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Firevolt Festival, Saturday – Stockport UK
Check out our review of the Friday here.
After a mixed night’s sleep we woke up to a 9 degree morning with dew on the tent and grass, after the heat wave we have endured recently we couldn’t believe it. We had our breakfast and went for a shower, which neither of us had to queue up for, everything was really easy at this festival. There were stalls open for breakfast or drinks.
Looking forward to our first full day, we didn’t have to wait too long for entertainment. We headed over to the Small Barn Stage to watch Jam with Jack organised by Jack J Harrison. This was a really fun event where people came from the crowd to play instruments or sing together with Jack to form a band, there were numerous songs played from Guns N’ Roses to AC/DC where two kids came on to play the guitar to ‘T.N.T’, we thought this was an amazing idea as numerous people could come on and showcase there talent and have a great time in front of a crowd.
Crowley
The Bludsucker Stage called us to see Crowley from Newcastle. They started their performance with ‘Necromancer’ & ‘Silver Star’ where we were blown away by Lidya’s amazing vocals along with the rest of the band’s musical talent and heavy riffs.Everything was going well until Kim was having issues with her bass but the banned powered through during the problem, Today said “They are the most cursed band in the world something always goes wrong.”, we hope they get better luck at their next show.
Unfortunately this meant their set had to be cut short, but they still found time to play their new song ‘Queen Of The May’, ‘Temple On The Hill’ and our favourite song ‘Pyre’. We really enjoyed Crowley a lot and we hope to see them again in the future.
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Mchale’s Permanent BrewAfter a short break we were back at the Trooper stage for Mchale’s Permanent Brew for the most relaxed set of the weekend.
Bringing the blues vibe, performing ‘Don’t Look Down’ and ‘Third Lane Baby Blues’ which really brought something different to the festival. They followed this with our favourite ‘Cafe Bar a Gogo’ which went straight into our playlist.
These guys were fun, making jokes about each other and you could tell they were really enjoying themselves. The crowd, especially enjoyed new song ‘She Loves Me Too’ and they finished their set with a brilliant blues rock cover version of ‘All Along the Watchtower’.
Thieves of Liberty
Thieves of Liberty were up next on the Bludsucker stage where there was a lot of love for these guys from the announcer and the crowd wearing their merchandise.They were full of energy and confidence from start to finish playing songs ‘Too Much’, ‘Calypso’ and ‘Sweet As Today’ with their fantastic stage presence.
During the set, one of the guitarists climbed up the hill to perform and we even had mosh pits. These guys really know how to get the crowd going and they have a lot of fun, finishing with ‘Rabbit Hole’ and ‘Shangri-La’.
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LNNext up the Trooper stage had been taken over by Vikings in the form of a band called LN. Dressed in amazing outfits and make up we knew we were going to be watching one hell of a show.
Opening up with ‘The Slaughter’ and ‘Fenrir’ we were instantly hooked with their heavy riffs and Ellen’s amazing voice. The theatrics led to many a person head banging and a mosh pit, some fans were even wielding prop weapons and thrusting them into the air.
Ellen spoke up about LGBTQ+ saying “Everyone should feel safe, if you don’t then come and see me!” Which proves how inclusive this festival is.Performing 8 songs in total including ‘Burn the Witch’, ‘Draugr’ and ‘Shield Wall’, where Ellen put fake blood all over herself and moved around like she was possessed.
We loved watching these guys perform and we really hope we get to see them live again in the future. After the show we met up with Ellen, she was really lovely and put fake blood on our foreheads before we went on to buy a patch from them.
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MuddieBrookeNext up on the Bludsucker stage was MuddiBrooke an alternative/gunge rock band from Derby. They played ‘Cellar’ and ‘ADHD’ with the latter being one of our favourite songs of the festival, because it had more of a punk vibe and we loved their energy.
MuddiBrooke continued to entertain with strong vocals and the music to back it up with ‘Liverpool Guy’ and ‘Get Away’. Another highlight for us was their outstanding cover of ‘You Don’t Own Me’ which we reckon you could hear it from neighbouring towns & villages with the way Brooke was belting it out with her strong vocals.The trooper stage had been transformed! With antiques such as rugs and a clock on stage and even lampshades in the middle of a packed crowd, this was the scene set for These Wicked Rivers another band from Derby.
These Wicked RiversThe heavy blues rock band opened up with ‘Force of Nature’ and ‘Black Gold’ before playing ‘Ain’t No Smoke’ off their new album ‘Fire and Folklore’ which releases on October 2nd.
After playing ‘Evergreen’ These Wicked Rivers’ went on to play their newest single ‘Sing Another Song’ which was an acoustic song with a more country vibe which we enjoyed. After another of their new songs they ended their set with ‘Don’t Pray for Me’.
They really gave us a glimpse of their new album which we predict will be great!
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DareAfter playing with Renegade yesterday on the Trooper stage, it was time for Darren Wharton to perform with his other band Dare. Darren previously was the keyboardist of Thin Lizzy from 1980 and went on to create Dare back in 1985 where they have released 12 albums.
Dare definitely have that classic rock vibe where the crowd was singing along to their performance of ‘Wings of Fire’, ‘Abandon’ and ‘Into the Fire’ the latter two being from from their first album ‘Out Of The Silence’.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1nWPeKh6zcuBoORlute7Vy?si=4C2I1orfQkmWJpFo7Qnatw&utm_source=copy-link
Wednesday 13Wednesday 13 brought a completely differnt type of style and energy to the Trooper stage. We were really looking forward to this horror punk band.
There seemed to be a lot of Saturday wristbands around and we think a lot of them came for the day to see these and we don’t blame them. Wednesday 13 and his band came out wearing all black and their spooky makeup. Wednesday 13 said “If you haven’t heard of us before we play songs about death, dying and the dead.”
Wednesday 13 were very good live and entertaining playing ‘Look What the Bats Dragged In’, ‘Good Day to Be a Bad Guy’ and a song from his former band ‘Suicide Summertime’ by Murderdolls which was amazing live.
The Halloween party continued when they bought out a pumpkin full of sweets to throw into the crowd during ‘Haunt Me’. Wednesday 13 was going to celebrate his 50th birthday, Bev came out on stage with gifts, cake and a balloon for him, which was a lovely touch from the Firevolt organisers.
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Massive WagonsAs day turned night we were happy for the sunset as it had been a hot scorching day in the sun, this also meant it was time for the headliner of the day which was Massive Wagons from Lancaster.
Massive Wagons opened up to a massive crowd and came out with high energy opening up with ‘Everywhere We Go’, ‘Fun While it Listed’ and ‘Missing on TV’ giving off a bit of a punk sound which we really liked.
During ‘Fuck the Haters’ the crowd stuck up there middle fingers to the haters, this was followed by a live debut of their new song ‘Story Of My Demise’ which has gone straight into our playlist.
One of the highlights of the day was ‘The Curry Song’ where vocalist Baz Mills shouted “When I say keema, you say naan! When I say rogan, you say josh!” This was great fun with the crowd and we really enjoyed it.
Massive wagons ended a fantastic Saturday of rock with an encore of ‘In It Together’. We made our way back to the tent and hopefully get a better night’s sleep in preparation for tomorrow.
https://open.spotify.com/track/64uN2g20yzcGtrSATzIEys?si=zftcFiDPS9mtvadoFwP31g&utm_source=copy-link
St. Jimmy and Rex 🖤☠️
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Firevolt Festival, Friday – Stockport UK
Firevolt festival was started by husband and wife team Stret and Bev in 2022 originally called Firestorm! The festival began after a chance meeting between Stret and local farmer Karl, who visited Stret’s Recording Studio – Castle Rock Studios, looking for help booking bands for a new event. Stret and Bev became involved with Whitebottom Farm when during a tribute rock festival, Karl had organised he suggested, “You guys should do a rock festival.” As lifelong rock fans, their answer was simple: yes.
The whole festival has an amazing community and grassroots vibe, if you’d like to learn more head over to their website.
With this year being the 5th year of the festival we were very excited to make this our first official press outing!
We set off from home and drove through the Peak District to get to our destination, where we were greeted by a member of staff at the entrance, we had to drive down a single narrow road along the beautiful scenery and the River Etherow. Once we got the end, we were met by more staff who checked our tickets, gave us our wristbands and showed us where to park and camp. All the staff were lovely and made you feel really welcome.
Darren Wharton’s RenegadeOnce we found a spot and set up camp we found Nigel (media guy) in the barn at the Trooper stage to collect our drink tokens and managed to catch a bit of Renegade, the band fronted by former Thin Lizzy Keyboard player Darren Wharton. Luckily we were in time to hear them play “Jailbreak” and “The Boys Are Back in Town” where former Thin Lizzy frontman Ricky Warwick came on to perform the latter.
With 20 minute breaks between the bands on alternate stages, this meant we had time to wander around, there were plenty of food, drink and shop stalls, where the food and drink was very reasonably priced for a festival, with meals averaging at £10 and you could buy a pint of Firevolt lager for £5 which was very tasty. The decoration around the festival was great with signs, a skeleton and a kitted out old double decker bus where you could onto the balcony to enjoy the music from both stages.
The New RosesWe made our way to The Bludsucker Stage (Main Stage) to watch The New Roses from Wiesbaden, Germany. The New Roses were full of energy and a very good live rock band performing songs “It’s a Long Way”, “This Heart” and a perfect cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in a Free World”.
We loved their vibe and so did the crowd with a lot of them singing their songs back to them making it a real rock show. The energy continued with songs “Thirsty”, “The Usual Suspects” and “Down By the River”, really bringing life to the festival and got us geared up and excited for the rest of the weekend, we were gutted that they couldn’t play for longer but we do hope we get to see them play live in the future.
Ricky Warwick & The Fighting HeartsAfter a 20 minute wait it was time for Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts, in front of a packed barn, so we knew this was going to be good!
Ricky kicked off their set with “Rise & Grind”, “Jonestown Mind” and “Celebrating Sinking” which the crowd enjoyed, then the rock party really started when they played new single “Seek Zen Destroy” which was recorded with Phil Collen of Def Leppard.
Before playing the next song, Ricky mentioned that when he wrote this song, he could imagine a female artist singing this with him, the song is called “Don’t Leave Me In The Dark” and the artist was Lita Ford from The Runaways. Ricky said “Unfortunately Lita wasn’t available today but Richard (bassist) does a very good Lita Impression”, he did do a good job to be fair.
Ricky & The Fighting Hearts manage to perform 17 songs in their set including one of our favourites “Fighting Heart” and finishing with “Free N Easy”. We really enjoyed their set and think that Ricky is a vampire because we can’t believe he is 60.
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Mason HillWith the sun going down it was time to go back to the Bludsucker Stag for the headliners Mason Hill with new lead vocalist Tom Ward, after the previous singer Scott Taylor unfortunately got diagnosed with a heart condition and left the band.
Mason Hill opened up with “DNA”, “We Pray” and “Twisted”, with the latter being our favourite. They performed with high energy and a great stage presence, it was really cool seeing a band play at night with the lights in the middle of nature, it made you feel like you were far away from civilization.
Unfortunately we got really tired from a busy day of travelling, setting up and getting our bearings of the festival and decided to go to our tent, luckily our tent was only a minute walk away and we could listen to the band whilst relaxing.
Mason Hill sounded great from the comfort of our sleeping bags, they played “Without You” and “Hold On” before finishing with an encore of “Burning it Down”, “Remember” and Against the Wall”
Even though we didn’t watch the second half of the set, we still felt the good vibes and we could tell that the performance was great by the cheers of the crowd.
It was a great day for us to discover new bands and music, we can’t wait for more over the weekend.
St. Jimmy and Rex 🖤☠️
All rights to the songs in this review are retained by the relevant artists and this site claims no rights over them. Photos were provided by Labrat Photos.
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PURE ROCK FURY with Paul Cash – Show 245 https://hardrockhellradio.com/2024/09/03/pure-rock-fury-with-paul-cash-show-245/
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Pure Rock Fury with Paul Cash – Show 243 FIREVOLT FESTIVAL SPECIAL https://hardrockhellradio.com/2024/07/30/pure-rock-fury-with-paul-cash-show-243-firevolt-festival-special/
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