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What’s occurring, butt!? The shadows have spoken, the candles are lit, and the gothic spirits are restless because EVANESCENCE have officially announced a September 2026 UK Tour — and fans are already losing their eyeliner over it.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
C’mon butt, gather round the wireless – because tonight is one of those proper Welsh rock-and-roll moments that makes you want to crack open a can, crank the volume, and yell TIDY! at the moon.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What’s occurring, butt!?Grab your skinny jeans, smudge your eyeliner, and prepare to scream like it’s 2001 because Jimmy Eat World have officially announced a 25th Anniversary “Bleed American” Tour — and fans across the UK are absolutely LOSING IT.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
What’s occurring, band legends? 👀🤘The Riff Report is on the hunt — no, not for the last slice of pizza backstage (although we’ll happily take it) — we’re hunting bands who want their story told loud, proud, and with enough Welsh chaos to start its own mosh pit.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🎸 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN… TO STEELHOUSE?!

Europe have officially dropped the big one: a 40th Anniversary UK Tour celebrating their legendary 1986 mega-album The Final Countdown.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Progressive rock wizard recovering well — and fans everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief 🎹🌙⚡

Prog fans, synth nerds, and anyone who’s ever tried (and failed) to play “Catherine Parr” on a dodgy Casio — what’s occurring, butt?
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November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A proper send-off for one of music’s brightest souls

Reggae has lost a giant, mun. One of the true architects of the genre — Jimmy Cliff, the man who carried sunshine in his voice and revolution in his lyrics — has passed away aged 81.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
By Michael – The Riff Report

The thrash gods have awakened — and they’ve brought an entire decade’s worth of riffs with them. Anthrax have officially completed their first new studio album in 10 years, and the metal world is losing its collective mind.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Riff Report – Full Turbo Blog Post

Cardiff Castle is officially getting dangerous next summer — and no, not because the seagulls have formed a militant uprising (though we’re still monitoring that situation).We’re
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November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Donington is about to shake, butt. 🌹🔥🤘

🎸 INTRO: GUESS WHO’S BACK TO CAUSE ABSOLUTE CARNAGE?

What’s occurring, rock tribe?
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🎸Tidy news for the rock cosmos, butt! 🤘🔥

Strap in, mun — Brian May has just lobbed a cosmic curveball straight into the universe, hinting that Queen might live forever thanks to some ABBA-style avatar wizardry. Yep.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Metallica have rolled into Perth like a runaway freight train and dropped a live performance that basically screams:“WE’RE STILL THE BIGGEST METAL BAND ON PLANET EARTH — DEAL WITH IT.”

Recorded
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November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alright butt, gather round the campfire on The Mountain because we’ve got tidy news that’s hotter than a Steelhouse curry in the rain.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Tidy night incoming, butt!”

Grab your bucket hats, dust off your Britpop swagger, and prepare those vocal cords — because Richard Ashcroft is marching into Cardiff Castle on 16 July, and it’s shaping up to be one of the biggest “I WAS THERE MUN!”
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Well what’s occurring, mun… because Gojira’s frontman, riff-slinger, eco-warrior and all-round French metal wizard Joe Duplantier has only gone and broken his arm right before tour. Yep.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A full Riff Report blog post 🔥

Grab your laser rifles, strap on your Victorian goggles, and brace yourself, Swansea — because the Martians have booked a return flight to Planet Cymru, and they’re touching down 27 October 2026 at the Swansea Building Society
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November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What’s occurring, metalheads? Gather round, c’mon butt, because today we salute one of the most gloriously unhinged, skull-rattling, fan-melting box sets ever unleashed upon planet Earth.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🔥(A Riff Report Blog Post, served with worry, wizardry, and a big ol’ “c’mon butt, get well soon!”)

Well this is not the news we wanted to be riffing about today, mun.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Riff Report Blog – Strap in, butt, things are about to get weird. 😈🏴

Marilyn Manson has crawled back into the spotlight once again, dropping a fresh teaser that’s sent the entire goth & industrial world into full meltdown mode.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🏴The Riff Report Blog — Loud, Proud & Slightly Daft 🤘

What’s occurring, rockers? Strap in, because Scottish riff-lords Biffy Clyro have just lobbed a gigantic announcement into the UK rock scene — and it’s sent the whole place absolutely feral.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A Full Riff Report Long-Form Tribute

🤘🔥 Written loud, proud, and with a heart full of respect 🔥🤘

There are moments in rock history that feel less like dates and more like fault lines — the kind of moments where the world quietly shifts, where music stops being
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November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Strap in, butt — this one’s messier than a festival curry at 2am.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Riff Report Takes Flight… literally! 🛫🎶

What’s occurring, butt?
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November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Celebrating a legendary release from 23 November 1999

Oi oi, butt!
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November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM