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One of the jewels in our WRC crown is our membership of Numubu - THE music industry's social and business network! We're hoping to share this network with our members as we go forward and we're hoping to hang out with them at NAMM 2015 from Anaheim, California, with live streaming of performances and product demos over the next four days. Watch this space.

Further to the introduction of our new WRC Promotions menu above - if you want more in depth analysis of what's happening on our Promotions side then go to our newly dedicated sister site www.wrcpromotions.com By the way, if you didn't realise it already - our old web address wrinklyrockersclub.co.uk now automatically takes you to wrinklyrockersclub.com Phew!

Well we saw the real thing at the O2 Arena, London, in October (pictured) but tonight the WRC are off to a special London show at The Borderline where U2 2 will be in concert with all money raised going to Mencap. The show has been set up with ambassadors from Mencap including The Edge’s cousin, Ciara Lawrence Evans. Ciara will be making a speech to highlight Mencap’s ongoing work and U2 2 will be performing a full show. U2 2 are the world’s longest running U2 tribute. Formed by current members in 1992, they have performed over 1000 shows, spanning three continents. Watch out hopefully for a review, pics and a vid over the coming days!

So much good music - so little time! The WRC are so fortunate to have strong ties with fans, bands and of course publicists. Consequently Pennsylvanian band Crobot have been on the WRC radar for a while now but it wasn't until AJ (appropriately on a flight back from the US recently) found 'Something Supernatural' on the Virgin playlist (among other WRC favourites such as Blues Pills, Steven Wilson and Blackberry Smoke) - something that AJ was well impressed with! Fortuitously he recalled they were due to play The Underworld in London - and to be told if you’re a fan of the album you’ll be absolutely blown away by their live show - consequently last night's gig was a no-brainer. Anyway a review and John Bull's pics to come - but in the meantime enjoy today's VId Of The Day taken live last night!

We announced last Sunday news of another WRC Promotion featuring Broken Witt Rebelshere at The Proud, Camden on Thursday 20th October. In the past few weeks, the buzz around the self-released, Birmingham Blues Rock band has reached a deafening roar. So much so that the band have rushed out new single 'Guns' to capitalize on fan driven interest. It all started when a live version of previous single 'Low' was uploaded to their Facebook page, within four days the video had amassed an impressive 130,000 views. This caught the attention of viral content geniuses Buzzfeed, who invited the band into their offices to play a live streamed gig for their 1.3m strong Facebook group, part of their Music Breaks Series. Just when it seemed like it couldn’t get any better, the 'Guns' video was elevated to the front page of YouTube - the video amassing over 100,000 views in less than one day!

Teenage guitar sensation Aaron Keylock has announced upcoming main support tours with The Answer on their 'Rise 10th Anniversary' shows on May 24th/25th. Every now and then an artist comes along that blows you away and Aaron has fast been cementing his reputation as one of the most exciting and brightest young talent’s in the UK. A mesmerising live performer with over 200 shows to his name; he has already played with Blackberry Smoke, The Cadillac Three, The Graveltones, Dan Patlansky as well as blistering sets at Bloodstock in 2014 plus Ramblin’ Man Fair, Dot to Dot and Download Festivals last year. Aaron is currently writing his debut album for the Mascot Label Group, home to Black Stone Cherry, Joe Bonamassa, Monster Truck, SIMO, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beth Hart and Walter Trout.

Todays Track Of The Day sees the return of The Marshman after his sabbatical at the Broadstairs Blues Bash last weekend. Kev's latest Blues On The Marsh extravaganza includes LastMinuteBandz's Sugarman Sam and the Voodoo Men (pictured), Danny Bryant, Swampgrass and according to Mr. Beale - the stand-out act from BBB - Catfish - who are of course are on our BluesRockFest bill in September here.

The first time the WRC saw Black Sabbath was at the Killburn Gaumont State in London in November 1975. We were six rows from the front and our ears are still ringing! The last time we saw Sabbath was at British Summer Time in Hyde Park in 2014. Well Ozzy and the boys are headlinining 'The Lemmy Stage' at Download tonight and we will be there as we also attempt to take in Inglorious (Vid Of The Day), Scorpion Child, Megadeth and Skindred. Give us a shout if you are also going!

We're playing catch up with today's Route 66 Track Of The Day following host Rory Auskerry's recent honeymoon! Originally broadcast when Rory returned to the Pure 107.8FM studio on the last day of July - the show features tracks from Pretty Reckless, Mick Jagger, REO Speedwagon, Sari Schorr (pictured), Rick Holmstrom, John "Juke" Logan, Stephen Hodges, Steven Tyler and more.

"You must have seen that Toyota Advert featuring Primal Scream and 'Movin On Up'? The one with the audience going wild as the band rock out on stage playing with their cellos and double bass? We're challenged to "redefine fun" and "it's time to reinvent tradition". The irony was not lost on me as Dick Dynamite strolled on to the Borderline stage last Monday with his double bass in tow - supported by his Doppelgängers - namely Loz Hawkins on guitar and Aitor 'Sleepy' Gonzales on drums. Their frenetic delivery was very much in line with their Facebook profile "sociopathic bastards from a planet on the far side of the sun. Some say they play music, the truth is much more sinister..." but the intense Phsycobilly from the half-naked DD&TD's went down well with their home town crowd as they beat the s**t out of their last CD 'Dead Man Walking'. More like waking the dead but definitely redefining fun!" Read the rest of AJ's Hillbilly Moon Explosion/Dick Dynamite & The Doppelgangers review here and check out our photo gallery here.

Today's Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day thia week includes new releases from Curtis Salgado, Lena & The Slide Brothers, Toronzo Cannon, Julie Rhodes, Lucky Peterson, Bing Futch, Ritchie Dave Porter, Queen Delphine and The Crown Jewels, Connie Lush Band, The Record Company, Giles Robson, Shari Puorto Band, Rebecca Downes, Dennis Jones Band, Ina Forsman, Niecie, RB Stone, Carlos Santana, Elles Bailey, Big Boy Bloater, Kris Barras Band (pictured), Kaz Hawkins Band, Malaya Blue, Dan Patlansky, Blind Lemon Pledge, Pete Mitchell, B. B. & The Blues Shacks (D) and more!

Today's Track Of The Day was originally broadcast by The Marshman on Friday night. This week's music includes Harper and the Midwest Kind, Reef, Jeff Healey, Warren Haynes Band, Deke McGee, Evelyn Rubio and the Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra, Guy King, Gary Moore, Waydown Wailers, Shari Puorto, Steven Troch, Andrew Alli, Walkllate and Fuschi, King Size Slim, Andres Roots, Sugarman Sam & The Voodoo Men (pictured), Cara Being Blue, David Burgin, The Blues Rebels, Mark Cameron and Muddy Waters.