thunderbang2Brit blues rock heroes Thunder go out with a bang this month after 20 years and we’ll be celebrating/mourning the event in style. You can read the first review of tomorrow night’s Newcastle City Hall show right here and we’ll be bringing you all the backstage gossip and goings-on.

We’ve also got an exclusive interview with Quireboys‘ frontman Spike – wisely conducted before he opened up for Thunder in Newcastle and Nottingham this week. And we dip into the archives to bring you the song which launched Faith No More in the latest instalment of The Vinyl Countdown

There’s the usual mix of news, views and blogs from Rock O The North and Self Made Man. And we look ahead to this year’s Jeff Fest – the event celebrating the life and times of our favourite rock DJ Little Jeff. How he would have loved to have been in the front row at the City Hall tomorrow…