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The Melodic Rock Magazine

Gig Guide

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For those who live in the North West of England (or thereabouts) here's a list of the best up-coming rock/metal gigs:

2010

January

Henry Rollins
- 7th January (Liverpool Academy)
Wolfmother
- 17th January (Manchester Academy
Nickelback
- 17th January (Liverpool Echo)
Henry Rollins
- 21st January (Liverpool Academy)
Lacuna Coil
- 31st January (Manchester Acedemy)

February

Mastodon
- 20th February (Manchester Academy)
Diamond Head /Europe
- 26th February (Manchester Academy)

March

Jethro Tull
- 23rd March (Manchester Apollo)
Winger
- 24th March (Manchester Academy 3)

April

Joe Perry Project/Bad Company
- 2nd April (M.E.N.)
   

May

Hammerfall
- 1st May (Manchester Academy 2)
KISS
- 10th May (M.E.N.)
Transatlantic
- 22nd May (Manchester Academy)
Slayer
- 30th May (Manchester Academy)

October

Jeff Beck
- 21st October (Manchester Apollo)
   

 

For those who are interested, here’s a list of some of the best gigs I’ve been to in the past few years:

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Wembley Arena, Saturday 21st June, 2003
Live/Bon Jovi – Hyde Park, Saturday 28th June, 2003
ZZ Top – Brixton Academy, Wednesday 30th July, 2003

Young Heart Attack – Manchester Roadhouse, Sunday 24th August, 2004
UFO – Manchester Apollo, Wednesday 16th June, 2004
Alice Cooper – Hammersmith Apollo, Sunday 27th June, 2004
Dio – Manchester Academy, Wednesday 8th September, 2004
Bryan Adams – M.E.N Arena, Friday 22nd October, 2004
The Wildhearts – Manchester Academy, Thursday 9th December, 2004

Velvet Revolver – Hammersmith Apollo, Monday 10th June, 2005
Fozzy – Manchester Bierkeller, Saturday 12th February, 2005
Scorpions/Judas Priest – Hammersmith Apollo, Thursday 17th March, 2005
Status Quo – Liverpool Big Top Arena, Saturday 23rd July, 2005
Dio – Manchester Academy, Saturday 15th October, 2005
Girlschool/Saxon/Motorhead - Hammersmith Apollo, Thursday 16th June, 2005

Whitesnake – Liverpool Big Top Arena, Monday 3rd July, 2006
Billy Joel – M.E.N. Arena, Wednesday, 19th July, 2006
Breed 77 – Manchester Academy, Wednesday 20th September, 2006
Rose Hill Drive/Roadstar/The Answer – Liverpool Academy, Thursday 19th October, 2006

Europe – Liverpool Academy, Friday 9th February, 2007
Saxon – Manchester Academy, Sunday 4th March, 2007
Journey – Manchester Apollo, Wednesday 7th March, 2007
Bryan Adams – M.E.N. Arena, Tuesday 8th March, 2007
Scorpions/w Uli Jon Roth – Manchester Apollo, Sunday 29th July, 2007
Heaven & Hell - M.E.N. Arena, Friday 9th November, 2007

Girlschool/Dio – London Astoria, Wednesday 28th May, 2008
Stone Gods/Airbourne - Liverpool Academy, Friday 7th November, 2008
Heaven's Basement/Thunder - Manchester Academy, Saturday 22nd November, 2008

Metallica – Manchester Evening News Arena, Thursday 26 February, 2009
Tina Turner -Manchester Evening News Arena, Saturday 4th April, 2009
AC/DC - Manchester Evening News Arena, Tuesday 22nd April, 2009
Doro/Saxon - Manchester Academy, Sunday 3rd May, 2009
Thunder - Manchester Academy, Friday 3rd July, 2009
Alice Cooper - Manchester Apollo, Tuesday 24th November, 2009