Category: News

RIP Mike Peters

Mike Peters, leader and founder of Welsh folk/pop rockers The Alarm, had died at the age of 66 following a long battle with cancer and various associated complications.

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FESTIVAL NEWS: GET READY TO FEEL THE ‘PROGPOWER’ IN OCTOBER

We are Über Rock take our prog and prog-adjacent music seriously, and after our man Jase shifted himself to the Netherlands, it has opened up the radar to all manner of festivals and events in the country itself and nearby. The latest in this is Progpower Europe in the small town of Baarlo, close to the Dutch/German border, over the first weekend on October. It’s just completed its lineup and what a doozy it is!

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FESTIVAL NEWS: EUROBLAST REVEALS FIRST RAFT OF ACTS

So, we are now in full swing with announcements and updates around the upcoming summer festival season across the ÜK and Europe – and one of the premier prog-aligned stalwarts, the Cologne-based Euroblast, has hit the ground running with its first set of bands for the end of September… and the announcement is a doozy!

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New festival to take us #SouthOfHeaven

The music scene around the world is a difficult place right now: prices are shooting up, income is being squeezed and sometimes it feels like innovation is stagnating. However there’s always someone that is willing to put themselves on the line to make sure that the music scenes around the world remain alive and interesting. In the year of 2025, this introduces a new metal festival in the beautiful city of Maastricht, located at the convergence of several European countries and at the foot of the Netherlands.

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