If you’re looking for a damn good Halloween movie this year – look no further! The Cabin In The Woods is the best choice you could possibly make tonight and is quickly moving up on the greatest horror movies of all time list. Seriously, make sure you watch this as soon as you can! (and follow it with the last week’s South Park!
Legendary heavy metal Godfathers Black Sabbath, have announced four Australian dates for 2013; sparking hopes the band intend to embark on a worldwide jaunt next year. The group performed three times in 2012 in the U.K. and US after a full scale reunion tour was cancelled due to guitarist Tony Iommi’s diagnosis (no C word here). On top of that the band ran into trouble with original drummer, Bill Ward over contractual issues. Bill still remains absent from the line-up but Ozzy, Geezer Butler and Tony will all be present and correct.
The band are currently working with Rick Rubin to complete their first original album in almost twenty years and their first with Ozzy Osbourne in 34 years. Guitars and drums have been completed with Ozzy and Geezer currently hauled up in Shangri La Studios in Malibu, California to complete vocal parts.
The Australian dates are on sale from Nov. 8th. Live Nation members can avail of a pre-sale that starts 09:00am Saturday.
Apr. 25 – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Apr. 27 – Allphones
Arena, Sydney
May 01 – Rod Laver, Melbourne
May 04 – Perth Arena, Perth
We’re severely disappointed we won’t have our annual Halloween pumpkin this year. I was hoping to bring you Iron Maiden’s Eddie, but alas – there’s some crop shortage so no go this year. Fear not though, TT has been hard at work carving out some ghoulish instruments to mark the occasion. Goodbye pumpkins, hello Balsa wood and reduced capacity at the Lego city gaol.
The Gallows (1): What torture collection would be complete with out an old creepy 18th century gallows? This Lego man will meet a fitting end for his crimes. This was the first model I ever made from balsa wood and it’s a lot of fun – try it out.
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The Guillotine: After a gallows, what else can be used to…. bring things to a gruesome end? Put Halloween and Alice Cooper in the same sentence and you have your answer – a nasty guillotine. This was the most fun to build and the one I nearly cut myself on the most. There’s a little bit left to do, but for now I’m happy. This nonsense about first to do, cut myself..etc, is all for formatting.
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The Gallows (2): When one just isn’t enough, you need a larger gallows. Still under construction, but it’ll be completed tonight. Lego men – prepare to meet a grim finish. All that’s missing in the current version is the stairs and three blocks to stand on. The platform also supports the guillotine.
Billboard.com have a list of their Top 10 Halloween songs and we’re after tripping across it (through tireless searching on Google of course…..ok, so I typed Halloween Songs and it was result number 1 or 2 or something. Well, I didn’t see you clicking it!). The list isn’t bad, has the videos etc. Included, but they’re not very terrifying are they? I mean, no-body gets scared when they hear ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ by Blue Oyster Cult or ‘Highway To Hell’by AC/DC. No, they rock out and we feel a Halloween hits list has got to scare the living sh*t out of you. So nappies in hand, let’s see if old Tickets There (with our charming manners, sexy good looks and desperate need for nicotine) can do better.
10: ’Halloween Theme Song’ John Carpenter – Well where else would you start? The soundtrack to 1978’s Halloween still remains on the of the atmospheric and intimidating ever released. The opening notes immediately remind you of good old Michal Myers and his personal demons and family issues. Of course, there was no Frasier Crane in 1978, these days everything would be worked out on the couch.
9: ‘I Love The Dead’Alice Cooper – Alice Cooper is Halloween for music. The original shock rocker spooked more minds than …. SATAN! Alice is your nightmare and all the things that are dark, eerie and sinister. He is the bogey man so trick or treaters be good or Alice is stealing all your candy.
8: ‘Feed My Frankenstein’ Alice Cooper – You didn’t think there’d only be one Alice in my list? did you? Didn’t I just get through saying that Alice is all things sinister and evil…etc,etc? Well anyway – TT has decided to pass up Talking Heads ‘Psycho Killer’ and the theme songs from Exorcist and Psycho to include this so you best listen and listen good.
7: ‘I Put A Spell on You’ Screamin Jay Hawkins – Need a good witchy number for Halloween – look no further. Except, we’re not including Screamin’ Jay (no offense), but we find Bette Midler’s version from Hocus Pocus much more appropriate.
6: ‘Bark At The Moon’ OzzY – A little panic, a little thrill – Bark At The Moon is a savage Ozzy tune from a mediocre album. Diary of a Madman and Blizzard of Ozz really cemented the mans reputation, but no-one can take away from this tune. Creeeeeeppppyyy.
5: ‘Ghostbusters’ Ray Parker Jr. – We’ll admit, Billboard had this one right. No Halloween would be complete without an airing of Ray parker’s iconic Ghostbusters tune. Along with Bull Murray’s comedy, Dan Aykroyd’s stumbling, loveable silliness, Harold Ramis’ staunch strictness and Ernie Hudson’s total disbelief at the crap he landed himself in – Ray’s song turned Ghostbusters into the most loveable ghost film of all time. On that note, Ghostbusters 1 & II have just been added to this week’s viewing list.
4: ‘This Is Halloween’ Marilyn Manson – Manson is in by the skin of his good graces. While the original is far more fitting as it embraces silliness and fun, creepiness and ghoulishness – it must be said that Manson did a good job, so why not try something new…ish?
3: ‘Black Sabbath’ Black Sabbath – Slayer’s ‘Reign In Blood’ was just replaced by this choice. Easily the most terrifying, dark heavy metal song ever recorded by man. All hail the mighty Sabbath and keep an eye on the blog over the next few minutes for something else Sabbath related.
2: ‘Thriller’ Michael Jackson – Obvious? Maybe, but it just has to be there – and it’s still amazing.
1: ‘The Monster Mash’ Bobby Boris Pickett – The greatest Halloween song of all time. What more can be said?
Think we missed anything? Leave your feedback and discuss. In the mean time, I have a scary halloween everyone…….
Happy Halloween everyone, enjoy the Monster Mash (it’s a graveyard smash after all)
You have to love Christmas! On top of presents, time off and good food, you also have all the bands in the country looking for one last gig of the year. For fans, that means a good 2 weeks of solid gig going where’ll you’re likely to catch pretty much every local band going. This year is no exception and for thrash fans, that moment is arrived.
Local thrash metal bands Edenfire, Exzeltic, Toxic retribution, Specter and Damageflag have announced a Christmas blow out @ (you guessed it) The Pint!. On Friday, December 14th, these five bands will play the \M/erry Christmas Bash, Smash, THRASH celebration. Five bands in one night for the tiny, small price of €5. Doors are at 6pm and if there’s any more details.
We were slow for this news, but it must be said. The current line-up of Thin Lizzy have announced they will cease touring under the Lizzy name at the end of this year. Once the band complete their European tour in December, they will officially drop the Thin Lizzy name and announce a new one next year. The band have recently been discussing a new Lizzy album but have now decided to release it with a fresh start.
Despite the name drop, frontman Ricky Warwick did state that this does not necessarily mean the end of Thin Lizzy outright and the line-up may tour as Lizzy again in the future. For now the band want to focus on their new record that they feel is strong enough to win over Lizzy fans and make former singer and all round Irish legend – Phil Lynott, proud.
Details will follow on Tickets There when the band announce further plans. In the meantime, catch Thin Lizzy when they play the last two Irish dates for a while,
Wed/Dec-12 Belfast, N.I. The Limelight (with Trucker Diablo supporting in Belfast)
Thu/Dec-13 Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre
Tickets on sale now from ticketmaster.ie priced £29.50 (BEL) | €27.50 -39.50 (DUB)
It’s just been confirmed Bon Jovi will headline Slane 2013. The one day festival will take place on Saturday, June 15th. The announcement has just been made at Slane castle with Jon Bon Jovi himself in attendance. Tickets priced €79.50 go on slane Nov. 8th… Yeah, we’re disappointed as well.
Official press release:
The best just got bigger. Bringing their signature brand of rock ‘n’ roll back to the people, Jon Bon Jovi today announced from a live press conference held at Slane Castle that Bon Jovi will hit the road in 2013 to fill stadiums and arenas worldwide with “BON JOVI Because We Can – The Tour” including a headline date at the historical Slane Castle on Saturday 15th June.
TICKET INFORMATION Tickets priced from €79.50 inclusive of booking fee Limited number of seated tickets available
Tickets on sale at 8am on Thursday 8th November from Ticketmaster
In person: from 100 Ticketmaster outlets nationwide 24hr hotlines: Tel: ( ROI ) 0818 719 300 ( NI ) 0844 277 4455 Buy online: http://www.ticketmaster.ie
Tickets are limited to 8 per person. Under 16s must be accompanied by parent/guardian 25 or over.
Speaking of the announcement Lord Henry Mountcharles today said: “I have seen Bon Jovi live and was deeply impressed. They are one of the most successful touring acts in rock and roll history. Over the years I have been bombarded with requests for them to play Slane. Last week one from America read “Bon Jovi at Slane?! Could my dreams have come true! “Now I am thrilled to say those dreams are a reality.” Blazing a trail across the globe, the tour will kick off in North America in February, just in time for Valentine’s Day, and travel throughout Europe, the Far East, Africa, Latin America and Australia. The band’s return to the road in 2013 will cap an incredible run which has secured Bon Jovi’s status as the essential live rock band – having performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 35 million fans, and earning the #1 grossing worldwide tour twice in just three years. “Because We Can – The Tour” will also debut brand new songs from new album What About Now, due out in Spring 2013, loading even more ammunition into the band’s huge arsenal of hits including “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” “It’s My Life,” and many more.
You know we love these guys? This is a must do for all fans out there because the A-Z deserves your business! (sentence added to format article – thanks)
Northern Ireland’s premier pop rock band ASH have announced an exciting completion for fans to coincide with the release of their A-Z Singles US release. What do they want you to do? Tribute baby! They want you to record your best version of ‘Arcadia’ and ‘Return of White Rabbit’and upload for a chance lots and lots of goodies. Oh yeahhhhhhhhh. Prizes so far include,
Full competition details can be found at the following location topblip.com November 21st is the closing date so get them in soon. Check Ash’s official site for more ashofficial.com.
Updated: 30/10/2012 – It’s just been confirmed – Bon Jovi will headline Slane 2013. Click Here for detials
If you’ve been near a computer this morning you’ll know that Slane is coming back next year. The one day festival was last held in 2011 when (ugh – sorry to mention their name during your lunch), Kings of Leon (no tags / links / bold text – nuttin’) headlined. This year’s headliners are being announced Monday, October 30th with The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and AC/DC (again) all being tipped to take the slot. Tickets There votes for AC/DC, supported by Iron Maiden & Motorhead!
The mighty TURN have expanded their list of shows this December by adding on Cork, Galway and Dundalk shows to the previously announce Button factory gig. Tickets There expects a few more announcements before they’re through with Limerick and Sligo likely to feature in (potentially) their final tour together.
The band, comprised of Oliver Cole, Ian Melady, Gavin Fox and Ciaran Kavanagh, made their live return in late August with a warm up show in Whelan’s before venturing down to Laois to play in front of a packed tent at this year’s Electric Picnic. The band currently have no plans to record new music together or continue this tour past December, so fans this could be your last chance to catch one of Ireland’s legendary live acts.
Full list of currently announced dates are below and tickets for all shows are on sale now through ticketmaster.ie (except Dundalk, but these can be purchased HERE)
Dec. 20th Roisin Dubh, Galway
Dec. 21st The Button Factory, Dublin
Dec. 27th Cyprus Avenue, Cork
Dec. 31st The Spirit Store, Sundalk
Legendary Guns N Roses frontman, Axl Rose, made a rare appearance on live television yesterday when he starred as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The private singer (and all round GOD) joked with Jimmy about his infamous ‘punctuality’, the old days when the band were starting off, his unique Halloween tree and discussed the upcoming Appetite for Democracy residency the band are playing in Las Vegas.
Guns N’ Roses are set to play 12 dates @ The Hard Rock Café in Last Vegas starting this Wednesday and running right through till thanksgiving. The Hard Rock are issuing special poker chips and an all new GN’R themed cocktail menu to celebrate the event. Several of the shows have already sold out. After that the band will move on to Indonesia and India where they’ve announced several shows with more to come (we assume – well it’s a long way for a few shows). The full list of confirmed 2012 dates can be found below – check the Tickets There Guns N’ Roses 2012 Tour Dates article for regular updates.
Oct 31st The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
With little over two weeks to go to their almost sold out show at Dublin’s Olympia, The Riptide Movement have release an official video for their new single ‘Without You’. The song comes from their second album, ‘Keep On Keepin’ ON‘ which was hailed by critics as one of the best albums of 2012. Tickets There has been enjoying the track for several months now and it’s still the perfect relaxing tune for mornings. So, don’t be shy – click play and enjoy some homegrown talent.
Another congrats this morning thanks to Donal who filled us in on the Northern Ireland Molten Battle of the Bands semi-final. It’s been confirmed that Enniskillen locals, Gargantuan, have made it through the finals in London after picking up the top spot in Belfast last Friday.
Not a band TT has previously been familiar with bit a few spins in and they sound like pretty hard hitting death metal – expect a review in the near future. They join Dublin semi-finalists, Psykosis, and some other English bands who hope to compete in the grand final in London…… date TBC. Best of luck to both bands, TT will expect a first place finish for Psykosis and second for Gargantuan J
It’s almost Halloween and you know what that means – HALLOWEEN Parties! The good news is there’s no shortage this year and if leather, fake blood and booze are what you’re after – Tickets There got yo back y’all! If we find more we’ll let ye know.
Personal Choice: The Teddy Bears Twisted Picnic @ The Gypsy Rose (Oct. 28th, 2012)
The Temple Street Children’s Hospital will benefit greatly from the silly volumes of Jack Daniels and Jagermeister Tickets There plans on downing at this charity event. A while night of fancy dress, drink promotions and classic rock. There’s a cover charge but all proceeds go to the hospital so you can get plastered in the safe knowledge that medicine will benefit from you. Done!
Club Hell Annual Halloween Ball @ O’Reilly’s (Oct. 31st)
The now annual Blub Hell Halloween Ball is back with all manner of drinks promotions, fancy dress, fire girls…etc. All drinks on the night will be a fairly decently priced €3 with Jagermeister going for €2.50 a shot. Not so bad. Cover charge is €5 before 11pm, €7 after.
Halloween Benefit Gig @ The Pint (Oct. 31st)
Want a scatter of punk bands and cheap drink? Then the Pint is the place to be on Halloween night. Five bands will play on the night with thepint.ie reporting it’s a benefit gig. Who’ll benefit? We’re not sure – but then again Halloween doesn’t have to be a charity night. Mayhem, gore and fun is all ya need. On the roster is Contort, Rats Blood, #1s, Ghost Trap and Disguise. Should be a laugh.
Samhain All Hallows Eve Celebration @ Fibber Magees (Oct. 31st)
Now we’re talking – serious metal for Halloween! Darkest Era, Celtachor, Thy Worshiper and Legions of Wolves head up a night of extreme music in Fibbers (thought they were doing laser discos now?) on Parnell Street (in asocial with Music Maker). This is a Pagan themed night (although all costumes are welcome), with a cash prize for the best dressed male and female. (€250 cash prize each!) If you’re looking for proper Drink Promo Menu, then this is the place to be. Here’s a taste of what they’re offering,
Vodka (+ Miker), Irish Whiskey (+ Mixer), Jager, Mickey Finns, Sambuca, Tequila, Bottle s of VK, Pints of Fosters, Bav, Mad Dog and Slaty – all €3 each.
Jack +coke, Captain Morgan + mixer all €4.
Bottles of Buckfast, pitchers and 3xJager Bombs – €10 each!
Now that sounds like proper drunk, Fibbers will be hopping!
Crazy Nights Halloween Party @ Bruxelles Rock Bar (Oct. 26th)
You didn’t think we’d forget Bruxelles did you? Dublin’s oldest rock bar is hosting three bank holiday nights of major pinting and it all kicks off on Friday. Crzy Nights will be playing the best 80’s metal / rock all night with loads of drink promos and a fancy dress ball. Spot prizes for best costume and tunes/drinks till 03:00am. Expect to hear Skid Row, WASP, KISS, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy, Reckless Love, Van Halen..etc,etc while enjoying these prices – All PinAll pints, shots, JagerBombs, Sprits with a dash – €4. Pitchers of Amstell €10, Slushies (?) & frozen cocktails €4.95, Tiger Beer pints €5 and the lovely Desperados – €5
Finding it unusually hard to find out what happened at the Dublin and Metal Molten Battle of the Bands Semi-Finals, but it appears Psykosis have triumphed in Dublin so Tickets There is sending out our congrats to the lads on a well-deserved place in the London Final. We know you’ll do us proud lads!
For those who don’t know, Psykosis are one of the most prolific thrash metal bands on the Dublin scene, easily tipping up there as one of the best in the country. Proper, full on riffs, tunes with fun, screaming and metal themes (like toxic fugitives and early morning terrors). They’ll be headlining the November Thrash metal Mania at The Pint so pop in and check them out along with the equally awesome Exzeltic.
We’re a little behind on the auld review front, so let’s start with a 2011 release from Belfast metallers Warcrux. They describe themselves as a thrash / sleaze band, but we’re not getting that from the EP. All the hallmarks of later Metallica are there and there’s some goof foundations for things to come, but the sound is much more polished, less aggressive and at times – too acoustic for thrash metal. The sleaze? nah.
Kicking off with ‘Ties That Bind’, the slow acoustic build up unfortunately doesn’t lead into the typhoon of riffs and Armageddon you might expect. There’s no sign of thrash or sleaze and little to distinguish the song from any other young band trying to impersonate ReLoad Metallica. As deep as it tries to be, it just doesn’t hit the mark in any way and even the double bass drums can’t save it.
Good news, ‘Pray For Ares’ puts the EP on its feet and finally we get a little metal. The vocals don’t deliver that deathly blow this blogger thinks metal bands need, but it’s a marked improvement from Ties That Bind. Goes on for a bit, but with pints involved it could be a handy live number. ‘Leave Me To Crawl’ has another one of those melodic intros, but the band don’t mess with you this time. James Hetfield sounds good on vocals…. Ah no, the singer improves a fair amount here. Riffs, solos, heaviness a gogo all packed into one place. Most bands would probably finish a metal EP with the ballad song but in this case, we’re glad Warcrux pounded out the metal for us.
On that note – well worth checking out. Young band who can only improve. Stay away from the acoustic guitars until you’ve completed your Kill Em All and all will be well….well as in dead since you’re killing them all. I’m killing this piece right now aren’t I? Doesn’t matter, no one’s reading anyway.
Now this is what Tickets There has been waiting for, Thrash Metal Mania is hitting the Pint next month with a line up so tasty…well, you wouldn’t want to cook it. That’s called cannibalism (*wink).
Psykosis, Exzeltic, Atominated and Damageflag head up a bill that’s going to make your ear drums bleed and liver rot. There’ll be brutal riffs, shredding vocals, pounding rhythm and, if there’s time, a solo or two.
Seriously though, all four bands are well worth catching. TT will be there for a little ‘Terror At 03:00am’ and ‘Agent of Chaos’! Doors are at 20:00 hrs, price is just €5 (if you don’t want to pay that then you’re a dirty cheap b*stard) and there’s drinks promotions! Pints start from €3.60, all spirits with a dash for €5 and two cocktails for €10. Cheaper than Saorview, more fun than the couch – get yer ass out and see some quality Irish metal \,,/
Check out the Official Facebook Event (Here)
The Cronin brothers are at it again – but not with the Aftermath?? You can read the official bio below, we’re just here to let you know their new project, CRONIN, will be playing their debut Dublin show on November 11th as part of the Mercantile’s Sunday Roast. After that the boys are heading across the water for four shows. Full list of dates below & you should check out the band’s Official Facebook page and their debut EP here.
Nov. 11th – The Mercantile, Dublin (IRE)
Nov. 15th – The Boogaloo Bar, Highgate, London (UK)
Nov. 17th – The Grove Inn, Leeds (UK)
Nov. 18th – Old Star Pub, Kilham, North Yorks (UK)
Nov 20th – The Blues Bar, Harrogate (UK)
Cronin is the new project of Irish brothers Johnny and Mick Cronin who were the driving force behind Irish Mod pop rockers The Aftermath, with whom they achieved 3 top 20 singles and a place in the Hot Press best 250 Irish albums ever list.
With this new project they will be making music with no specific genre as they float from soul to elecro to brooding Gothic tones.
The music with be made with collaborations with friends and hero’s such as Terry Edwards (Tindersticks), Steve Wickham (The Waterboys) & Shane MacGowan (The Pogues) already making contributions to an album that is due in early 2013.
Dear bands everywhere – this is how it’s done!
The Riptide Movement are a band familiar to us all and well they should be. Along with a limited number of names (not starting any wars here), TRM are the epitome of hard work, performance and energy. They are a credit to the Irish music scene and spend every second they can promoting their band, making themselves sharper, song writing, rehearing, exploring new avenues of self-promotion, making videos and constantly pushing themselves higher and higher up the chain. When they do a tour, it’s not two shows, its thirty. If they don’t have a gig – they busk. When they’re not busking they’re working behind the scenes – constantly and that work is now paying off.
The band are currently in India representing Ireland at the Rendezvous festival in New Delhi, which they’re capturing for Hot Press as their 2012 ‘Most Unusual Gig of the Year’ spot. When they get back, they start the task of promoting new single, ‘Without You’ from their second album, Keep On Keepin’ On that came out earlier this year. The promotion tour will take them around Ireland (including headlining shows at The Olympia, Roisin Dubh, The Forum and Dolan’s Warehouse) before they jet off to Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Prague, Vienna and Amsterdam. Irish dates can be found below and you can expect to see a review of their new single…..very soon.
Oct. 27th – The Slate, Cork.
Nov. 2nd – The Roisin Dubh, Galway
Nov. 10th – The Olympia, Dublin *Almost Sold-Out
Nov. 17th – The Forum, Waterford
Nov. 24th – Dolans Warehouse, Limerick
Nov. 30th – The Palace, Navan
Congrats to the Riptide and please – Keep on setting the bar for others. If all bands worked as hard as you, there’d be a lot less X-Factor in the world.
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