WHEN Blue Pills pulled their Belfast date, it left Milton Keynes rockers RavenEyeat a bit of a loose end; which meant they booked a gig in Limelight2 with James of the Distortion Project. Add in Red Eyeand Tricthen you have a night of excellence hard rock on Saturday 25th April.
All our shows are available from the On Demand player for about 8 weeks after they’re uploaded. Those Friday NI Rocks Shows from the past year that have included interviews are uploaded to the NI Rocks MixCloud site once they disappear from the On Demand Player. I’ve just added the shows featuring the interviews with Nigel Bailey and Joe Lynn Turner to the MixCloud site.
https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/
UFO were amongst a very select few of bands, who, during the 'Troubles' that afflicted Northern Ireland, played in the city despite the world crumbling down around many of the citizens.
While the mainstream media focusses on the punk reaction to the Troubles, hard rock and metal acts were consistent visitors during those dark days. Phil Mogg and his band mates first played in Belfast in 1979, and have been consistent visitors ever since.
On April 22nd in Limelight1 they were once again on a Belfast stage proving to all in attendance that age isn't slowing them down.
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