We recently saw our 2015 WRC ‘One’s To Watch’ award winners Southbound supporting Frankie Miller's Full House at The Borderline at the beginning of May and the guys are deservedly headlining in their own right at London's iconic 100 Club tonight. Supporting them will be WRC friends Deep Blue Sea plus The Lol Goodman Band who have been getting great reviews - so it's gonna be a real belter. The music starts at 8pm and curfew is at 11pm.

"Step forward the gem of the evening – OK it was a cover of Whitesnake’s ‘Crying In The Rain’ - but it was just under ten minutes of quality British Hard Rock at its very best – showcasing Ousey's vocal style, which is soulful and smooth before he left the stage and handed it over to McBride and Wisefield to do the honours – before they duly handed the baton over to Wakeman. Awesome. It was then back to ‘Second Skin’ with a nod to the late 70’s AOR and ‘That Kind Of Love’ – a Snakecharmer microcosm – great vocals, harmonies, catchy chorus and riff. James’ pounding drum on ‘Guilty As Charged’ from their first album, nearly saw the giant Murray emerge from the back of the stage, but Neil thought better of it given the tambourine wielding Ousey and both Wisefield and McBride stealing the limelight again with some great guitar work." Finally, read AJ's review of the recent Snakecharmer/Rebecca Downes gig at London's O2 Academy Islington here plus check out both our Vid Of The Day and our photo gallery here.

This week's Route 66 Track Of The Day also pays tribute to Greg Allman who died on Saturday. Host Rory Auskerry's Stockport based show also celebrates the efforts of all Manchester's Sunday marathon, half-marathon and 10k runners given the tragic events there last week. There are also birthday tunes for two members of The Rolling Stones!

"As Bad Company once said after coming on after Nazareth blew the bleeding roof of Olympia – “how do we follow that?” Well we were torn – Greg Allman on the Classic Rock stage (who had tragically lost his Mum before the gig) and Marillion on the Prog stage? To be perfectly honest we flitted between the two and I could hear Marillion’s iconic ‘Neverland’ when I was watching Allman. Drat! In the end we backed Greg – respect for him – given the maxim “ The show must go” I suppose. Although we missed part of his big band blues set - Greg’s band were funky and slick and to see them perform ‘Whipping Post’ is another one off my bucket list but no ‘Ramblin’ Man’? Anyway, The WRC troops wandered happily off into the night – muddy and not looking forward to the trip home." That was part of our 2015 Ramblin' Man Fair review - and given Saturday night's news that Greg had died at the age of just 69 - we now look back and realise how lucky we were to see the Southern Rock pioneer that wet July night (pictured). Therefore, today's Vid Of The Day from that set is dedicated to Greg.

Today's Black On Blues Track Of The Day features Rev Shawn Amos, Davis Coen, Micki Free, Mark Cameron Band, Steve Kozak Band, The New Bluebloods and Jonny Lang.

Well as it turned out, it was one almighty gathering at London's O2 Arena on Saturday night. Starting with the Maiden Army turning out in force in the sun, just down the road at The Pilot Inn - with original Maiden guitarist Dennis Stratton among the faces - and you wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that the Pub ran out of Trooper! We also caught up with Wrinkly The Siver Fox (the one without the hair) - the lucky bast**d - who managed to go to the after show party and meet guitarist Janick Gers (the one with the hair). Anyway, with a review to come - check out our photo gallery here.

Iron Maiden's 'The Book Of Souls Tour' European leg finished this weekend as Ed Force One landed in London with two sold-out shows, last night and tonight, at the O2 Arena. Unsurprisingly the set last night was the same as we saw at Download 2016 - comprising predominantly of the new - opening with both 'If Eternity Should Fail' and 'Speed Of Light' from the excellent 'The Book Of Souls' - and the old - 'Children Of The Damned', 'The Trooper' and 'Iron Maiden' (with Eddie thrown in for good measure). 'The Number Of The Beast' and 'Wasted Years' concluded the evening before 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' sent the crowd home happy. The band now flies to the U.S.A for an extensive series of arena and amphitheatre shows including dates in Canada, ending with two nights in Brooklyn, New York, on 21st and 22nd July. With a review and more pics to come - check out today's Vid Of The Day.

As promised - today we have our Blackfield photo gallery here from their Islington Assembly Hall gig on Friday night. And yes we do indeed have photographic evidence that Steven Wilson did, as we predicted, join Aviv Geffen on stage during a veritable feast of Blackfield pop classic's including 'Miss U', 'Pain' and 'End Of The World' interspersed with all the new 'Blackfield V' stuff.

"Another song from the 'Honest Man' album, 'Quiet Company', a soft ballad with great guitar work, is up next and it's a pin drop moment, as the the audience takes in this quite beautiful song which highlights the tender side to Matt's usually powerhouse of a voice. Drawing comparisons between his native Canada's and our own mining industries in the UK, the title track from the 'Coal Mining Blues' album follows, another great and poignant song. Although Mr. Andersen is not a household name (yet) here, he certainly has a good fan base, which is perfectly illustrated as the majority here know every word to 'I Lost My Way' from the 2014 album 'Weightless'. Now it's audience participation time, with Matt performing one of his personal favourites, Curtis Mayfield's 'People Get Ready'. Gone is the Gospel element of the song in favour of simple guitar, with all the girls supplying the "ooohs", the guys the "aaahs", and one man on a stool who has everyone eating out of the palm of his hand." You can read the whole of Phil C.'s Matt Andersen Borderline, London, review from Thursday night here plus check out today's Track Of The Day.

Following the recent launch of their latest album Blackfield V - Aviv Geffen and indeed Steven Wilson returned to London at Islington's Assembly Hall last night. A veritable feast of Blackfield pop classic's including 'Miss U', 'Pain' and 'End Of The World' were interspersed with all the new stuff although disappointingly there was none of the stand out's from 'V' namely 'Family Man', 'Life Is An Ocean' and 'Undercover Heart'. Anyway, given their amazing back catalogue, we suppose you can't have everything and it was still an awsome gig. With a review and more pics to come - check out today's Vid Of The Day.

"Despite the appalling weather, as expected Bruce and the boys signed off in style with a set comprising predominantly of the new - opening with both 'If Eternity Should Fail' and 'Speed Of Light' from the excellent 'The Book Of Souls' - and the old - 'Children Of The Damned', 'The Trooper' and 'Iron Maiden' (with Eddie thrown in for good measure). Dickinson also enjoyed banter with the 85,000 strong crowd - not only getting on his soapbox before 'The Book Of Souls', but also poignantly dedicating 'Tears Of A Clown' to the late Robin Williams and 'Blood Brothers' as part of the encore to the victims of the Orlando massacre the night before. 'The Number Of The Beast' and 'Wasted Years' concluded the evening before 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' sent the very wet but happy crowd home." That was our take on Iron Maiden at Download last year and at least the weather will be better tonight, even if it is under cover at London's O2 Arena as Bruce and the boys continue their 'Book Of Souls' world tour!

Goo Goo Dolls (Track Of The Day) recently released their new EP (digitally) entitled ‘You Should Be Happy’. The band, featuring singer and guitarist John Rzeznik and bassist and singer Robby Takac, have been on the road constantly since the release of their 11th studio album, 'Boxes'. The multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band are one of the most globally respected and influential forces in popular music, selling more than 12 million albums since 1986.