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This isn't a run-of-the-mill rock'n'roll show. Names are checked in the street by a pair of policemen, then it's down the ramp and through security. Pockets are emptied, belts removed, we're photographed and issued with passes, then it's through the metal detectors and into the Great Hall of Westminster.

Online Editor at Louder/Classic Rock magazine since 2014. 39 years in music industry, online for 26. Also bylines for: Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, The Word Magazine, The Guardian, The New Statesman, Saga, Music365. Former Head of Music at Xfm Radio, A&R at Fiction Records, early blogger, ex-roadie, published author. Once appeared in a Cure video dressed as a cowboy, and thinks any situation can be improved by the introduction of cats. Favourite Serbian trumpeter: Dejan Petrović.

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