Happy birthday to David Lett (better known by his stage name of David Vanian) who was born on 12th October 1956. He's the lead singer of the punk rock band The Damned, which was formed in London during 1976. #DavidVanian #TheDamned

Remembering #RickParfitt who was born in Woking on 12th October 1948. He died in hospital in Marbella on 24th December 2016 after contracting sepsis. Rick Parfitt, myself and Francis Rossi at Borders Books in #Glasgow on 21st September 2005 getting my 'XS All Areas' book signed. #StatusQuo

Happy birthday to Nicola Jane Bryant who was born in Guildford on 11th October 1960. Nicola is best known for her role as Peri Brown, companion to the Fifth and Sixth Doctors, in 'Doctor Who'. #NicolaBryant #DoctorWho #PeriBrown #PerpugilliamBrown

10th October 1996: I was watching Metallica live on stage at The Barrowlands in Glasgow with support from Corrosion Of Conformity. (Ticket from my own collection) #Metallica #CorrosionOfConformity #TheBarrowland #BarrowlandBallroom

9th October 1990: Californian Thrash legends Slayer released their fifth studio album, 'Seasons in the Abyss'. It was the band's last album to feature drummer Dave Lombardo until his return on the band's 2006 album 'Christ Illusion'. #Slayer #TomAraya #KerryKing #JeffHanneman #DaveLombardo

Today in Heavy Metal History - 9th October 1978: Judas Priest released their fifth studio album, 'Killing Machine' on Columbia Records. It was the band's last studio album to feature drummer Les Binks. #JudasPriest #RobHalford #KKDowning #GlennTipton #IanHill #LesBinks

Remembering John Winston Ono Lennon MBE (born John Winston Lennon) who was born in Liverpool on 9th October 1940. #JohnLennon #TheBeatles #PlasticOnoBand

My "special" box for the #EastKilbrideRepTheatreClub performances of #Two at the #EastKilbrideArtsCentre - come along and see what I do with it and support local theatre at the same time! Tickets still available. www.quaytickets.com/sllcboxoffic...

7th October 1986 - Californian Thrash band Slayer released their third studio album, 'Reign in Blood', on the Def Jam label. It was the first Slayer album produced in collaboration with Rick Rubin. #Slayer #TomAraya #KerryKing #JeffHanneman #DaveLombardo #RickRubin

7th October 1987 - American thrash band Exodus released their second studio album, 'Pleasures of the Flesh'. It was the first Exodus album to feature Steve Souza after the previous front man, Paul Baloff, was fired. #Exodus #Zetro #SteveSouza #GaryHolt #RickHunolt #RobMcKillop #TomHunting

On 04/10/1997, I was at the #BarrowlandBallroom in #Glasgow watching #Whitesnake perform live in support of their #RestlessHeart album. (Ticket from my own collection) #Barrowland #DavidCoverdale #AdrianVandenberg #SteveFarris #TonyFranklin #DennyCarmassi

Interesting times ahead as it seems that Film Is Fabulous have located what seems like two missing episodes of #DoctorWho and a previously missing episode from the first series of The Avengers! It's been 12 years since the last ones of Doctor Who were returned to the BBC #DoctorWhoMissingEpisodes

On 29/09/1997, I was at the #BarrowlandBallroom in #Glasgow watching #Megadeth perform live in support of their 'Cryptic Writings' album. Support came from Kill II This, a groove metal/industrial metal band from Stockport. (Ticket from my own collection) #CrypticWritings #1997Tour #Barrowland

On 28/08/2018, I was at the Armadillo in Glasgow watching the first ever Scottish show from #NickMason's #SaucerfulofSecrets. There was no support. (Ticket from my own collection) #NickMasonsSaucerfulofSecrets #NMSOS #LeeHarris #GuyPratt #GaryKemp #DomBeken #SECGlasgow

On Friday 28th September 1990, I was in the Capitol Theatre in Aberdeen watching Iron Maiden live for the first time. They were supported by those Tamworth terrors (the mighty) Wolfsbane. (Ticket from my own collection) #IronMaiden #Wolfsbane #Aberdeen #AberdeenCapitol

#TonyHancock: Shall we have a window down? Passenger: Windows in planes do not open. This is a pressurised cabin. If a window's opened, the plane would explode! Hancock: Well, that's bad workmanship old man. Never had this trouble with the old Tiger Moth! #HancocksHalfHour

Remembering #CliffBurton (10/02/1962 – 27/09/1986). On 27/09/1986, the #Metallica tour bus skidded off the road in Sweden. Burton was thrown through the window of the bus, which then fell on top of him, killing him instantly. He was just 24 years old. #Metallica #CliffBurton

Lyrics for "Hey Ringo" - a song that George Harrison wrote for Ringo Starr. Olivia Harrison found them after George's death, and showed them to Ringo who didn't know anything about them. #RingoStarr #GeorgeHarrison

Kreator are coming to the O2 Academy in Glasgow on Sunday 29th March 2026 as part of their 'Krushers of the World Tour' 2026 . Support comes from Carcass, Exodus and Nails #Kreator #Carcass #Exodus #Nails #O2AcademyGlasgow #KrushersoftheWorldTour

Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. If you ever feel like the world is too hard to take and it would be easier to just leave permanently. Don’t. You matter. Be selfish with your life. Call the Samaritans free, day or night, 365 days a year on 116-123 #Samaritans

36 years ago today I went to my first ever gig - T'Pau live at the Caird Hall in Dundee. This was their only UK show in 1989 as there was no UK tour that year. (Ticket from my own collection) #CarolDecker #DeanHoward #RonnieRogers #MichaelChetwood #PaulJackson #TimBurgess #TPau #CairdHall #Dundee

8th September is officially known to Trekkies as #StarTrekDay because the original series of Star Trek debuted on 8th September 1966. #StarTrek #StarTrekTheOriginalSeries #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #StarTrekDeepSpaceNine #StarTrekVoyager #StarTrekDiscovery

Remembering Farrokh Bulsara, better known by his stage name of Freddie Mercury (05/09/1946 – 24/11/1991) #FreddieMercury #FarrokhBulsara #RingoStarr

32 years ago today (3rd September 1993), I was at Blazers in Hamilton watching (the mighty) Wolfsbane on what would be their final UK tour before Blaze joined Iron Maiden. (Ticket from my own collection) #Wolfsbane #BlazersHamilton #BlazeBayley #JaseEdwards #JeffHateley #SteveDanger

03/09/1990, saw one of the greatest Heavy Metal albums released - 'Painkiller' by Judas Priest. The bands twelfth studio album, it was the first Judas Priest album to feature Scott Travis and the last to feature Rob Halford until his return to the band for the 2005 Angel of Retribution release.

Happy birthday to Deborah Ann Gibson who was born in Brooklyn, New York on 31st August 1970. An American singer-songwriter, Debbie released her debut album 'Out of the Blue' in 1987, which spawned several international hits, later being certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

26th August 1995: I was watching #Metallica headline #Donington for the first time. #Therapy? were installed as special guests, while #CorrosionofConformity, #WhiteZombie and, of course, #Slayer were definite highlights #EscapeFromTheStudio #CastleDonington #SkidRow #Slash #MachineHead #WarriorSoul

Happy birthday to Robert John Arthur Halford who was born in Sutton Coldfield on 25th August 1951. Halford is best known as the frontman of Judas Priest from 1973–1992 and 2003 - present. #RobHalford #JudasPriest #TheMetalGod

Happy birthday to Chaim Witz (better known as Gene Simmons) who was born in Haifa, Israel on 25th August 1949. Simmons is best known as co-founder, bass player and co-lead singer of US rock band KISS. #KISS #GeneSimmons #TheDemon

24th August 2002: I was at #OrmesbyHall near #Middlesbrough watching a one-off show from (the mighty) #StatusQuo with support from the legendary #SuziQuatro - all for the bargain price of £25! #FrancisRossi #RickParfitt #AndrewBown #JohnRhinoEdwards #MatthewLetley #RockInThePark

It's going to get messy 😂 #Pished #SaturdayNight #JackDaniels

Unexpected but it is what it is. #ForecastForTheWeekend #StillGame #WinstonIngram #Pished #SaturdayNight

23rd August 2003: I was watching #StatusQuo perform a one-off date at #KnockhillRacingCircuit which was promoted by the short-lived #JingsPromotions. Support included Scottish rock legend #Fish (Ticket from my collection)

#DaveMeniketti #JohnNymann #MikeVanderhule #AaronLeigh #YandT

Today in Rock History - 22nd August 1992: #IronMaiden headlined the #MonstersOfRockfestival at #DoningtonPark for the second time. Also on the bill were #SkidRow, #Thunder, #Slayer, #WASP and #TheAlmighty.

Today in Rock History - 22nd August 1987: #BonJovi headlined the eighth #MonstersOfRockfestival at #DoningtonPark. Also on the bill were #Dio, #Metallica, #Anthrax, #WASP and #Cinderella.

Today in Rock History - 22nd August 1981: @ACDC headlined the second #MonstersOfRockfestival at @DoningtonParkUK. Also on the bill were @Whitesnake, @theamazingBOC, #Slade, #Blackfoot and #More. The event was compered by DJ #TommyVance.

Today in Rock History - 21st August 1982: (the mighty) #StatusQuo headlined the #MonstersofRockfestival at @DoningtonParkUK. Also performing that day were #Saxon #IanGillan #Hawkwind #UriahHeep and #Anvil

‘It’s great, it sold, it’s the bloody Beatles Anthology, shut up!’

20th August 1990: #Queensryche released their fourth studio album, #Empire, on EMI Records. It contained 4 singles: 'Empire', 'Best I Can', 'Silent Lucidity' and 'Jet City Woman'. #GeoffTate #ChrisDeGarmo #MichaelWilton #ScottRockenfield #EddieJackson

20th August 1988: #IronMaiden headlined the #MonstersOfRockfestival at #DoningtonPark for the first time. Also on the bill were #KISS #DavidLeeRoth #GunsNRoses #Megadeth and #Helloween. Tragically, two people died in the crush during Guns N' Roses set.

20th August 1983: #Whitesnake headlined the fourth #MonstersOfRockfestival at #DoningtonPark. Also on the bill were #MeatLoaf #ZZTop #TwistedSister #RonnieJamesDio and #DiamondHead. The event was compered by DJ #TommyVance.

Remembering Darrell Lance Abbott, best known by his stage name of Dimebag Darrell. (20/08/1966 - 08/12/2004) Dime was the guitarist in Pantera and Damageplan, both of which he co-founded alongside his brother Vinnie Paul. #Pantera #Damageplan #DarrellLanceAbbott #DimebagDarrell

Happy birthday to Sophie Aldred who was born in Greenwich on 20th August 1962. She's best known for playing the Seventh Doctor's companion, Ace, in 'Doctor Who' from 1987-1989 and 2022. #SophieAldred #DoctorWho

Happy birthday to Robert Anthony Plant CBE who was born in West Bromwich on 20th August 1948. He's best known as the lead singer and lyricist of Led Zeppelin from 1968 until the band broke up in 1980, after which he embarked on a successful solo career. #RobertPlant #LedZeppelin

Happy birthday to Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith (better known by his stage name of Sylvester McCoy) who was born in Dunoon on 20th August 1943. He's probably best known for portraying the seventh incarnation of The Doctor in #DoctorWho from 1987 to 1989, in 1996 and again in 2022. #SylvesterMcCoy

Coming soon - The Beatles Anthology (2025) #TheBeatles #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney #GeorgeHarrison #RingoStarr

Interviewer - "What was Keith Moon like in 1973 (while The Who were recording 'Quadrophenia')?" Roger Daltrey - "The same as he was in 1972, just a bit more drunk!" Roger Daltrey (2014) #RogerDaltrey #KeithMoon #TheWho #Quadrophenia

Happy birthday to Ian Gillan who was born in Chiswick on 19th August 1945. Gillan is best known as the lead singer of Deep Purple (from 1969 - 1973, 1984 - 1989 and from 1992 - present) as well as having a successful solo career. #DeepPurple #IanGillan

19th August 1983: AC/DC released 'Flick Of The Switch', their eighth studio album on Atlantic Records. It was the last to feature drummer Phil Rudd until 1995's 'Ballbreaker' release. #ACDC #BrianJohnson #AngusYoung #MalcolmYoung #CliffWilliams #PhilRudd