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This week the House of Commons Public Bill Committee will consider an amendment to the Housing and Planning Bill 2015-16 proposed by Michael Dugher MP. That amendment is a measure which would mean that developers would be responsible for protecting music venues against future complaints when they build residences nearby. Essentially, it is Agent of Change. It's just one year ago that the Music Venue Trust launched Frank Turner's campaign to adopt the Agent of Change principle into UK law. Today, we could actually change the law so that it starts to happen - but we need to keep the pressure on! To help support live venues across the UK go to this link here. Thank you.

"Often when bands announce they’re about to play songs from their new album, you can almost hear the audience groaning. This definitely wasn’t the case last night: King King’s ‘Reaching for the Light’ has already won awards and is not only faster, louder and more energetic, it is also their most acclaimed and most exciting album to date. All the songs from the album were well received: the bustling riffs and tough vocals in ‘Hurricane’, the ballad ‘Lay with Me’, Lindsay’s pulsating bass on ‘Crazy’ and the slower, powerful Blues of ‘Stranger to Love’, well suited to Alan’s vocal range." Read the rest of Big Ian's excellent review here plus see our Vid Of The Day.

That's right! Our thanks to all of you that pre-ordered the official 2015 BluesRockFest DVD/CD here featuring both two video and two audio tracks from each of the six artists that appeared at the The Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, on Saturday 4th July 2015. Anyway, they have now been shipped and just as a reminder, today's Vid Of The Day is taken from that fantastic day. And it's still not too late to order your copy for a bargain £10 + p&p to see what all the fuss is about! Don't forget that WRC Members can also get 10% off by simply entering their coupon code!

In the Summer of 2010 Callaghan (today's Track Of The Day) packed up her life in London and moved to Atlanta to record with Grammy nominee Shawn Mullins after contacting him on Myspace. Knocked out by her voice and songwriting, he agreed to produce her debut album 'Life In Full Colour' which was released in 2012 to great reviews. Playing live Callaghan performs on piano and guitar and delivers a vocal which earns frequent comparisons with artists like Sarah McLachlan and Emmy Lou Harris. Her songs share stories and emotions and deliver thoughtful lyrics, haunting vocals, and catchy melodies. A five track EP is available to download for free here.

The Eel Pie Club, The Cabbage Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ, will be hosting an event tonight to benefit The Prostate Cancer Charity in memory of Art Wood (brother of Rolling Stone, Ronnie - our Vid Of The Day) who was a great musician and artist and a great supporter of The Club in its early days and his band, The Art Wood All-Stars often featured Ronnie as a special guest! Art died from Prostate Cancer in 2006 and his birthday would have been on 7th July. So in memory of Art, this will be a great night of Rockin' rhythm and Blues and nostalgia from The Eel Pie All-Stars: Don Craine and Keith Grant of The Downliners Sect, Robin Bibi (ex-Pretty Things), Rick Biddulph (Caravan), Alan Glen (Yardbirds & Nine Below Zero), Chris Hunt (Lonnie Donegan Band, The Bruvvers) and Dave Lennox (Blodwyn Pig). Special guests include Aurora Colson, Paul Cox, Mark Freeman (Downliners Sect, Rollin' Stoned), Pete French (Leaf Hound, ex-Atomic Rooster, Cactus), Derek Griffiths (Artwoods, Mike Cotton Sound), Peter Hammerton (The Others), Andrew Heart (ex-Billy Idol and Rockstock), Ali Mackenzie (The Birds), Kat Pearson (Kat & Co.) and Jack Pinder (Gods of Rock n Roll). Doors open at 8.15pm and the music starts at 8.45pm. WRC members are reminded that they can use their cards to get discounted £10 admission.

Of course the big news story as the WRC headed down to Brighton on Saturday was Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl who sustained "at least one fracture" when he fell off the stage during a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden. Consequently they cancelled the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands, last night and tonight's show at the AFG Arena in St Gallen, Switzerland. Foo Fighters fans (including the WRC this Saturday) now face several nervous days waiting for news about the fate of gigs at Wembley stadium and Glastonbury. A spokesman for Wembley stadium said: “We are aware of the incident last night involving Dave Grohl and are in contact with the event organisers, who at this stage have no further information. “As soon as we have news from the artiste this will be made public.”

Just a reminder that Malcom & Jim's latest Blues Club podcast is now available here and will also be available shortly as our Track Of The Day!

Celebrated Blues rock master Joe Bonamassa is gearing up to deliver a musical tribute to the Three Kings of Blues: Albert, B.B., and Freddie! The 'Three Kings Tour' will be an action-packed, brand new live show this summer during the GRAMMY ® -nominated guitarist and singer-songwriter’s first ever U.S. amphitheater tour. To get JB's free download of 'Don't Burn Down That Bridge', 'Someday After A While (You'll Be Sorry)' and 'Chains & Things' just go here.

Following our well documented 'Track Of The Day' gremlins on Friday - we thought it only fair to make the pucker link of last Sunday's Route 66 show including Royal Southern Brotherhood, Spin Doctors and Erja Lyytinen available here! Meanwhile don't forget Rory's show here tonight at 6pm including Ramblin' Man's Aaron Keylock.

Following recent consecutive gigs in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany - Virgil & The Accelerators returned to Blighty for their first UK end gig of their Spring tour at the Red Lion, Gravesend last night. Supported by Loose Moorings this had all the markings of a musical marriage made in heaven given also it was only a tenner to get in! So did the May Day Bank Holiday get off to the accelerating start we all expected? Well for starters take a look at our hot off the press Loose Moorings 'Video Of The Day' and watch out for our considered review and more vids and pics to come tomorrow!

"I'm looking forward to seeing them play a full set - who knows maybe we can make that happen in one of our promotions?" That was part of Wrinklys Uriah Heep/VATA Islington Assembly Halls review in February 2013 and just over two years later it's gonna happen. Yes all roads tonight lead to The Red Lion, Gravesend, with headliners Virgil & The Accelerators (our Vid Of The Day) supported by Loose Moorings. Wrinklys review also included "We were amazed to be blown away by a power trio .... the boys trusted the quality of their new CD and reeled them off to a very positive response from the already decent crowd ..... we were treated as a finale to 'Are You Experienced' where Virgil really showed his full range of skills ... a quality set guys and it proved the hype that surrounds these guys is not misplaced". So there you have it - more of the same tonite please although we can't recall the name of the geezer that night pictured on the right of Virgil! Any ideas out there?

OK we realise it's April 1st but the WRC are pleased to announce that we are now indeed official ticket ambassadors for the Ramblin' Man Fair - no kiddin'! Initially we can save WRC members the cost of their booking fee e.g. £5.50 on a £60 ticket but ultimately (if we sell enough tickets :-) we hope to save members money on your ticket price as well. Go here for ticket information then simply contact us below with your ticket requirements and we will get back to you. And it's still not too late to become a WRC member - simply fill out a form here and we'll subsequently send you a WRC members card. Including the Scorpions (our Video Of The Day) plus the best in Rock, Prog, Country and Blues in Maidstone, Kent, over the weekend of 25th/26th July - it's going to be an awesome festival!