Madhouse Promotions seem to be on a mission to single-handedly resurrect and revitalise the live rock scene in Preston. With gigs over the last year from everyone from These Wicked Rivers to Nashville Pussy, and with shows lined up in 2025 from the likes of The Virginmarys, Wednesday 13, The Karma Effect and The Imperial Age to name but a few, Preston’s gig goers are enjoying a true rock n’ roll renaissance that is at once hugely welcomed and also long overdue. The variety and breadth of sounds being brought to the city is once again on show with tonight’s bill delivering three powerful and unique performances from three very different bands.
Read MoreThere seems to be something of a rock renaissance in the Preston live music scene with this the fourth gig ROCKFLESH has reviewed in the town in recent months. At the forefront of the charge is The Ferret, long a bastion for live music and until recently under threat of being lost, but now fighting back with a vengeance. And tonight, it plays host to a three-band bill encapsulating three very different branches of the rock family tree.
Read MoreAcademy 3 for the third time in just over a month?! Yes but is this the last time for a while… Sigh...? I arrive fashionably late, as usual, and am greeted by lots of familiar faces, but the room is quieter than expected and I sense that some people are obviously keeping away, some are lurking at the back and there are lots more masks to be seen.
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