Rhabs 2025 round up

Hi all Rhabstallion fans out there, hope you're well and looking forward to a great Christmas and New Year. Here is a round up of 2025.

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What a year it's been for The Rhabs! We've played in Europe, with festivals in France and The Netherlands, but let's not forget our brilliant UK gigs and festivals.

 

We started out in Oldham at the Bank Top Tavern which was fun. We then took ourselves off to the seaside at Great Yarmouth to take part in the Hard Rock Hell Festival which featured such illustrious names as Ronnie Romero and Geoff Tate, we were really pleased being asked to play two shows the Pre Party on the Wednesday and a Thursday afternoon slot. We followed the HRH festival with a guest headline appearance at Bloodstocks M2M's show in Manchester. This gave us the opportunity to see some amazing emerging bands all vying for a place at the Bloodstock Festival.

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A return trip to The Cavern in London next and then back to the seaside but this time Hastings to play for our great friend Gemma and our super loyal fans down there at The Carlisle. We were invited back again and played both these venues later in the year.

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A hometown gig next at Bradford Nightrain, playing The Tower of Fire Festival alongside Ted Poley, Midnight City and many others it is always great to play locally and it saves us diesel as well. July saw us play our first gig as special guests to Gary Hughes's TEN in Stoke, a show we repeated at Bradford's Nightrain in August. August also saw us playing Trillians in Newcastle another favourite haunt of ours. September and to our Netherlands trip to play at the Heavy Metal Maniacs Festival. We had an amazing response and support here selling lots of merchandise which keeps us going.

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Late September we joined Bill Beadles Sacrilege in Cambridge with Dutch outfit Lord Volture who made up the 3 band Bill of which we headlined. The 3 bands then moved on from this gig to an iconic venue and the birthplace of Iron Maiden, The Cart and Horses in East London. The line up was the same as Cambridge but with Lord Volture Headlining.

 

October and off we went to Fismes in France where The British Steel Festival was being held and another great occasion. The gig was headlined by Girlschool who were brilliant as always. Also on the lineup were Tank, Desolation Angels, More and our old friends Bill Beadles Sacrilege. Another great welcome from the french crowd, with plenty of merchandise sold again. We rounded off the year playing in Sheffield (The Yorkshireman) with our good friends The Darker My Horizon, before heading back south to The Cavern and The Carlisle.

 

November saw us back in the studio to record three new songs, "I'll Die Trying" which we have road tested, along with "Break Down The Walls" and "Tranquility" all three of which will be in the Bradford show set on March 1st 2026 so don't miss that. We were laying down the three new tracks for a proposed EP but having heard the quality of the recordings we have received from Heavy Metal Maniacs Festival in the Netherlands, it looks like we may have the material for a live album plus three bonus tracks. Watch this space !!

 

Wow what an amazing year, we would like to thank you for turning out and supporting us. Also many thanks to all the Promoters, Venues, Sound engineers and bar staff that keep making live music happen, it is very much appreciated