Evile - Academy 3, Manchester, 9th February 2011

Fury UK & Afterdown - Trillians Rock Bar, Newcastle, 17th February 2011

Grinspoon & Jettblack - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 20th February 2011

The Stranglers & Wilko Johnson - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 4th March 2011

Power Quest & Symphony X - Corporation, Sheffield, 24th March 2011

Falling Red, Star* Rats & Velvet Star - Legends, Newcastle, 8th April 2011

Magnum - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 14th April 2011

Saxon, Wolfsbane & Fury UK - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 15th April 2011

John Waite - The Cluny, Newcastle, 25th April 2011

Powerquest - The Classic Grand, Glasgow, 8th May 2011

Z Rock 2011 - The Asylum, Birmingham, 15th May 2011
   (Featuring: Daylight Robbery, Sacred Heart, Tara's Secret, Coldspell)

Z Rock 2011 (pt2) - The Asylum, Birmingham, 15th May 2011
   (Featuring: Mad Max, Arabia, Legion, It Bites)

Download Festival - Donington Park, Donington, 10th June 2011
   (Featuring: Def Leppard, The Darkness, Alter Bridge, Thin Lizzy, Black Stone Cherry, Royal Republic, Puddle Of Mudd)

Download Festival - Donington Park, Donington, 11th June 2011
   (Featuring: System Of A Down, Twisted Sister, Skunk Anansie, Clutch, Maiden United, Rock Sugar, The Bosshoss, Houston, The Rods)

Dio Disciples & The Rods - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 12th June 2011

Download Festival - Donington Park, Donington, 12th June 2011
   (Featuring: Rob Zombie, The Cult, The Black Veil Brides, Buckcherry, The Gaslight Anthem, Gwar, Bowling For Soup, Hell, Trucker Diablo, Biohazard)

Graspop Metal Meeting - Belgium, 24th June 2011
   (Featuring: The Scorpions, Iced Earth, Volbeat, Journey, Foreigner, Dio Disciples, FM)

Graspop Metal Meeting - Belgium, 25th June 2011
   (Featuring: Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Black Label Society, Ghost, Lacuna Coil)   

Graspop Metal Meeting - Belgium, 26th June 2011
   (Featuring: Slipnot, Rob Zombie, Avenged Sevenfold, Gwar, Anvil)

SOS Festival  - Radcliffe Civic, Manchester, 16th July 2011
   (Featuring: Fury UK, Babylon Fire, Nightvision, Evil:Scarecrow, Inferno, Betraeus, Vice )

SOS Festival  - Radcliffe Civic, Manchester, 17th July 2011
   (Featuring: Gun, Exit State, Attica Rage, Citizen Charlie, Vega, Wizzard, Neonfly, Velvet Star, Afterdown, Ten By Ten )

Judas Priest, Queensryche & Rival Sons - Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, 20th July 2011

The Pleasures & Velvet Star - Legends, Newcastle, 5th August 2011

Bloodstock Open Air Festival - Catton Hall, Derby, 12th, 13th & 14th August 2011
   (Featuring: Triptykon, Kreator, Lawnmover Deth, Tarot, Ihsahn, Therion, Angelwitch, Immortal, Hell, Primordial
   Hammerfall, Exodus, Amaranthe)

Mr Big - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 13th September 2011

Onslaught, Gama Bomb & Fallen Fate - Pandemonium Club, Babylon Live Lounge, Maidstone, 22nd September 2011

Primordial, Desaster & Solstice - The Academy, Dublin, 24th September 2011

Onslaught, Gama Bomb & Fallen Fate - Legends, Newcastle, 27th September 2011

Evile, Savage Messiah, Vortex & Arcite - Live Lounge, Durham, 20th October 2011

Training Icarus, Zocalo & Pre-Med - Pandemonium Club, Babylon Live Lounge, Maidstone, 21st October 2011

Faster Pussycat, Lola Stone Cracker & Velvet Star - The Yardbirds, Grimsby, 27th October 2011

Club Antichrist Halloween Party - Club Coliseum, London, 28th October 2011

Exit State & Eocene - Trillians Rock Bar, Newcastle, 28th October 2011

Fozzy - Fibbers, York, 9th November 2011

Manowar - The Academy, Dublin, 9th November 2011

Rival Sons & Heaven's Basement - 02 Academy, Islington, London, 10th November 2011

Within Temptation - The Brixton Academy, London, 11th November 2011

The Bermondsey Joyriders, Don't F***ing Care & The Phonics - The Kings Head, Acton, 12th November 2011

Gorgoroth, The Sickening, Valkyrja & Vader - The Underworld, London, 14th November 2011

Freedom Call, Arthemis & Neonfly - Trillians Rock Bar, Newcastle, 21st November 2011

Gaia Epicus & Komatoze - The Purple Turtle, London, 22nd November 2011

Wolfsbane & Obsessive Compulsive - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 26th November 2011

Power Quest - The Snooty Fox, Wakefield, 27th November 2011

Lizzy Borden, Martyr & Sons Of Anubis - The Underworld, London, 1st December 2011

Napalm Death, Forboding Ether, The Dying Reflex, Finisher & Perisher - The Ivy Leaf, Sheerness, 2nd December 2011

Uriah Heep & Virgil & The Accelerators - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 12th December 2011

Defenders Of The Faith Tour - Trivium, Inflames, Ghost, Rise To Remain and Insense - 02 Academy, Newcastle, 7th December 2011

Club Antichrist Not NYE Party - Colosseum Club, London, 30th December 2011

Fury UK - The Hark To Towler, Bury, 31st December 2011