Rock Regeneration Blog

CD: “Hear It Is” by The Sporadics

The Sporadics are a four piece band who are based on the South coast of England and hail from the towns of Bournemouth and Southampton. Their ska/punk style and been delighting audiences this summer...

Musicosity Full Line-Up Confirmed and Festival Highlights

Bournemouth The excitement surrounding Musicosity is building on the south coast, as Bournemouth’s newest live music festival gets ready to make its debut from Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th September. Full details of all...

Stiff Little Fingers – Preview and Competition

Stiff Little Fingers are to play The Brook, Southampton, and you can enter our Exclusive free to enter Competition to Win Tickets. The band have just started a three month world tour, taking them...

The Committee/Doris

Chaplins, Cellar Bar Boscombe Its Thursday night at the Cellar Bar & a welcome return to Rubber Soul. After a long hiatus its back with two bands making their debuts. First up are a...

EP: “Escape” by The Signal Fies

The Signal Fires are a British Indie/rock band from Woking in Surrey, England. The band met through friends and previous bands and formed in 2011. They take their inspiration from bands such as U2,...

EP: “Roll With The Thin Men” by Bridge The Divide

One of our own Rock Regeneration reviewers George Fullerton band ‘Bridge The Divide’, which is very different from his other folk band ‘Willowen’,they have just released their debut EP ‘Roll With The Thin Men’....

EP: “Red Light” by Empire Affair

Formerly known as ‘Echo’, Bournemouth five piece band Empire Affair have recruited some new personal and made a slight change of direction to bring you something we think is rather special. Their debut EP...

Lostprophets/Town

O2 Academy, Bournemouth For the second year running Lostprophets rock Bournemouth’s O2 Academy as they did last year with support from The Blackout. So it’s a year on, lostprophets are back but this time...

Endorse It In Dorset Festival (14th – Sunday)

Sixpenny Handley The final day. There was a very relaxed mellow atmosphere, possibly from too much revelry the night before? As the predominant lunchtime tunes echoed out across the people slowly mingled between the...

Endorse It In Dorset Festival (13th – Saturday)

Sixpenny Handley So, Saturday at the Endorse it in Dorset Festival. This being my first time I immediately get lost (twice) en route! Eventually I arrive,a good two hours after it starts. My first...