A bit like London buses - no WRC gigs for a few days and then two come along at once. At the end of the day the WRC could not miss Shooter's farewell gig at The Half Moon Putney tonight. The band have been riding high in various rock charts with the single 'Turn It Up' and even had an attempt at smashing the Christmas charts late last year. Upon calling it a day - there was also a few nice words from Metal Talk here. Support tonight will be from WRC Award winners Southbound (pictured) so watch out for a few surprises tonight!

Big Boy Bloater and The LiMiTs release their new album 'Luxury Hobo' on Provogue/ Mascot Label Group today and our Vid Of The Day is the amazing 'It Came Outta The Swamp'! The band will then be hitting the road from Sunday 8th May including a show at the iconic 100 Club in London on Sunday 15th May. With a fascination for textures and subtle narratives 'LH' sees Bloater in a tougher, deeper and more expressive mode following a bout of depression in 2013 which has led it to take a lot darker and personal tone. His Tom Waits-esque gravelly vocal delivery, coupled with the distinctive and dynamic guitar style has seen him build on the Blues foundation offering insights into rockier territories, aided and abetted with his ability to weave story-telling around barbed observations. Watch out for a CD review shortly.

There's no stopping Rory Auskerry's Route 66 radio show at the moment! As well as recently being syndicated to Rock Radio UK and Blues Roots Radio - the show is now also being aired on Radio Bavaria! And for those original Pure 107.8 FM fans - don't worry - he's still here tonight at 6pm!

"Thanks chaps - and thanks to Vick for excellent sound at the gig! Cheers mate :-)" was the kind tweet we received from John Verity the day after his awesome gig at Leos Red Lion on Saturday! With a review in the pipeline, deserved praise for sound and lighting legend Vic Wintergreen, but in the meantime check out our newly updated Video Vault with another JV classic recorded on the night.

All roads led to a special London show at The Borderline last night where U2 2 were in concert with all money raised going to Mencap. The show had been set up with ambassadors from Mencap including The Edge’s cousin, Ciara Lawrence Evans, making a speech to highlight Mencap’s ongoing work. Well we saw the real thing at the O2 Arena, London, (pictured) in October so did the world’s longest running U2 tribute, formed by current members in 1992, performing over 1000 shows, spanning three continents - move in 'Mysterious Ways'? Watch out for a review, pics and a vid over the coming days!

Exclusively revealed in yesterday's January 2016 WRC Bulletin - yes the Stevie Nimmo Trio are headlining this year's 2016 BluesRockFest at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend on Saturday 24th September. As one half of Scotland’s highly respected ‘Nimmo Brothers’ who won 'Best Band' in the 2015 British Blues Awards, Stevie Nimmo has been a well known and respected figure throughout the Blues and Roots world for over 20 years. The Nimmo Brothers are taking an indefinite hiatus while Stevie and Alan pursue their solo projects. Consequently, Stevie is now enjoying a new adventure in a full-on, electric, no-holds-barred trio format. The recording of their new album (produced by King King Drummer/Producer Wayne Proctor) is done and a release is set for early 2016. Don’t miss this chance to catch an artist at the top of his game doing what he does best – standing on stage playing his own music in his own passionate, inimitable fashion. You will not be disappointed!

"The next song was again from the 1987 Whitesnake album, 'Give Me All Your Love' and this was followed by 'Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City'. The following three songs, however, were from the Purple album, with 'Mistreated' the next. Personally I didn’t think the “Snaked-up” version of this song with twin guitars worked and needed the Coverdale/Blackmore bluesy collaboration. 'You Fool No-One', however, more than made up for it though with this culminating in a stunning Tommy Aldridge drum solo before Reb Beach exchanged his electric guitar for an acoustic one for the 'Stormbringer' classic 'Soldier Of Fortune'." Read the rest of Phil Thornton's review here - the final part of the Def Leppard/Whitesnake/Black Star Riders trilogy. Also have a look at our photo gallery here.

Danny Bryant has announced the release of his highly anticipated new studio album 'Blood Money' which will be – released by Jazzhaus Records on Friday 29th January 2016. His third album to be produced by Richard Hammerton, following in the footsteps of 2014’'s 'Temperature Rising' and 2013’'s 'Hurricane', the new album features Danny collaborating with the iconic guitarists Walter Trout and Bernie Marsden on two tracks! Not only that, but Danny, who we saw at Ramblin' Man this year (our Vid Of The Day), will be touring in the UK in February 2016 and his itinerary includes a WRC Promotions gig at Leos Red Lion, Gravesend, on Sunday 28th February! More info to come but in the meantime you can book your tickets here.

Following a visit to the iconic Radio City on Thursday - there was no let up in AJ's New York itinerary as he took in the very moving memorial to John Lennon in Central Park. Consequently Strawberry Fields is our Vid Of The Day whilst our Track Of The Day is Friday night's Blues On The Marsh show!

With just three bands to go in our Ramblin' Man Sunday countdown - our fourth band of the day is on the Classic Rock Stage at 4.20pm. The Temperance Movement (our Vid Of The Day) are a British Hard Rock, Blues and R&B band formed in 2011, consisting of Glasgow-born lead singer Phil Campbell, guitarists Luke Potashnick and Paul Sayer, bassist Nick Fyffe and Australia-born drummer Damon Wilson. The band released their 'Pride EP' in 2012, and their eponymous debut studio album was released in September 2013. In June 2014, the Temperance Movement was invited as the guest band before the Rolling Stones' concert given in Berlin (Waldbühne), as well as in Vienna (Ernst Happel Stadion)!

Rory jocks up new tracks from Gary Clark Jr., Wily Bo Walker, Jimmy Barnes featuring Diesel, AC/DC, FM (pictured at Ramblin' Man) plus Airbourne on his latest Route 66 show. Our Track Of The Day also features Newcastle based guitar virtuoso, Paul Rose, as he chats to Rory about his latest album, 'White Mountain Road', his approach to recording and his upcoming tour in 2016.

It has been such a memorable year for the WRC that we thought we'd resurrect our WRC gig calendar utilising what we consider to be the best gig photo taken from each month in 2015 (for example T.Rextasy pictured in November). So if you are interested in ordering one (or two) just drop us a line in our contact box below so that we can not only accomodate your order but also try and make them as reasonably priced as possible. Also don't forget our merchandise page here where WRC members automatically get 10% off!