Live Review : The Mercury Riots + Heartbreak Remedy @ Vinyl Tap, Preston, August 18th 2024

Vinyl Tap continues their fine run of bringing the best rock n roll, both international and home-grown to their small but perfectly formed venue in the heart of Preston. And tonight’s bill illustrates that perfectly, with the exquisite grooves of L.A’s The Mercury Riots sharing a stage with Cumbrian heroes, Heartbreak Remedy. And whilst the two may be thousands of miles apart geographically, musically they share a common DNA, a desire to deliver good time, life-affirming rock n roll, that lets you forget your problems and worries for a couple of hours, and leaves you with a grin on your face and a lighter spirit. And tonight, both bands proceed to do precisely that…

Gig ReviewAuthor : Craig Wilkinson20 August 2024Vinyl TapThe Mercury Riots, Heartbreak Remedy, Vinyl Tap, Preston, 2024, Live Review, Craig Wilkinson, Darren BirchComment

Live Review : The City Kids. + The Takeaway Thieves + Heartbreak Remedy @ The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool on October 28th 2021

Tonight I have travelled on the Highway To Hell. No really. The M6 is not my favourite place at the best of times, but tonight it exceeded itself to make my life miserable. Some of it was flooded. Some of it was on fire. This meant the bits of it that weren’t closed were moving incredibly slowly, oh and just for laughs there was also torrential rain to contend with. Deep joy. 2 hours later and I am in Blackpool just in time to catch most of openers Heartbreak Remedy’s set.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Jo Crosby1 November 2021The Waterloo Music BarThe City Kids, The Takeaway Thieves, Heartbreak Remedy, The Waterloo, Blackpool, 2021, Live Review, Jo CrosbyComment