Steel Panther / The Treatment – Glasgow O2 Academy

[sets on Flickr of The Treatment and Steel Panther] Amazingly, the day before the gig Steel Panther announced another tour in November with tickets on sale on Friday. With their recent opening slot for Def Leppard/Motley Crue and a performance at Download coming up you can't fault their work-rate. Pretty damn good for a band … Continue reading Steel Panther / The Treatment – Glasgow O2 Academy

Black Stone Cherry – Glasgow O2 Academy

[Full set of pictures is available on Flickr] Four months after their show-stealing support slot for Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry returned to Glasgow to play their own headliner at the O2 Academy. The gig was a complete sell-out as evidenced by the nightmare we had parking in the streets around despite getting there fairly … Continue reading Black Stone Cherry – Glasgow O2 Academy

Shinedown / Halestorm – Glasgow O2 Academy

[Many more pictures of both bands on these Flickr sets: Halestorm / Shinedown] There was a third band on the bill for this gig, Liberty Lies, but we missed them. We caught about the last half of their last song and all I can say is that they sound far better live than the couple … Continue reading Shinedown / Halestorm – Glasgow O2 Academy

The Darkness / Foxy Shazam – Glasgow Academy

[photos of this gig are in this Flickr collection for Foxy Shazam and this one for The Darkness] It's not often I'll go on about a support act, but Foxy Shazam deserve a mention. There was another opener, but I have no idea who they were - even the Academy's website didn't bother to list … Continue reading The Darkness / Foxy Shazam – Glasgow Academy

Motorhead – Glasgow Academy

[More photos in this Flickr set] "We are Motorhead... and we play rock and fucking roll!" Thus sayeth Lemmy, a true metal god as the band introduce their last song of the evening. And bloody hell, do they. Surprisingly I've only seen Motorhead once before, in a tent at Download a few years ago, and … Continue reading Motorhead – Glasgow Academy