Our Download Festival 2025 preview has reached the final day! Having brought you Team Rock Sins’ thoughts on day one (Friday) and day two (Saturday), here we are with the preview of the last day of action; The Sunday of Download 2025. Arguably the most stacked line up of all three days, there are some…
Ahhhh, Download middle Saturday. The time when everyone is nicely settled in. Middle Saturday at Download 2025 has a very eclectic feeling. In fact, we put it to Download’s Senior Promoter Kamran Haq that it just might be the most eclectic main stage line up a day at the festival has ever had! Following on…
It’s the final countdown to the 2025 Download Festival! With the gates of Donington opening in just six days, and the arena fully open a couple of days after, excitement is building. Rock Sins caught up with Download Festival Senior Booker Kamran Haq recently to cover a huge range of topics about this years’ Download….
The veteran punk band Dropkick Murphys have announced their thirteenth studio album, ‘For The People’, set for release on July 4, 2025, via Dummy Luck Music. This upcoming release continues Dropkick Murphys’ legacy of standing firmly with the working class. The album features notable collaborations, including a tribute to Shane MacGowan of The Pogues with…
Day four of Download Festival 2023. The Download faithful are into unchartered territory here; Usually the Donington masses are on their way at home at this point in proceedings. Not this year. With a fourth full day to look forward to full of bands as varied as Slipknot, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Bloodywood and Avatar, it’s…
It’s BRIT’s Week and that means all your favourite artists are playing in intimate venues, all for a good cause. Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls came back to our nation’s capital for one big party. Celebrating XtraMile Recordings 20th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of Frank’s breakthrough album Tape Deck Heart, all to a…
Unfortunately for fright fans in the UK and Europe, ICE NINE KILLS have postponed their upcoming Wurst Vacation tour. The good news is that it’s only been pushed back a few months, at least for the UK dates, so there isn’t long to wait until the curtain finally drops. Originally scheduled for March, INK returning…
Three and a half years ago, The Xcerts came to Cambridge on a cold April night and stunned The Portland Arms with an absolutely fantastic show. So when it was announced that they were returning to The Portland as part of the National Lottery’s #ReviveLive set of shows and tours, Rock Sins was going to…
Ever since their emergence in the late 90s, Slipknot have been the leaders of the scene. One of the most intense and innovative bands in the metal genre. They have gone from underground heroes to festival headlining juggernaut. They became one of Roadrunner Records most defining bands, and creators of one of the most eclectic…
Two days before their 21st anniversary, and less than 12 miles from their hometown, My Chemical Romance brought the US leg of their reunion tour to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for an evening that proved them still top of their game. With party hats along the front row for bassist Mikey Way’s birthday, the band opened on…
