With just two weeks and counting till this year's BluesRockFest at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, on Saturday 24th September - the official t-shirts (pictured) were on display on Thursday night at our John Verity gig and you can purchase yours here for £15 + p&p. And just a reminder that if you become a WRC member here for FREE - you not only get all the associated privileges of being a member - but you can also still buy your BluesRockFest ticket for £15 instead of £20!

The Canadian hard-rockin’ juggernaut Monster Truck, are returning to Europe in September and October as main support across a host of legendary arenas for Nickelback. The tour follows the release of their new album 'Sittin’ Heavy' which has received rave reviews. In true road warrior style they have learnt their chops on tour and have been relentlessly tearing through shows and have already opened for the mighty Guns n' Roses, Slash, Alice in Chains, ZZ Top, Buckcherry, Rival Sons and Vista Chino over the last two years and are ready to show Nickelback fans how hard-rocking they can be! Anyway check out today's Vid Of The Day - which brings back fond memories of this year's Download!

With our awesome Ramblin' Man Fair coverage now complete - we are now reflecting on some of the bands we missed! Suffice to say doh! that we missed Bernie Marsden (pictured at Ramblin' Man Fair last year) guesting with Warren Haynes in the Blues Tent on Sunday and double doh! that we missed Lifesigns (today's Vid Of The Day) on the Prog In The Park stage on Saturday!

Given the WRC were at Ramblin' Man on Saturday, unfortunately we missed the 2015 WRC Award winning Rock On The Ridge show hence it is today's Track Of The Day! The week before, Bob & Jules show brought to our attention the awesome Blacktop Mojo (today's Vid Of The Day) and their line up this week includes Bad Company, Stone Broken, The Broken Ravens, Sons Of Texas, Young Guns, Chase The Ace, We Are Harlot, Joe Bonamassa (pictured), Disciples of Babylon, Avenged Sevenfold and more!

oe Bonamassa’s (pic: John Bull RockRpix) love of the British Blues is at the heart of his musicial inspiration; and, last night at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London - the penultimate of his five special concerts - he paid the ultimate homage to the British Blues rock guitarists that inspired him – Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Watch out for pics plus a review of a memorable evening that also included excellent support from Joanne Shaw Taylor shortly.

Don't forget that midnight 30th June is the final deadline for BluesRockfest Earlybird Tickets on sale here for £15 (instead of £20). So you have just 13 days left to purchase your ticket and save yourself a fiver - once they're gone they're gone! We're also delighted to announce that our official Festival sponsor at this year's BluesRockFest on Saturday 24th September at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend - is Strongbow!

The WRC are delighted to announce another membership benefit - half price admission to any future British Blues Exhibition gigs at the Proud Camden (pictured). If you are not yet a member then please simply fill out a form here and we'll subsequently send you a WRC members card which you can use to benefit from all the current members offers.

Further to yesterday's news that we now have a dedicated BluesRockFest web page here - we now have also added a dedicated page here for Wrinklystock V following the news that U2 Tribe will be Limehouse Lizzy's special guests at this year's 'Monsters Of Irish Rock' at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, on Saturday 26th November. Make sure you order your tickets now priced £22 here in order that you don't miss out!

We might be wrong but we have a sneaky feeling that there will be no WRC Award winning Rock On The Ridge show tonight! The good news though is that you will probably catch Bob & Jules at this weekend's Defest at DeStafford School playing fields in Caterham, Surrey - 2 days of music and fun for the whole family. Why not go down - gates open midday!

And on the subject of turning the clock back - today's Vid Of The Day is taken from the halcyon days of the Old Grey Whistle Test - a Billy Cobham special presented by none other than whispering Bob Harris! Not only that but Cobham (founding member of The Mahavishnu Orchestra) will be conducting a live streamed drums master class webcast here from the Evans Drum Heads studio in New York City tonight at 7pm UK time. During this Pay Per View event, you will be able to ask questions via real-time chat. Billy will also be discussing the attributes of group collaboration, what happens on a jam session, and how you can get the most out of that playing experience. He'll also be sharing his thoughts about playing the drums in constructive ways, whether on your own or within a rhythm section.

In this wonderful world of music - news travels fast. So it was good to hear from our American correspondent Rick Menniti recently about his Blues trail trip through Mississippi in February plus last week's New Orleans Jazz Fest which included Thursday: Sonny Landreth, Gary Clark Jr., and Tedeschi Trucks, with Billy Gibbons (pictured) and Jimmy Vaughn, Friday: The Revivalists and Paul Simon, and Sunday: Neil Young, Bonnie Raitt and Trombone Shorty! Watch out for a write-up shortly, however, the real reason why Rick got in contact was Dave Gilmour's spine-tingling tribute to Prince during his Royal Albert Hall gig last Sunday. As usual Gilmour let his guitar do the talking during 'Comfortably Numb' (our Vid Of The Day), as he suddenly shifted into an expressive Purple Rain' tribute. Even the lighting went purple!

Just under two months after the GNR gig in 2012 at Hard Rock Calling under a pagoda in Hyde Park we saw Halfway To New York for the first time - supporting Bruce Springsteen! So the WRC were delighted to hear recently from vocalist Sam Burkey following the release of their very first album 'Tremor' last week. Not only that but the guys are playing the O2 Islington Academy on Thursday 5th May. Anyway, watch out for a review of their new CD shortly.