Channel 5 haven’t got the monopoly on Top Lists, no sirrreee! We love that shit too !!
So have a gander at what the Midlands Rocks’ Team have been enjoying this year, then join in and comment below with your own favourite live events of 2012…
Jack Arkell
NOFX @ O2 Academy, Newcastle – 13 June
Trash Talk @ Leeds Festival – 24 August
Gallows @ Fighting Cocks, Kingston – 9 September
Pure Love @ Glee Club, Birmingham – 18 July
Grouplove @ O2 Academy 3, Birmingham – 26 February
Paul Broome
Pulled Apart By Horses + The Computers @ HMV Institute Library, Birmingham – 20 February
The Horrors + Toy + Bo Ningen @ HMV Institute, Birmingham – 18 May
Patti Smith @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 25 June
New Killer Shoes @ The Flapper, Birmingham – 12 May
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin + Cud + The Frank & Walters @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 1 December
Chop
Gojira @ O2 Academy 2, Birmingham – 26 June
Alcest @ Bloodstock Festival, Catton Hall – 09 August
Gojira @ Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton – 12 November
Rammstein @ L.G. Arena, Birmingham – 25 February
Baroness @ O2 Academy 3, Birmingham – 09 July
Tosh Davies
King Diamond @ Hellfest, France – 16 June
Ten Ton Hammer @ Kings College, London – 6 June
The Devin Townsend Project, Retinal Circus @ The Roundhouse, London – 27 October
Twisted Sister @ Graspop Metal Meeting, Belgium – 23 June
Orange Goblin @ Morrowfest, Rock City, Nottingham – 13 May
Paul Davis
Ugly Kid Joe @ Hard Rock Hell, UK – 01 December
We Are Augustines @ The Ballroom, Birmingham – 09 October
Rival Sons @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 29 September
Rich Robinson @ The Ironworks, Oswestry – 14 February
Alice Cooper @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 25 October
Brady Deeprose
Malefice @ Vault, Rugby – 1 June
Gojira @ Copenhell Festival, Denmark – 15 June
Between The Buried And Me + Periphery @ Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton – 2 October
Turbowolf @ Rock City, Nottingham – 12 October
Lady GaGa + The Darkness @ Twickenham – 8 September
Kimberley Easton
Royal Republic + Kopek @ Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 17 November 2012
Slash @ Download Festival, Castle Donington, 8-10 June 2012
Blink 182 + All American Rejects @ LG Arena, Birmingham, 17 June 2012
Skindred @ Download Festival, Castle Donington, 8-10 June 2012
Black Sabbath @ Download Festival, Castle Donington, 8-10 June 2012
Claire Frays
Black Sabbath @ Download Festival, UK – 10 June
Machine Head @ Bloodstock Open Air, UK – 11 August
Trivium @ HMV Institute, Birmingham – 17 October
Shinedown @ O2 Academy, Birmingham – 28 October
Stellar Revival @ Download Festival, UK – 10 June
Tony Gaskin
Rancid @ Nottingham Rock City – 01 December
Captain Horizon @ Eddies, Birmingham – 07 December
Gojira @ Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton – 12 November
Dimmu Borgir @ Bloodstock, UK – 19 August
The Whiskey Syndicate @ Slade Rooms Wolverhampton – 15 April
Jason Guest
Faith No More @ Hammersmith Apollo, London – 8 July
Baroness @ Academy 3, Birmingham – 9 July
Gojira + Trepalium + Klone @ Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton – 12 November
Anthrax @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 5 November
Steve Vai @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 3 December
Will Harris
Black Sabbath @ Download Festival, UK – 10 June
Rob Zombie @ NIA, Birmingham – 29 November
Mud Morganfield Band @ Bangor University, Bangor, Wales – 1 December
The Jim Jones Revue + John J Presley @ Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton – 14 April
Pearl Jam @ MCR Arena, Manchester – 20 June
Peter Keevil
Shinedown @ HMV Institute, Birmingham – 17 February
Liberty Lies @ Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham – 21 December
Richie Kotzen @ The Robin2, Bilston – 06 March
Rival Sons @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolvberhampton – 29 September
Black Sabbath @ Download Festival, UK – 10 June
Sean Larkin
Rammstein @ Capital FM Arena, Nottingham – 02 March
Nightwish @ O2 Academy, Birmingham – 06 November
Tyketto @ Firefest Festival, UK – 19 October
Gotthard @ Firefest Festival, UK – 20 October
Terrorvision @ Rock City, Nottingham – 26 October
Mark Lloyd
Steel Panther @ O2 Academy, Birmingham – 27 March
Little Angels @ O2 Academy, Oxford – 6 June
Halestorm @ The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham – 22 September
Alice Cooper @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 25 October
Tigertailz @ The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton 30 November
Krish Mistry
Steel Panther @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 06 November
Overkill @ O2 Academy, Islington – 07 October
Rhapsody @ O2 Academy, Islington – 12 November
DragonForce @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 30 September
Sabaton @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 02 November
Laura Patterson
Pulp @ Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield – 08 December
The Killers @ Capital FM Arena, Nottingham – 03 November
Then Jerico @ O2 Academy, Sheffield – 24 September
The Revival Tour @ The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham – 15 November
The Gaslight Anthem @ O2 Academy, Birmingham – 20 October
Harry Paterson
Joe Bonamassa @ Capital FM Arena, Nottingham – 02 April
Serpentine @ Rock City, Nottingham – 26 May
Vega @ Rock City, Nottingham- 03 November
A Thousand Enemies @ MFN, Shipley – 07 April
Captain Horizon @ MFN, Shipley – 07 April
Alex Peace
Rob Zombie @ MEN Arena, Manchester – 27 November
Danger Danger @ Rock City, Nottingham – 21 October
Buckcherry @ Hard Rock Hell, Hafan y More – 02 December
Steel Panther + Falling Red @ Apollo, Manchester – 10 November
Nickelback @ MEN Arena, Manchester – 04 October
Dean Pedley
Black Sabbath @ O2 Academy, Birmingham – 19 May
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ Etihad Stadium, Manchester – 22 June
Ugly Kid Joe @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 27 October
Chris Cornell @ Symphony Hall, Birmingham –19 June
Rival Sons @ Wulfrun Hall, Birmingham – 29 September
Russ Powney
The Civil Wars @ HMV Institute, Birmingham – 13 March
Blur @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 06 August
Band Of Skulls @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 02 March
The Pineapple Thief @ The Robin 2, Bilston – 16 September
Terrorvision @ The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton – 11 October
Paul Quinton
Delain + Trillium @ HMV Library, Birmingham – 12 May
Steve Hackett @ The Assembly, Leamington – 24 February
FM + Romeo’s Daughter @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London – 10 March
The Mission @ O2 Academy, Birmingham – 17 September
The Reasoning + Touchstone @ The Robin, Bilston – 15 October
Rob Stanley
Royal Southern Brotherhood @ The Robin 2, Bilston – 09 September
Metallica @ Download Festival, UK – June
Thin Lizzy @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 27 January
Imperial Vengeance @ Beermageddon Festival – 25 August
The Furious Horde @ Beermageddon Festival – 25 August
Lucy Thompson
The Stone Roses @ Heaton Park, Manchester – 01 July
The Killers @ V Festival, UK – 18 August
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ V Festival, UK – 19 August
Florence + The Machine @ LG Arena, Birmingham – 13 March
Cast @ O2 Academy 2, Birmingham – 05 April
Russ Tierney
Rancid @ Rebellion X-mas Bash, Ballroom, Birmingham – 08 December
Halestorm @ HMV, Birmingham – 17th February
Buckcherry @ HMV, Birmingham – 21st November
Steel Panther @ Civic, Wolverhampton – 6th November
Ugly Kid Joe @ Civic, Wolverhampton – 25th October
Rich Ward
UFO @ Stables, Milton Keynes – 23 March
Waterboys @ Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 22 May
The Answer + The Union @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 10 March
Walking Papers + Buffalo Summer @ The Vault, Rugby – 06 November
Tony Martin’s Headless Cross + Blaze Bayley @ The Asylum, Birmingham – 27 July
David Waterfield
Deacon Blue @ Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 19 October
Panic Room @ Robin2 Bilston – 24 June
Mostly Autumn @ Cambridge Rock Festival – 05 August
Garbage @ Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 02 July
Winter In Eden @ Cambridge Rock Festival – 03 August
Woody
VEGA @ The Basement, Nottingham – 03 November
Lee Small @ The Robin, Bilston – 12 August
Ten + Serpentine + White Widdow @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham – 30 May
Prophet @ Z Rock, The Robin, Bilston – 05 May
Wolfsbane @ The Robin, Bilston – 27 October
So there you have it people, that’s what we rated as great live experiences during 2012.
Leave your comment below and tell us your Top 5 – believe me its harder than you think!
Just rescued my calendar from the recyling bin so here we are:-
The Smears – Bitchslap Fest, The Maze 19th May
Tygers Of Pan Tang – SOS Fest, Radcliffe 21st July
Iced Earth – Bloodstock 11th Aug
WASP- Crimes Of Passion – Notts Rock City 29th Sept
The Idol Dead – The Library, Leeds 9th Nov
Special mention for the Rocksector Records Winter Fuel 15th Dec in Manchester (Absolva, Triaxis, Babylon Fire, Fantasist + )
Pretty sure that list puts Sabbath on top overall!
Some awesome gigs there!
Shinedown/ Halestorm – HMV Institute, Birmingham, 17 Feb
Michael Schenker – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, 9 May
Soley Mourning – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, 27 Jul
Muse – LG Arena, Birmingham, 30 Oct
Within Temptation – Sportspaleis, Antwerp, 13 Nov
Not been to many gigs this year unfortunately! So here goes:
Soley Mourning – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, 27 Jan
Soley Mourning – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, 27 Jul
Mark Tremonti – HMV Library, Birmingham, 17 Oct
Tenacious D – Wolves Civic, Wolverhampton, 21 Oct
Stone Sour – Wolves Civic, Wolverhampton, 14 Dec
Forgot to mention:
Alestorm – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, 17 Feb
Chimaira – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, 17 Mar
They were awesome gigs too!!
some great stuff this year, very hard to choose them, but I think my own top 5 were in no particular order
Rammstein @ Newcastle Metro Arena 29 Feb
Nightwish @ Manchester Apollo 04 Nov
Winter in Eden @ Cambridge Rock Festival 03 Aug
Sultans of Ping @ York Duchess 12 May
Quireboys @ Sheffield Corporation 15 Dec
And I still left out, Turbowolf in Bham, The Answer in Wolverhampton, Virgil & The Accelerators in Bromsgrove, Buckcherry in Birmingham… and loads more. Quality year.
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