Today's November 2017 WRC e-mail Bulletin looks forward to November and Wrinklystock 6 featuring Magic - a kind of Queen & ELO supported by Wrinklystock legends The Replicants (Video Of The Day) plus our November gigs including Michael Schenker, L.A. Guns, Hard Rock Hell, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Live & Dangerous and Bad Touch. We also look back at our October gigs including Living Colour, Walter Trout, Nazareth, Wishbone Ash, Metallica, Bigfoot and Progtoberfest 2, plus our Iron Maidens interview and new CD reviews of Steve Hill, JW Jones and Ten Years After. And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!

The Replicants (Video Of The Day) welcome return to Wrinklystock VI heralds the announcement of their charity auction song setlist. Yes you can actually bid for your favourite song from the following covers listed here as the band have agreed to play the top ten song bids in aid of our nominated charities. And to get the ball rolling Wrinkly The Elder has already bid £20 for Green Day's 'Basket Case' which is today's Track Of The Day! Be quick and contact us using the contacts box below as all bids must be in by this Sunday 5th November. With very few tickets left, don't leave it too late, so purchase your tickets here for a bargain £22 or from the MJC Box Office on 01322 291100.

"Unfortunately, when Dead Man’s Whiskey’s set finished, some of their local fans left, leaving a slightly smaller audience for the arrival of Bigfoot. It was their loss: the missing fans would surely have appreciated Bigfoot, playing the same musical genre, with a similar five man line-up, to their local heroes, but with the added benefit of greater musical experience, plus the charisma and swagger of Antony Ellis up front. Bigfoot’s set started with the compelling dual guitar riffs of ‘Tell me a Lie’ followed by the stand out vocals in ‘Eat Your Words’ - setting the scene for an evening of full-on, well-honed Hard Rock that would have roused any sluggish mid-afternoon crowd, never mind an audience already pulsating from a couple of excellent support bands." Read the whole of Big Ian's Bigfoot/Dead Man's Whiskey/Sinner Sinners London Underworld Camden gig review from last Thursday here plus check out our photo gallery here.

Sunday saw Balham's Bedford Pub in London as the Prog capital of the world for Progtoberfest 2 - an all afternoon/evening extravaganza of Progressive Rock bands, namely headliners The Gift (pictured) who performed at Ramblin' Man Fair earlier this year plus support from The Far Meadow, Habu, The Rube Goldberg Machine and current WRC favourites IT. The event was organised by The Gift's very own charismatic frontman Mike Morton and was also hosted by full of beans Rock Comic and our mate Pete K Mally. Congratulations to everyone on organising a wonderful day of live music, and with a review to come - check out today our photo gallery here from the gig!

An all new Blues On The Radio podcast is today's Track Of The Day featuring Dave Ferra, Walklate & Fuschi, Liza Ohlback, Mike Ross, Little Freddie King, Troy Redfern, Mississippi MacDonald, Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, Benjamin Bassford, Jack J Hutchinson, Rebecca Downes (pictured), Dago Red, Bad Touch and Mollie Marriott!

Our thanks to WRC correspondent Steven C. Gilbert for introducing us to a fantastic German Retro Rock band called Travelin Jack (today's Video Of The Day). The band have developed into one of Germany’s most unusual new Rock acts over the last four years, having signed to Steamhammer/SPV to release their spangling second album, ‘'Commencing Countdown'’, in September. 'Commencing Countdown’' may bring to mind great Rock bands from the seventies such as Thin Lizzy, Rush, Scorpions, Slade and Deep Purple, but the Berlin group’ (consisiting of Alia Spaceface –vocals and guitar, Flo The Fly guitar, Steve Burner bass and Montgomery Shell – drums) compositions and warm, analogue production are both contemporary and modern. “

With just 20 days to go, our countdown continues in respect of our WRC sponsored charity concert ‘Magic - a kind of Queen & a kind of ELO’ at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, on Saturday 18th November at 7.30pm. With news of support band The Replicants song auction to be announced later this week - ‘Wrinklystock 6’ stars Magic, a tribute to two of the greatest British Rock bands of all time - Queen and The Electric Light Orchestra - together in one fabulous show! With very few tickets left, don't leave it to late, so purchase your tickets here for a bargain £22 or from the MJC Box Office on 01322 291100.

Yesterday the Prog capital of the world was Balham's Bedford Pub in London. Progtoberfest 2 not only featured five Progressive Rock bands, namely headliners The Gift who performed at Ramblin' Man Fair earlier this year plus support from The Far Meadow, Habu, The Rube Goldberg Machine and current WRC favourites IT, but it was also hosted by Rock Comic and our mate Pete K Mally. On a great day of live music, check out today's Video Of The Day, with a review and more photos to come!

This week's Black On Blues Podcast Track Of The Day is dedicated to Rock and Roll legend Fats Domino who died this week. It's another Blues women special featuring Pam Taylor, Erin Harpe, Casey Hensley, Shemekia Copeland, Samantha Fish (pictured) and Shaun Murphy.

Run to the Hills: The Iron Maidens are back in London tonight at the O2 Academy Islington for the final night of their UK tour! On Tuesday before we headed off to to see Metallica at London's O2 Arena, we had the pleasure of interviewing both (pictured) drummer Linda ‘Nikki McBURRain’ McDonald and guitarist Nikki ‘Davina Murray’ Stringfield of the the world’s one and only all-female Iron Maiden tribute band. You can listen to the interview here, recorded in advance of their first gig in Cardiff. Also watch out for shortly a review of tonight's gig!

For all you proggers out there, get along today to The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London SW12 9HD for Progtoberfest 2. Doors open at 12.30pm with the first band on stage at 1pm. Hosting proceedings is Rock Comic and our mate Pete K Mally with headliners The Gift who performed at Ramblin' Man Fair earlier this year. Support is from The Far Meadow, Habu, The Rube Goldberg Machine and current WRC favourites IT.

Mighty classic Metal newcomers Night Demon, whose storming second album, ‘Darkness Remains’ (Video Of The Day), was released on Steamhammer/SPV to huge acclaim in April, have lined up their first ever UK and Irish tour in November including London's The Dev in Camden on Saturday 11th November. Comprising of Jarvis Leatherby (vocals/bass), Armand John Anthony (guitar) and Dusty Squires (drums), Night Demon chose to link with Steamhammer/SPV to release their debut, full length album, ‘Curse Of The Damned’, in January 2015. ‘Darkness Remains’ is a much more mature and accomplished offering than its predecessor, and the band are also set to return to Europe in January 2018 to support Accept on their six week long continental tour, calling in to the UK to play at London’s Koko, also in Camden, on Thursday 8th February.