Following on from Purple Zeppelin winning our 2024 WRC Best Tribute award, last year not only saw Heavy Rock legends Deep Purple defying the odds back touring the UK once again on their five-date ‘=1 More Time’ tour promoting their brand-new studio album ‘=1’ (that saw guitarist Simon McBride's album debut), but their London O2 Arena gig in early November has also been voted our 2024 WRC Best Rock Performance, so check out today's 'Smoke On The Water' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night.

Taking place again this Summer at Mt Ephraim Gardens in Faversham, Kent, over the long weekend of 15th to 17th August, A New Day Festival has followed up its success in 2022 by again winning our 2024 WRC Best Festival award, and in order to celebrate, today's 'A New Day 2025 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day feature six of the great bands taking part in 2025, namely Mostly Autumn, Lifesigns, Sons Of Liberty, The Emerald Dawn, Voodoo Lake and The Fierce & The Dead.

Today's latest Rock Revival Podcast Of The Day was a bit of a festive party including The Darkness, The Trews, Black Star Riders, Rory Gallagher, The Who, Blacktop Deluxe, Paul McCartney, Trucker Diablo (pictured), Heaven and Earth, Free, The Kinks, Scorpions, Status Quo, Van Morrison, The Answer, Thin Lizzy, Audrey Horne, Foo Fighters, Micki Free, Mott The Hoople, Ten Years After and Leslie West/Mountain.

This year's HRH Sleaze VIII promises non-stop Rock 'n Roll action at the O2 Academy Leicester over the long weekend of 5th to 7th September, featuring two days and two arenas of pure Sleaze Rock bliss, and today's 'Sleaze VIII Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day features just six of the many bands taking part, namely Babylon A.D., The Loyal Cheaters, The Rattlebacks, Waking The Angels, Pretty Boy Floyd and Jetboy.

Wayne Osmond, lead guitarist of the American family music group The Osmonds, sadly passed away on New Year's Day at the age of 73, and in tribute, todays's Video Of The Day recalls their brief transition in 1972 from Bubblegum Pop to Rock, with their classic album title track, 'Crazy Horses', that's been covered by many including Metallica and is apparently one of Ozzy Osbourne's favourite Rock songs of all time.

Today's latest 2023 WRC Award winning Blues Club Podcast Of The Day, has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and a bit of this and that, with More Music and Less Chat, featuring DeWolff, Opeth, Will Wilde (pictured), Dom Martin, Gary Moore, Wes Jeans, The 2:19, GA-20, Metallica, Caitlin Krisko and The Broadcast, The Sidekicks, Little Georgie and the Shuffling Hungarians, Brother Strut, Chris Rea, The Rolling Stones and many more.

Dive deep into the darkness of the night as Hard Rock Hell 18 presents Vampire's Ball, the most monstrous and electrifying event of this year at Great Yarmouth's mysterious Camp HRH from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th November, so be prepared to be mesmerised by the enchanting melodies and haunting rhythms of a 30 plus band lineup, carefully curated from across the globe to bring you an experience like never before. including today's six of the best 'Hard Rock Hell 18 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day featuring Royal Republic, Electric Six, Black Eyed Sons, Wig Wam, Gypsy's Kiss and Yaki Dah.

We last saw Purple Zeppelin nine years ago at Dartford's Orchard Theatre, consequently going on to deservedly win our 2015 WRC Best Tribute award, so when we finally caught up with the guys in July, our glowing review poised the question "Who's to say that Purple Zeppelin will not win back that award this year?", and lo and behold today, on John Paul Jones' 79th birthday, the guys have duly gone and done it, so check out today's 'Since You Been Gone/Smoke On The Water' purple hazed Video Of The Day, filmed that very same Summer night.

Playing tracks by Erebos, Gravethorn, Dying Phoenix, Cult Of Alcaeus, Ara-Solis and more, today's latest The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day not only features the Top 40 Metal Devastation PR albums of 2024, as voted by the fans and listeners, but there's also the winners of this week’s and last week’s Battle of the Bands Challenge, so don't miss this epic celebration of the year's best in Metal!

At the beginning of 2024 we saw enigmatic, hard-working Rock band, Hillbilly Vegas, not only at London's O2 Academy Islington (pictured), as special guests on Thunder guitarist Luke Morley's six-date tour, but we also caught them headlining in their own right in the UK as well in February and July, ending a breakthrough year with storming sets at both Planet Rockstock and WinterStorm festivals, and consequently Oklahoma's finest have been voted 'Best Support' in our 2024 WRC awards, so check out today's anthemic 'Shake It Like A Hillbilly' Video Of The Day, filmed at the Glasgow Cathouse leg in January.

Prepare to be enthralled as legends collide and rising stars shine bright at Europe's biggest Prog Rock festival, as the countdown to a monumental 15th anniversary of HRH Prog is on, with an incredible lineup that is set to redefine the Progressive Rock experience at Great Yarmouth's Camp HRH, this year over the long weekend of 13th to 16th November, and today's 'HRH Prog 15 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day feature six of the many great bands taking part, namely Asia, Foghat, Lifesigns, Focus, Teiger and Yuval Ron Trio.

Having become a household name hosting the hugely popular Radio Caroline night-time show, very sadly Johnnie Walker has died at the age of 79, and in tribute, today's Podcast Of The Day is Johnnie's legendary “No Man Will Ever Forget Monday August 14th Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-Seven” broadcast, alongside fellow DJ Robbie Dale, the historic night that Caroline alone defied Harold Wilson's Government and continued to broadcast after midnight once the Marine offences act had become law.