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SOS Festival- Part I: Manchester, UK

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Now in its 11th year, Manchester’s SOS Fest is going from strength to strength and firmly establishing itself as one of the very best small festivals going. The key to the festival is family, the whole thing is family run, and has the kids firmly at its heart. For every parent wondering if it’s time to start their kids at a festival then this is the one for you. There are kids everywhere, from playing happily in the kids’ area, performing sets on the acoustic stage, doing press, and generally rocking out it’s clear from the atmosphere that SOS really is THE family festival. Continue reading →


Bad Wolves Deliver 250k Dollar Check To Family Of Dolores O’Riordan

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Bad Wolves who have a worldwide hit song with their cover of ‘Zombie’ by The Cranberries, delivered a check last night for 250k USD to the family of Dolores O’Riordan. The band presented the check before their show last night at The Gramercy Theater in New York City. The band had promised that all royalties from the track would go into a fund for her children. O’Riordan was set to record her parts for the cover,  before she passed away unexpectedly at age 46. Continue reading →


Bad Wolves – Disobey

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Whether you like it or not, Bad Wolves aren’t the next big thing. That’s because they’re already the current new big thing in metal. Thrust into the spotlight by a set of serendipitous circumstances surrounding their recording of The Cranberries ‘Zombie’, a version that Dolores O’Riordan herself was scheduled to record vocals for the week that she passed as part of her endorsement of the song, Disobey (Eleven Seven) is a multi-faceted contemporary, very heavy, yet commercial album that does a whole lot more than the frankly excellent cover version might suggest you should expect. Continue reading →