The launch of the Blackfen TRADER just under twenty three years ago gave the opportunity to feed the passion of two lifelong friends to cut their teeth in music journalism, reviewing local gigs, particularly at The Woodman in Blackfen, Kent, in their monthly ‘Caught Live’ column. And ever since that non-internet era their mutual appreciation of live (mainly Rock) music has grown into a musical appreciation network: The Wrinkly Rockers Club. So tonight we return to where it all started (now called The George Staples) - as the WRC take in Run For Cover (Classic Rock Covers) and Glamstar (Glam Rock Tribute) tonight from 8pm. Admission is free!

Yes it's a busy weekend for the WRC with both AC/DC at London's Olympic Park this Saturday plus Bruce Springsteen at Wembley the following day (where we have another ticket going spare). We also still have two Reading Festival weekend tickets up for grabs - so if you would like the opportunity of seeing any of these two gigs - then please e-mail us at wrinklyrockers11@aol.com for further information.

"The crutch lying next to JD Simo on the Barfly dressing room floor was a mighty shock as we learnt during our pre-gig interview that JD had a "Dave Grohl moment" when he dislocated his knee on stage on the first leg (no pun intended) of SIMO's European tour in Paris three days earlier. The stock question of "how's the tour going so far?" met on this occasion with an incredulous answer! Anyway, White Hot Nashville Blues trio SIMO returned to London following their critically acclaimed St. Moritz Club showcase gig plus their Walter Trout support at The Forum last November." Read the rest of AJ's SIMO, Fred Abbott and The Second Echo review here, check out our photo gallery here plus our Video Vault here.

Watch out for today's April Fool's Day WRC e-mail bulletin that's going out with all the links you need re: the current goings on at Wrinkly Towers! Whether it's Merchandise, FREE Membership, New Bands or our latest Gig Calendar - it's all there. And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!

Jon Verity is on the Sue Marchant Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire here tonight at 9pm where they will be discussing the release of JV's new album 'My Religion'. The vinyl version of the album is set for official release on Sunday 1st May plus watch out for our considered review of JV's new CD shortly.

Every year, Camden Rocks Festival opens up its gates for band submissions, no matter how small or big the band, you can submit them! And the time has come... submissions are now OPEN! You can submit a band here - the more a band is submitted, the bigger the chance of grabbing a slot on the festival so bands, fans & everyone around, jump on it! By submitting a band, you're also entering in to win a pair of tickets. Band submissions and competition ends on Sunday 17th April, at which point it goes to votes!

"Joey and Ariel’s boogie-woogie guitars heralded ‘Runaway Train’ as we continued down the ‘LIL’ track slowing down at ‘Nothin’, then all-change with the hand-clapping audience participation of the Staple Singers ‘Tell Him What You Want – Jesus On The Mainline’ and then back on track and finishing with the album stand-out ‘Our Love’ – and again despite no keys - the foundation of the song was built for the classic guitar solo from Posen - although the Prog in me maintains it ends too early! The guys were on a roll and the encore began slowly with the delightful ‘Greenhouse’, continued with ‘Where Were We’ and despite their ‘roots’ being from Winnipeg - ‘Dixie’ I suppose was never more appropriate to round off a memorable evening!" That was AJ's take on The Brothers Landreth last August and both Mr. Rockrpix and Big Ian will be there at The Garage, London, representing the WRC tonight!

BRIT award-nominated English Rock band The Feeling (today's Vid Of The Day) conclude their six-date UK headline tour at London’s Scala tonight. Ten years after the release of their debut album 'Twelve Stops and Home', the tour comes in support of their new single 'Spiralling' and their self-titled fifth album 'The Feeling', both released recently on 4th March.

His giant project can't be pigeonholed: mystic, magic, rock and bombast meet with lush melodies and create spectacular, epic fireworks. German fans of the Eurovision Song Contest had the chance to nominate Avantasia and Tobias Sammet - one of the most internationally successful German musicians - in Cologne on Thursday night for the 2016 ESC final in Stockholm in May. Unfortunately, despite competing with their current single 'Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose' (today's Vid Of The Day) - Sammet and the guys did not win - but the good news is that you can see Avantasia on their 'Ghostlights' tour at The Forum in London on Tuesday 8th March!

Teddy Garcia tweeted "It's an Honour!" and Sean Webster also tweeted "Thanks for the kind words and making 'The Mayor' your 'Track of the Day!!!' Well today's 'Introducing ...' and 'Our Video Of The Day' are 'The Pieces Of Mind'. These guys have been on the WRC radar for a while now and were a very popular R&B band in South Wales and Germany in the years 1963-69. The band reformed in 2013 to celebrate their 50th anniversary and are not only gigging again but have recently released a great new album of original stuff entitled 'Born At The Bosco'. Enjoy!

Our BluesRockfest jigsaw is now complete as The Rainbreakers have filled the sixth and final berth on the 4th July at The Red Lion in Gravesend. Renown for crafting a stripped down approach - smearing the lines between rock, pop, blues and soul - they are another valuable addition to an already awesome line-up. Go here for ticket information plus a video low-down on this year's bands.

We're sure that the majority of you will be around for the full proceedings on the day at this year's BluesRockfest - but just in case you wanted to know when your favourite band is provisionally on - then please go here where you can also purchase £15 tickets. WRC members can get there's for just £12 by e-mailing wrinklyrockers11@aol.com Remember you can fill out a form here to become a WRC member for life for FREE and we'll consequently send you a WRC members card which you can use to benefit from all the current members offers which we also hope to add to in the future.