• 2011,  High Voltage Festival,  News

    Judas Priest farewell to UK at High voltage 2011

    Judas Priest announce final world tour Judas Priest are one of the true classic heavy metal bands, who for three decades have travelled the world putting on spectacular stage shows and thrilling audiences worldwide. They have been making music that over the years has influenced many (including such bands as Metallica and Pantera) and have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. They are a band who have shaped the music of generations with such landmark, genre defining albums as “British Steel”, “Painkiller” and “Screaming For Vengeance”. Thirty one years after Judas Priest sealed their reputation as one of the world’s great festival acts with their legendary performance at the inaugural…

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  • 2011,  News,  Sonisphere Festival

    Slipknot at Sonisphere 2011

    The first of the headliners can now be revealed. Iowa’s favourite sons,  Slipknot will perform this summer at Sonisphere, including an exclusive UK performance at Knebworth. One of the biggest bands in the world, UK headbangers have embraced their fiercely heavy yet enchantingly melodic sound from the off, with 1999’s “Slipknot” album achieving platinum status here. What followed was a meteoric rise to superstardom the likes of which the metal scene had never known; Top 40 singles, sold out arena tours and a media frenzy that left no one in any doubt that Slipknot’s impact in the world of music would be a permanent one. Since then, the Maggots –…

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  • 2010,  Bloodstock Festival,  Live Music,  News

    Arch Enemy Charity Auction

    Arch Enemy Charity Auction Arch Enemy recently sold off some tour items as used on tour around Europe and donated the proceeds to charity. One such item was of Angela Gossow’s self-tailored ripped pants, worn both onstage and at promo shoots at various times between 2006 – 2010. The jeans were sold with a signed picture taken at Bloodstock Festival 2009 by rock photographer Enda Madden. Proceeds from the auction of all items were kindly donated to ‘Childrens Wish International’ and ‘Breast Cancer Fund’ Sweden. http://www.archenemy.net/ http://www.angelagossow.com/

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  • 2010,  Featured,  News,  Press Releases

    Enda Madden Photography in RPS Portfolio TWO Collection

    Portfolio TWO hits the shelves It’s finally here…The long-awaited Portfolio TWO has just been published by The Royal Photographic Society. The prestigious publication features a shot taken by Enda Madden of Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer onstage at the legendary Bloodstock Festival. We are very pleased to have one of our images included in this collection. Portfolio TWO is a limited edition, full colour, high quality, hard bound book, comprising 240 pages at 24x27cm.  Final images for the book were selected from a pool of over 3500 submissions from photographers across the world. Portfolio TWO covers current styles and trends within The Society and the photography of its members, advancing the…

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  • 2010,  Featured,  News

    Gotthard Singer Steve Lee dies in tragic accident

    The inconceivable is tragic reality – Steve Lee was killed in an accident yesterday Steve was killed accidentally during a motorcycle trip in the USA on Interstate 15 between Mesquite and Las Vegas and died at the scene. The GOTTHARD singer had flown to the U.S. with some biker friends just this weekend to fulfil a long-cherished dream for which he’d never had the time, due to his heavy touring schedule for many years. It was to be two weeks through the states on a Harley Davidson. The 21 Swiss bikers started their journey on Sunday on a total of 12 motorcycles. On Tuesday 5 October, about 50 miles from…

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