Mad About Rock

  On the 40th anniversary of their formation, the mighty Los Angeles-born guitar-driven heavy metal icons ALCATRAZZ are set to team up once again with British longest running all-female rock band Girlschool for a co-headline UK tour in February 2023. Both bands successfully completed an incendiary full European co-headline tour in 2022 and will bring their electrifying and foot-stomping performances to eight cities across the UK. Jimmy Waldo (ALCATRAZZ) comments: “The band just keeps getting better every show! Across Europe last year we had a fantastic response and enthusiastic fans nightly! Us touring with Girlschool really brings the METAL to town and we are looking forward to bringing it to the UK... THE home of Heavy Metal! Black Sabbath, Saxon, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, are we excited?... Are you kidding me?!” Denise Dufort (Girlschool) adds: “We are looking forward to once again performing for all of you and sharing the stage with our friends Alcatrazz, we had such a grea...

Living in the South East of England, I would usually have to go to Brighton or London to see a metal show. So it was an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see that Diamond Head and Saxon, two very influential metal bands, were playing in the small seaside town of Bexhill. Diamond Head has already played at the venue in the past (something not many metal bands can claim!), in 2019, supporting Uriah Heep. Although a relatively small venue, the De La Warr Pavilion is a great venue with brilliant sound, and it was good to see a sizeable turnout for this rare occasion. We need more rock/metal bands to play at this venue, but we have been fortunate to have bands such as Bullet For My Valentine with While She Sleeps and Enter Shikari play in the past, and next near Devin Townsend and Joe Satriani are playing, so let's hope this continues to increase! The powerful Diamond Head  formed in 1976 and played a massive part in the new wave of the British heavy metal movement, and legendary ban...