Rock legends IRON MAIDEN continue their hugely successful The Book of Souls World Tour into 2017 with a series of European arena shows opening in Antwerp, Belgium on April 22, Maiden’s first visit to this city since 1981 on the Killers Tour! The band then travel to Germany for shows in Oberhausen, Frankfurt and Hamburg before heading into the UK and Ireland for an extensive series of concerts in May including a return to Dublin, their first visit here in seven years, for a date at the 3Arena on May 6.
Read more: TOUR NEWS - IRON MAIDEN Continue "Book of Souls" Tour Into 2017
The Friday NI Rocks Show this week has a distinct focus on new releases. There are no 80’s / 90’s classic tracks for a change but still a couple of local bands on the playlist. We have a few tour related tracks as well. The Show kicks off with Thunder following the announcement of 2017 tour dates this week and specifically gigs in Belfast and Dublin. That’s followed by Diamond Head who play Voodoo in Belfast on 23rd September. They’ve just released a video for the track that I’m playing – “All The Reasons You Live”. Brian Tatler was my guest on the Show back in April and we replayed that interview a few weeks ago - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/2575-ni-rocks-interview-with-brian-tatler-of-diamond-head.html
Read more: NI ROCKS - What's on The FRIDAY NI ROCKS SHOW This Week?
“The Dagon Years” is the debut album from Finnish band Psychework and it was released on the Ranka Kustannus label on 16th September. The band was established by two former members of the band Machine Men which had officially split in 2011 after releasing 3 albums and an EP between 2002 and 2007. Psychework has taken some time to establish a presence and release their debut album as singer Antony Parviainen has been battling leukemia. The track “Tide” was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 16th September.
Read more: NI ROCKS Recommends "The Dragon Years" by PSYCHEWORK
NI Rocks regularly runs competitions on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Our latest competition in conjunction with The Limelight is to win a pair of tickets to see rock legends SAXON in Limelight 1 on Sunday 30th October. They’ll be supported by FASTWAY and GIRLSCHOOL. Go to the NI Rocks pages and check out the pinned post at the top.
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Read more: COMPETITION - Win Tickets to see SAXON in THE LIMELIGHT