Portsmouth Guildhall is the perfect venue for Takedown Festival, and it really defines the meaning of a ‘takeover’ event. The main hall served as the Phil Campbell Kerrang! (PCK) Stage this year, supplemented by two smaller performance areas, one of which—The Total Rock Café Stage (TRC)—is usually the café. The press room was hidden away … Continue reading Festival Review: Takedown 2026 Day 1 – Portsmouth Guildhall (3rd April 2026)
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Gig Review: The 69 Eyes / South of Salem – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton (2nd October 2025)
South of Salem and The 69 Eyes. It’s a match made in goth heaven. Tonight’s the first of a quick run across the UK. Billed as a co-headliner, there seems to be a lot of crossover between the fans with neither South of Salem or The 69 Eyes shirts dominating. Indeed, even when one band … Continue reading Gig Review: The 69 Eyes / South of Salem – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton (2nd October 2025)
Mouth Culture, Zetra and more join Takedown Festival 2026 lineup
The award-nominated independent rock and metal festival, Takedown, has announced the next wave of artists for its 2026 edition. The festival is set to return to the Portsmouth Guildhall on Friday, 3rd and Saturday, 4th April 2026, delivering another packed lineup to the south coast. Newly confirmed for the Saturday bill are Leicester’s alternative rock … Continue reading Mouth Culture, Zetra and more join Takedown Festival 2026 lineup
Gig Review: South of Salem / High Parasite / In Search of Sun – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton (3rd April 2025)
It beggars belief that South of Salem’s Death of the Party is over a year old and they’re only just getting a headline tour to celebrate it. With two tours supporting Kris Barras this time, last year and Wednesday 13 six months later, alongside playing pretty much every Summer festival between those two tours, they’ve … Continue reading Gig Review: South of Salem / High Parasite / In Search of Sun – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton (3rd April 2025)
Gig Review: Wednesday 13 / South of Salem – QMU, Glasgow (25th October 2024)
It's heading for Halloween which pretty much means we're due a visit from the Duke of Spook, in much the same way as Easter heralds the madcap antics of Tragedy. This year sees Mr Wednesday upgraded from Slay to the QMU in Glasgow due to a huge number of ticket sales... and I know at … Continue reading Gig Review: Wednesday 13 / South of Salem – QMU, Glasgow (25th October 2024)
Bloodstock Interview: South of Salem
Another of the many interviews we did at Bloodstock. South of Salem were our first of the weekend, and they put on a hell of a show on the Thursday night as part of the opening salvo. South of Salem: official | facebook | twitter | instagram | spotify | youtube | shopify https://youtu.be/ajvVGqTAQ-Y