Up until now, Black Star Riders have been like a musical Jaffa Cake – they looked like Thin Lizzy, they sounded like Thin Lizzy, but they called themselves something else. Whilst that’s not surprising, seeing as they were the same musicians touring as the reformed Thin Lizzy, it made them a slightly hard biscuit to…
For a band of – shall we say – mature musicians Black Star Riders seem to show no sign of fatigue. The constant album, tour, album, tour cycle seemingly never ending for these fellas, half of which already spent God knows how long touring under some other pseudonym like Skinny Minny or something… Whilst I…
Its time for another update to ye olde Rock Sins Spotify playlist feature! As always, we’ve got the usual mix of brand new tracks for you, and some old favourites. In the new corner this week, we’ve got the blistering new Slipknot single for starters. That is followed by new tracks from Rammstein, Knocked Loose,…
They did it in 2008, and also on the main stage of Download on the closing day in 2009. Now UK rock titans Def Leppard and Whitesnake have decided to team up once again, seven years after the original tour for an enormous December arena tour. The trek will take in 10 shows across the…
With the recent news that Sonisphere Knebworth won’t be happening in 2015, booking bands just got a lot easier for the Download Festival – not that they generally have problems anyway. The latest batch of rock, metal and alternative acts have just been announced by Andy Copping and his team for Download 2015, and it’s…
Anyone who loves their classic rock will want to pay particular attention to this announcement. Black Star Riders, born from the ashes of the last Thin Lizzy lineup and featuring Lizzy members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza combining forces with former Megadeth sticks man Jimmy DeGrasso have made their first announcement…
