Its the first interval of the Panic Room weekend in Bilston, Wolverhampton.

Just saw Morpheus Rising. A metal band who's drummer had recently "spontaneously exploded" (sic) sp they played as an acoustic duo and were very good non the less.

I am loaded with raffle tickets in the hope of winning a rare copy of Ann-Marie Helder and Geoff Downs album which is not otherwise available.

Halo Blind were excellent. Panic Room were absolutely outstanding. To paraphrase a recent review of one of their concerts in "Prog" magazine its hard to fathom why they are playing to audiences of a few hundred rather than thousands.

I looking forward to more tomorrow.

Shadow of the Sun were one of the acts earlier in the day. Their lead guitarist could not make the gig (baby being born) they seconded this young guy as a substitute. Apparently he was learning songs in the car on the way to the gig. He certainly did a good job, an got probably the biggest round of applause of the day.

Glyn Barnes
Shadow of the Sun were one of the acts earlier in the day. Their lead guitarist could not make the gig (baby being born) they seconded this young guy as a substitute. Apparently he was learning songs in the car on the way to the gig. He certainly did a good job, an got probably the biggest round of applause of the day.

Who is Shadow of the Sun?  Are they a new band?  I can't seem to find to much information about them (other than several albums called "Shadow of the Sun").

I had never heard of then. They had a CD on sale at the gig and said they were working on another.
http://www.panicroom.org.uk/shadow-of-the-sun.html

Its an all weekend event at a 700 capacity venue so none of these bands are huge commercially

The link to their website seems to be broken.

You know me, I've got stuff from all the other bands you mentioned, so I'm always interested in bands I've never heard of that must be somewhat similar! I've found a little info about them, I'll do a better search later.

All these bands are interrelated in some way. It a sort of underground movement in some ways.

Today we have Luna Rossa, Ann-Marie and Jonathan Edwards acoustic side project followed by PR guitarist Dave Fosters band. Then Kiama, followed by another Panic Room set.

I like the way the artists mingle with the audience, I spoke to Jonathan Edwards and bassist Yatim Halimi briefly yesterday. Ann-Marie seemed more in demand but hopefully I may get chance to say hello today.

Sounds like a lot of fun!

Dave Foster Band. Wow they were heavy, and rather good!

(only 3/5 Panic Room!)

Just came out and I am waiting for the tram. Fantastic weekend, and I won the Geoff Downs CD with Ann-Marie on vocals.

I did get to speak to her when she asked me the time 😁