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Life of Agony/Doyle – Birmingham, O2 Institute – 25 October 2019

West coast titans, both Life of Agony and Doyle have a storied history of ruling the roost so far as alternative metal goes, the former as radio-toppling warriors throughout the 90s, the latter as the iconic guitarist of legendary horror punks The Misfits. With such stacking – right before Halloween no less – you can bet your bottom dollar that we wouldn’t miss such a gig for the world. Or at least, we wouldn’t if Birmingham’s O2 Institute weren’t so abysmal at crowd management, the queue as doors open stretching right down the expansive length of Digbeth high street, making it apparent that nobody is getting in any time soon.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – Dune Rats

This week’s video choice once again takes us back down under, and also winds the clock back to some of the cheesier pop punk anthems that dominated certain music channels back in the day, with Aussie trio Dune Rats proving that they are indeed ‘Crazy’ with their latest offering from their forthcoming second album, ‘Hurry Up And Wait’, which is due to be released via Ratbag Records on 31 January.

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Royal Republic/Blackout Problems – Birmingham, O2 Academy – 27 October 2019

Nobody does fun like Royal Republic. Stylish purveyors of ultra-slick dance-happy rock n roll with enormous funky beats, the band have gone from strength to strength across their discography thus far. Marking themselves out from the pack amongst their fellow Scandinavian classic rock revivalists, the band have proven time and again that nobody in the modern rock game captures the spirit of old school rock n roll so thoroughly, the band’s Download 2019 appearance cementing them as a firm favourite for rock fans up and down the nation. Which makes it entirely unsurprising that the room is absolutely jam-packed tonight, signalling that their time in smaller venues should soon be ending.

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Marillion/Harry Pane – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall – 4 November 2019

Despite only getting home at 6.30am from the previous days shenanigans of the Judas Priest and David Ellefson collaboration in Wolverhampton and being pretty goddamn tired still after that 21 hour day, there was no way our resident gigaholic was going to pass up the opportunity to catch prog legends Marillion just up the M62 in Manchester, especially in such a venue as the Bridgewater Hall, a venue known for its acoustics and set up for incredible clarity of sound, never mind that they have orchestral backing too! Guitar wankery ahoy!

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