SATURDAY
GLENN HUGHES
PERFORMS CLASSIC
DEEP PURPLE LIVE
Hawklords
Band of Friends
Kingdom of Madness
CLASSIC MAGNUM
THE FIERCE & THE DEAD
KYLVER
LAPIS LAZULI
KANDA BONGO MAN
“The Voice of Rock” Glenn Hughes, performs a loving tribute to the music of "Classic Deep Purple Live", following his world-conquering assault as part of super group Black Country Communion. In 1973, Hughes joined Deep Purple. The trailblazing hard-rock legends had just weathered the departure of vocalist Ian Gillan and bass guitarist Roger Glover, but guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, and drummer Ian Paice continued with the addition of Hughes and David Coverdale. Any skepticism was squelched with the 1974 release of "Burn" which has since been re-released on its 30th anniversary. This stunning album rejuvenated the band and stands tall among Deep Purple classics.
In the halcyon days, Purple headlined at the famous California Jam in 1974 in front of a quarter of a million people. World tours via Purple's own jet plane, "The Starship" and two more studio albums later, the Hughes influenced "Stormbringer" and "Come Taste the Band”
Born in 1978, out of the ashes of the Sonic Assassins, Hawklords was the brainchild of the late, great Robert Calvert. The band's debut release, on the Charisma label, was the album 25 Years On (later editions were released simply as "Hawklords"). It featured eight excellent tracks, all but one co-written by Calvert, and marked a significant departure from the spacey sounds of earlier Hawkwind material. 25 Years On peaked at number 48 in the charts. Two singles were also released: Psi Power and 25 Years.
Barney Bubbles was involved in the design, and the stage sets for the supporting tour. The overall idea was based on a company called Pan Transcendental Industries, which was a factory that manufactured car doors to replace angels' wings - a very avant-garde mixture of Fritz Lang and Mao Tse Tung visually.
In 1983 Barney left the planet.
In 1988 Robert Calvert headed for the gods alone know where.
Now it's the 21st century. After more than 25 years of social research Harvey, Jerry, Ron, Dave & Tom have regrouped to bring Hawklords back to the people.
HAWKLORDS are: Harvey Bainbridge, Dave Pearce, Jerry Richards, Tom Ashurst, with special guests from time to time.
Rory Gallagher’s music reached a massive audience from Norway to Spain, from Japan to the USA, Covering all parts of the globe and producing some of the greatest rock/blues albums of the 60’s 70's and the 80's.
Sadly we lost Rory on 14th June 1995, to his devoted fans and followers this was the ultimate tragedy. The BAND OF FRIENDS is not a tribute to Rory, more a celebration of his life and music.
'Please be assured that this is no tribute band. Think a rendition of a composer's former work performed by those who have a full right to both perform it and choose their musicians. RG would approve. No Doubt'
Noel Buckley, (Get Ready to Rock UK)
'Having had the privilege of seeing Rory Gallagher live (as well as several tribute acts), I can honestly say that this gig is the closest that anyone will ever come to his sound, style and sheer energy of delivery. This wasn't a gig, it was a concert. This certainly was a 'Celebration of the music of Rory Gallagher' and it's great to see they are doing a fantastic job of keeping the music of this great musician alive.'
Rob Dodgson, (Annular Media UK)
Members of MAGNUM’s classic-era line-ups reunite for a celebration of the band’s much-loved back catalogue covering the period 1978-94.
One of the UK’s finest exponents of melodic rock music, Magnum achieved high album and singles chart positions in both the UK and Europe and gained a reputation as one of the hardest-working bands on the touring circuit, delighting audiences with concerts that were always captivating both musically and visually. Highlights of the band’s career include regular sold-out theatre tours including a memorable five nights at London’s legendary Hammersmith Odeon performed during 1988 together with headline appearances at Birmingham NEC and Wembley Arena, as well as appearances at major festivals.
Kingdom of Madness features Mark Stanway, Richard Bailey, Micky Barker, Laurence Archer and Mo Birch – all of whom have toured and / or recorded with Magnum – together with legendary bassist Neil Murray and acclaimed vocalist Chris Ousey – establishing a pedigree line-up of world class musicians. Kingdom of Madness celebrates the legacy of Magnum’s classic period,
“Heavy psychedelic post rock”
The Fierce And The Dead are a heavy psychedelic post rock band from North London who have been part of the UK’s underground post-rock/psychedelic/progressive scene for the last 8 years. They have been championed by Stuart Maconie on BBC 6 Music and Steve Davis on his Interesting Alternative Show and played with everyone from Hawkwind to Crippled Black Phoenix, Anathema and Monkey 3 via festivals in the USA and UK including Arctangent and sold out London headlining shows.
Recent Press
“Comes with the fuzzed out edge of a stoner rock classic” Real Gone Rocks
"They manage to cement themselves as current leaders of a new kind of progressive music, where the past is unshackled and a new urgency is added…King Crimson partying on down with Hawkwind and The Stooges while Mogwai loom menacingly in the background.” Echoes And Dust
Kylver (pronounced - Kill-ver) are a four piece instrumental progressive rock/metal band that have crafted their take on the progressive genre by mixing slow and heavy doom riffs, odd time signatures, atmospherics of post-rock and Hammond tones of the 70’s with a classic rock and metal sound.
Kylver released their first album ‘The Mountain Ghost’ in May 2015 - a forty-minute long concept album consisting of four tracks that follow the fictitious tale of a spirit who inflicts torment on the residents of a village that lies in the shadow of his mountainous home.
The album very quickly gained the band a great deal of parse from the press with reviews from Echoes and Dust, The Sludgelord, Progressive Music Planet and a ‘Limelight’ feature in Prog Magazine that earned them a nomination in the 2016 Progressive Music Awards.
“The Mountain Ghost is a superb piece of mood-building. It has an instantly appealing and addictive quality, and is best experienced at ear-splitting volumes.” - Dave Cooper (Echoes and Dust).
“An immensely strong debut offering, The Mountain Has Ghosts is an instrumental masterpiece. Deep bass lines run throughout, creating a simultaneous sense of unease and awe.” – Prog Magazine (Prog Issue 57).
Lapis Lazuli is a multi-genre fusion band from Canterbury combining Funk, Progressive, Psychedelic, Fusion, Rock, Latin, Balkan and Afrobeat styles. In the past they have supported Caravan, Alice Cooper, Nuru Kane and Syd Arthur.
A glorious return to A New Day for the joyous sounds of kwassa kwassa!
Kanda Bongo Man (born 1955 in Inongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a Congolese soukous musician. His first solo albums where "Iyole" in 1981 and "Djessy" in 1982 and the success of these albums launched Kanda Bongo Man’s International career and led to an invite from world renowned progressive rock musician Peter Gabriel. Mr Kanda Bongo Man has also shared a stage with the late Grammy Award Winner “Mama Africa” Miriam Makeba and Jamaican Reggae Musician Jimmy Cliff just to name a few.
Mr Kanda Bongo Man is known for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music. The previous approach was to sing several verses and have one guitar solo at the end of the song. Kanda Bongo Man revolutionized soukous by encouraging guitar solos after every verse and even sometimes at the beginning of the song. His form of soukous gave birth to the kwassa kwassa dance rhythm where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips. Your hips will be moving too!
SUNDAY
sweet
MUNGO JERRY
ULI JON ROTH
Martin Turner ex WISHBONE ASH
BAD TOUCH
Jawbone
STONEWIRE
LEATHERAT
THE TRUE DECEIVERS
the regulars
An Iconic British rock band that started life in 1968, they were one of the most prominent bands of the Glam Rock genre. Their first hit “Funny Funny” came in 1971 after teaming up with songwriters Chin & Chapman. During 1971 & 1972 their musical style followed a marked progression from the Chin & Chapman bubblegum style to a hard rock band in the vein of “The Who” supplemented by high pitched backing vocals. Sweet has had a string of hits all over the world, They had 13 Top 20 hits in the 1970s alone.
Their best known being: Block Buster, The Ballroom Blitz, Love is Like Oxygen and their last major hit Fox On The Run. They have sold in excess of 55 million records worldwide. The thread that links the past through to the present is Andy Scott. His determination to maintain high standards with the band’s musical legacy and touring is legendary. The band today has an illustrious pedigree recreating “live” the high energy and soaring vocals associated with the Sweet sound that is the band’s trade mark. They continue to pack venues out all over the world.
The song most associated with MUNGO JERRY is the global hit IN THE SUMMERTIME, it sold over six million copies worldwide in the first six months of release and that total is now estimated to be over a staggering thirty million units, and it is now officially recognised as the most played summer song of all time. Winning for itself and its writer RAY DORSET, prestigious Sony / ATV and Ivor Novello awards.
It is the biggest hit in an incredible list of hits throughout the 70’s. In describing the music of MUNGO JERRY as pure pop would be an insult to the varying styles of rock, blues, boogie and skiffle that has graced the stages of concerts and festivals which have seen MUNGO JERRY sharing and indeed at times topping the bill with the likes of JIMI HENDRIX, ELTON JOHN, ROD STEWART & THE FACES, GENESIS, STATUS QUO, CANNED HEAT, FREE and JETHRO TULL. Instead of simply resting on his laurels and living off the success of the world's biggest selling Summer song In The Summertime.
Ray Dorset aka Mungo Jerry has in this new millennium maintained his reputation as the King of the Groove by releasing some of his best and strongest work and Mungo Jerry's live stage performance has been much acclaimed at Blues, Jazz and Rock Festivals throughout the world.
A legend and veritable ‘Rock God’, Uli was the lead guitarist and a main songwriter for top German rock band The Scorpions from 1973-1978, before going on to form Electric Sun. Since then he has written 4 symphonies, 2 concertos and numerous songs. He is a true multi-instrumentalist who writes his own musical scores and arrangements. He is also a music director, paints realistic oil paintings, writes his own poetry as well as philosophical treaties. Uli invented his own unique instrument - the by now legendary 6-octave Sky guitar which is without peer. He produces his own albums and directs his own videos. Artistically, he has been an inspiration to many of his fellow artists as well as his audience and continues to be so. He has been cited by countless guitarists from all over the world as one of their main influences. Widely recognized as perhaps the single most important protagonist of neo-classical guitar playing, Uli is seen by many as a trend-setter who has often been considerably ahead of his time.
Martin Turner - founding original member, lead vocalist and key creative force of Wishbone Ash.
Wishbone Ash was formed by Martin Turner and Steve Upton in London in 1969. Intent on creating a musical sound that was rich in texture and melody, Martin Turner envisaged the band’s innovative harmony-guitar hallmark and guitarists Ted Turner and Andy Powell were recruited via a now legendary Melody Maker advert. The partnership of the original line-up of Wishbone Ash forged a unique musical identity that would produce some of rock music's best loved works and influence numerous successful bands and result in millions of album sales and concert attendances. Wishbone Ash would become one of the most enduring and best loved British rock acts and its name synonymous with high quality guitar-driven melodic rock music.
Over four decades later, the enduring music of the classic marks of Wishbone Ash continues to delight audiences worldwide through both live performances and a rich legacy of recorded work that continues to be enjoyed by fans old and new. Classic album releases such as Argus, Pilgrimage, There’s the Rub, New England and Live Dates defined the Wishbone Ash sound and have touched the hearts of several generations of music fans.
As lead vocalist and key creative force, founding original member Martin Turner was central to the critical and commercial success of Wishbone Ash’s most revered albums, with his passionate vocal delivery, songwriting ability, keen melodic sense and production values being a key ingredient in the definitive Wishbone Ash sound.
Martin Turner continues to perform the band’s best loved works with his current band, which features guitarists Danny Willson and Misha Nikolic, and drummer Tim Brown and remains faithful to the original Wishbone Ash blueprint.
Bad Touch formed in 2010 when the band members were still in college.
In their formative years, they played local pubs and performed covers of some rock classics, and gradually began to compose original material. Over the last few years Bad Touch have started making a name for themselves and built a reputation for their dynamic live shows, making them on of the “must-see” acts at many local venues. In 2012, the band recorded their first EP at the Leeders Farm Studio – home of local hero’s The Darkness.
The desire to get their music to a wider audience eventually led the band performing gigs around the country. In 2012, the band won the Exposure Music Award in 2012 for their live show, followed by an invitation to play Hard Rock Hell for the very first time. 2013 was a great year for the band. They toured the UK with The Quireboys and won the Marshall Ultimate Band Contest. In 2014, they toured with Bonafide, The Electric Boys and Tyketto, and played many festivals including Download, Steelhouse, Legends of Rock and Hard Rock Hell. 2015 was a great year for touring with the band completing an 18-date UK tour with The Answer as well as UK tours with Tyketto and Snakecharmer. Bad Touch’s live shows garnered them praise and support from fans and critics.
They toured with Grammy Award winners The Kentucky Headhunters in October 2017 and then embarked on their 1st headline tour in November – with the support Planet Rock including both Hard Rock Hell and Planet Rockstock During the winter months of 2017/18 the band spent time in the studio working on a new album – with a scheduled release date of autumn 2018
Marcus Bonfanti blew up a storm last year at A New Day fronting Ten Years After, and we are really looking forward to seeing him again with Jawbone! Jawbone are a new and exciting London-based four-piece band. Beginning as a collaboration between established solo artists Paddy Milner (keyboards, vocals) and Marcus Bonfanti (guitar, vocals), the band was soon joined by the renowned rhythm section of Rex Horan (bass, vocals) and Evan Jenkins (drums, percussion), Jawbone has quickly become a band with a unique sound focused on delivering strong songs.
Each member of Jawbone are all respected musicians in the industry. They have played with everyone from Tom Jones, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ten Years After, Van Morrison Robert Plant, Dave Gilmour, Seth Lakeman, Cliff Richard, Ginger Baker, Ronnie Wood, Shuggie Otis, Laura Marling, James Hunter, Phil Manzanera, Garth Hudson, Jimmy Carl Black and many more. In January 2018, Jawbone were chosen to back Eric Clapton, Van Morrison & Tom Jones at Paul Jones’ legendary charity show at G-Live in Guildford, gaining rave reviews from the artists involved and the sell-out audience alike. Having all met each other in and around the thriving London music scene, Bonfanti and Milner first crossed paths in a North London house share in 2008 forming a close musical bond through a shared love of Blues and Roots music. Rex and Evan shared a similar experience halfway across the world in Perth, Australia before moving to the UK to pursue new musical endeavours.
Jawbone pride themselves in their lack of compromise, from the writing and recording processes, through to album artwork. Taking influences from Little Feat, The Band, The Rolling Stones and Crosby, Stills Nash & Young but also mixing it with the eclectic musical backgrounds that each member brings, allows Jawbone to create a very fresh take on rock’n’roll.
StoneWire have crafted a sound that is both unique and yet reassuringly familiar. With influences spreading across many genres the blend of Rock, Blues, Country and Heavy Metal produce something that has been described as classic British Rock with a dirty Southern twist.
They switch seamlessly from riff-laden rock to melodic anthems, underpinning it all with dynamic rhythms and exceptional vocals. This versatility has lead critics to compare StoneWire to contemporaries such as Black Stone Cherry, The Answer and more recently the Blues Pills.
Sky Hunter's soaring rock vocals and gravely blues tones are integral to the StoneWire sound. This powerhouse of a front woman delivers an electrifying live performance and clearly shares a true connection with the audience. But StoneWire are not all about the front (wo)man.
The emphasis is firmly on the word band, setting them apart from other female fronted groups. The bands core is centred on a mix of voice, music and an ever energetic, ever powerful, live per f o r m a n c e . T h i s i s r e f l e c t e d i n t h e l o y a l t y o f t h e i r g r o w i n g f a n b a s e w h o a r e n o t m i s t a k e n w h e n t h e y s a y t h e b a n d j u s t h a v e s o m u c h f u n o n s t a g e .
Leatherat have played to over 150,000 people during the course of their existence; in more than 300 venues, festivals, clubs and pubs.
They are well recognised on the touring festival circuit. Formed in 2004, the lineup originally featured Kevin West, Tim Durham and Richard Reece. Richard was surpassed by Hugh Edwards for the first album “Temporary Immortality”.
Kev & Tim paved the way for shredder Bret Nichols on the second album “Garden of Eden”. Bret moved on and Jim Bennion joined us to record and tour our third album “Short Time on Earth”. In 2012, shortly after releasing the fourth album “Uprising”, Hugh & Jim handed in their resignations and Leatherat went about re-building the band. Lee Smith jumped aboard the good ship Leatherat as our new drum-meister and some weeks later, James Foley made us 5 once again bringing with him a ruck of guitar skills.
Noted guest musicians on Leatherat albums have been Ric Sanders and Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Tom Leary (Feast of Fiddles), PJ Wright & Gareth Turner (Little Jonny England) & many more. Leatherat have shared stages with highly acclaimed acts including Levellers, Space Ritual, Fairport Convention, Status Quo, Jethro Tull, 3 Daft Monkeys, Seth Lakeman, Newton Faulkner, Steve Harley, Scouting For Girls, and The Christians. Influences of the band are Levellers, Fairport Convention, Hawkwind and Wolfstone to name but a very small few!
The True Deceivers have been developing their own blend of rootsy folk rock/Americana since their formation in 2003.
Since then they have played hundreds of gigs across the UK becoming regulars at festivals including Guilfest, Weyfest, Watchet, A New Day Festival and Bearded Theory. During this time they have shared stages with the likes of The Stranglers, The Wonderstuff, Oysterband, Seth Lakeman, Three Daft Monkeys, Neville Staple, Dreadzone, Kate Rusby, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, and Hank Wangford. 2018 has seen the band back in the studio recording the long-awaited follow up to the band’s second album, Hell or High Water, which was well received back in 2012: fRoots Magazine - Rootsy rock chooglin’ away in a gutsy backbeat. Time To Mend A Broken Heart and Wishing My Life Away really move. Net Rhythms - Guitar chiming roots rock. R2 Magazine - These guys enjoy playing the music they love.